Healdsburg Jazz Festival: Juneteenth Celebration on the Plaza

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 2-8 PM. Featuring live music by the Orrin Evans Trio, The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol & Tyreek McDole Quintet. These three stellar bands exemplify the power of music as a liberational force. In addition, the day will feature poet Enid Pickett, KCSM’s Greg Bridges, hands-on art workshops with Andi Wong, dance and percussion workshops with Susana Arenas, interesting vendors, and much more.

Juneteenth is the African American celebration of liberation two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Soon after the end of the Civil War, Black communities throughout the nation celebrated independence every June 19 with gatherings, delicious food, and of course good music.

Healdsburg Jazz is proud to present a diverse range of music, art, culture and education in honor of this holiday, free to the public in the Healdsburg Plaza. Our Juneteenth performances celebrate the wide range of Black music and art including gospel, early blues, New Orleans jazz, funk, R&B, spoken word, and straight-ahead modern swing. We will also have arts, crafts, and music workshops in the plaza for families and young people led by esteemed teaching artists. This is a free event, open to the public.

Juneteenth schedule

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm, Main Stage: Juneteenth libations by The Nubian Cafe Collective
2:15 pm – 2:25 pm, Main Stage: Healdsburg Jazz Poet Laureate Enid Pickett
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Gazebo: Afro-Cuban Dance Workshop #1 by Susana Arenas
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm, Main Stage: Tyreek McDole Quintet
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm, Gazebo: Afro-Cuban Dance Workshop #2 by Susana Arenas
5:00 pm – 6:15 pm, Main Stage: Orrin Evans Trio
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Main Stage: The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol and her All Star Trio with String Quartet