HISTORY AND GROWTH OF JUNETEENTH ATLANTA
Our first Juneteenth Atlanta event was held ten years ago and has grown into one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations in the country. We welcome you as a vendor and look to service you during Juneteenth Atlanta Parade & Music Festival 2022!
Here’s a look at our history and growth:
2012 - Georgia International Convention Center
2013 - Perkinson Park
2014 - The Shrine of The Black Madonna (first parade)
2015 - Mozley Park
2016 - Morris Brown College
2017 - Morris Brown College
2018 - Mozley Park
2019 - The Home Depot Backyard
2020, (During the Covid 19 shut down) we led a parade and rally along with the Young Peoples Movement, Commissioner Natalie Hall, and Councilman Antonio Brown with approximately 10,000 participants through the streets of Atlanta, GA. Although the 2020 rally was different from our annual festival and parade offerings, it proved to be a major success for unity and recognition.
2021 After missing months of planning and fundraising opportunities due to state COVID restrictions and shutdown, once the state shut down or events was lifted mid April, we had less than 50 days to produce and staff our Juneteenth Atlanta festival and parade for the event dates of June 18-20, 2021, at Centennial Olympic Park. During that time, we registered over two hundred-fifty vendors and approximately 2,200 parade participants. Thanks to the generous support from our community partners of performing artists, media sponsors ( V-103, Streetz 94.5, Smooth Jazz 101/100), our Atlanta Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, we overcame all the challenges presented such as: just returning from a state shutdown, the logistics of a 22 acre venue, and a horrid 85% weather forecast of rain and thunder storms for that entire weekend. Because of our organization’s persistence and determination to commemorate and celebrate Juneteenth despite any circumstances and because of the support and unity from our vendors and attendees, Juneteenth Atlanta is now recognized as one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations in the world.
June 17, 2021 - The day Juneteenth became a national holiday!
Juneteenth Atlanta is also a 10-year member of the National Juneteenth Observation Foundation founded by the late Rev. Ronald V. Meyers Senior M.D. The NJOF was the driving force behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. Our eldest member, Opal Lee, sat in the front row during the signing of Senate Bill S. 475 by President Biden, on June 17, 2021, making Juneteenth the 12th federal holiday. 2022 brings in our 10 year Juneteenth Atlanta anniversary and the first year anniversary of Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. We are going all out for Juneteenth Atlanta Celebration 2022 and invite you to join us now!
Our first Juneteenth Atlanta event was held ten years ago and has grown into one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations in the country. We welcome you as a vendor and look to service you during Juneteenth Atlanta Parade & Music Festival 2022!
Here’s a look at our history and growth:
2012 - Georgia International Convention Center
2013 - Perkinson Park
2014 - The Shrine of The Black Madonna (first parade)
2015 - Mozley Park
2016 - Morris Brown College
2017 - Morris Brown College
2018 - Mozley Park
2019 - The Home Depot Backyard
2020, (During the Covid 19 shut down) we led a parade and rally along with the Young Peoples Movement, Commissioner Natalie Hall, and Councilman Antonio Brown with approximately 10,000 participants through the streets of Atlanta, GA. Although the 2020 rally was different from our annual festival and parade offerings, it proved to be a major success for unity and recognition.
2021 After missing months of planning and fundraising opportunities due to state COVID restrictions and shutdown, once the state shut down or events was lifted mid April, we had less than 50 days to produce and staff our Juneteenth Atlanta festival and parade for the event dates of June 18-20, 2021, at Centennial Olympic Park. During that time, we registered over two hundred-fifty vendors and approximately 2,200 parade participants. Thanks to the generous support from our community partners of performing artists, media sponsors ( V-103, Streetz 94.5, Smooth Jazz 101/100), our Atlanta Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, we overcame all the challenges presented such as: just returning from a state shutdown, the logistics of a 22 acre venue, and a horrid 85% weather forecast of rain and thunder storms for that entire weekend. Because of our organization’s persistence and determination to commemorate and celebrate Juneteenth despite any circumstances and because of the support and unity from our vendors and attendees, Juneteenth Atlanta is now recognized as one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations in the world.
June 17, 2021 - The day Juneteenth became a national holiday!
Juneteenth Atlanta is also a 10-year member of the National Juneteenth Observation Foundation founded by the late Rev. Ronald V. Meyers Senior M.D. The NJOF was the driving force behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. Our eldest member, Opal Lee, sat in the front row during the signing of Senate Bill S. 475 by President Biden, on June 17, 2021, making Juneteenth the 12th federal holiday. 2022 brings in our 10 year Juneteenth Atlanta anniversary and the first year anniversary of Juneteenth becoming a national holiday. We are going all out for Juneteenth Atlanta Celebration 2022 and invite you to join us now!