Must Not Miss Yearly Events & Holidays:
January:
1st – New Years Eve
Golden Globe Awards – Los Angeles, CA
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – Las Vegas, NV
The Annual Grammy Awards
Milk and Cookies Fest – South Africa
The Palm Springs International Film Festival – Palm Springs, CA
Interfusion Festival – Arlington, VA
World Economic Forum – Davos, Switzerland
Sundance Film Festival – Salt Lake City, UT
Mindful Drinking Fest – Washington, DC
February:
14th – Valentine’s Day
The Oscars – Academy Awards Ceremony – Los Angeles, CA
African American Children’s Book Fair – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pan African Film + Arts Festival – Atlanta, GA
Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Santa Barbara, CA
New York Fashion Week (NYFW) – New York, NY
D.C. Independent Film Forum – Washington, DC
South Beach Wine & Food Festival – South Beach, Miami
March:
South by Southwest SXSW (SXSW) – Austin, TX
National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium – New York, NY
Cinequest – San Jose
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – Houston, TX
Female Founders Day NYC – New York, NY
National Cherry Blossom Festival – Washington, DC
Kennedy Center – Mark Twain Awards – Washington, DC
Sprung Comedy Festival – Silver Spring, MD
Melbourne International Comedy Festival: A Global Comedy Giant
April:
Broccoli City Festival – Washington, DC
Tom Tom Summit & Festival – Charlottesville, VA
Wonder Women Tech Global Summit – Washington, D.C.
Washington City Paper’s Best of D.C. – Washington, DC
Cherry Blossom Festival – Washington, DC
Children’s Africana Book Awards Festival – Washington, DC
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – Coachella, CA
DC Planner Con – Washington, DC
Filmfest DC – Washington, DC
Black Women In Food – Washington, DC
May:
BottleRock Festival – Napa Valley, CA
Women’s Empowerment Expo – Washington, DC
Pow Wow Mural Festival – Washington, DC
The Washington Ballet Gala – Washington, DC
Collision Conference – Enercare Centre, Toronto
Cannes Film Festival – Cannes, FR
Roadmap To Billions – New York, NY
Washington Writers Conference – Washington, DC
Virginia Gold Cup – The Plaines, VA
The Kentucky Derby –
Riverbeat Music Festival
The Biennale Arte – Venice, IT
GO Wild Planners Conference – Location Varies
WIN SUMMIT – New York, NY
June:
Firefly Music Festival – Dover, DE
Cannes Lions – Cannes, France
Roots Picnic – Philadelphia, PA
Halcyon Awards – Washington, DC
Lamb Jam DC – Washington, DC
American Library Association Conference – Washington, DC
Tribeca Film Festival | Tribeca (tribecafilm.com) – Tribeca NY
The Glastonbury Festival – Glastonbury, Scottland
The Governors Ball – New York, NY
DC/DOX (dcdoxfest.com) – Washington, DC
Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
Juneteenth NY Festival 2025
July:
4th – Fourth of July
Essence Festival – New Orleans, LA
Citi Open – Washington, DC
Smithsonian Folklife Festival (si.edu) – Washington, DC
Black Tech Week– Cincinnati, OH
THE RAMMYS – Washington, DC
Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington, DC
Broccoli City Festival Summer – Washington, DC
Black Writers Weekend – Atlanta, GA
August:
*DC Goes On Vacations*
Library of Congress National Book Festival – Washington, DC
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK) – Edinburgh – Scotland
Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival – Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Sidewalk Film Festival – Birmingham, AL
The Family Reunion – Salamander Middleburg | Middleburg, VA
US Open – New York, NY
September:
HRC National Dinner – Washington, DC
The Primetime Emmy Awards
Baltimore Book Festival – Baltimore, MD
National Book Festival – Washington, DC
The Atlantic Festival – NYC
The Armory Show – New York, NY
Toronto International Film Festival – Toronto, CA
I Heart Radio Music Festival – Las Vegas
Afropunk – Brooklyn, New York
All Things Go Music Festival – Columbia, MD and New York, NY
DC Design Week – Washington, DC
October:
Middleburg Film Festival – Middleburg, VA
Project North Star – Philadelphia, PA
Fair Chance Butterfly Bash – Washington, DC
Fall For The Book Festival – Virginia
CultureCon – New York, NY
Noir City DC – Washington, DC
NYC Wine & Food Festival – NYC
Global Citizen Festival – NYC & Various Locations
Austin City Limits Fest – Austin, TX
Hamptons International Film Festival – Long Island, NY
Immigration Film Festival – Washington, DC
Reel Affirmations – The DC Center for the LGBT Community – Washington, DC
DC Startup Week – Washington, DC
November:
Elections
DMV Black Restaurant Week – Washington, DC
Zoolights – Washington, DC
Afrotech – Houston, TX
Alexandria Film Festival – Alexandria, VA
St. Louis International Film Festival – St. Louis MO
HBCU FirstLOOK Film Festival – Washington, DC
Three Rivers Film Festival | Film Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
American Film Festival – Wroclaw, Poland
Urbanworld – NYC
Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival – Washington, DC
December:
Art Basel – Miami, Fl
Hot 99.5’s Jingle Ball – Washington, DC
StarChefs D.C.-Chesapeake Rising Stars – Washington, DC
