26th Annual Ohio Freedom Festival

From 26th Annual Ohio Freedom Festival Website:

Juneteenth Ohio 2016
Celebrating 150 years of Freedom. June 17th - 19th

Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad Street Downtown Columbus, Ohio 12:00Noon - 11pm Daily

General Admission $5.00

3-Days, Music, Food, and Family Fun

The 26th Annual Juneteenth Ohio Festival takes place June 17 thru June 19 2016 at the beautiful Genoa Park in Downtown Columbus Ohio from 12:00 Noon to 11pm. Juneteenth is celebrated in over 250 cities nationally and recognized by 40 million African Americans as their freedom and Independence Day. The Juneteenth festival attracts 130,000 supporters in Columbus Ohio and is considered the 3rd largest celebration in the nation.
The Juneteenth Ohio Festival is a weekend of cultural discovery for all individuals, families and communities to participate and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of African American freedom. History reveals that on June 19, 1865 when General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston Texas and read federal order number 3 to the last remaining captives, that re -building family was our first priority.