LIST: Events celebrating Black history around Dallas-Fort Worth

DALLAS — Black History Month is celebrated throughout North Texas, highlighting Black culture and traditions.

There will be a variety of events all month long that will acknowledge the heritage, triumphs and struggles of generations of Black Americans in the U.S.

WFAA has put together a list of events in and around Dallas-Fort Worth.

• Rob Holbert Jazz and Blues performance
  Where: North Oak Cliff Branch Library
• BHM Celebration Art Exhibit
  Where: MLK Jr. Recreation Center in Denton
• For They Endured by Kamica King
  Where: South Dallas Cultural Center
• DREAMS 2025: Art Exhibition
  Where: Frisco Discovery Center
• Unity in Motion 5K
  Where: The Epic in Grand Prairie

• Black History & Culture Celebration
  Where: Dallas Museum of Art
• Black-Owned Foodie Trail
  Where: Mesquite

• The Bandan Koro Experience
  Where: North Oak Cliff Branch Library
• Behind Our Curtain Exhibit
  Where: Plano African American Museum

• Black History Month: Know the Past Shape the Future
  Where: Park in the Woods Recreation Center
• From Africa to the Broadway Stage: Disney’s The Lion King
  Where: African American Museum in Dallas

• Cowboys of Color film screening
  Where: Opal Lawrence Historical Park
• BHM Celebration: Shared Experiences & Shared History
  Where: Cozby Library and Community Commons
• Family Day
  Where: Skillman Southwestern Branch Library
• Oba William King performance
  Where: The Colony City Hall Annex Bldg
• The Robert & Charmaine Price Heritage Bowl
  Where: African American Museum of Dallas
• A Taste of Black History
  Where: Cimarron Recreation Center in Irving
• Black Girls Sweat
  Where: Place at Tyler in Dallas

• Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
  Where: Bass Performance Hall 

• Young Art
  Where: Mesquite Main Library

• Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo
  Where: Fort Worth Stockyards
• McKinney BHM Celebrations
  Where: Various locations in McKinney
• Black History: Hiring Event and Vendor Expo
  Where: 1515 Young Street in Dallas
• African American Read-In 2025
  Where: African American Museum in Dallas

• Dallas Black History Month Food Festival
  Where: Lofty Spaces
• Community Festival/Business Expo
  Where: Tommie M Allen Recreation Center
• The Black Experience Game Day: Ebony-Opoly
  Where: Ruthe Jackson Center in Grand Prairie

• Meals & Memories: A Community Tasting for Black History Month
  Where: Dallas Central Library
• Black Excellence Unleashed
  Where: Dallas Central Library

• Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Cultural Awareness
  Where: Wyly Theatre

• Sky’s the Limit: Black Aviation Heroes
  Where: Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center
• Movie Night: Six Triple Eight
  Where: DeSoto Corner Theatre

• “Taste of Soul” – Soul Food Cook-off
  Where: MLK Community Center in Dallas
• Harlem Renaissance Gala
  Where: Rayleigh Underground, Dallas
• A Joyful Noise: Black History Choir Performance
  Where: Kleberg-Rylie Branch Library
• African Drums by Baba Kwasi
  Where: Mesquite Main Library
• A Night Out at the Museum
  Where: African American Museum of Dallas
• BHM Celebration at The Dock
  Where: The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth
• Inaugural Black History Month Brunch
  Where: Mesquite
• Freedman’s African American Cemetery & West Village Guided Walking Tour
  Where: Dallas

• Heritage & Hustle
  Where: Blank Space Fort Worth

• McKinney BHM Celebrations
  Where: Various locations in McKinney
• The Black Arts Community Forum
  Where: Blank Space FW

• Texas Black Hall of Sports
  Where: African American Museum of Dallas
• “I AM Black History” Summit
  Where: Dallas College – Mountain View Campus