📞+1 855-729-6220 ✉️info@blacktravelnow.com

✦ Everything, In Order

The BTN Calendar

Every upcoming event, festival, and group cruise the diaspora is talking about — one chronological list, scroll to see what's next.

All Events Festivals Cruises Show All Upcoming

Jul '26 Aug '26 Sep '26 Oct '26 Nov '26 Jan '27

July 2026

Cincinnati Music Festival 2026

Cincinnati, Ohio

Chicago Gospel Music Festival 2026

Chicago, Illinois

Jazz & Rib Fest 2026 (Columbus, OH)

International Black Theatre Festival 2026

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Afro Nation Portugal 2026 — The World’s Biggest Afrobeats Festival

Portimão, Portugal

Newport Jazz Festival 2026

Newport, Rhode Island

August 2026

Caribana Toronto 2026 — North America’s Greatest Caribbean Festival

Toronto, Canada

Black Arts Fest MKE 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Satchmo SummerFest 2026 (New Orleans)

New Orleans, Louisiana

Harlem Week 2026

Harlem, New York City

Clifford Brown Jazz Festival 2026

Wilmington, Delaware

Crop Over Festival 2026, Barbados

Bridgetown, Barbados

Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2026: An Indie Cinema Institution in Little Five Points

Little Five Points, Atlanta, GA

Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival 2026

Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2026: Patti LaBelle, Trombone Shorty & a Downtown Bay Area Comeback

Eastern Shore AFRAM Festival 2026

Seaford, Delaware

Bayfront Blues Festival 2026

Duluth, Minnesota

Lexington Roots & Heritage Festival 2026

Lexington, Kentucky

AFROPUNK Brooklyn 2026

Brooklyn, New York

Festival Sundiata: Black Arts Fest 2026 (Seattle)

Seattle, Washington

Atlanta Black Theatre Festival 2026

Atlanta (South Fulton), Georgia, USA

BronzeLens Film Festival 2026

Atlanta, Georgia

Black Belt Folk Roots Festival: Eutaw, Alabama’s 50-Year-Old Hidden-Gem Homecoming of Blues, Gospel, and Folk Art

Eutaw, Alabama, USA

Notting Hill Carnival 2026 — Europe’s Biggest Street Festival

London, United Kingdom

September 2026

Detroit Jazz Festival 2026: Inside the World’s Largest Free Jazz Festival

African Festival of the Arts 2026: The Black Travel Now Guide to Chicago’s Washington Park Labor Day Tradition

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Tour 2026

Multiple cities (touring); finals in DC/MD/VA

Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival 2026, Towson MD

African American Day Parade 2026, Harlem, NYC

Harlem, New York City, NY

MOJA Arts Festival 2026, Charleston, SC

International Black Film Festival 2026, Nashville

October 2026

King Biscuit Blues Festival 2026, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas

Helena-West Helena, AR

Atlantic City Comedy Festival: The Ultimate Guide to Boardwalk Hall’s Biggest Stand-Up Weekend

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Miami Carnival 2026, Miami, FL

Urbanworld Film Festival 2026, New York (30th Anniversary)

Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival 2026, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach, DE

Taste of Soul Family Festival 2026, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA (Crenshaw Blvd)

November 2026

Bayou Bacchanal 2026, New Orleans, LA

Louis Armstrong Park / Congo Square, New Orleans, LA

January 2027

Kingdom Day Parade 2027, Los Angeles (Crenshaw/Leimert Park)

Los Angeles (Crenshaw/Leimert Park), CA

MLK Grande Parade 2027, Houston (Midtown)

Midtown Houston, Texas

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade 2027, Miami (Liberty City)

San Antonio MLK March 2027: Inside the Nation’s Largest MLK Day March

San Antonio, TX

International Blues Challenge 2027: Memphis’s Beale Street Becomes the World Capital of Blues

Sundance Film Festival’s Black Filmmakers Spotlight 2027 — Now in Boulder, Colorado