North American Bengali Conference

The North American Bengali Conference (NABC) is an annual Bengali culture conference held in the United States and Canada, typically around the weekend of July 4. It was established in 1981 by the Cultural Association of Bengal in New York, and is hosted by a different organization every year.[1] The conference includes performances, readings, discussion, networking, and class reunions.

North American Bengali Conference নর্থ আমেরিকান বঙ্গ সম্মেলন
Status	Active
Genre	Cultural festival
Venue	North America
Inaugurated	1981
Most recent	2019
Organized by	Cultural Association of Bengal
Website	cabusa.org

Performers are often from the United States, Canada, Bangladesh, and India.[1] Audiences are primarily Bangladeshi American, Indian American, Bangladeshi Canadian and Indian Canadian.

Venues

• 1981: New York City, New York[1][2] Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 1982: New York City[1][2]Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 1983: New York City[1][2] Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 1984: Boston, Massachusetts[1][2] Organized By Prabasi of New England
• 1985: Baltimore, Maryland[1][2] Organized By Prantik of Baltimore
• 1986: Cleveland, Ohio[1][2] Organized By Central Ohio Bengali Association
• 1987: San Francisco/San Jose, Bay Area Auditorium at the California School for the Deaf, Fremont, California[1][3][4][2] Organized By Bay Area Bengali Organizations
• 1988: Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City Convention Center[1][5][2] organized by Kallol NJ
• 1989: New York City[1][2]Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 1990: Maryland, University of Maryland[1][6][2] Organized By Sanskriti DC
• 1991 Boston area, Lowell, Massachusetts[2] Organized By Prabasi Of New England
• 1992: Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1][7][2] Organized By PBCA Toronto
• 1993: Los Angeles, California, California State University, Fullerton[1][8][9][2] Organized By Dakshini Los Angeles
• 1994: Chicago, Illinois, Hyatt Regency O'Hare[1][10][2] Organized By Bengali Association of Greater Chicago (BAGC)
• 1995: New York Metro Area, White Plains, New York[1][11][12][2] Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 1996: Houston, Texas, Adam's Mark Hotel[1][13][14][2] Organized By Tagore Society of Houston
• 1997: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Valley Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania[1][15][16] Organized By Pragati Philadelphia
• 1998: Toronto, Regal Constellation[1][17][2] Organized By PBCA Toronto
• 1999: San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California[1][18][19][20][21][22] Organized By Bay Area Prabasi
• 2000: Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City Convention Center and Kolkata, India[1][5][23][2] Organized By Kallol NJ and others
• 2001: Boston, Paul Tsongs Arena Lowell MA[2] organized by Prabasi of New England
• 2002: Atlanta, Georgia World Congress Center[1][24][2] Organized By South Eastern Bengali Association
• 2003: Long Beach, CA, Long Beach Convention Center[25][26][2] Organized by Dakshini Bengali Association of California
• 2004: Baltimore, Baltimore Convention Center[1][27][2] Organized By Sanskriti DC
• 2005: New York City, Madison Square Garden[28][2] Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 2006: Houston, George R. Brown Convention Center[1][29][30][2] Organized By Tagore Society of Houston
• 2007: Detroit, Cobo Conference/Exhibition Hall[1][31][2] Organized By Bengali Association of Greater Michigan
• 2008: Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Centre[1][32][33][2] Organized By PBCA Toronto
• 2009: San Jose, McEnery Convention Center[1][34][35][36][37][38][2] Organized By Bay Area Prabasi
• 2010: Atlantic City, Atlantic City Convention Center[1][39][2] Organized By Kallol of NJ
• 2011: Baltimore, Baltimore Convention Center[1][40][41][42][43][44][2] Organized By Sanskriti DC
• 2012: Las Vegas, Paris Las Vegas[45][46][2] Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 2013: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Metro Toronto Convention Centre[1][47][48][49][2] Organized By PBCA Toronto
• 2014: Orlando, Florida, USA, The Peabody Orlando[1][50][51][2] Organized By Bengali Society of Florida
• 2015: Houston, Texas, USA, George R. Brown Convention Center[1][51][52][53][54][2] Organized By Tagore Society of Houston
• 2016: New York City, Madison Square Garden[1][55][2] Organized By Cultural Association of Bengal
• 2017: San Francisco, Santa Clara Convention Center[56][2] Organized By Bay Area Prabasi
• 2018: Atlantic City, Atlantic City Convention Center[57][2] Organized By Ananda Mandir NJ
• 2019: Baltimore, Baltimore Convention Center[2] Organized By Sanskriti DC
• 2020: In person NABC canceled due to COVID 19 online NABC organized by Cultural Association of Bengal
• 2021: in person Banga Sammelan canceled online only.
• 2022: Las Vegas Nevada, Westgate Las Vegas Organized by Cultural Association of Bengal
• 2023: Boston, Massachusetts, DCU CENTER AND MECHANICS HALL organized by PRABASI OF NEW ENGLAND at
• 2024:Chicago, Illinois organized by Bengali Association of Greater Chicago (BAGC) At McCormick Place

Host North American Bengali Conference in your city

The Cultural Association of Bengal approves annual hosts for the North American Bengali Conference. As of 2018, organizations that wish to be considered need to be membership organizations, have members with experience hosting or volunteering previous NABC conferences, and have the capacity to raise US $2 million.[58]

Related Info

• Bengali language
• Bengali people
• Bengali Americans
• Indian Americans
• Bangladeshi Americans
• Indo-Canadians
• Bangladeshi Canadians
• World Sylhet Convention

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External links

NABC 2020 Home Page

NABC 2017 home page

NABC 2016 home page

NABC 2015 home page

NABC 2014 home page

NABC 2013 home page

NABC 2011 home page

NABC 2010 home page

NABC 2009 home page

NABC 2008 home page

NABC youth home page