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Organizers promote Juneteenth festival at Black Miners Bar on June 28; ask community for donations and volunteers
Summary
Volunteers organizing a Juneteenth festival at Black Miners Bar described the event's history, cultural significance, and planned activities and asked the council and community for support and donations.
Two volunteers promoting the Juneteenth festival at Black Miners Bar described the event and asked the community to attend and support the effort.
Tracy Stafford identified herself as the self-appointed executive director of the Juneteenth festival at Black Miners Bar and said the event is community driven and volunteer-run. Stafford described the historical significance of the site and the holiday, noting Juneteenth commemorates the June 19, 1865, notification of freedom for the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. She said the park name recognizes a historical Black mining settlement and that the renamed site honors early Black residents.
Ruth Anderson, a 15-year Folsom resident, invited the community to the festival and described entertainment and activities: drumming, a Tina Turner tribute band last year, vendors, food trucks, horseback riding, kayaking, educational exhibits, and a beer garden. Anderson said the festival has activities for children and that organizers secured sponsors to cover many costs; she said the event is free but park visitors pay the state park entrance fee (she said the park charge is $10).
Organizers gave slightly different event-hour descriptions: Stafford said the event this year would be 4 to 8 p.m., while Anderson described programming from 4 to 9 p.m. They asked for donations, volunteers and vendor participation.
Why it matters: the festival highlights a cultural event tied to a local historic site, and organizers asked for community support and sponsorship to cover costs and ensure programming for all ages.
