NJMH’s Juneteenth Black Music and Dance Celebration is an outdoor celebration rooted in community, movement, and sounds from the Black Diaspora. Please join us at Richard Rogers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park (6316 Mt. Morris Park W) from 4-7pm on Thursday, June 19th for this special, FREE live celebration of Black music and culture. Check out the NJMH website for event details and more information.

Featured Artists:

Calvin Sexton: Big Band Plays House

Experience Juneteenth like never before with Calvin Sexton and Friends — a dynamic fusion of Afrofuturism, hip hop, acid jazz, and soul. Expect live improvisation, powerful call-and-response, and danceable grooves celebrating Black freedom, resilience, and boundless creativity.

Jazu Harlem Presents:

The J-MUSIC Ensemble

The J-MUSIC Ensemble, led by saxophonist Patric Bartley, is an NYC-based, jazz-rooted instrumental band that is devoted to bringing new perspectives to modern Japanese music. This strikingly sonorous quintet combines the elements of the electric guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums with horns –to deliver a full and powerful, yet dynamic, sound. This band is presented in partnership with the Japan Society with support from the US-Japan Foundation.

Tammy McCann – “YES, MAHALIA!”

With her voice and spirit Tammy McCann truly captures this gospel legend.  This big band concert is a fresh and soulful re-imagining of Jackson’s music that captures the synergy of her unique sound and pairs it with the sonic power of big band jazz.

This Juneteenth Black Music and Dance Celebration is curated by The National Jazz Museum in Harlem and Sekou McMiller, NJMH’s Curator of Special Projects.

This celebration is made possible by the United States-Japan Foundation, the NYC City Council Coalition of Theaters of Color, NYC Parks and Historic Harlem Parks, the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Harlem Community Development Corporation (HCDC), the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation.