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Listen up! Juneteenth events this weekend

The annual 517 Juneteenth Festival offers a full day of live music, food, shopping and community in the heart of REO Town.

This year’s performers include Jamila Woods, MikeyyAustin, JMT, Kaels, Al Bettis, Christian Sykes and The Lansing Collective Worship Encounter.

More than 100 vendors will be in attendance, from fashion and art to wellness and culture.

There will also be a food court, a kids’ zone and a lounge where attendees can relax and cool off, sponsored by MSUFCU.

The Juneteenth CATA bus will be there, too, another way to cool off.

3:30-11 p.m. Saturday, June 20

REO Town, Lansing

Free

The festival is one of many Juneteenth events going on this weekend; here are a few others:

The Dr. Clyde D. Carnegie essay/scholarship & art competition program
5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18
Michigan Library and Historical Center
702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing

Healthy People Creating Healthy Communities seminar & mixer
6 p.m. Thursday, June 18
The Cadillac Room
1115 S. Washington Ave., Lansing

Juneteenth Flag Day
11 a.m. Friday, June 19
Lansing City Hall plaza flagpole
124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing

Juneteenth Ice Cream Social
4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, June 19
Riverview Church parking lot
1115 S. Washington Ave., Lansing

Juneteenth Freedom Festival
4-8:30 p.m. Friday, June 19
11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20
St. Joseph Park
2125 W. Hillsdale St., Lansing

Father’s Day jazz night
6-8 p.m. Sunday, June 21
The Cadillac Room

Photo by Kendall D. Lartigue