Festival of black arts & ideas: Juneteenth
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Legacy Music Festival – Tribute to the Harlem Cultural Festival, “Summer of Soul”
Join your community at Miller Park for an outdoor screening of “Summer of Soul”, an incredible documentary about The Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969. Local musicians will pay homage to artists that performed at the event such as Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson and others.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Inaugural Juneteenth Freedom Run & Mrs. Opal Lee Walk
Join us for a half marathon to show our unity as we celebrate Juneteenth and honor Mrs. Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth” who campaigned for decades to make Juneteenth the federal holiday that it is today.