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Juneteenth Events in Phoenix

Juneteenth Festival at the Desert Botanical Garden

June 10

Join us for a vibrant celebration of Juneteenth at the Garden! A day of reflection, fun and connection, where we honor the enduring legacy of freedom, culture and community. Wander through the scenic trails while engaging in activities that spotlight Black culture, history and creativity.

Desert Botanical Garden

Miss Juneteenth Arizona 2025

June 13

Please join us for the 2025 Miss Juneteenth Arizona Scholarship Pageant, celebrating Juneteenth and focusing on empowering young women by promoting education, community service, and cultural awareness. Contestants in the pageant are judged on their poise, talent, understanding of current events, and knowledge of Juneteenth and its significance. 

Chandler Center for the Arts

12th Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Tempe History Museum

June 14

The African-American Advisory Committee presents the 12th Annual Juneteenth Celebration to educate the community and celebrate freedom from enslavement in the United States. The celebration will be held at Tempe History Museum, 809 E Southern Avenue, Tempe, 85282. This free, family-friendly event will include hands-on activities, performances, vendors, story time, a video game trailer, Police and Fire vehicles, food truck vendor and more!

Tempe History Museum

21st Annual Valley of the Sun Juneteenth Celebration 2025

June 14

The event features fun for the entire family. Highlights include live entertainment, educational workshops and presentations, children’s activities, arts and crafts, games and prizes, retail and resource vendors and free health screenings. Each year, we recognize community youth and award student scholarships. This is a fee event with free parking!

Eastlake Park

Culture Music in the Park: Juneteenth 2025

June 14

Join us for a night filled with unity, joy, and vibrant cultural expression. Groove to live performances by Vaughn Willis and Ear Candy, setting the perfect vibe for a celebration of freedom and diversity. Adding a touch of elegance and inspiration, the evening will be emceed by the newly crowned Ms. Juneteenth 2025–26.

Dr. A.J. Chandler Park

Buckeye Juneteenth Celebration

June 14

Welcome to Juneteenth Buckeye, AZ! Join us at the 6th Street Plaza for a day filled with celebration and community. This in-person event will feature live music, food vendors, local artisans, and more. Come together with friends and family to honor and commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Let's embrace our history and culture while enjoying a fun-filled day in the heart of Buckeye. Don't miss out on this special event!

6th Street Plaza, Buckeye

5th Annual West Valley Juneteenth Celebration

June 14

The West Valley Juneteenth 5th annual celebration is being held on Saturday, June 14th at La Joya Community High School. This event celebrates the perseverance of our past and the prosperity of the future. We take pride in knowing this event is organized for the community and by the community. Come out and have some fun with the Southwest Steppaz, "Where Them Fans At", adult, and family games (we have prizes for winners), and a traditional tribute to honor those we lost including brother Keith Johnson and our esteemed committee member Lyssa Black. Plus food trucks and vendors. 

La Joya Community High School

5th Annual Rybe Juneteenth Celebration

June 15

Celebrate freedom, culture, and unity at the 5th Annual RYBE Juneteenth Freedom Celebration! This exciting event is packed with performances, live entertainment, educational experiences, and fun activities for the whole family. Join us as we honor the legacy of Juneteenth through music, art, and community engagement.

Arizona Center

Carver's Inaugural Juneteenth Festival 2025

June 14

Mark your calendars for our Juneteenth event on June 14, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center. Enjoy a vibrant festival featuring live music, delicious food, arts and crafts, storytelling, local vendors, exhibits, a DJ, dancing, and much more!

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center

Downtown Tempe Juneteenth Block Party

June 14

We’re bringing back the block party energy for a second year! The Downtown Tempe Juneteenth Block Party is the perfect combo of good music, good eats and good community. Teri Tobin is back as this year’s emcee and will set the vibe for the night, as well as, give us a great performance and Urban Poet will deliver powerful spoken word. DJ Panic and DJ AKSHEN will keep the energy up with nonstop music so that Furious Styles Crew can bring the heat on the dance floor with some 1 v 1 dance battles. Don't worry, they will open it up to you all to jump in and show out!

CenterPoint Plaza

The Family Reunion - A Juneteenth Celebration

June 19

Join us in the heart of Phoenix’s historic Eastlake Park neighborhood for a vibrant Juneteenth celebration honoring freedom, culture, and community! Enjoy live music from local Black artists, all-day vibes from DJ Pootiecat, refreshing canned cognac cocktails from Siptale, the 1st Annual AZ Chicken Wing Showdown and more! Support local with food trucks and small business vendors offering up everything from delicious bites to handcrafted goods.

Archwood at Eastlake

Juneteenth at Phoenix Art Museum

June 19

In June, Phoenix Art Museum (PhxArt) will host First Friday in collaboration with thems., a Phoenix-based queer art collective for a pride night celebration. On June 6 from 5 – 8 pm, enjoy free general admission, music performances, in-gallery sketching, and workshops hosted by thems. PhxArt will also host a Juneteenth celebration with programming including an open mic hosted by Rashaad Thomas, performance by Ashton Vaughn Charles, and inspiring local organizations like Lit Twist Bookmobile, Arizona Birthworkers of Color, Made in her Image, and Tast of Melanin. 

Phoenix Art Museum

Juneteenth Family Day 2025

June 19

Join us for a vibrant celebration of freedom, community, and culture! Enjoy a dynamic lineup of educational speeches, live performances, and interactive activities both indoors and outdoors. Discover the history and significance of Juneteenth, connect through hands-on workshops, and celebrate with your community. Support local businesses and food vendors throughout the evening, and be part of this joyful and inclusive event. All are welcome to attend and participate in this free celebration. 

Goodyear Recreation Campus

A Time for Healing, A Time for Change, A Time for Theater: Juneteenth Show

June 20-21

Celebrate Juneteenth and enjoy an evening of live theater at ASU Kerr, featuring “Lost Boys Found” by Julie Amparano Garcia and directed by James E. Garcia, and “The Moment” by James E. Garcia and directed by Rod Ambrose. This show is presented by New Carpa Theater Co.

ASU Kerr Cultural Center

Juneteenth at Arizona Heritage Center

June 21

Celebrate Juneteenth at Arizona Hertiage Center at Papago Park!

AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park

Eastlake Park has been the focal point of Phoenix's Black history for most of its existence, becoming a haven where people of color could meet, relax, and celebrate without violating the laws that existed during these times. It is home to numerous civil rights rallies, Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations, memorials, and festivities, and was the starting point of many civil rights marches to the Arizona State Capital.  Eastlake Park also hosts an annual Juneteenth celebration –  a tradition that the space has hosted since the early 1920s.

Known as one of the oldest family-owned soul food restaurants, Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe has been serving timeless southern classics to Phoenix for over 50 years. Founder Elizabeth White, the namesake for Mrs. White, owns the restaurant with her son Larry White Sr. Although she is retired at age 100, she still returns to the restaurant to check up on things. Located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, the cafe has become an OG Phoenix staple. Some of Mrs. White’s famous dishes include southern fried chicken, fried catfish, smothered chicken, and peach cobbler. Elizabeth has an extra special connection to her restaurant and its location. She started Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe amid the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. She withstood the Great Depression and remained in the Jefferson Street neighborhood to see Phoenix transform as residences became commercial areas. Elizabeth’s grandson, Larry White Jr., now owns an array of restaurants throughout the greater Phoenix area including Monroe’s Hot Chicken and the Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles chain.

Jacob Cutino

has spent his fair share of time in some of the Valley’s top restaurants, including Fox Restaurant Concepts and Bootleggers, working both the front and back of the house. It all began when owner Jacob Cutino’s stepfather had a secret, killer habanero sauce. For years he kept the recipe to himself, and only trial and error and Jacobs’ persistence allowed him to recreate his own version. In 2017, a partnership was born with renowned chef and pizza guru Chris Bianco, a longtime fan of Cutino’s sauce. The collaboration allows the Cutino Sauce Co. to bring more great flavors to an even larger audience.  

Huss Brewing Company

Chip Mulala is the self-proclaimed Minister of Craft Beer who's been saving souls one pint at a time for more than 13 years. According to Chip, craft beer from Arizona is filled with inspiration and a sense of place. He is a past president of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, and the director of sales and marketing for Huss Brewing Company, where he’s helped grow the husband-and-wife-run company into Arizona’s third-largest producing brewery. 

LATHA

Swahili for flavor, celebrates Africa and the diaspora’s rich and diverse cuisines. The menu honors the interconnected journey of the foodways and culture of Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Southern US. A native of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Chef Digby Stridiron grew up around what many today call the “slow food” movement—fresh, locally harvested ingredients, and proteins gathered from the sea just steps away. Digby served as a culinary ambassador for the U.S. Virgin Islands and has earned mentions in USA Today’s 10 Best and Carib Journal’s Top 50 Best.   

The Diaspora Collective

houses both LATHA and Soko and exists as a place to celebrate, connect, discover, experience, and honor the food, art, culture, music, and people of Africa and the African diaspora. Soko is a curated marketplace that offers a diverse selection of goods, skillfully created or designed by Black artisans. 

Archwood Exchange

As the host and organizer of the Buy Black Marketplace, Archwood Exchange is dubbed a hub for Black business in Phoenix. Thanks to its cooperative-inspired setup, this is where businesses can sell their products in a pop-up, brick-and-mortar environment without the high costs of overhead. The online shop also offers an eclectic mix of fashion and accessories, such as graphic T-shirts and straw hats. 

Grassrootz Bookstore

Arizona’s only Black-owned bookstore is in the Historic Eastlake Park District in Phoenix. Created to be a community space for empowerment, enlightenment, and education, they feature niche books not typically purchased at the average chain bookstore. Each purchase helps to fund grassroots activism, education, and economic development efforts in Phoenix. 

The Nash

A jazz lounge in downtown Phoenix that is named after local Phoenix musician Lewis Nash. It originally opened in 2012 as a nonprofit educational center but has now grown into hosting large jazz performances. For performances, the Nash transforms into a jazz lounge with live instrumental performances and a choice of wines and craft beers. There are small snacks served at the Nash but no dinner service. 

Black Theatre Troupe

A historical Phoenix organization that was founded in 1970 by former city worker Helen K. Mason. Their mission then is the same as it is presently, to create a platform for Black artists to showcase their talents and advocate for the representation of Black arts and culture in the city. The Black Theatre Troupe continues to provide wholesome live shows to the community at their state-of-the-art facility in downtown Phoenix that is only two blocks away from where the original location once stood.   

It’s All About You Holistic Studio

A family, woman and Black-owned business located near downtown Phoenix. This studio operates as a holistic spa that offers a variety of treatments from massages, steams, halotherapy and Reiki. Massages offered include hot stone, deep tissue, Swedish and therapeutic. The studio offers both Yoni and Lingam steams rooting back to the ancient practice among holistic healers. Their salt room allows guests to engage in a dry method of halotherapy. Reiki sessions are also available channeling the Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Canine Reiki is also available for furry companions. 

For a more comprehensive list of black-owned businesses in Phoenix, check out our list.