Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival to include several new features

DENVER – This 12 months’s Juneteenth Music Competition will embody a number of new additions to the pageant line-up.

The annual pageant, which is historically held in 5 Factors, will as soon as once more be held on Welton Road, however will even embody a number of block events on close by aspect streets.

“Most likely half the cities DJs are going to be creating block events on aspect streets all through 5 Factors,” mentioned Norman Harris, JMF Company govt director.

JMF Company is the pageant organizer, and Harris says this 12 months’s occasion will even characteristic a brand new group house.

“One of many latest issues folks ought to search for at Juneteenth is a brand new house known as “The Most Lovely Factor.” It is down on twenty eighth and Welton,” Harris mentioned. “Throughout Juneteenth, it may be targeted on artwork, and an artwork activation can be internet hosting most likely about 15 to twenty completely different artists.”

Harris says afterwards, the house can be used for weekly group occasions.

“We need to make it possible for persons are nonetheless protecting Welton Road of their orbits following Juneteenth as a result of there are such a lot of nice companies and so many nice issues to assist down there,” Harris mentioned.

Denver’s annual Juneteenth Music Competition returns June 18-19

That is the primary Juneteenth Music Competition since state lawmakers formally named Juneteenth a state vacation.

“On Monday, fairly just a few persons are going to have the day without work. So, we do count on to have extra folks coming this 12 months and fairly enthusiastic about it,” Harris mentioned.

Harris says one other spotlight of this 12 months’s pageant embody headliners Twista and Dave East, in addition to native artist Sammy Mayfield.

“I really feel actually, actually good about it. And I am actually glad to see it develop,” Mayfield mentioned.

Mayfield, a Denver native and legendary blues singer, will carry out on the pageant for the primary time in almost a decade. He says he has a variety of reminiscences of performing in 5 Factors and on the pageant.

“After I was rising up, I used to be 12 years previous taking part in on the Rossonian,” mentioned Mayfield. “It’s the homecoming I am wanting ahead to.”

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