AWEF
AWEF International Community, Culture & Empowerment Event and Evening Concert
Fri 20 Nov
|Marcus Garvey Centre
From heritage to the future: an all-day programme of culture, enterprise, international exchange and community development at the historic Marcus Garvey Centre, followed by an evening concert and celebration. Part of the AWEF International Cultural Exchange and Development Programme.
Time & Location
20 Nov 2026, 10:00 – 21 Nov 2026, 01:00
Marcus Garvey Centre, Lenton Blvd, Nottingham, UK
About the event
From heritage to the future
The Marcus Garvey Centre is much more than an event venue. Completed in 1931 as the headquarters of the Raleigh Bicycle Company and designed by the Nottingham architect T. C. Howitt, the building later became deeply connected with Nottingham’s African Caribbean community.
The ballroom was reopened in 1981 by the West Indian Cavaliers as a music venue and became known as the Marcus Garvey Ballroom, or “the Garvey”. It has since served generations of Nottingham’s Black and African Caribbean communities as a place for music, culture, celebration, community connection, education and social support.
The venue is named after Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican political activist, journalist and Pan-African leader whose legacy is associated with Black pride, self-determination, enterprise, cultural identity and international African unity. This event is both a celebration and a continuation of that legacy.
The day
From 10am: an all-day programme of culture, enterprise,…
Tickets
Full day and evening concert
The all-day programme from 10am plus the evening concert and celebration.
£30.00
+£0.75 ticket service fee
Evening concert
The evening concert and celebration.
£20.00
+£0.50 ticket service fee
Day programme
The daytime programme from 10am.
£12.00
+£0.30 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00