

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Black History Month Celebration Day: A Salute to Black Excellence
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a Black History Month Celebration at the Memorial Art Gallery! This year’s event, A Salute to Black Excellence: 100 Years of Celebrating Black History, will honor the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week, first initiated by Carter G. Woodson in 1926. Come experience jazz, the blues, hip hop and more in the Pythodd Tribute Music Lounge. 

With something for everyone, celebrate with us through storytelling, dance and vocal performances, art making and more!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rochester/black-history-month-celebration-day-a-salute-to-black-excellence/200029475548234
- **Event Categories**: black-history-month, art, entertainment, music, dance, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 175

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://mag.rochester.edu/event/black-history-month-celebration-day-2026/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rochester-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rochester
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607
- **lat**: 43.1578
- **long**: -77.58798
- **full address**: 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (https://allevents.in/org/memorial-art-gallery-of-the-university-of-rochester/555956)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 500 University Ave, Rochester, NY, United States, New York 14607
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** black-history-month, art, entertainment, music, dance, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Black History Month Celebration Day: A Salute to Black Excellence ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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