Black History Month Celebration Day Sunday Feb 9th

Join us for our 24th Annual Black History Month Celebration Day! With something for everyone, come enjoy a wide array of art & crafts, Live painting, live music with a DJ Ironwill, dance performances, singing, African dance & drums, face painting, poetry, a fashion show, step teams, contemporary movement, Black-Owned Business vendors, panel discussions, and more!

Schedule of Events

M&T BANK BALLROOM

12–4 pm | Black Owned Business Vendors
12–4 pm | Community Photo Souvenirs Fred Tanskley
12:30 pm | Garth Fagan Ensemble Contemporary Dance
1 pm | Teen Empowerment
1:15 pm | Dance Dunwoody Dance 5678
1:30 pm | Black Owned Vendors highlight their business
2 pm | Borinquen Dance Theater
2:15 pm | Toby Gospel Rap
2:30 pm | Gates-Chili High School Step Team
2:45 pm | Maine: The Dancer
3 pm | Black Owned Vendors highlight their business
3:30 pm | Mayukwa (Wala) Kashiwa African Dance & Drums

VANDEN BRUL PAVILION

12–4 pm | Community Photo Souvenirs Fred Tanskley
12–3 pm | Live Painting & Art Displays by Prince Will Star (ProartCreate)
12–4 pm | DJ Ironwill playing all your favorite music
12 pm | Garth Fagan Dance Ensemble
12:30 pm | African Dance & Drums Mayukwa (Wala) Kashiwa
1 pm | Poetry Lu Highsmith Renditions of Maya Angelou
1:20 pm | Soulful sounds of Cinnamon Jones
1:30 pm | Spoken Word Sypher Quaves Walker & Ironwill
1:45 pm | Dance Dunwoody Dance 5678
2 pm | Kassie Transforming Bodies in Motion
2:15 pm | Speakers
2:30 pm | ROC City Line Dance Express
3 pm | Vibrant Strings
3:30 pm | Fashion Show by Sheila Vaughn with Vibrant Strings
4 pm | Maine: The Dancer

BAUSCH & LOMB PARLOR

12–4 pm | Make-it-and-take it arts & crafts with MAG’s Creative Workshop
12–4 pm | Face Painting

CREATIVE WORKSHOP

12–4 pm | “Art Grows Here” Planting with Cornell Cooperative Extension inspired by artwork from Clementine Hunter

IN THE GALLERIES

1 pm | MAGconnect tour with Delores Jackson Radney

FOUNTAIN COURT

1:30 pm | Going for Baroque organ performance
3 pm | Going for Baroque organ performance