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Hamblen County’s Juneteenth Celebration will return to the Downtown Farmers Market Monday evening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The event will include more than 40 vendors, food trucks and live performances.

The free event will feature live performances from Brian Clay, Amy Coleman and Chris Blue, an American soul singer and winner of season 12 of the American talent competition “The Voice.”

Blue also performed in Morristown to celebrate the opening of Fulton Hill-Park.

The Drums Up, Guns Down dancers will return to the main stage for the second year in a row and the guest speaker for the event will be City of Newport Mayor Roland Dykes.

June 19 is a federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas.

For more information about the Juneteenth Celebration, send an email to hamblenjuneteenth@gmail.com.