The 14th Annual JuneteenthKC Heritage Festival is excited to welcome over 25,000 visitors to the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District in honor of Juneteenth – commemorating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States learned of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

8th Annual Juneteenth Cultural Parade

Saturday, June 7th

STARTING AT NOON

Pre-Parade Show 11:00-11:45 AM

Juneteenth Heritage Festival

June 21, 2025
Noon – 10PM

Main Stage:

Gospel Jubilee

​Joe Thomas

Brass & Boujee 

CARNIVAL

**** ALL FREE ****

The Zulu Connection Stilt Dancers

Golden Feather Hunter Indians

KIDS’ ZONE

Face Painters | Pony Rides | Balloon Artists

And more!

Join Power 105.1 at the Parade, Festival and First Fridays! 

Special thanks to our partners participating in the festival:

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