Events Overview

The Wright Museum hosts a wide array of spectacular events year-round including concerts, film screenings, lectures, performances, educational programs, community health & fitness classes, and so much more!  Annual Programming marks the seasons, highlights important holidays and events and provides thematic pillars for educational and public programming:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 3rd Monday in January
• Black History Month – February
• Women's History Month – March
• Poetry & Spoken Word Month – April
• Ford Freedom Awards – May
• Malcolm X Day – May
• Black Music Month – June
• Concert of Colors – July
• African World Festival – 3rd weekend in August
• The Wright Gala – 1st Saturday after Labor Day
• Grandparents' Day – September
• Annual Meeting – 1st Thursday in December
• Noel Night – 1st Saturday in December
• Kwanzaa – December 26 - January 1

 Past Events: to view events prior to this date, please click here to visit our events archive page.