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Photo story: Juneteenth Festival kicks off on Augusta fairgrounds

Date: June 20, 2025
By Skyler Andrews

Local nonprofit organization Band of Brothers partnered with the City of Augusta again, Thursday, to host the ninth annual Juneteenth Augusta Festival.

This year the festivities kicked off at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds on Hale Street, accommodating a crowd of hundreds throughout the day, with a roster of performers and more than a hundred vendors observing June 19, 1865, celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Americans.

Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter covering business for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.

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The Author

Skyler Andrews is a bona fide native of the CSRA; born in Augusta, raised in Aiken, with family roots in Edgefield County, S.C., and presently residing in the Augusta area. A graduate of University of South Carolina - Aiken with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he has produced content for Verge Magazine, The Aiken Standard and the Augusta Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Amid working various jobs from pest control to life insurance and real estate, he is also an active in the Augusta arts community; writing plays, short stories and spoken-word pieces. He can often be found throughout downtown with his nose in a book, writing, or performing stand-up comedy.

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