Festival highlights
“ The soulful sounds from Karamu singing group was amazing! Seeing all of the artwork throughout the area was also very touching, meaningful, and inspirational.”
— Festival Attendee
“I loved the peace in the atmosphere, the thoughtfulness and placement of the decor, the encouragement of unity, the crowd was amazingly supportive, the staff was SO VERY helpful, the set-up of our booth before we got there was done in extreme excellence, the help with the transport of our inventory was needed and appreciated.”
— Laeh Stringer, Owner, LT Squared
“We liked the variety of vendors, food, entertainment, and layout design for festival. The fireworks were outstanding. It was spacious with all the seating, table games, stages, kids activities and performances. The large art murals were a vibrant pop of color and fun photo background with positive inspiring messages. People seemed actively engaged at every corner. “
— Festival Attendee
10K
ATTENDEES
100+
ARTISTS, MUSICIANS + PERFORMERS
85% OF VENDORS
SOLD MORE THAN 50%
OF THEIR AVAILABLE INVENTORY
100%
SAY THE EVENT WAS EXTREMELY CLEAN AND SAFE
+ STAFF & VOLUNTEERS WERE FRIENDLY
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in the news
The New York Times // “From Martha’s Vineyard to Cleveland: Celebrating the Day Slavery Ended” [read]
Black Girl in CLE // “Celebrate Juneteenth: Cleveland’s Juneteenth Freedom Fest and Other Local Events” [read]
Cleveland.com+The Plain Dealer // “Cleveland’s First Juneteenth Freedom Festival held downtown a success as attendees celebrate emancipation of enslaved people” [read]
“With end of Ohio’s COVID emergency, income tax time bomb starts ticking: The Wake Up for Monday, June 21, 2021” [read]
“Cleveland to host Freedom Fest on Juneteenth” [read]
“Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science headline list of performers at Cleveland’s first Juneteenth Freedom Fest” [read]
“Outdoor fitness fun, Juneteenth celebrations, ultimate NE Ohio Yelp sushi guide & more: Your weekend ‘In the CLE’ to-do guide” [read]
“21 things to do in Greater Cleveland the weekend of Juneteenth” [read]
Cleveland Jewish News // “MetroHealth Cleveland Juneteenth Freedom Fest June 19” [read]
Cleveland Magazine // “Here’s Why Juneteenth Matters In Cleveland” [read]
“5 Things To Do This Weekend In Cleveland: June 18-20” [read]
Cleveland SCENE // “Everything We Saw At the Inaugural Juneteenth Freedom Fest on Mall C in Downtown Cleveland” [read]
“Details Announced for Inaugural Juneteenth Freedom Fest in Downtown Cleveland” [read]
“20 Things To Do in Cleveland This Weekend (6/17-6/20)” [read]
Cool Cleveland // PHOTOSTREAM: Juneteenth Freedom Fest by Anastasia Pantsios” [read]
“There Are Juneteenth Celebrations All Around Town” [read]
Crain’s Cleveland Business // “Personal View: For downtown Cleveland, there’s no time like the present” [read]
Ethnic Cleveland
Freshwater Cleveland // “First annual downtown Juneteenth Freedom Fest is scheduled for summer” [read]
“A community affair: Details released for this weekend’s Juneteenth Freedom Fest” [read]
Newsbreak // “Cleveland Juneteenth celebrations planned to commemorate liberation of slaves” [read]
Patch // “Grammy Winners To Headline Cleveland’s 1st Juneteenth Celebration” [read]
“Cleveland Area Events” [read]
Q104-104.1FM // “Cleveland to host inaugural freedom fest to commemorate and celebrate Juneteenth” [read]
Spectrum News 1 // “Cleveland Freedom Fest to celebrate historical significance of Juneteenth”[read]
The Land // “A year after downtown protests, Juneteenth Freedom Fest aims to bring community together” [read]
This is Cleveland/Destination CLE // “Celebrate Juneteenth 2021 at These Events Happening Throughout Cleveland” [read]
WEWS-News 5 Cleveland // “Destination Cleveland gearing up for a busy summer as festivals and concerts return” [read]
“Cleveland’s May 30, 2020 riot leads different businesses to different decisions a year later” [read]
“Return of Walnut Wednesdays marks the start of several festivals to come this summer” [read]
“Northeast Ohio organizations celebrating Juneteenth with festivals and speakers this weekend” [read]
“Cleveland Juneteenth Freedom Fest—Everything to know about citywide festival celebrating end of slavery” [read]
WOIO-Cleveland 19 // “Juneteenth events scheduled around Cleveland to celebrate 1st year as federal holiday” [read]
WJW-FOX8 // “Northeast Ohio celebrates Juneteenth 2021” [read]
“Cleveland celebrates Juneteenth with song, art, and reflection” [read]
“Kenny previews Cleveland’s Juneteenth festivities” [read]
“First Juneteenth Freedom Fest kicks off in downtown Cleveland this weekend” [read]
WKYC-3 // “Celebrating Juneteenth, Cleveland style!” [read]
“Celebrations Around Cleveland Began Today For Juneteenth.” [read]
“Celebrations mark Juneteenth in Cleveland” [read]
“City of Cleveland to host inaugural “Freedom Fest” in honor of Juneteenth” [read]
“Summer fun guide: Laura DeMarco’s 12 must-do adventures throughout Northeast Ohio” [read]
“City of Cleveland to host inaugural “Freedom Fest” in honor of Juneteenth” [read]