# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Black Brilliance: A Celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ History & Culture
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Black Brilliance is a vibrant, immersive gathering honoring the history, culture, and lasting impact of Black LGBTQIA+ communities. Through conversation, music, cultural expression, and community dialogue, this event explores how our history continues to shape who we are today — and where we are going.

What to Expect

A dynamic panel discussion with community leaders, artists, and cultural workers

Interwoven conversations on music, art, resistance, joy, and liberation

Exploration of cultural movements and moments that continue to influence Black LGBTQIA+ life

Space for learning, reflection, celebration, and meaningful connection

Themes & Topics Interwoven Throughout the Panel

LGBTQIA+ people and themes in African history (1800s)

Harlem Renaissance

Civil Rights Movement

Stonewall Uprising

Ballroom culture

21st-century Black LGBTQIA+ culture

This event centers Black queer brilliance, honors our ancestors, and celebrates the cultural legacy that continues to shape our collective present and future.

Dress Your Best: Black and Gold Cocktail

Content Notice

This event may include discussions of historical and ongoing experiences related to racism, homophobia, transphobia, violence, and systemic oppression, alongside themes of resilience, joy, and liberation. Attendees are encouraged to care for themselves and engage at their own comfort level.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/roanoke/black-brilliance-a-celebration-of-black-lgbtqia-history-and-culture/200029463251224
- **Event Categories**: art, business
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 98

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Roanoke
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2502 Melrose Ave., Roanoke, VA
- **lat**: 37.28694
- **long**: -79.97703
- **full address**: 2502 Melrose Ave., Roanoke, VA, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Black Brilliance: A Celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ History & Culture being held?
  - **A:** Black Brilliance: A Celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ History & Culture takes place on Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm at 2502 Melrose Ave., Roanoke, VA, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Black Brilliance: A Celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ History & Culture?
  - **A:** Black Brilliance: A Celebration of Black LGBTQIA+ History & Culture is organized by Harrison Museum of African American Culture.

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