• With GPOP Chair & Green Party PA Lieutenant Governor Candidate Craig Bolton

Join the Green Party of Philadelphia on Sunday, June 21 at Malcolm X Park in West Philly for Juneteenth in Philadelphia as we talk Green policies, state & local politics, and the 2026 PA Governor's Race.

Juneteenth is the oldest celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19th, 1865 (two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was in effect) that the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

The Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival, started by the Pennsylvania Juneteenth Initiative, is the largest annual celebration in the nation attended by thousands where we join together to have fun, embrace our history and continue the tradition of Kujichagulia (self-determination).

The first Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival took place on June 18, 2016. This event drew an audience of 5,000 people, 2 floats, 15 units and 50 vendors with the parade ending and the festival occurring at the African American Museum at 7th and Arch. And as they say “The rest is history”.

Over the past 5 years, the parade has grown to be the largest in the nation drawing over 25,000 attendees to experience a culturally festive 1.5 mile long parade with over 2,000 participants and 20+ floats. The annual celebration continues with a festival at the historic Malcolm X Park with over 250 vendors and a musical concert for the entire family to enjoy.

www.JuneteenthPhilly.org