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Juneteenth Woburn

Juneteenth Woburn 2025

Saturday, June 21st from 12-4pm

On Saturday, June 21st, Social Capital Inc. (SCI), the Woburn Public Library and the City of Woburn are hosting the city’s 5th annual celebration of Juneteenth in partnership with St. John’s Baptist Church of Woburn, WMHS Black Student Union and the NAACP Mystic Valley Area Branch.

📍 Location: Woburn Public Library front lawn and front parking lot, with additional activities happening in the Woburn Public Library.

Everyone is encouraged and welcome to attend! Honorary remarks and celebratory performances will begin at 2pm.

Juneteenth Woburn 2025 is financially supported by a grant from the Woburn Cultural Council (a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency), Reading Cooperative Bank, the Woburn Democratic City Committee, and Winchester Hospital. Major support for SCI Woburn is provided by Cummings Properties. Interested in supporting? Donate today or sign on as a sponsor!

11:00AM-4:00PM In the Woburn Public Library

  • Black Artist Exhibit – Program Room
  • Craft Stations – Children’s Room
  • Juneteenth Flag-making – Teen Room
  • Quilting Coloring – Downstairs Lobby
  • Flowers of Black History exhibit – Downstairs Lobby
  • Juneteenth Info display – Downstairs Lobby

12:00PM-4:00PM Library Front Lawn 

  • Music by James Walker (DJ Cakewalk; @therealcakewalk)
  • Community Organizations
  • Vendor Tables
  • Free Food!

Special Events!

  • 1:00 Ben Jaques, local author presentation (Library Program Room)
  • 1:25 WMHS Students, civics project presentation (Library Program Room)
  • 2:00PM Speaking Program with Remarks and Keynote Address from Dr. Adrian Mims, The Calculus Project. Followed by student speakers and performers
  • 3:00PM Perla Mabel, Interdisciplinary Black Artist – Q&A Session (Library Program Room)

About Juneteenth

Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Black people within the United States – first celebrated on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas and has since been observed annually on June 19th. In July 2020, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill designating Juneteenth as an annual state holiday in Massachusetts. Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.