June 19, 2026
The weekend kicks off Friday evening with blues guitarist Solomon Hicks from NYC
Three days of celebrations will be held to mark the 2026 national Juneteenth holiday in Clinton and Essex counties, which were hotbeds of abolitionism during a transforming time in American history. Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrates the final end of chattel slavery after the Civil War, when Union troops occupied Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865.
