August: what's happening where!

BALTIMORE

* Naija Fest 2006. Nigerian festival features local African bands and dance troops. Patterson Park at Linwood and Eastern Avenues. Aug. 12.

CHICAGO

* 2006 Jazzfest Heritage Festival. 7059 South Shore Drive, Jazz Unites, Inc. Aug. 5-6.

* 77th annual Bud Billiken Parade. One of the oldest African-American parades in the country. Begins 39th and King Drive. Aug. 12.

* 28th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival. Grant Park. Aug. 31-Sept. 3. *

CINCINNATI

* Progressive National Baptist convention. Duke Energy Center and Millennium Hotel. Aug. 6-11.

COLUMBIA, S.C.

* 2006 Jubilee Festival of Heritage. This free festival honors the life and legacy of Celia Mann, a prominent local midwife, and one of South Carolina's most celebrated free Black women. Mann-Simons Cottage. Aug. 26.

DALLAS

* National Medical Association convention. Dallas Convention Center. Aug. 5-10.

DAYTON, Ohio

* Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention. Crowne Plaza Hotel. July 28-Aug. 2.

DETROIT

* Ribs and Soul Festival. Hart Plaza. Aug. 4-6

* National Bar Association convention. The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center Hotel. Aug. 5-12.

* African World Festival. Hart Plaza. Aug. 18-20.

DURHAM, N.C.

* Eta Phi Beta Sorority Grand Boule. Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center. July 28-Aug. 4.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

* National Black Nurses Association convention. Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa. Aug. 9-12.

INDIANAPOLIS

* National Association of Black Journalists convention. Indianapolis Marriott Downtown Hotel. Aug. 16-20.

LOS ANGELES

* Black Data Processors Association conference. Hilton LAX Hotel. Aug. 2-5. Long Beach Jazz Festival. Rainbow Lagoon Park. Aug. 11-13.

* Watts Summer Festival. South Central Avenue. Aug. 11-13.

* Marcus Garvey Day Festival & Parade. Leimert Park. Aug. 17,19-20.

* African Marketplace and Cultural Faire. Los Angeles Coliseum/Sports Arena in Exposition Park. Aug. 17, 19-20; 25-27; Sept. 2-4.

MIAMI

* Association of Black Psychologists convention. Eden Roc-Renaissance Resort & Spa Hotel. Aug. 9-14.

MILWAUKEE

* African World Festival, Henry Maier Festival Park. Aug. 4-6.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.

* National Funeral Directors and Morticians convention. Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel. Aug. 6-11

NEW ORLEANS

* Satchmo SLimmer Fest. French Quarter festival honors New Orleans' native son, Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong. Aug. 3-6.

* National Black State Troopers Coalition conference. Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel. Aug. 2-5.

NEW YORK CITY

* Blacks in Government convention. Hilton New York, Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers and New York Marriott Marquis Hotels, Aug. 21-25.

* 32th Anniversary of Harlem Week. Various Harlem locations. Monthlong.

* HOLLYWOOD IN HARLEM. Presented by EBONY magazine & Harlem Week. Various locations. Aug. 3-5.

* Harlem YMCA 7th Annual Golf Classic and Auction. Richmond County Country Club. Aug. 7

* 4th annual Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. Various locations in Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs, MA. Aug. 10-13.

* 11th annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day 2006. A full-day tennis and music festival for children and families kicks off the U.S. Open. USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens. Aug. 26.

PHILADELPHIA

* National Primitive Baptist Convention USA. Valley Forge Convention Plaza and Radisson Hotel. Aug. 19-26.

PHOENIX

* Organization of Black Airline Pilots convention. J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa. Aug. 2-4.

SAN FRANCISCO

* Afro Solo Arts Festival. Various sites. Aug. 1-16.

ST. LOUIS

* Association of African-American Museums convention. Adam's Mark Hotel. Aug. 23-26.

* Missouri Black Expo. America's Center. Aug. 5-6.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* Trickster Tales & Sea Island Songs! Performance and museum event. National Museum of American History. Through Aug. 4

CANADA

* Association of Black Sociologists convention. Plaza Hotel. Montreal. Aug. 8-11

EUROPE

* National Black Police Association convention. Radisson Edwardian Hotel. Manchester, England. Aug. 6-13.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS

ANGUILLA

* Anguilla Summer Festival. Various sites. Aug. 3-13.

ANTIGUA

* Carnival. Various sites. July 29-Aug. 8.

BARBADOS

* Emancipation Day. National holiday. Aug. 1.

* Crop Over Festival. A five-week summer festival traced back to the 1780s. Monthlong.

BRITISH & U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

* Black Boaters Summit 2006. Aug. 11-20.

CURACAO

* Slave Uprising Anniversary. Remembered with musical and cultural events on the Rif waterfront and throughout the island. Aug. 17.

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

* Tobago Heritage Festival. Honors culture, heritage and traditions. July 14-Aug. 1

* Emancipation Day Aug. 1

NOTE: Sponsors may change dates or locations after the magazine has been published. Travelers should verify event information with local sponsors.

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