This is the sixth year of AISD's Juneteenth Music Festival, which replaced the Alvin Patterson Battle of the Bands after the latter’s demise. The fest starts at 6pm Friday and will feature the Austin All-Star Band, Black and Gold Dancers, Reagan High School Soul Mates, Reagan High School Cheerleaders, and the A-Train Drumline, along with special Courtney Santana.

If you haven't already checked out the Skylark, Juneteenth is a good time to do so. Some call it a dive bar, but it's really just a comfortable, welcoming place that hosts great blues, soul, and roots acts in its cozy, dimly lit confines.

This is the 21st year of the Pre-Juneteenth Health and Wellness Fair, which will take place at the Blackland Neighborhood Center Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the United Way, it celebrates, educates, and informs the community with the event that includes vendors, music, children’s activities, and food.

The Juneteenth Freedom Parade ends at Rosewood Park, whereupon a celebration from commences, with food, speakers, music, kids activities, and more. The party will also extend across Rosewood Avenue to Boggy Creek Greenbelt.

The Carver is both Austin's first library and an emblem of its segregated past, and it’s especially significant on Juneteenth. It is home to a permanent exhibit on the subject as well as to the moving Juneteenth Memorial Sculpture Monument and Freedom Plaza. There are also current exhibitions by contemporary artists. There will be celebration of Juneteenth co-presented by the library and the cultural center Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The annual Juneteenth Historical Parade features drumlines, full bands, dancers, and other folks marching, with more on the sidewalks waving. Like the Freedom Run, the parade at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Comal Street and ends at Rosewood and Chestnut avenues. Unlike the run, the parade starts at 10 a.m. and runs to noon Saturday.

David Thomas, Sedria Stevenson, and Keidra Hamilton are the artists celebrated at this year’s annual ARA Juneteenth Art Exhibition. The opening reception Thursday will celebrate the artists and the exhibit and highlights the East Austin community. Spoken-word artist Evan Blache will perform at the event, which is free and open to the public.

Live blues and soul music are nothing new at Kenny Dorham's Backyard, an outdoor venue (with food trucks!) next to the historic Victory Grill.