Denver's Juneteenth festival goes single-day due to sponsorship losses

Juneteenth Festival shrinks to single day after ‘sharp decline in corporate sponsorships’

Denver's annual Juneteenth Music Festival will go down to a single day in 2025 as organizers grapple with $80,000 funding shortfall from a "sharp decline in corporate sponsorships," but declines to blame Trump DEI policies.

Denver's Juneteenth festival goes single-day due to sponsorship losses

Denver's Juneteenth Music Festival will shift to a one-day event due to declining sponsorships.

Alabama House approves bill making Juneteenth state holiday

Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham (left) speaks with Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on April 30, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Givan has sponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a state holiday in the past, but the House passed Rehm's version of the bill last week. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill to make Juneteenth…

House passes bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday

Lawmakers have been working to make it an official state holiday for years, with no luck so far.