Alabama
Florence, Alabama
July
WC Handy Music Festival
Mobile, Alabama
Weeks Leading up to Fat Tuesday (February or March)
Alabama Mobile Mardi Gras
Alaska
Anchorage Alaska
June
Black in Alaska Juneteenth Event
www.thecivicseason.com/event/black–Alaska-juneteenth/
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Monterey, California
September
Monterey Jazz Festival
Los Angeles, California
February
Pan-African Film & Arts Festival
Los Angeles, California
October
Taste of Soul Festival
Colorado
Connecticut
Deleware
Florida
Orlando/Eatonville, Florida
January
Zora Neale Hurston Festival
Miami Gardens, Florida
March
Jazz In The Gardens Festival
Georgia
Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
February
Honolulu African American Film Festival
Honolulu Museum of Art
Idaho
Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Early to mid-July
Taste of Chicago
www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/taste_of_chicago.html
Chicago, Illinois
Early July
Chicago Blues Festival
www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_blues_festival.html
Chicago, Illinois
June
Real Men Cook
Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
February
Celebrate Black History Month at The African American Museum of Iowa
Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
September
Indy Jazz Fest
Chicago, Illinois
Early July
Chicago Blues Festival
www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_blues_festival.html
Indianapolis, Indiana
June
Black Expo Summer Celebration
Kansas
Swope Park, Kansas City, Kansas
August
Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival
Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
June
Juneteenth Showcase at The Kentucky Center for
African-American Heritage