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Want to honor and celebrate Juneteenth in New Orleans? You can enjoy live music, celebrate with friends and learn about Black heritage at a number of events happening around the city this month.<\/p>\n
Juneteenth honors the day\u2013June 19, 1865\u2013when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were told they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation declared those enslaved in the Confederacy had been emancipated. Juneteenth is a federal holiday, and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has declared it a state holiday, as did former Gov. John Bel Edwards.<\/p>\n
As the holiday approaches, people in and around New Orleans are coming together to celebrate Black heritage through music, storytelling and community gatherings.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the city is celebrating Juneteenth this year.<\/p>\n
Did we miss an event? Email tips@wwno.org<\/u><\/a> and let us know what\u2019s happening near you.<\/p>\n Location: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Highway 18, Wallace<\/p>\n Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n The event will feature live performances, panel discussions, storytelling, local art and food vendors, and guests can take a self-guided tour of the historic grounds. Admission is free with registration.<\/p>\n Location: The Blue Crawfish Hotel & Bar, 1620 Dumaine Street<\/p>\n Time: Noon<\/p>\n The Velvet Sessions and What\u2019s Poppin NOLA are hosting a pool party and cookout with a special menu by Addis NOLA, music from DJ Rakimbeau and a live saxophone performance by Utopia.<\/p>\n Location: The Creole Queen, 1 Poydras Street<\/p>\n Time: 6 p.m.<\/p>\n Celebrate Juneteenth aboard the Creole Queen. DJs will be spinning hip-hop, house, reggae, R&B and more. Tickets run between $68 and $524 and can be purchased online.\u00a0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Location: New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Avenue<\/p>\n Time: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n The museum\u2019s weekly Live! From the Jazz Museum Balcony concert series continues with a special Juneteenth performance by Free Spirit African Drum Cord. You can watch in person or stream it live at facebook.com\/nolajazzmuseum\/live<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n Her winning philosophy has been a relaxed one: to breathe and \u201clet things fall in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/ps-promo>\n<\/div>\n Location: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle<\/p>\n Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n New Orleans’ Nu Nation Choir will celebrate Juneteenth with a concert in NOMA’s Great Hall. Attendance is included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday.<\/p>\n Location: Louis Armstrong Park<\/p>\n Time: Noon to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n The festival will be “celebrating Black past, present & future” with a second line and music by Kalindah Laveau, WATOTS of Kumbuka, Nell Simmons, Game Ova Skipp, BJ So Cole and Jelly. There will be plenty of local artists and food vendors. Admission is free.<\/p>\n Location: New Orleans African American Museum, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street<\/p>\n Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday<\/p>\n Opening June 19, Ancestral Odyssey is a permanent digital art installation by Vince Fraser that uses Afro-surrealism to celebrate the legacy of Black Masking Indians and the African diaspora. Admission is $5 to $20 with discounts for Louisiana residents and students.<\/p>\n Location: Mount Zion Baptist Church (2200 Dumaine St. New Orleans, LA 70119)<\/p>\n Time: 6 p.m.<\/p>\n The free, interactive concert will honor Black composers and their cultural impact. <\/p>\n Location: Andre Cailloux Center, 2541 Bayou Road<\/p>\n Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n The Louisiana Afro-Indigenous Society will host an evening of music, dance, and speeches celebrating Black history and culture. General admission is $101.81. Tickets can be purchased online.\u00a0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Location: Cafe Istanbul, 2372 St. Claude Avenue<\/p>\n Time: 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n NOCOP is hosting a fundraiser and community block party “in support of a radical vision for justice in New Orleans: a Community Police Accountability Council (CPAC).” There will be live music, food, art and raffle prizes.<\/p>\n Location: The New Marigny Theater, 2301 Marais Street<\/p>\n Time: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n OperaCr\u00e9ole will present \u201cSongs of Victory\u201d, a concert celebrating Edmond D\u00e9d\u00e9\u2019s \u201cMorgiane\u201d, the oldest known opera by a Black American. The event will feature performances by Lindsey Reynolds, Givonna Joseph, and others. Tickets are $30.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSaturday, June 14\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n
Whitney Plantation\u2019s Juneteenth Freedom Festival<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Juneteenth: Pool Party & Cookout<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Sip & Sail River Cruise<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Tuesday, June 17\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n
Live! From the Jazz Museum Balcony<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Wednesday, June 18<\/h2>\n
Honor Juneteenth with Nu Nation Choir<\/a><\/h3>\n
Thursday, June 19<\/b><\/h2>\n
New Orleans Juneteenth Festival<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Ancestral Odyssey by Vince Fraser<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Voices Reclaimed: A Juneteenth Celebration<\/a><\/h3>\n
Friday, June 20\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n
Juneteenth Freedom Gala<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
Juneteenth Fundraiser & Community Block Party<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Sunday, June 22<\/b><\/h2>\n
Songs of Victory<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n