Name: The Culture Is Couture Expo
Start: 2026-11-06
End: 2026-11-08

Latin menu featuring marlin, fresh paella and Red Ahi tuna. This three-level restaurant is a popular nightspot and cigar lounge. Try a mango mojito on the rooftop deck, weather permitting.

Havana '59

Lulu's

Richmond’s #1 seafood restaurant & bar!

Tipsy Crab Seafood & Bar

Ethiopian restaurant serving meat and vegetarian dishes. Evening lounge with bar food daily.

Addis Ethiopian

Strange Richmond Tours offers Richmond's best-rated walking tours and ghost tours, led by professional historians and expert storytellers. Discover 400 years of Virginia history on the daily Capitol Square Tour, explore Hollywood Cemetery's 135-acre arboretum and presidential gravesites, or hunt vampires on Richmond's premier Haunted History Tour through Shockoe Bottom. Small-group public tours run daily, with private Church Hill architecture walks, Edgar Allan Poe city tours, and Private Cemetery experiences available by reservation. Authentic local perspectives in the heart of RVA.

Strange Richmond Tours

17th Street Market embodies Shockoe Bottom’s vibrant character and serves as a neighborhood resource. At the recently renovated market, the Richmond community will find a renewed space that remains connected to its long and rich history.

17th Street Farmers Market

Monthly open-air night market in the heart of the arts and culture scene of Richmond, VA, held at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market.

Richmond Night Market

Restaurant and bar serving sushi, tempura and other Japanese fare

Miyabi Sushi

The auction houses in Shockoe Bottom frequently sold human "goods" along with corn, coffee and other commodities. Slave commerce was concentrated in the roughly 30-block area bounded by Broad, 15th and 19th Streets and the river. Davenport & Co., located at 15th and Cary Streets, was an auction house near the center of the district; portions of the building survived Civil War destruction and are now a part of the present building.

Auction Houses

Yak Yai Thai Restaurant

We’re a community of runners, hikers, bikers and ballplayers. We’re an outdoor playground, designed by Mother Nature, with class III and IV rapids running right through our downtown. A 52-mile bike trail runs along the James. The Richmond Marathon and Ukrop’s 10k are huge celebrations, and the whole region comes out to cheer on our local teams. In fact, we’re so sports-minded that the Washington Redskins have their training camp right in the center of the city. Add to that awesome hotels, beautiful venues, attractions, art, craft beer, more than 900 restaurants and a convenient location, and you’ve got a top choice for your next sports event. Welcome to RVA!

From indoor to outdoor facilities, the Richmond region has the fields, pitches, diamonds, venues and the dedicated staff to ensure your event is a huge success. 



Sports Richmond, VA

The Culture Is Couture Expo is where Black culture, fashion, beauty, creativity and commerce take center stage. For one day only, Main Street Station becomes the place to shop, connect and tap into the people, brands and ideas shaping the most influential cultures in the world. From emerging designers and beauty founders to established entrepreneurs, artists and creators, this is where culture shows up in real life.  
  
Explore more than 50 curated vendors, catch fashion runway presentations and beauty and hair showcases, hear honest conversations from industry leaders in our panels and Learning Labs, discover interactive creator activations and art experiences, network with fellow creatives and professionals, and fuel up with local food and drinks throughout the day. Add in live entertainment, special guests and sets from some of the hottest DJs in the region, and you've got an atmosphere that feels as good as it looks.

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