Durag Fest

Another Charlotte festival pauses, citing ‘circumstances outside of our control’

January 13, 2026 · Charlotte, North Carolina Local News

The Durag Festival, held last year at the Blackbox Theater, is taking a pause in 2026. Durag Festival Charlotte’s Durag Fest — a Juneenth celebration of Black art,…

Juneteenth festivals, events and other celebrations to mark the holiday in Charlotte

June 4, 2024 · Charlotte, North Carolina Local News

Barbarette Talley, right, of the Queen City Senior African Drummers, plays the djembe alongside her groupmates during the Juneteenth Festival of the Carolinas in 2022. Arthur H. Trickett-Wile…