Nomadness Fest | CHARLOTTE, NC | September 14
NOMADNESS FEST 2024
September 12-15, 2024
Charlotte, NC
VIDEO + PHOTO CREATION WORKSHOP
READY FOR ANYTHING: Telling Your Story with Style and Ease
Juliana Broste, aka “TravelingJules
Saturday , September 14 | Festival day @1:50pm – 2:30pm
Oh the places you’ll go! Whether you’re producing a travel vlog or sharing your adventures from a to b, taking the show on the road takes a whole lot more than a sense of adventure. In this session, we’ll learn how to tell your story through captivating photos and videos. From city escapes to remote getaways, we’ll talk about tactics for a variety of travel situations. Whether you’re doing it for the ‘gram or for your own personal record, it’s time to level up your photos and videos with style and ease.
General Admission Tickets are Complimentary this year!
VIP Tickets are available!
Type in “jules” to get 30% off your VIP festival day and VIP weekend tickets here
The BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) extension of our 35,000+ member NOMADNESS Travel Tribe community -- NOMADNESS Fest is a weekend for travelers of color, and our allies! We bridge the stories, leaders, and resources of our travel community together, in one place.
This year’s theme: The Future is Ours: Reimagining BIPOC Travel
Weekend Includes:
Multiple Speaking Sessions aligned with our 2024 tracks: Media + Tech, Leisure Travel, and Community Impact
Hands-on activations from sponsors and partners
Free swag
VIP Lounge access for applicable ticket holders
VIP Welcome Mixer
Invite Only opportunities (Thursday, Sept 12th) that includes networking with brands, fellow travel influencers, and destination reps for a select group of attendees
Invite Only City Tours
Local vendors + food trucks
The only thing missing is....you! Time to get that ticket!
September 12 - Industry Day Networking
September 14 - General Festival Day - Schedule
Visit nomadnessfest.com for more information.
That’s right—General Admission is free for our main festival day!
VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE - 30% off to VIP festival day and VIP weekend tickets - just type in “jules” here
See you there!
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2024
NOMADNESS Fest brings conversations focused on Reimagining BIPOC Travel to Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, NC, August 1, 2024—The award-winning tourism community and brand, NOMADNESS Travel Tribe is bringing their annual festival to Charlotte, NC this September pairing travel education and local entertainment to highlight the connection between community and reimagining travel. NOMADNESS Fest is the premiere tourism event centering BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) experiences, resources, influencers, and industry leaders from across the globe. Charlotte’s festival weekend takes place September 12–September 14, 2024 and will activate in a number of spaces including Camp North End’s Boiler Yard and Ford Building, Seoul Food – Mill District, and The Hamilton at AvidXchange.
NOMADNESS Fest programming has something for everyone within its three tracks: Leisure Travel, Community Impact, and Media & Tech. This year’s theme of The Future is Ours: Reimagining BIPOC Travel, spotlights conversations the industry is having on a local, community, and international scale. Panels include topics ranging from the curating and sustaining BIPOC community on and offline, travel 101 for newbies, the role of AI in the travel industry, tourism meets activism, and a VIP-exclusive conversationwith Emmy-Award winner and NOMADNESS’s CEO, Evita Robinson.
Speakers currently include the Emmy-Award winning travel filmmaker Jules Broste; Gen Z and solo travel advocate, Gabby Beckford; founder of Geek Girl Travel, and award-winning photographer; Beth Nelson; founder of travel marketing company, The Culturist Group, Danny Guerrero; Lawrence Phillips, founder of Green Book Global, the first Black travel review site; Emmy Award-winning journalist and TV host, Oneika Raymond, among others.
After a morning of workshops, the afternoon transitions into a festival with local entertainment and DJ sets with See Bird Go and DJ Fannie Maefrom the trap gospel choir, Sainted to highlight the local Charlotte creative scene and the necessity of supporting local communities. Throughout the rest of the weekend, NOMADNESS Fest is packed with VIP-exclusive networking events and an open city experience day, coordinated with Charlotte Tourism, to spotlight local business and experiences for attendees to visit.
This year’s festival is the culmination of multiple partnerships between Charlotte and NOMADNESS. For more information and tickets, please visit nomadnessfest.com. We look forward to seeing you in Charlotte!
About NOMADNESS Travel Tribe:
NOMADNESS Travel Tribe is an award winning online social community primarily for travelers of color. NOMADNESS was the first of its kind targeting Black and brown millennials. The group currently surpasses 36,000 international members, with over a dozen regional ambassadors.
In 2018, NOMADNESS Travel Tribe hosted their first annual festival for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) travelers, in Oakland, Ca.. NOMADNESS Fest is an immersive experience that celebrates and creates safe spaces for leisure travelers, travel influencers, tour operators, and tourism professionals of color. Following 2018, the event was executed in Memphis, Tn., Newark, Nj., and Louisville, Ky. In 2024, our host city is Charlotte, Nc.
For Press Pass to cover the event: social@nomadnesstv.com
For Interviews: evita@nomadnesstv.com
For Sponsorship + Partnerships: dann@nomadnesstv.com, evita@nomadnesstv.com
Festival Website: nomadnessfest.com
Video Recap from Previous Festivals:
Louisville, KY 2023: 2023 NOMADNESS Fest: Louisville, KY
Newark, NJ 2022: 2022 NOMADNESS Fest: Newark, NJ Edition
Memphis, TN 2019: 2019 AUDACITY FEST: MEMPHIS (former name of festival)
Oakland, CA 2018: 2018 AUDACITY Fest presented by NOMADNESS Travel Tribe
