A Juneteenth parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 19, at Quindaro Park, 3345 Sewell Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
The parade travels on Brown Avenue, 27th Street, to Quindaro Boulevard, ending at 21st and Quindaro.
Chester Owens, historian, is the grand marshal of the parade.
It is sponsored by the Kansas City, Kansas, NAACP, Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Black Trade Unionists and the Vernon Multi-Purpose Center. For information, call 913-707-6862.
A Juneteenth Celebration is planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 19, and Sunday, June 20, at 18th and Quindaro Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas.
The celebration will include music, shopping, a car show and food. For more information, go to webuyblack.com.
Avenue of Life is celebrating Juneteenth Freedom Day from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at 500 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
That celebration will include free food, face painting and a bouncy house. Children are welcome.
In Kansas City, Missouri, Juneteenth events are planned Friday and Saturday. A Miss Juneteenth Pageant will be held Friday, June 18, at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Juneteenth KC Reunion, Heritage Festival, will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, in the 18th and Vine historic jazz district of Kansas City, Missouri. There will be food, music and vendors.
An all-day Juneteenth festival will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at Blue Hills Park, 5140 Brooklyn, Kansas City, Missouri. For more information on the Kansas City, Missouri, events visit https://kcjuneteenth.org/ and https://www.juneteenth-kc.com/.