Essential Information

Type Events and festivals
Location
In Greenwich
Date and Times Throughout October 2025
Prices See individual events for details

What’s On

Events and festivals | Black History Month

Book launch: A Whole Heap of Mix Up by Stella Dadzie
Celebrate the release of the award-winning historian's new book
Thursday 30 October 2025 | 6pm-8.30pm
Pay what you can (£0-£10)
Queen's House

Black History Month in Greenwich

Celebrate the stories and perspectives of Black artists and communities past and present this October with Royal Museums Greenwich.

Keep an eye on this page for more details, and get ready to celebrate Black History Month in Greenwich this October.

Evewright is a Black male adult, wearing a black durag and black tshirt with printed text. He wears stained overalls tied at his waist, and is smiling in front of an art piece depicting a sketched naval uniform on a black background.

Life drawing with EVEWRIGHT

Thursday 2 October | 6-9pm | National Maritime Museum 

18+ 

Unlock your creative potential in this inspiring life drawing session with EVEWRIGHT, Royal Museums Greenwich's Practitioner in Residence. An acclaimed multidisciplinary artist, EVEWRIGHT's work champions Black British stories, prompting dialogue about what it means to be Black and British in the UK today.

Find out more here

Historian Stella Dadzie speaking at International Slavery Remembrance Day 2022 at the National Maritime Museum

Book Launch: A Whole Heap of Mix Up by Stella Dadzie

Thursday 30 October | 6-8:30pm | Queen's House

A feminist, activist and writer, Dadzie has been a key figure in the Black women’s movement in Britain since the 1970s. Her latest book showcases her creative, personal and political writings, covering themes including family and early life, political activism, travel in Africa and the Caribbean, and race and racism in Britain.

Find out more here

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