{"id":312089,"date":"2026-06-18T18:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312089\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:52:10","slug":"whats-open-and-closed-in-south-florida-on-juneteenth-2026-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312089\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s open and closed in South Florida on Juneteenth 2026 \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/national-international\/what-is-juneteenth-how-to-celebrate-it\/3638012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">commemorate the day when the last enslaved people<\/a> in the United States learned they were free.<\/p>\n<p>It became a federal holiday in 2021, meaning that some stores and other businesses might be closed in observance.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to know. <\/p>\n<p>Schools and government offices<\/p>\n<p>Schools, post offices, courts, libraries and city halls will be closed on Friday, but they will resume normal business hours on Monday, June 22.<\/p>\n<p>Banks<\/p>\n<p>Branches of all major banks will be closed for Juneteenth, since it is a federal holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Grocery stores, pharmacies, malls and major retailers<\/p>\n<p>Most major grocery stores, malls and other retailers will be open this Friday, including: <\/p>\n<p>Publix <\/p>\n<p>Presidente Supermarkets<\/p>\n<p>Walmart<\/p>\n<p>Costco<\/p>\n<p>Walgreens<\/p>\n<p>CVS<\/p>\n<p>Target<\/p>\n<p>BJ&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>Bravo Supermarkets<\/p>\n<p>Sam&#8217;s Club<\/p>\n<p>Sedano&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>Trader Joe&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>However, each location may have adjusted hours. Call the store nearest you to confirm. <\/p>\n<p>Beaches and parks<\/p>\n<p>If you have the day off, you&#8217;re in luck, because beaches and parks within Miami-Dade and Broward counties will be open.<\/p>\n<p>Transit<\/p>\n<p>In Miami-Dade, normally-scheduled bus, Metrorail and Metromover service will be provided. <\/p>\n<p>Broward County transit will also operate on a regular weekday schedule, along with Tri-Rail trains. <\/p>\n<p>Waste management and recycling<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade County waste management will operate on regular work hours. Broward County officials say that garbage will be collected as regularly scheduled, but the landfill will be closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to commemorate the day when the last enslaved people in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,2565],"class_list":["post-312089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-juneteenth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312089","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=312089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}