October Black events Globally!
Updated: 21 hours ago
Looking for Black events around the world every month? This guide monthly is for travelers, locals, and culture lovers who want to discover and support Black events, festivals, conferences, celebrations, and cultural experiences worldwide. Each month, we curate a comprehensive list of global Black events organized both by date and geographic location, making it easier to find what’s happening near you or wherever you’re traveling. Events vary monthly, so check back each month for updated Black events happening across the globe.
Q4 is here, and if we know the community, there's no shortage of events! October brings Black history month in the UK and the Netherlands. Nigerians celebrate their independence day and Afro-Ecuatorians celebrate their heritage too. In America it's homecoming season and at the end of this month the Illustrious North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University celebrates G.H.O.E the greatest homecoming on earth!! If you love Black Cowboys and the Black Panthers, Oaklands got you. If you want to learn Haitian Creole and practice with others, there's an event for that too. We pray your October is spectacular as there's something for everyone on this list!
Chronological
OCTOBER 1
Date: October 1
Location: Worldwide
OCTOBER 2
Date: October 2
Location: Ecuador
Date: October 2–25
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
OCTOBER 3
Date: October 3
Location: San Francisco, California
Date: October 3
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 3
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 3
Location: Harlem, New York
Date: October 3
Location: Oakland, California
OCTOBER 4
Date: October 4
Location: London, England
Date: October 4
Location: Virtual
Date: October 4
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 4
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 4
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Date: October 4
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 4
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 4
Location: Brooklyn, New York
OCTOBER 6
Date: October 6
Location: Virtual
OCTOBER 7
Date: October 7
Location: Virtual
Date: October 7–9
Location: Los Angeles, California
OCTOBER 8
Date: October 08
Location: Brooklyn, New York
OCTOBER 9
Date: October 9
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 9–10
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 9–11
Location: Miami, Florida
Date: October 9–11
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Date: October 9–11
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
OCTOBER 10
Date: October 10
Location: New York
Date: October 10
Location: The Ivory on Park – Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 10
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 10
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Date: October 10
Location: New York, New York
Date: October 10
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 10
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
OCTOBER 11
Date: October 11
Location: Virtual
Date: October 11
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
Date: October 11
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Date: October 11
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 11
Location: Global
Date: October 11
Location: Washington, DC
OCTOBER 12
Date: October 12–16
Location: Kingston, Spanish Town, Montego Bay, Jamaica
OCTOBER 14
Date: October 14
Location: Virtual
Date: October 14–15
Location: Brooklyn, New York
OCTOBER 15
Date: October 15–18
Location: Oakland, California
Date: October 15–18
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date: October 15
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 15
Location: Virtual
Date: October 15
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Date: October 15
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date: October 15
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 15
Location: Harlem, New York
OCTOBER 16
Date: October 16
Location: Oakland, California
Date: October 16
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 16–18
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
OCTOBER 17
Date: October 17
Location: College Park, Maryland
Date: October 17
Location: New Haven, Conneticut
Date: October 17
Location: Bangkok, Thailiand
Date: October 17
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 17
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: October 17
Location: New York
OCTOBER 18
Date: October 18
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: October 18
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date: October 18
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: October 18
Location: Washington, DC
OCTOBER 21
Date: October 21
Location: Bangkok, Thailiand
Date: October 21
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
OCTOBER 22
Date: October 22
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date: October 22
Location: Harlem, New York
OCTOBER 23
Date: October 23
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: October 23
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
OCTOBER 24
Date: October 24
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 24
Location: Fort Washington, Maryland
Date: October 24
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Date: October 24
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 24
Location: Orlando, Florida
Date: October 24
Location: Dallas, Texas
OCTOBER 25
Date: October 25–November 1
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Date: October 25
Location: Harlem, New York
OCTOBER 30
Date: October 30
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 30–31
Location: Puerto Rico
OCTOBER 31
Date: October 31
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 31
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: October 31–November 1
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 31
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 31–November 1
Location: Rotterdam, The Netehrlands
AFRICA
NIGERIA
Date: October 1
Location: Worldwide
ASIA
Thailand
Bangkok
Date: October 4
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 10
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 21
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 31
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 17
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 15
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 21
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
EUROPE
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Date: October 23
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam
Date: October 31–November 1
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Portugal
Lisbon
Date: October 31
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
United Kingdom
England
London
Black British Book Festival Date: October 4
Location: London, England
Date: October 25
Location: London, England
NORTH AMERICA
Jamaica
Kingston, Montego Bay & Spanish Town
Date: October 12–16
Location: Kingston, Spanish Town, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Date: October 30–31
Location: Puerto Rico
United States
California
Los Angeles
Date: October 4
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 7–9
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 9–10
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 16
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: October 31–November 1
Location: Los Angeles, California
Oakland
Date: October 15–18
Location: Oakland, California
Date: October 16
Location: Oakland, California
Date: October 3
Location: Oakland, California
San Francisco
Date: October 3
Location: San Francisco, California
Connecticut
New Haven
Date: October 17
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
District of Columbia
Washington, DC
Date: October 4
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 18
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 24
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 10
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 24
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 11
Location: Washington, DC
Date: October 17
Location: Washington, DC
Florida
Miami
Date: October 9–11
Location: Miami, Florida
Orlando
Date: October 24
Location: Orlando, Florida
Georgia
Atlanta
Date: October 9–11
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Savannah
Date: October 11
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Illinois
Chicago
Date: October 4
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Maryland
Baltimore
Date: October 18
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Date: October 16–18
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
College Park
Date: October 17
Location: College Park, Maryland
Fort Washington
Date: October 24
Location: Fort Washington, Maryland
Silver Spring
Date: October 11
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
Michigan
Detroit
Date: October 10
Location: Detroit, Michigan
New York
Brooklyn
Date: October 3
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 4
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 3
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 8
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 15
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 10
Location: The Ivory on Park – Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 31
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 4
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 9
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 11
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 14–15
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 10
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: October 30
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Harlem
Date: October 15
Location: Harlem, New York
Date: October 22
Location: Harlem, New York
Date: October 3
Location: Harlem, New York
New York City / Borough Not Specified
Date: October 10
Location: New York, New York
Date: October 10
Location: New York
Date: October 17
Location: New York
North Carolina
Charlotte
Date: October 15
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Greensboro
Date: October 25–November 1
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Raleigh
Date: October 24
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Tennessee
Memphis
Date: October 9–11
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Texas
Dallas
Date: October 24
Location: Dallas, Texas
Houston
Date: October 18
Location: Houston, Texas
Utah
Salt Lake City
Date: October 23
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Virginia
Richmond
Date: October 18
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date: October 22
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Beach
Date: October 15
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Date: October 15–18
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Date: October 2–25
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brazil
São Paulo
Date: October 17
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Ecuador
Nationwide
Date: October 2
Location: Ecuador
VIRTUAL EVENTS
Online / Global
Date: October 7
Location: Virtual
Date: October 4
Location: Virtual
Date: October 11
Location: Virtual
Date: October 15
Location: Virtual
Date: October 6
Location: Virtual
Date: October 14
Location: Virtual
GLOBAL OBSERVANCES
Date: October 11
Location: Global
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