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brother jeff's Black History Month Celebration

21feb12:00 pm9:00 pmbrother jeff's Black History Month Celebration

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Black History Month is alive in Five Points this Saturday, February 21, 2026 — and you’re invited to celebrate culture, history, travel, and jazz all day long in Five Points and at brother jeff’s Cultural Center!

JAZZ ROOTS – All Day Beginning at Noon
We kick off at 12:00 PM with a powerful Dr. Daddio Second Line Brass Band procession starting at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library (2401 Welton) and marching to Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center (2836 Welton).
Feel the rhythm. Walk the history. Celebrate the legacy.

2:00 PM – Blacks in Africa Discussion
If you love travel, global connections, and diasporic conversations, join us at 2836 Welton for a dynamic dialogue featuring Dr. Jason Shankle, brother jeff, and community voices exploring the rich intersections between Africa and the African American experience. Expect insight. Expect energy. Expect inspiration.

7:00 PM – Joe Bonner Legacy Jam Session
The evening closes with an unforgettable tribute jam honoring the legendary Joe Bonner featuring:

• Tony Black – drums

• Larry Henley – bass

• Carlos Castoblanch – piano

• Hugh Ragin – trumpet

• Stafford Hunter – trombone

• Vince Wiggins – flute

This is Black cultural excellence in motion — music, scholarship, procession, and community under one roof and along historic Welton Street.

All events are FREE and open to the public.
Five Points. Black History Month. Jazz Roots.
Pull up. Bring family. Bring friends. Let’s celebrate together.

Time

February 21, 2026 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm(GMT-07:00)

Location

brother jeff's Cultural Center

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brother jeff's Cultural Center

Building community one life at a time

Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center, founded in 1994 is located in the historic Five Points District in Northeast Denver—a space committed to fostering growth, strength, and voice in the community. These ends are achieved through the exploration of visual and performing arts, celebrations, and programs that inform and enrich people’s lives. The Cultural Center’s Award-Winning Open-Mic Poetry Set has been at the center of the growing national cultural arts movement and has hosted such literary notables as Amiri Baraka, Jessica Care Moore, Kevin Powell, Sonia Sanchez, and Haki Madhabuti. The Center has also born the dynamic cast and production of Ego Trippin’, a program that fuses poetry, jazz, hip-hop, dance, and music in an exploration of pivotal social issues and ills. Committed to youth, the Cultural Center also sponsors an annual free summer lunch program for area children, providing sustenance, support, enrichment and fun for young people during the summer. The center hosts a variety of special events and celebrations that serve to ground community throughout the year including Juneteenth, Kwanzaa, and Black History Month activities.

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