Best In Black Cville 2026

Black Excellence's Biggest Night Out. 🖤✨

If your timeline starts filling up with black carpet photos and you're wondering where everybody was...this is where.

The 2026 Best In Black Cville is more than an awards show. It's the night our community comes together to celebrate the entrepreneurs, creatives, changemakers, organizations, and leaders shaping Charlottesville's future.

Inspired by this year's theme, Future Heirlooms. We Are the Ancestors., we're honoring those building a legacy that will outlive them.

Your evening includes:

• 🏆 Recognition of the 2026 Best in Black Cville recipients

• 🎤 The Blueprint & The Becoming Black Business Owner Panel Discussion

• 📸 Kreative Kre Legacy Portrait Experience (advance registration required)

• 🎓 Presentation of the Let's Intentionally Thrive (L.I.T.) Scholarship

• 👠 A stunning Multigenerational Fashion Show

• 🥁 Performances by Elite Empire Majorette Dance Team, featuring the Parent Squad

• 🥂 VIP Reception hosted by the Black Professional Network (VIP ticket required)

• 📸 Black carpet photo ops, 360 Photo Booth, complimentary desserts from Nothing Bundt Cakes, and more.

You can always see the pictures later.

But you can't recreate the feeling of being in the room when names are called, dreams are celebrated, and an entire community rises to honor its own.

Come celebrate. Come network. Come be inspired.

Just don't be the one asking, "How was it?"

Be the one saying, "I was there."

Friday, August 14, 2026
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Live Arts Theater
123 East Water Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902

🎟 Tickets: $20 (*no refunds)