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Netflix Bites MGM Grand Las Vegas
Pop Ups and Vendor Markets | Feb 11, 2025 - Feb 20, 2026
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89109

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Enter the My Nintendo Universal Epic Universe Super Nintendo World Sweepstakes
Gaming Contests | Mar 4 - Jun 30, 2025
United States > Florida > Orlando > > 32819

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Presents Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho Exhibition
Memorabilia Exhibition | Mar 23, 2025 - Jan 10, 2027
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90036
Comic-Con Museum Presents Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction
Memorabilia Exhibition | Mar 15, 2025 - Mar 14, 2026
United States > California > San Diego > > 92101

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April 23rd In History

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Chicago Toy Show
Specialty Auctions and Conventions | Apr 23, 2023
Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention
Comic Cons | Apr 21 - Apr 23, 2023
United States > Illinois > Lombard > > 60148

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NostalgiaCon
Gaming Conventions | Apr 21 - Oct 5, 2024
Canada > Ontario > Toronto > > M6K 3C3

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Record Store Day
Experiences | Apr 23, 2022
FreakNik
Concerts | Apr 21 - Apr 23, 1995

Harlem Cultural Festival | Jun 29 - Aug 24, 1969

Harlem Cultural Festival

Concerts, Music Festivals | Jun 29 - Aug 24, 1969

The Harlem Cultural Festival was a series of events, primarily music concerts, held annually in Harlem, New York City, between 1967 and 1969. The Festival celebrated soul, jazz and gospel, along with other forms of Black music and culture, while promoting Black pride. The most successful series of concerts took place in 1969, becoming known informally as Black Woodstock, and is documented in the 2021 film Summer of Soul.

Performers during the 1969 edition of the Harlem Cultural Festival included: The Fifth Dimension, Abbey Lincoln, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, George Kirby, Olatunji, Max Roach, Mahalia Jackson, The Staples Singers, Herman Stevens and the Voices of Faith, Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Operation Breakfast Band, Stevie Wonder, David Ruffin, Chuck Jackson, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Lou Parks Dancers, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Cal Trader, Herbie Mann, Harlem Festival Calypso Band, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Hugh Masakela, Harlem Festival Jazz Band, Miss Harlem Pageant, La Rocque Bey and Co., and Listen to My Brothers.