Following their 2022 debut live performance, Reside Nation City and Jesse Collins Leisure are returning with this yr’s Juneteenth: A World Celebration for Freedom, set to happen at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. This yr’s lineup consists of Miguel, Kirk Franklin, SWV, Davido, Coi Leray and Jodeci, with different performers and presenters to be introduced.
The present will air dwell worldwide throughout all CNN platforms & nationally on the OWN community in a twin simulcast on Monday, June 19 at 8 p.m. EST. “We’re proud to as soon as once more accomplice with Reside Nation City to broadcast this highly effective Juneteenth occasion on our platforms,” says Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide. “We wish to be a vacation spot for folks to each perceive and have fun a vacation of this magnitude.”
The reveals musical administrators will embody Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Adam Blackstone and The Roots co-founder Questlove, who each additionally contributed to the Grammys’ Hip-Hop 50 dedication. “OWN is honored to simulcast this yr’s live performance. Juneteenth continues to be deeply vital to our viewers and it’s this deep significance that makes this simulcast actually really feel like a possibility to be of service,” stated Tina Perry, president, OWN TV Community & OWN OTT Streaming. “We’re taking today to have fun alongside American households and replicate on this historic turning level for our nation.”
All through the live performance, CNN and OWN will air programming to “uplift and educate viewers about Juneteenth on its 158th anniversary.”
Final yr’s celebration included an array of artists throughout genres, like Yolanda Adams, Billy Porter, Earth, Wind & Hearth, Jhené Aiko, Fortunate Daye, Robert Glasper, and The Roots.
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