We don’t know about you, but we miss the NBAF 10-day summer festival.
And if there were ever a moment to bring it back, it’s NOW. We’ve pointed into the future and boldly set the goal of returning to our beloved summer festival in July 2027. We’ve heard the chorus of voices from across the country calling for its return, and we feel it too.
The return to the summer festival isn’t simply a longing for nostalgia. It is an imperative as Black culture and quite frankly, blackness itself, is currently being challenged, censored, and erased in classrooms, policies, and public discourse. In the face of that, NBAF stands as a powerful act of presence, memory, and cultural preservation. And as Toni Morrison reminded us, “This is precisely the time when artists go to work.” This is our call to action.
The Festival Fund is our response. An annual community giving campaign and a bold invitation to protect the future of Black art, culture, and imagination through many small gifts which have the power to sustain. Our ask is simple: Give $100 to help bring the Festival back and carry forward the creative continuum it represents. And once you do, invite 10 of your friends and family to do the same. Every gift, of any size, moves us closer to a future where Black creativity is preserved, celebrated, and powerfully resourced.
In order for the Festival to return, the Festival Fund must succeed. We can only rebuild - with vision, intention, and the support of community.
