Celebrate Juneteenth
Date:
Maine Inside Out: Juneteenth Performances & Community Dialogue
June 17 · 7:00 PM
Mayo Street Arts, Portland
Hosted by Maine Inside Out
Ancestral Echoes: Anchor of the Soul Screening
June 18 · 5:00 PM
The Opportunity Alliance, Portland
Part of the Ancestral Echoes: Walking the Water, Singing the Land series
Juneteenth 2026 at Victoria Mansion
June 19 · 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland
Free community day; reservations encouraged
Juneteenth Hair Braiding Workshop
June 19 · 12:00–4:00 PM
Loquat, Portland
Beginner box braids workshop; materials provided
Rooted Together: Cultivating Community, Culture, and Collective Freedom
June 19 · 12:00–4:30 PM
Wolfe's Neck Center, 184 Burnett Rd., Freeport
The Third Place's 7th Annual Juneteenth Celebration
FREE Juneteenth Walking Tour: The History of Slavery in York County
June 19 · 1:00–2:00 PM
Old York Museum Center, 3 Lindsay Rd., York
Hosted by Old York Historical Society
Juneteenth Freedom Walk
June 19 · gather 9:00 AM, walk 9:30 AM
John Paul Jones Memorial Park, Kittery to the African Burying Ground, Portsmouth, NH
Hosted by Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire
The Healing Rhythm of the Drums
June 19 · 11:00 AM
African Burying Ground, Portsmouth, NH
Hosted by Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire
Juneteenth Lecture: Portland's Historic Black Community and the Underground Railroad
June 19 · 3:00–4:00 PM
Portland Museum of Art, Portland
With historian Seth Goldstein
Biddeford Juneteenth
June 19 · 3:00–5:00 PM
Rotary Park, 550 Main St., Biddeford
Hosted by Heart of Biddeford, the City of Biddeford DEI Committee, and the Maine Black Chamber of Commerce
Westbrook's Juneteenth Celebration
June 19 · 4:00–7:00 PM
Riverbank Park, Westbrook
Hosted by the Intercultural Community Center and the City of Westbrook
Juneteenth at the Opera
June 19 · 7:00–8:20 PM
Old Surry Village School, Surry
Hosted and researched by John Curtis
Movie Night: Todo Parecía Posible | Everything Seemed Possible
June 19 · 6:30–9:30 PM
Broadturn Farm, 388 Broadturn Rd., Scarborough
Hosted by La Finca; second annual Juneteenth film screening
Stories That Matter: Stonecoast Writers' Lab
June 19–22, 2026
Portland, Maine (USM Talbot Lecture Hall, the Abyssinian Meeting House, and Green Memorial AME Zion Church)
Hosted by University of Southern Maine and Black Travel Maine
Ancestral Echoes: Walking the Water, Singing the Land
June 20 · 11:30 AM
Eastern Cemetery, Portland
Following · 1:00–5:30 PM
Willard Beach, South Portland
Part of the Ancestral Echoes: Walking the Water, Singing the Land series
2026 Juneteenth Celebration: We Are the Wildest Dreams
June 20 · 4:30–7:00 PM
Benjamin Mays Center, Bates College, 95 Russell St., Lewiston
Hosted by Community Organizing Alliance
