DOORS 5:30PM • SHOWTIME 6:30PM
The Vogel • Basie Center Campus • 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank
Join the Count Basie Center for the Arts and other Red Bank-area communities and organizations as we celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. featuring a performance by the Count Basie Center Gospel Choir, lead by Music Director Gwen Moten and assistant music director Dr. B Dexter Allgood, Moten’s performance of From Birmingham to Botswana, and more. More details, participating organizations and performances will be announced shortly.
As History.com notes, Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. On June 17, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday.
Visit the Count Basie Center’s Community & Cultural Events calendar page for other area Juneteenth celebrations and commemorations.
