Time & Location
Sep 14, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA
Guests
About the event
Echoes of the Future
An Afrofuturist Gala Celebration | Sunday, September 14 | 4:00PM | Cleveland City Hall
Step into a night of imagination, celebration, and Black brilliance at Cleveland City Hall for Echoes of the Future, an immersive Afrofuturist gala honoring the beauty and power of Black birth.
This special evening will unveil Echoes of the Future: An Afrofuturist Birthscape a bold and visionary art exhibition featuring original works by commissioned artists from the All Our Babies project. Through visual art, sound, movement, and storytelling, this gallery experience honors our ancestral legacy, uplifts our present, and dares to imagine liberated Black birthing futures.
✨ Dress Code: Afrofuture Finest
Come dressed in your Afrocentric or Afrofuturist best—regal, radiant, and rooted in legacy with limitless imagination.
This is our time to remember, rejoice, and rise—together.
Adults-Only Space
This is an adults-only event. To maintain the integrity of the healing, storytelling, and art spaces, we kindly ask that all attendees be 18 and older.
Additional Quests Due to capacity limits at City Hall and overwhelming interest in the event, we are not able to accommodate plus ones at this time. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure that everyone who’s registered has the best experience possible.
Arrival and Parking
City Hall Parking Lot Upper Deck (Enter off Lakeside Ave)
Enter through front entrance (Lakeside)
Additional Parking at metered spots on Lakeside, 9th Street and other surrounding streets
ADA Accessibility
If you are unable to walk the stairs in front of City Hall, you will be able to enter the building from the back, there is an elevator that will take you down to the back main entrance of City Hall. You will need to go through metal detectors and provide a government issued ID to enter there.