Basic Truth at Cincinnati Juneteenth Festival, Eden Park

Basic Truth (True Old-School R&B, Soul and Funk) performs for the ninth straight year at the 25th Annual Cincinnati Juneteenth Festival, in Eden Park. Juneteenth commemorates the date June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston, TX, were told about the Emancipation Proclamation, 1½ years after it had been issued. Basic Truth performs at 5:00 p.m. in the all-day Seasongood Pavilion concert, which features local, regional and national acts. For more information, call (513) 631-7289 or go to www.juneteenthcincinnati.org.