Black History Month in the UK

Past events

• Pop Up & Vibes x Black History Month Fete & Marketplace

  Fri 2 Oct, 6pm · Brixton House, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London, England

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• Legacy In Motion: An Inherited Light Conversation

  Thu 22 Oct, 6pm · Camden Town Hall, Euston Road, King's Cross, London, England

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• Pan Wandsworth: Steel Pan Workshops

  Tue 29 Sept, 6pm · Katherine Low Settlement, 108 Battersea High Street, Battersea, London

• The Caribbean Kitchen: Community Thursdays

  Thu 1 Oct, 5pm · New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Boulevard, NG7 6BE, Nottingham

• An Evening with Grantley Haynes: From Windrush to British Reggae

  Thu 1 Oct, 6:30pm · Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London

• Legend Live Presents: A Tribute to Bob Marley

  Thu 1 Oct, 7:30pm · The Barrington Arts and Community Centre, Pennys Walk, Ferndown

• Celebrating Black History Month: MOBBO, Music of Black British Origin and More

  Fri 2 Oct, 7pm · Triplex Sports Club, 4 Eckersall Lane, Birmingham

• Legend: Music of Bob Marley

  Fri 2 Oct, 7:30pm · Theatre Royal Nottingham, Theatre Square, Nottingham

• Errol Linton Quintet

  Fri 2 Oct, 8:30pm · Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, London

• Black Culture Market

  Sat 3 Oct, 12pm · Assembly Hall, Lambeth Town Hall, 1 Brixton Hill, Brixton, London

• Black Eats Festival: Black History Month Weekend

  Sat 3 Oct, 12pm · Hackney Bridge, Units 1 to 28 Echo Building, East Bay Lane, London

• Independent Black African and Caribbean Manchester Film Festival 2026

  Sat 3 Oct, 12pm · Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, M15 6JA, Manchester

• Dr Roy Hackett MBE Legacy Trail

  Sat 3 Oct, 2pm · St Werburghs Community Centre, Horley Road, Bristol

• African Night Fever and Easy Skankin Present Black Slate

  Sat 3 Oct, 7:30pm · Lewes Con Club, 139 High Street, Lewes

• Soulsation

  Sun 4 Oct, 7:30pm · Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London

• Smallie with Eden McKenzie-Goddard

  Mon 5 Oct, 6:30pm · Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London

• Joslyn Walker Peart: Crossing Time, Exhibition Private View

  Tue 6 Oct, 6pm · Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London

• Black History Month Cookery Course, Leicester

  Tue 6 Oct, 6:30pm · African Caribbean Centre, Maidstone Road, LE2 0UA, Leicester

• African Caribbean Health and Wellbeing Day

  Wed 7 Oct, 11am · African Caribbean Centre, Maidstone Road, Leicester

• Black Men-Talk Health: Wellness and Mental Health for African-Caribbean Men

  Wed 7 Oct, 6:30pm · University of Westminster Cavendish Campus, 115 New Cavendish Street, London

• Windows of Displacement

  Thu 8 Oct, 7:45pm · Stage 2, Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne

• Renell Shaw: Remember Us Tomorrow

  Fri 9 Oct, 7:30pm · Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London

• My Mother-in-Law's Dresses

  Sat 10 Oct, 2pm · Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London

• Lovers Rock Brunch: Black History Month Edition

  Sun 11 Oct, 1pm · The Palace Banqueting Suite, 112 Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey

• En Pointe, Off Kilter with Thomas Glave

  Sun 11 Oct, 4pm · Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham

• Buena Vista All Stars and Orchestra Baobab

  Sun 11 Oct, 7pm · Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

• Dub Revolution: Jamaica's Sonic Innovators with David Katz

  Mon 12 Oct, 6:30pm · Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London

• Jamaica Road with Lisa Smith

  Tue 13 Oct, 7pm · Carnegie Library, 192 Herne Hill Road, London

• Carolyn Forche and Kwame Dawes

  Fri 16 Oct, 6:30pm · Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester

• Candice Carty-Williams: Queenie Is Working On It

  Sat 17 Oct, 12pm · Garden Theatre, Montpellier Gardens, Montpellier, Cheltenham

• Thomas Glave and Stephen Small at Liverpool Literary Festival

  Sat 17 Oct, 4pm · Victoria Gallery and Museum, Ashton Street, L69 3DR, Liverpool

• Oliver Samuels in Where Dere's A Will Dere's A Criminal, Catford

  Sat 17 Oct, 7:30pm · Broadway Theatre, Rushey Green, Catford, London

• Trinidadian Cookery Class with Kele

  Sun 18 Oct, 11:45am · Migrateful Cookery School, Philip Street, Bedminster, BS3 4EA, Bristol

• Enfield Black Literature Festival

  Sun 18 Oct, 1pm · Dugdale Arts Centre, 39 London Road, Enfield, London

• Oliver Samuels: Where Dere's A Will, Dere's A Criminal

  Sun 18 Oct, 7pm · Albert Hall Conference Centre, Derby Road, NG1 5AA, Nottingham

• African-Irish Ancestry in the Caribbean: What Records and DNA Reveal

  Sun 18 Oct, 8:30pm · Online, Online

• Black British Ballet Dance Workshop

  Mon 19 Oct, 2pm · Tate South Lambeth Library, 180 South Lambeth Road, London

• Legacy in Motion: An Inherited Light Conversation

  Thu 22 Oct, 6pm · Camden Town Hall, 5 Judd Street, London

• Kwame Dawes: Afro-Style School and Kinships

  Thu 22 Oct, 8pm · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London

• Out-Spoken October with Kwame Dawes

  Fri 23 Oct, 7:30pm · Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London

• Black Book Festival and Education Expo 2026

  Sat 24 Oct, 11am · Goldsmiths, 8 Lewisham Way, SE14 6NW, London

• Natural Solutions Expo 2026

  Sat 24 Oct, 12pm · Capital City College Enfield Centre, Enfield, London

• Black History Month Reception Evening, Manchester

  Sat 24 Oct, 6:30pm · Hilton Manchester Deansgate, 303 Deansgate, Manchester

• Oliver Samuels in Where Dere's A Will Dere's A Criminal, Catford Closing Night

  Sat 24 Oct, 7:30pm · Broadway Theatre, Rushey Green, Catford, London

• Black History: Caribbean Ancestry Records Tell You More Than You Think

  Sun 25 Oct, 7pm · Online, Online

• Carnival Roots: Roehampton Celebrates

  Tue 27 Oct, 1pm · The Focus Hall, Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, London

• Fire Inna Dancehall with Derek A. Bardowell

  Thu 29 Oct, 6:30pm · Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, SW2 1JQ, London

• Windrush International Conference 2026

  Fri 30 Oct, 9am · Edgbaston Park Hotel, 53 Edgbaston Park Road, B15 2RS, Birmingham

• Unveiling Ecologies: Cassava Stories

  Sat 17 Oct, 12pm · granton:hub, Madelvic House, Granton Park Avenue, EH5 1HS, Edinburgh

• Haitian Marketplace

  Sat 17 Oct, 10am · granton:hub, Madelvic House, Granton Park Avenue, EH5 1HS, Edinburgh

• Black History Walking Tour of Edinburgh with Lisa Williams

  Sun 25 Oct, 2pm · Edinburgh city centre (meeting point given on booking), Edinburgh

• Pressure + Short + Q&A

  Thu 15 Oct, 7:40pm · Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB, Glasgow

• Veronica Ryan: The Weather Inside II

  Mon 12 Oct, 11:30am · Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, PA20 9LR, Isle of Bute

• Aubrey Williams Centenary: Specialist Tour

  Tue 20 Oct, 2:30pm · Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, G53 7NN, Glasgow

• Maud Sulter Annual Lecture with Joy Gregory

  Thu 22 Oct, 5pm · Glasgow School of Art, Reid Building, 164 Renfrew Street, G3 6RQ, Glasgow

• Salon with Joy Gregory

  Fri 23 Oct, 2pm · Glasgow Women's Library, 23 Landressy Street, G40 1BP, Glasgow

• Handsworth Songs + Short

  Fri 30 Oct, 2:30pm · Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ, Edinburgh

• AfroCaledonia Exhibition

  Mon 12 Oct · The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, G12 8TS, Glasgow

• Windrush: The Legacy

  Sat 17 Oct, 11am · Newarke Houses Museum, The Newarke, LE2 7BY, Leicester

• British West Indies Regiment Day Exhibition

  Fri 16 Oct · Lewisham Shopping Centre, Molesworth Street, SE13 7HB, London