Weekend events: Juneteenth, Beltline Fest, Atlanta Dream

✊🏾 Friday is Juneteenth, and commemorates this day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

Here are some places hosting events marking that historic day:

• Atlanta's Juneteenth Parade and Music Festival (Fri.-Sun.)
• Juneteenth in Sweet Auburn (Sat.)
• National Center for Civil and Human Rights (Fri.)
• Gwinnett County celebrations (Thurs.-Sat.)
• Hapeville's Freedom Day with a performance from Grammy Award-winning group Arrested Development. (Fri.)
• Root House Museum's "Freedom Day" (Fri.)
• Cobb County NAACP (Fri.-Sun.)
• Oakland Cemetery's event includes a tour of Black Americans buried there and a screening of "Maynard," a documentary about Atlanta's first Black mayor. (Fri.)
• Sandy Springs (Fri.)

⚾ The Braves wrap up a three-game series against the Giants today and will prepare to host the Brewers. (through Sun.)

🎤 Hip-hop artist Conway The Machine takes over Hell at The Masqeurade. (Fri.)

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Night is back at Zoo Atlanta, offering guests after-hours views of animals and live entertainment. (Sat.)

🏀 Atlanta Dream plays Indiana Fever at State Farm Arena. (Sat.)

🥳 Atlanta Beltline Fest brings two days of food and live music to Pittsburgh Yards. Busta Rhymes and Tobe Nwigwe will headline the festival. (Sat.-Sun.)

🎨 Old Fourth Ward Springs Arts Festival returns to Historic Fourth Ward Park. (Sat.-Sun.)