Juneteenth Festival

Overview

Join the AAMI as we commemorate Juneteenth with our annual festival! This year we will be at the African American Museum of Iowa (55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401) from 12-6 PM on Saturday, June 20. This highly anticipated festival will include: live music and performances, local nonprofit and business organizations, food and merchandise vendors, and family-friendly activities!
Entertainment includes:
Rahlan Kay | Renee Bryant-Moore | Never Dream Less | YENKO Afro-Fit | Mt. Zion Baptist Church Male Chorus | Talent Show (sign up here!) | Regan's Face Painting (free to attendees) | Bounce House | Chalk Drawing | Lawn Games
Participating vendors include:
The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success | Advocates for Social Justice | African American Family Resiliency Association | Art with Jess | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa | Building Wealth Society and Bluitt Essentials | Cafe Beignet | Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission | Cedar Rapids Public Library | CharmCharmz of Destiny Ari’e | Conversation Pieces by Marcy | CR NAACP | CR Pride | CR Tourism | Destiny Dixon Art | Doña Mari’s Tacos | Emijah Jones Art | Foundation 2 | Fried Sweets and Treats | Gamma Phi Chi Fraternity | Honey Bones Spices | ImpactLife | Indivisible of Linn County Metro | Jahn | Jay’s Water Ice | Jenny Sammons Artwork & Jewelry | Light of the Heartland | Linn County Chapter UNA-USA | Linn County Election Services | Mama Africa LLC | My Beautiful Fluff | Neighborhood Finance Corporation | Never Dream Less Foundations | Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center | Sharp Customs Crafts | St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids | Sunshine Sips and Sweets | Tanager | TYJ Handmade gifts | Unitarian Universalist Church (Cedar Rapids) | Veterans Benefits | YENKO
Thanks to our sponsors: Great America | Cargill | Alliant Energy | City of Cedar Rapids | Corda Credit Union | Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO and Local Union Community Charities | Holmes Murphy | ITC | Veridian Credit Union | GreenState Credit Union | Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust | First Interstate Bank | Phillip and Jo Lavera Jones | KCRG-TV9 Show You Care