Salt Lake Juneteenth — 2026 Planning Committee Debrief Survey

Thank you for contributing to making the 6th annual Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration & Black Owned Business Expo a huge success for Utah’s community!

The purpose of this survey is to gain valuable feedback from our 2026 core planning team of program staff and committee members who organized, supported, and shaped this year’s celebration. Your honest feedback will enable us to identify what worked well and where our opportunities for improvement lie. This will be critical to guiding next year’s celebration and ensuring an improved experience for both the 2027 core planning team and our festival attendees.

Because your insights and feedback are so vital to the future of the celebration, this comprehensive survey will take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete. Grab a snack, and thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses!

Guidance on Answering Survey Questions

Please respond as openly and honestly as possible. There are no right or wrong answers. We appreciate both positive feedback and constructive suggestions, as they are essential to improving the implementation, execution, and sustainability of the celebration for years to come.

Because our team wears many hats, we’ve kept these questions broad. Your responses can cover feedback on multiple festival elements and logistical aspects. For any question in this survey, you can provide your feedback and insights on specific festival elements (e.g., Kids Corner, Black Art Gallery, Entertainment Stage, etc) AND/OR logistical elements (e.g., marketing, setup, volunteer check-in, website, point of sale, etc).

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Section 1: About You

If you would like us to follow up with you about any of your responses, please be sure to provide your name. Otherwise, you may choose to leave this blank.

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What are your regular day to day responsibilities (full time/part time student, full time/part time work, parent/caretaker, etc.)? *

What event planning and execution experience have you had prior to your involvement with Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration? *

Had you ever participated in the planning and execution of an event of this scale? *

What was your primary role during this year's Juneteenth Celebration? *

Which elements of the festival were you involved with? *

Approximately what length of time was your involvement in planning or preparing for the event? *

Less than 1 month
1–2 months
3–4 months
5–6 months
More than 6 months

Estimate how much time on average you spent fulfilling your role each week (not inclusive of setup, teardown, and event days). *

Less than 1 hour
1 to 2 hours
3 to 4 hours
5 to 6 hours
7 to 8 hours
9 to 10 hours
More than 10 hours

The time that you spent fulfilling your role was *

Less than expected
Equal to expectations
More than expected

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Section 2: Planning & Preparation

The specific focus of this section is on the planning and preparation efforts that occurred prior to event day, including meetings, communication, strategy, information, resources, coordination, collaboration, timelines, etc.

💡 A QUICK REMINDER

You are not required to limit your feedback to just one area. Feel free to apply your responses in this section to one or more festival elements (such as Art Gallery, Business Expo, etc.) AND/OR logistical elements (such as marketing, communications to attendees, web development, volunteer recruitment, supplier coordination, point of sale, performer outreach, etc.)!

What parts of the planning and preparation process worked especially well?

What challenges or obstacles were experienced during the planning process?

What information, resources, and support were helpful in fulfilling the planning and preparation activities for your specific role? What was needed but missing?

What planning process improvements need to be implemented next year?

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Section 3: Operations & Infrastructure

The specific focus of this section is on the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure that power the festival. These efforts include those that occurred leading up to the festival, during festival setup and teardown days, and on the day of the festival such as systems, processes, procedures, venue, logistics, supplies, scheduling, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, external suppliers, equipment, technology, etc.

💡 A QUICK REMINDER

You are not required to limit your feedback to just one area. Feel free to apply your responses in this section to one or more festival elements (such as Entertainment Stage, Art Gallery, etc.) AND/OR logistical elements (such as community engagement, attendee registration, permitting, business expo check-in, photography/videography, etc.)!

What operations and infrastructure activities and elements worked especially well?

What operations and infrastructure challenges or obstacles were present?

What operations and infrastructure activities and elements were helpful in fulfilling your specific role? What was needed but missing?

What operations and infrastructure improvements need to be implemented next year?

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Section 4: Festival Experience

The specific focus of this section is on the execution and atmosphere during the celebration itself. This includes the direct, on-site experiences of core participants (planning team, volunteers, attendees, businesses, artists, performers, sponsors), the presentation and reception of all event programming (stage performances, expo, gallery, fashion show, kids corner, roller skating, etc.), and the overall engagement with the theme of 'Celebrating Black Joy'.

Looking back on event day, what was the biggest success or highlight of this year's Juneteenth Celebration for you personally?

What were the highlights or successes shared by attendees, volunteers, businesses, artists, performers, and/or sponsors?

Were there any concerns, complaints, or recurring issues raised by attendees, volunteers, businesses, artists, performers, sponsors, or other participants that stood out to you?

What was the biggest festival experience challenge encountered during the festival?

What festival experience improvements need to be implemented next year?

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Section 5: Looking Ahead

The specific focus of this section is on guiding the future of the festival based on 2026 insights and strategic foresight. These forward-looking insights include identification of essential components and processes to retain or expand, recommendations for sustainable practices and structural adjustments, and cultivation of next-level scaling through innovative ideas.

💡 A QUICK REMINDER

You are not required to limit your feedback to just one area. Feel free to apply your responses in this section to one or more festival elements, logistical elements, planning and preparation processes, operations and infrastructure efforts, AND/OR festival experience outcomes.

What should definitely continue because it worked well or was critical to the festival?

What should be discontinued because it wasn't effective or detracted from the festival?

What new ideas or improvements should be considered for future Juneteenth Celebrations? What planning, operations, or experience changes would need to be adjusted to make this happen?

What would you consider to be the top 3, most critical, high priority changes or lessons that should be carried forward for 2027?

Give us your high level TLDR!

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Overall Ratings

Please rate each area using a scale of 1 (Needs Significant Improvement) to 5 (Excellent).

Planning & Preparation: *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)
How would you rate the overall planning and preparation process that occurred leading up to event day?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate the overall planning and preparation process that occurred leading up to event day? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate the overall planning and preparation process that occurred leading up to event day? 2	3How would you rate the overall planning and preparation process that occurred leading up to event day? 3	4How would you rate the overall planning and preparation process that occurred leading up to event day? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate the overall planning and preparation process that occurred leading up to event day? 5 - (Excellent)

Team Collaboration: *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)
How would you rate teamwork, collaboration, and coordination amongst our core planning team of program staff and committee members?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate teamwork, collaboration, and coordination amongst our core planning team of program staff and committee members? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate teamwork, collaboration, and coordination amongst our core planning team of program staff and committee members? 2	3How would you rate teamwork, collaboration, and coordination amongst our core planning team of program staff and committee members? 3	4How would you rate teamwork, collaboration, and coordination amongst our core planning team of program staff and committee members? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate teamwork, collaboration, and coordination amongst our core planning team of program staff and committee members? 5 - (Excellent)

Communication: *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)
How would you rate communication amongst and across our core planning team, day-of volunteers, and/or external logistics point of contacts before and during the festival?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate communication amongst and across our core planning team, day-of volunteers, and/or external logistics point of contacts before and during the festival? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate communication amongst and across our core planning team, day-of volunteers, and/or external logistics point of contacts before and during the festival? 2	3How would you rate communication amongst and across our core planning team, day-of volunteers, and/or external logistics point of contacts before and during the festival? 3	4How would you rate communication amongst and across our core planning team, day-of volunteers, and/or external logistics point of contacts before and during the festival? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate communication amongst and across our core planning team, day-of volunteers, and/or external logistics point of contacts before and during the festival? 5 - (Excellent)

Operations & Infrastructure: *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)
How would you rate the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure activities and elements that supported the festival, such as logistics, systems, processes, equipment, technology, supplies, schedules, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, suppliers, venue, setup, teardown, etc?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure activities and elements that supported the festival, such as logistics, systems, processes, equipment, technology, supplies, schedules, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, suppliers, venue, setup, teardown, etc? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure activities and elements that supported the festival, such as logistics, systems, processes, equipment, technology, supplies, schedules, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, suppliers, venue, setup, teardown, etc? 2	3How would you rate the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure activities and elements that supported the festival, such as logistics, systems, processes, equipment, technology, supplies, schedules, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, suppliers, venue, setup, teardown, etc? 3	4How would you rate the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure activities and elements that supported the festival, such as logistics, systems, processes, equipment, technology, supplies, schedules, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, suppliers, venue, setup, teardown, etc? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate the behind-the-scenes operations and infrastructure activities and elements that supported the festival, such as logistics, systems, processes, equipment, technology, supplies, schedules, signage, transportation, staffing, support from volunteers, suppliers, venue, setup, teardown, etc? 5 - (Excellent)

Event-Day Execution: *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)
How would you rate how well the festival was carried out on the day of the celebration?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate how well the festival was carried out on the day of the celebration? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate how well the festival was carried out on the day of the celebration? 2	3How would you rate how well the festival was carried out on the day of the celebration? 3	4How would you rate how well the festival was carried out on the day of the celebration? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate how well the festival was carried out on the day of the celebration? 5 - (Excellent)

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Festival Experience *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this question
How would you rate the overall experience of the celebration?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate the overall experience of the celebration? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate the overall experience of the celebration? 2	3How would you rate the overall experience of the celebration? 3	4How would you rate the overall experience of the celebration? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate the overall experience of the celebration? 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionHow would you rate the overall experience of the celebration? I don't have enough information to answer this question
Your personal experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Your personal experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Your personal experience. 2	3Your personal experience. 3	4Your personal experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Your personal experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionYour personal experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question

Please answer the following questions based on your observations or feedback provided to you. *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this question
Attendee experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Attendee experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Attendee experience. 2	3Attendee experience. 3	4Attendee experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Attendee experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionAttendee experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question
Volunteer experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Volunteer experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Volunteer experience. 2	3Volunteer experience. 3	4Volunteer experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Volunteer experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionVolunteer experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question
Business/vendor experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Business/vendor experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Business/vendor experience. 2	3Business/vendor experience. 3	4Business/vendor experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Business/vendor experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionBusiness/vendor experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question
Artist experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Artist experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Artist experience. 2	3Artist experience. 3	4Artist experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Artist experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionArtist experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question
Performer experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Performer experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Performer experience. 2	3Performer experience. 3	4Performer experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Performer experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionPerformer experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question
Sponsor/partner experience.	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1Sponsor/partner experience. (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2Sponsor/partner experience. 2	3Sponsor/partner experience. 3	4Sponsor/partner experience. 4	5 - (Excellent)Sponsor/partner experience. 5 - (Excellent)	I don't have enough information to answer this questionSponsor/partner experience. I don't have enough information to answer this question

Overall Success *

	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2	3	4	5 - (Excellent)
How would you rate the overall success of the 2026 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration?	(Needs Significant Improvement) - 1How would you rate the overall success of the 2026 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration? (Needs Significant Improvement) - 1	2How would you rate the overall success of the 2026 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration? 2	3How would you rate the overall success of the 2026 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration? 3	4How would you rate the overall success of the 2026 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration? 4	5 - (Excellent)How would you rate the overall success of the 2026 Salt Lake Juneteenth Celebration? 5 - (Excellent)

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Final Thoughts

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Are you interested in being a member of the 2027 Salt Lake Juneteenth Planning Committee? *

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