Red Sox celebrate Juneteenth at Fenway Park today

BOSTON, MA -- The Boston Red Sox will celebrate Juneteenth at Fenway Park today in pregame ceremonies before the 1:35 p.m. Red Sox-Cardinals game. This is the first time the club is playing at home on Juneteenth since its formal recognition as a federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth marks the day in which the remaining enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were delivered news of their freedom more than two years after the end of the Civil War.

Fenway Park’s Juneteenth ceremony will include Springfield native and recording artist Michelle Brooks-Thompson singing Lift Every Voice and Sing, a song that celebrates freedom and African-American heritage. The award-winning singer will also perform the National Anthem before the game.

Several Boston-based organizations that have had a role in elevating Black voices and stories and who have advocated for social and economic equality will be recognized before the game, including the Museum of African American History, Boston While Black, The Partnership, NAACP Boston, and Spark FM Online.

Fans who ordered tickets through redsox.com/Juneteenth will receive a special jersey featuring the Juneteenth flag and also incorporating the colors of the Pan-African Flag designed to represent and unite people of the African Diaspora. Entertainment on Jersey Street will be performed by the Kay-R Show.

Juneteenth is an official event of City of Boston’s All-Inclusive Boston culture and tourism initiative and is part of the club’s ongoing effort to make Fenway Park an inclusive environment for all fans.