US EditionSouthern Colorado Juneteenth Festival Continues Despite Funding Cuts
- In 2025, the Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival will be held over three days at the parking lot of The Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, with organizers anticipating attendance to exceed 25,000 people.
- The festival relocated this year due to a funding cut that reduced city tax support from $150,000 in 2024 to half that amount in 2025, and organizers needed to find a new venue.
- Despite losing 52% of its city funding and facing increased event costs, organizers and 85 vendors remain motivated and enthusiastic to maintain a safe, community-centered environment.
- Jennifer Smith said the park's rental fee rose to $5,000 daily, while Shanel Rhodes called this festival her most profitable vendor event, and Whitley emphasized removing barriers to community connection.
- Organizers hope strong community turnout and creative resilience will sustain festival growth and cultural celebration despite financial challenges and reduced corporate sponsorships.
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Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival adapts after funding cuts, sponsor pullouts
Despite facing funding cuts and relocating from a park to a parking lot at The Citadel mall, organizers and eventgoers are determined to make the fifth annual Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival a success.
Southern Colorado Juneteenth festival continues despite funding cuts
For the first time since 2019, the Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival is taking place at The Citadel Mall parking lot in Colorado Springs, despite losing half of its city tax funding.The festival, one of the region's biggest cultural and economic events, brought in more than $1.5 million in local spending last year and drew more than 138,000 visitors Downtown.Organizers say they're not backing down despite the financial setback, and neither a…
Rockford residents and activists celebrate Juneteenth at Sinnissipi Park
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — People from around the Rockford area gathered at Sinnissipi Park to celebrate Juneteenth at Sinnissipi Park on Thursday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when the last enslaved African Americans in Confederate states were freed by the Union Army. This year marks the 35th anniversary of Rockford’s Juneteenth Celebration, the oldest known celebration of its kind in Illinois. Rockford's Juneteenth Celebration C…
Juneteenth kicks off in Southern Colorado
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — It's Juneteenth, and celebrations are underway across Southern Colorado. On June 19 in 1865, some of the last slaves finally learned about the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is also commonly known as Freedom Day. Event organizers stress that it's a holiday for all Americans to celebrate, regardless of their skin color. "I'm just happy to see all kinds of people here together, and just excited and grateful that we can …
Communities in Lynnwood, Edmonds celebrate Juneteenth
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Across the county, people ate food and sang songs to celebrate the holiday that commemerates the end of slavery. Communities in Lynnwood, Edmonds celebrate Juneteenth Will Geschke
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