Chicago Events celebrating Juneteenth in 2023
1. Don’t miss the 2023 Accessible Juneteenth Celebration!
Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition, UIC Disability Cultural Center, Access Living, the Chicago Disability Pride Parade, and the Institute on Disability and Human Development will host the third annual Accessible Juneteenth celebration. The event is also sponsored by Whole Foods through a grant.
This year, we will have a DJ who will bless us with music fit for our Accessible Juneteenth celebration. There will be food, giveaways, and resources given out by vendors also, including from Black-owned and disability-owned/friendly organizations and businesses.
We will host an open-mic where you can share your talents in singing, spoken-word, playing instruments, and more!
2. Bronzeville’s 2023 Juneteenth Celebration
This village themed family friendly celebration will offer live entertainment for both adults and youth alike. Local historians, visual and performing artists, crafters, as well as others from the Chicago land area will come to together to showcase their creative art depictions, share stories, and entertain attendees for this two-fold event to safely celebrate its significance of keeping the memory of emancipation for African Americans and the price of freedom for all Americans through American history in the forefront of our minds.
3. Juneteenth Family Festival 2023
The Beverly/Morgan Park Juneteenth Family Festival aims to honor our ancestors, celebrate African and African-American cultural heritage, unite our diverse community, and connect Chicago residents with resources and services.
4. 2nd Annual Juneteenth Village Fest
This event provides a space for students, families, partner organizations, businesses, and the broader community to commemorate the liberation of African descendants from slavery. Programming highlights the resilience, solidarity, culture, and progress of Black communities.
5. Thank You, Chicago
The Juneteenth Market is a pop up market celebrating black business in Chicago. It will take place on Monday June 19th at the Promontory in Hyde Park.The marketplace will feature various business and industries from beauty to fashion. Food vendors will be on site.
6. Juneteenth Legacy Conference
This conference inspires and equips Black Americans to achieve generational wealth and legacy success with race-conscious strategies. Virtual and in-person. Virtual broadcast is free.
7. The 1865 Juneteenth Fest 2023
The 1865 Coalition is a collaboration of community organizations, residents, stakeholders, law enforcement, educational institutions, elected officials, local businesses, and churches who collectively have come together to host a three day “Juneteenth” celebration in Garfield Park called the “1865 Fest”
8. The Du’s 3rd Annual Juneteenth Community BBQ
To commemorate Juneteenth, Black people would gather for community celebrations with food, song, and dance. In the spirit of the rich legacy our ancestors have left us, for the third year in a row (since Juneteenth was declared an official holiday in 2021) The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is proud to bring back our community Juneteenth Festival.
9. Juneteenth Jump Off (21+)
“Juneteenth Jump Off!” brings some of the most amazing and incredibly talented Black performers of Burlesque and Variety from all over the country to the same stage, as we invite you to join in the festivities of one of the best nights of your life!
Juneteenth Celebration in North Center
The event, open to the entire community, will feature entertainment, food, and a marketplace with vendors selling products and services. There will also be interactive activities including hair braiding, dance lessons, double dutch, horseback riding, sword play, yo-yo, and more! Highlighting Black-owned businesses and providing activities for all ages, this event is sure to be a fun afternoon for the whole family. Supported by 47th Ward Alderman Matt Martin, along with State Rep Ann Williams, Senator Sara Feigenholtz, and several local businesses.
10. Juneteenth Southside Tour with Sherman “Dilla” Thomas
Take a two-hour bus tour with Sherman “Dilla” Thomas and return to the South Shore Cultural Center for a Juneteenth beach party.