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Welcome to Buffalo Juneteenth's 49th Consecutive Festival. This years festival is Saturday & Sunday June 15th and 16th 2024. Join us for our pre and post festival activities with Sankofa Days, MAAFA Ceremony as well as CommUniversity.  

...and still we riserise early! parade starts At 10 A.M.Saturday june 15 at genesee Str & Ivey strwatch it live at channel 7 wkbw-tv

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The Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo was started in 1976 by B.U.I.L.D., a community-based organization, as a culturally relevant alternative to the country's Bicentennial Celebration. The group blocked off part of Jefferson Avenue -- the "Main Street" of Buffalo's Black community -- for a weekend celebration. Murals were painted and vendors set up booths to sell ethnic foods and wares -- entertainment and festivity were abundant. After several years, the Juneteenth Festival outgrew Jefferson Avenue. It is now held in Martin Luther King Jr. Park at the intersection of Best Street and Fillmore Avenue. Juneteenth Festival Inc. received 501(c) (3) status in 1985. In 2000, the name of the organization added an A.K.A:  Juneteenth of Buffalo, to reflect its broader mission.

Juneteenth Festival, Inc. exists exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.  

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is to actively preserve and promote the broad spectrum of African American Heritage through educational and cultural activities that will benefit the community as a whole. Juneteenth Festival, Inc. partners with existing organizations with similar community-based objectives to help achieve our mission.

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Liberation Flag Raising - Juneteenth 2022

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Highlights from Buffalo Juneteenth Festival

Highlights from Buffalo Juneteenth Festival

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Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom - Ch.2 News Special (1999)

Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom - Ch.2 News Special (1999)

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2022 Buffalo Juneteenth Parade

2022 Buffalo Juneteenth Parade

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T. 716 - 891 - 8801  |  buffalojuneteenth1976@gmail.com
Juneteenth Festival, Inc. P.O. Box 412 Ellicott Station Buffalo, NY 14205

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