Tag: juneteenth
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Music festivals, art shows and wine tastings across Colorado
FLATIRON SOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL: Celebrate Father’s Day with a free day of live music, food and family-friendly fun at Chautauqua Park’s Flatiron Sounds Music Festival. The event features performances by Neal Francis, Lindsay Lou, Armchair Boogie, Blessing Bled Chimanga and Pick & Howl, along with local vendors, an artisan market and craft beer from 1…
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Juneteenth Festival moving to new Colorado Springs location
The celebration of freedom is moving indoors this year. For the first time, Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival attendees won’t be beaten down by the sun, rain, wind or hail, as the sixth annual event moves from last year’s outdoor location at The Citadel mall to Norris Penrose Event Center. The free festival is Saturday and…
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Celebrate freedom at these Juneteenth festivals in Colorado Springs
Juneteenth is Thursday, and there are several ways to celebrate here in the Springs. Also called Jubilee Day, this federal holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. It’s held annually on June 19, the same day Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, back in 1865 to announce the freedom of more than…
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WATCH: Men of Influence pushes back against Juneteenth alert that had ‘no real factual basis’
Editor’s note: The Peterson Space Force Base Anti-Terrorism Office recently issued a security notice about an upcoming Juneteenth festival at The Citadel mall. A version of this story that appeared on Saturday incorrectly stated the security alert originated at the Air Force Academy and representatives with the academy agreed to pull it back. The Colorado…
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CSPD chief: Military warning about Juneteenth event at The Citadel had ‘no real factual basis’
Editor’s note: The Peterson Space Force Base Anti-Terrorism Office recently issued a security notice about an upcoming Juneteenth festival at The Citadel mall. An earlier incorrectly stated the security alert originated at the Air Force Academy and representatives with the academy agreed to pull it back. The Colorado Springs Police Department erred in attributing the…
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‘It’s for everybody’: Celebrate Juneteenth this weekend with 3 days of festivities
Even as it hailed down last year, 30,000 people came together to celebrate the Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival. This year’s festival, organized by OneBodyEnt, is set to kick off Friday and continue through the weekend at America the Beautiful Park — with much better weather anticipated. The free, three-day festival will have nearly 80 vendors,…
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VIDEO | Juneteenth in Colorado Springs
Sights and sounds from this weekend’s Juneteenth celebration in Acacia Park. (Video by Skyler Ballard)