Celebrating Juneteenth

Join award-winning, multi-talented musician and storyteller Rev. Robert Jones as he educates, entertains, and inspires the audience through his representation of Juneteenth. Rev. Robert Jones makes his home in Detroit, Michigan but he performs throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

Jones has taught and performed for a number of folk music organizations including the Ashokan Center, Summer Acoustic Music Week, Fiddle Hell, the Houston Folklore Society and more. In recent years Robert wrote, performed and recorded a one man show entitled “An Evening With Lead Belly”, and in recent years Robert has been a featured artist at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum (Springfield, IL), Rutherford B. Hayes Library (Fremont, OH) and Gerald R. Ford Library (Grand Rapids, MI).  Robert is also a frequent performer and presenter for The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (Dearborn, MI).  In 2018 Robert received a Kresge Arts Fellowship for Music Composition and Performance. 

 Certain foods are customary in Juneteenth celebrations, and traditionally, red foods dominate, signifying resilience amid bondage. Enjoy red velvet bundt cake and other "red goodies" at this commemorative occasion.