HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Hopkinsville celebrated Juneteenth this year by bringing the community together for an evening of live music, food and togetherness.

Jazzing for Juneteenth was hosted at the Hopkinsville Visitors Center and was the first event of its kind after several iterations of different celebrations in the city over the years. Families joined together on June 20 with lawn chairs to enjoy music from a live DJ, and a performance by Tina Brown.

People gathered at an outdoor park event, sitting in lawn chairs under a red canopy with trees in the background.
Outdoor community gathering with diverse adults and children seated on white folding chairs under trees, watching an eventiles in a park setting.
Group of children playing on a large, multi-colored inflatable bounce house outdoors in a sunny park.
People line up at an orange food truck with a service window and chalkboard menus in a sunny outdoor event.
Outdoor community concert in a park with a stage and seated audience watching performers under a pavilion. A blue tent with people nearby. Interpretive: a family-friendly outdoor gathering with a live show.
Adults seated in lawn chairs on a park lawn, watching an outdoor event.
Group of diverse adults seated in folding chairs at an outdoor community event, with people standing and tents in the background.
Outdoor community gathering with people seated on lawn chairs under trees, some standing and chatting.
Man with a towel over his shoulders sits at an outdoor DJ table with a sticker-covered laptop, mixer, and cables scattered across the table.
Woman with bright red curly hair sings into a microphone on an outdoor stage, wearing black clothing and sunglasses, with alien statues and speakers in the background.
Diverse group seated on white folding chairs at an outdoor community event, with tents and cars in the background.
Outdoor Juneteenth festival stage with performers and an audience seated in folding chairs beneath trees, banner reading Happy Juneteenth overhead.
Woman in a red shirt hands a plate of food to a customer at an outdoor barbecue under a red canopy.
Colorful Juneteenth festival banner reading 'Happy Juneteenth' with fireworks, ribbons, and decorative borders on a storefront.
Group of diverse adults sitting in folding chairs at an outdoor park event under a blue canopy, with cars in the background harnessing shade.
Outdoor Juneteenth celebration with a decorated stage, colorful backdrops, and a banner that reads 'Happy Juneteenth' as two presenters speak to a seated crowd.
A group of people sitting in folding chairs at an outdoor community event on a sunny day in a park, chatting and relaxing.
Colorful banner reading "HOPPY JUNETEENTH Freedom Day" hanging between posts at an outdoor event with trees and a stage in the background.
People queue at a Papas BBQ food truck under a red canopy with a menu board visible outside the window of the truck.

Food trucks were also set up along with several vendors and a kids area and a craft station to make for a special summer night in Hoptown.

Juneteenth celebrates the official end of slavery after troops arrived in a Texas city in 1865 to ensure all slaves were free two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. In honor of this, June 19 is an executive branch holiday in Kentucky.

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