Juneteenth – Jubilee Day Festival

Schedule

Sun Jun 16 2024 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

Ohio Village | Columbus, OH

This event includes free admission.
Now a federal holiday, Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Originating in Texas, it’s been observed on the 19th of June annually since 1865. Join us for an 1890’s Juneteenth observation in Ohio Village. Featured activities will include historical interpretations, storytelling, and dance.
~ Schedule of Events ~
*Panels will open and close Jubilee Festival in the Ohio History Center
Ohio History Center:
• 10:15–11:45 a.m. Cultural Conversations: Evolution of Black Imagery (Film screening and panel)
A viewing and conversation with Ohio Black filmmakers about what it means to reclaim the narrative of Black communities and imagine/create what a future will be.

Ohio Village:
• 12:15–12:25 p.m. Jubilee Parade led by Miss Juneteenth
• 12:30–12:55 p.m. Town Hall Welcome & Performance with Reverend James Poindexter and Urban Strings Columbus Youth Orchestra
• 1:00–1:25 p.m. Moments with Ida B. Wells and Gerald Mae
• 1:30–1:55 p.m. Jumpin’ Jubilee in honor of Juba (Dance demonstration and instruction)
• 2:00–2:25 p.m. Art in the Park (Storytime with Edmonia Lewis and Ruth Ann)
• 2:30–2:50 p.m. Language of the Bell Presentation
• 3 p.m. Church Service with Reverend Poindexter, Joshua McCarter Simpson and the Oak City Youth Choir
Ohio History Center:
• 3:45–4:55 p.m. Afrofuturism Panel and Cynthia Amoah - Poem Reading "It Shall Be Jubilee: Art & The Soul of Black folk"
This panel examines Afrofuturism and Afro-Nostalgia as sites of promise. We’ll discuss Black art as an inextricable aspect of the Black soul and Black soul as the exuberance of Our collective experience. In the words of Dubois, the Black artist is a cultural worker and “this, then, is the end of his striving: to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture” and that creativity allows us to “escape both death and isolation” to create a shared future and authentic Black spaces where our memory can be free.

Where is it happening?

Ohio Village, Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Ave, Columbus, OH 43211, United States,Columbus, Ohio

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Ohio History Connection

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