Houston's Juneteenth 2025 event guide

• This year's commemoration comes as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs face growing political backlash and rollbacks across the U.S.

Here are our top picks for events:

Thursday (Juneteenth)

🧘 Be well at Post Houston's BLK FLO Juneteenth Wellness Celebration with yoga, dancing and more.

• Free. 10am-3pm.

👀 See "From Plantation to Emancipation," a live reenactment of Black history from slavery to freedom, at Sam Houston Park.

• Tickets are $25, $15 for ages 6-12, and free for those 5 and under. 1pm.

🪩 Celebrate in every sense of the word during the Juneteenth Juke Jam at Henke and Pillot with a live taping of Pop The Balloon, networking, comedy and dancing.

• Free. 5pm-2am.

🎵 Listen to poetry and live music at the Roots and Rhythm Juneteenth open mic night at Upper Kirby Bistro.

• Free entry. 7pm.

Friday

🗣️ Experience modern art through written word at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston's Juneteenth Writers Remix Series.

• Free with museum admission. 6:30-7:30pm.

🛣️ Enjoy "Our Road Home," an interactive dance performance exploring life for newly freed Black Americans.

• Tickets are $25. 7-8:30pm.

Saturday

🚌 Explore the history of Third Ward, where the last of newly freed Black Americans settled after emancipation, on the Juneteenth Bus Tour.

• Tickets are $33. 9:45am-1pm.

🍗 Eat to your stomach's content at The Flat's Juneteenth Freedom Weekend Midnight BBQ.

• Entry is free. 8pm-2am.

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