{"id":295629,"date":"2026-06-04T10:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295629\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:16:22","slug":"city-of-st-petersburg-to-host-juneteenth-celebration-featuring-music-education-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295629\/","title":{"rendered":"City of St. Petersburg to Host Juneteenth Celebration Featuring Music, Education, and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tCity of St. Petersburg to Host Juneteenth Celebration Featuring Music, Education, and Community<\/p>\n<p>June 3, 2026 \u2013 The City of St. Petersburg Parks &amp; Recreation Department invites the community to celebrate Juneteenth at the Sunshine Senior Center on Friday, June 12, from 1 &#8211; 3 p.m. The afternoon celebration will honor the history and cultural significance of Juneteenth through engaging activities, live entertainment, and opportunities for learning and connection. This event is free; registration is required to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Event Details<\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 12, from 1 &#8211; 3 p.m.<br \/>Sunshine Senior Center, 330 5th St. N<\/p>\n<p>Guests will enjoy live music and dance, along with food and refreshments, trivia, and interactive games designed to celebrate African American cultural and heritage. The event will also feature a special presentation from the event coordinator of St. Pete\u2019s first Juneteenth celebration, offering historical insight and reflection on the growth of the tradition within the community.<\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States and is widely recognized as a day of reflection, celebration, and education.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to register, visit <a class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stpeteparksrec.org\/Events\" target=\"_blank\">www.stpeteparksrec.org\/Events<\/a> or contact the Sunshine Senior Center at 727-893-7101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City of St. Petersburg to Host Juneteenth Celebration Featuring Music, Education, and Community June 3, 2026 \u2013 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-295629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}