Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase 2025

Name: Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase 2025
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Carmel Smickersgill, Tours & Activities Editor Last Updated 17 July 2025

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Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase 2025

3 October 2025

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During Black History Month, Aviva Studios is hosting a black tie evening celebrating the groundbreaking, change making and artistically excellent work of black creatives. Black Creative Trailblazers triumphs excellence within the worlds of art, music, poetry, dance and fashion with an incredible line up of talent taking place across an evening.

It’s an evening to dress your best and discover incredible artists on the cusp of exhilarating careers. Previous showcase participants have gone onto work with Glastonbury, Netflix and London Fashion Week, proving the success of this launchpad. You can expect to see dynamic performances by Black musicians, poets and dancers, fashion shows by independent Black designers and an art exhibition showcasing work by Black artists.

Black Creative Trailblazers was founded by Cultureville in an effort to address the disproportionate underrepresentation of black creatives within the creative industries.

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