Join Us For an Extended Weekend to Celebrate Black History, Culture & Community in Richmond, VA.
On race weekend, our nonprofit is not only hosting Run Richmond 16.19, but also a post-race festival with live music. In addition, we are collaborating with local nonprofit partners who are offering additional activities to enrich your experience.
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Our Main Events:
Run Richmond 16.19
Saturday, Sep 27 | 7–11:15 AM
“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” – Marcus Garvey
Our cultural run-or-walk event offers two courses that allow you to run through more than 400 years of Black history: A 16.19K Run and a 6.19K Run/Walk.
You’ll also have the opportunity to download a free audio app narrated by Djimon Hounsou that converts your phone into an outdoor museum guide. The race also includes a libation ceremony held by the Elegba Folklore Society.
Register here.
Post Race Festival
Saturday, Sep 27 | 10–1 PM
“There is no beauty without color.”
Our free finish festival celebrates the beauty of African and African American culture through a live performance by Mighty Joshua (reggae band), a drum circle, electric slide dancing, a Black history pop-up exhibit, a vendor village, and African American foods & drink vendors.
This is a free community event. No registration required.
Partner Events:
RIVERFRONT
CANAL CRUISES
Any Day | Visit website for details
Participate in a 40-minute history boat tour of the James River and Kanawha Canal along downtown Richmond’s historic canal walk.
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THE VALENTINE
Fri – Sun, Sep 28 | 10–5 PM
Free museum entry with your Run Richmond 16.19 race bib.
The Valentine has been collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond Stories for over 125 years. The museum displays the toppled Confederate statue of Jefferson Davis. In displaying the statue, The Valentine confronts its past: The museum’s first president, Edward Valentine, designed the statue before it was erected on Monument Avenue in 1907.
In addition, the exhibit Sculpting History at the Valentine Studio: Art, Power, and the “Lost Cause” American Myth uses evidence to show how Edward Valentine, leaders in Richmond, and others around the country reframed the reality of the Civil War. It uncovers the stories behind the Lost Cause, its legacy, and those who resisted the myth.
Learn moreVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & CULTURE
Fri – Sun, Sep 28 | 10–5 PM
Free museum entry with your Run Richmond 16.19 race bib.
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture has been collecting, preserving, and telling the stories of Virginians for nearly 200 years. Current exhibitions include:
- The 250th commemorative exhibition, Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation, which explores the continental and global forces as well as the actions of both iconic and ordinary people that brought about a model of democratic government that changed the world.
- Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians which tells the often-unknown stories of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865.
INTERSECTING HISTORY MUSEUM CRAWL
Sunday, Sep 28
Join the 5th annual Intersecting History Museum Crawl by our partner Initiatives of Change. Attendees will be able to visit several area museums free of charge while exploring exhibitions and gaining a more inclusive, peace-focused understanding of our city’s history.
BLCK STREET
SUMMIT 2025
Mon, Sep 29 | Visit website for details
From grounding keynotes to hands-on workshops, the BLCK Street® Summit is designed to give you practical tools, powerful stories, and a new way to think about your business.
Whether you’re focused on scaling, storytelling, strategy—or all three—you’ll find something that hits.
Register here
The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.
We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfillment.
A wise man never knows all. Only a fool knows everything.