Black Wall Street Festival

Black Wall Street Festival Connecticut's Largest Black Owned Festival. www.bwsfestival.com

08/18/2026

The BWS Fest 2026 Green Book is HERE!

Consider this your official guide to the people, businesses, and community that helped bring the 2026 Black Wall Street Festival to life.

Inside the Green Book, you’ll find:
✨ Our complete list of festival vendors
✨ Sponsor information
✨ A special greeting from our founders
✨ And more from BWS Fest 2026

The festival may be over, but supporting Black-owned businesses doesn’t stop when the weekend ends. Save the Green Book, discover a business you may have missed, and continue circulating the Black dollar beyond the festival.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to view the 2026 BWS Fest Green Book.

Discover. Support. Circulate. Repeat.

As we reflect on the 2026 Black Wall Street Festival, these moments remind us why we gather. It’s not only about what ha...
08/18/2026

As we reflect on the 2026 Black Wall Street Festival, these moments remind us why we gather. It’s not only about what happens on the stage or how many people fill the Green. It’s about the PEOPLE. The families. The businesses. The culture. The next generation watching us create something they can one day build upon.

Black excellence isn’t just something we celebrate—it’s something we invest in. ✊🏾💚

Keep circulating the Black dollar.
Keep supporting Black businesses.
Keep building Black legacy.

This is our history in motion.

📸 pointsNsnaps • CT Photographer

08/17/2026

WHEN THE BLACK DOLLAR CIRCULATES, THE COMMUNITY GROWS.

What started as a vision has become a movement, right here in the heart of New Haven.

This is Black excellence.
This is economic empowerment.
This is community.
This is Black Wall Street.

Thank you for an unforgettable 5th year.

🎥 Marquis Douglas

We’re still celebrating everything that made the 5th Annual Black Wall Street Festival one to remember! Here’s another l...
08/16/2026

We’re still celebrating everything that made the 5th Annual Black Wall Street Festival one to remember! Here’s another look at some of the beautiful faces, moments, and energy that filled New Haven.

Official festival photos are now available! Visit the link in our bio to view, download, share, and enjoy your favorite moments.

See yourself or someone you know? Tag them in the comments! 🙌🏾

Thank you for celebrating 5 YEARS of Black Wall Street Festival with us. The legacy continues.

📸 PURE WHITE LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY, NEW HAVEN! 🚨The 2026 Black Wall Street Festival is taking over the New Haven Green, and the Main Sta...
08/15/2026

🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY, NEW HAVEN! 🚨

The 2026 Black Wall Street Festival is taking over the New Haven Green, and the Main Stage is PACKED! 🎤🔥

From live music and poetry to DJs, line dancing, our Power Shopping Hours, community acknowledgements and more — we’re bringing the energy ALL DAY LONG.

📍 New Haven Green
📅 TODAY — August 15
⏰ Festival kicks off at 12 PM

Screenshot the schedule, plan your day, support our vendors, and meet us at the Green! 🖤❤️💚

Be Unforgettable. Be Community. Be Black Wall Street.

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📍 KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!Before you hit the New Haven Green for the 2026 Black Wall Street Festival, take a look at our offi...
08/14/2026

📍 KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!

Before you hit the New Haven Green for the 2026 Black Wall Street Festival, take a look at our official site map and plan your experience! 🗺️✨

From food and goods vendors to community resources, our Kids & Youth Play Area, Main Stage, VIP experience, and 21+ Public Bar — there’s something happening throughout the Green!

📲 Save this map. Share it with your crew. Plan your stops.

We’ll see you Saturday, August 15 from 12–8 PM on the New Haven Green.

Come ready to shop, eat, connect, celebrate, and BE UNFORGETTABLE. 🖤✨

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✨ THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 BLACK WALL STREET FESTIVAL SPONSORS! ✨It takes a village to build something this powerful. 🖤As w...
08/14/2026

✨ THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 BLACK WALL STREET FESTIVAL SPONSORS! ✨

It takes a village to build something this powerful. 🖤

As we celebrate entrepreneurship, culture, community, and the continued legacy of Black Wall Street, we extend our deepest gratitude to the incredible sponsors and community partners who believe in the vision and continue to invest in our community.

🏆 Presenting Sponsor
City of New Haven Arts, Culture & Tourism

💎 Platinum Sponsor
Connecticut Economic & Community Development

🥇 Gold Sponsors
The Center for Inclusive Growth
Buy New Haven

🥉 Bronze Sponsors
ConnCAT Corp
New Haven Bank
Comcast
NBC Connecticut
Telemundo

🤝🏾 Community Sponsors
Red Bull
CT State Community College – Gateway
Yale Office of New Haven Affairs
Workforce Alliance
Long Wharf Theatre

🖤 Returning Community Partners
BBA
UI – An Avangrid Company

Your support helps us create opportunities, amplify businesses, strengthen connections, and continue building a legacy that extends far beyond one week or one festival.

Thank you for investing in the vision. Thank you for investing in the community. Thank you for helping us keep the legacy moving forward. 🙌🏾

BLACK WALL STREET FESTIVAL | COMMUNITY REMINDERBlack Wall Street Festival is a celebration of community, culture, entrep...
08/14/2026

BLACK WALL STREET FESTIVAL | COMMUNITY REMINDER

Black Wall Street Festival is a celebration of community, culture, entrepreneurship, legacy, and Black excellence.

As we come together this Saturday, we ask everyone to help us maintain a safe, welcoming, and family-friendly environment for our vendors, entrepreneurs, families, youth, partners, and guests.

We have zero tolerance for fighting, threats, harassment, disruptive behavior, or disrespect toward others.

Come ready to shop Black, support local businesses, celebrate our culture, connect with community, and circulate the Black dollar.

Let’s protect the energy.
Let’s protect the community.
Let’s honor the legacy.

Black Wall Street Festival 2026
Community. Culture. Legacy.

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