Fri, Jun 13
|Clinton Square
2025 Juneteenth Festival
The downtown air fills with the aroma of ribs on the grill, catfish in the fryer and peach cobbler cooling in the shade. You can thank Henry`s Hen House, Who Want Smoke and Johnny G`s for all that food.
Time & Location
Jun 13, 2025, 5:00 PM – Jun 14, 2025, 9:00 PM
Clinton Square, 161 Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13202, USA
About the event
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation from slavery nationwide. For the Syracuse Juneteenth Festival, we recognize the changemakers in the Central New York area, both in the past and present. This year’s national theme is “A Reckoning: Reclaiming the Past, Remembering Black Voices, Reshaping the Future.” The Syracuse festival will take place Friday and Saturday, June 13th and 14th in Clinton Square and includes the Juneteenth Victory Parade, which will originate at the Dunbar Center on Saturday starting at 11 am and wind up at Clinton Square at noon.