There are several ways to commemorate Juneteenth here in San Marcos! Enjoy lots of delicious food at the Cook Off, visit the Calaboose African American History Museum, and celebrate with a wonderful lineup of art, education, and community at the celebration. The end of slavery in the United States has been celebrated since 1865. 

 

6th Annual Fish Fry

June 5 from 11am-2:30pm (or until sold out)
Dunbar Center - 801 MLK Drive

Celebrate Juneteenth early with the 5th Annual Juneteenth Fish Fry. Enjoy catfish, hushpuppies, beans, coleslaw, and trimmings as to-go orders only. 

 

Dunbar Heritage Association's 5K Run (Canceled) 

June 6 from 8am-10am
City Park - 170 Charles Austin Dr

Lace up your shoes and start stretching - the Dunbar Heritage Association's Juneteenth 5K will be a morning of unity, celebration, and wellness on San Marcos' scenic park trails. The 5K will start at San Marcos City Park and will follow the trail back to the race start. 

 

Juneteenth Unity Walk 

June 19 at 8am lineup and 9am start time
LBJ/MLK Crossroads Memorial - Where MLK and LBJ roads meet

Join the Juneteenth Foundation for the Juneteenth Unity Walk. The Unity Walk starts at the LBJ/MLK Crossroads Memorial and ends at Dunbar Park.

 

Dunbar Heritage Association's Juneteenth Celebration

June 19 from 10am-2pm
Dunbar Recreation Center

Celebrate Juneteenth with games for children and adults, great music, vendors, crafts, and an educational segment.

 

32nd Juneteenth BBQ Cook Off

June 19 from 1-9pm
June 20 from 6am-6pm
Plaza Park - 206 N CM Allen Pkwy

Come taste some of the best BBQ in town at the BBQ Cook-Off. With judging categories like margaritas, youth pork chops, fajitas, beans, and more, you know you're in for a tasty time! In addition to the outstanding flavors, there will also be a domino tournament, snowcones, crafts, art booths, and a live DJ. 

 

Juneteenth: An Interactive Historical Maze

June 20 from 10:30am-12:30pm
San Marcos Public Library - 625 E Hopkins St

Take a historical journey through an interactive maze of events leading up to Juneteenth. This educational event is family-friendly and free. 

 

Juneteenth Foundation Gala

June 27 from 6:30-11pm
San Marcos Activity Center - 501 Hopkins St

Enjoy an elegant black tie celebration of community, history, and fellowship. The Inaugural Juneteenth Foundation Gala will have individual tickets, as well as tickets for tables of nine, available for purchase. 

 

Black History 101 Mobile Museum

June 27 from 10am-3pm
San Marcos Public Library - 625 E Hopkins St

Discover a wide array of rare artifacts encompassing various themes, including slavery, politics, Jim Crow, science, religion, education, music, sports, and civil rights. Among the collection's notable highlights are authentic documents bearing the signatures of revered figures such as Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Mcleod Bethune, W.E.B. Dubois, Paul Robeson, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington Carver, Lena Horne, Carter G. Woodson, Angela Davis, and numerous other influential historical icons.

 

Visit The Calaboose

Wednesday through Saturday from 10am-2pm
The Calaboose African American History Museum

The museum has artifacts from all aspects of African American life in early Texas and special exhibits, like the Thompson Plantation exhibit. Learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, Tuskegee Airmen, WWII Military history, Civil Rights, the Ku Klux Klan, and more San Marcos area history. 
 

About the Juneteenth Flag

The National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation says the flag was made to be red, white and blue since those are the colors of the American flag and to declare that American slaves, as well as their descendants, are all Americans. The star represents the birthplace of the holiday, Galveston, Texas, since Texas has a star on its own flag, and the bursting star that surrounds it symbolizes “a new freedom, a new people, a new star.”