2026 Juneteenth Jubilee

8:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Start your Juneteenth with movement by joining Opal’s Walk for Freedom a 2.5-mile tribute to Dr. Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" and her advocacy to help make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Opal’s Walk for Freedom’s registration cost is $39.44 for participants older than age 18. Participants ages 18 and younger can participate for free. Day-of walk registration payments can only be made by card.

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. | Walk Registration and Check-In

• 8:30 | DJ Arie

• 8:30 | NubianLuxx Facepainting (free for walk participants)

• 8:30 | Outdoor games open

• 9:30 and throughout walk | Skate Downtown Cincy

• 9:45 | Welcome and kickoff

• 10:00 | Walk begins

• 11:15 | Walk route closes

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Freedom Way comes alive with on-stage performances, a Community Market, food trucks and outdoor activities for all ages.

• 9:00-11:15 a.m. | Hoxworth blood donation booth open 

• 11:00 | Community Market and food trucks open 

• 11:00 | Bank of America booth opens   

• 12:00 p.m. | Welcome remarks  

• 12:00 | Cincinnati Observatory solar telescope booth opens 

• 12:00-1:30 | DJ Vader  

• 12:30-2:45 | Hoxworth blood donation booth open 

• 1:30-3:30 | 2nd Wind Band

• 3:30-5:00 | DJ Vader 

• 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 | Raffle drawings

• 5:00 | Closing remarks

12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Step inside the Freedom Center for powerful, hands-on experiences that invite reflection and imagination,

• 12:00 p.m. | Museum opens

• 12:00-4:45 | Docent, knowledge and community partner stations, floors 2 and 3 

• 12:00-4:45 | Children quite space open, Discovery Room 2, floor 3 

• 12:30 | Ijo Ugo Drummers performance, floor 2 

• 1:00-2:00 | The Lion King cast panel discussion, Harriet Tubman Theater 

• 2:00 | Ijo Ugo Drummers performance, floor 2 

• 2:45 | “Space is the Place” screening, Harriet Tubman Theater  

• 4:15 | “Afrofantastic” screening, Harriet Tubman Theater 

• 5:00 | Museum closes