Thank you for your support of AFROPUNK. We can hardly wait for AFROPUNK Brooklyn 2016.
During this important election year, with self-empowerment winds blowing through the air, the theme AFROPUNK has chosen for the 12th installment of the festival is “POWER TO THE PARTY.”
POWER, it’s a feeling, it’s an energy, it’s the undisputed connection between cause and effect — the best of us give it away, the worst usurp it, but living modern life to the fullest, means either mastering your relationship to it or walking in its shadow. We are not blind.
PARTY, is an oxymoron, it's a gathering of many for a shared purpose and it’s also an outcast individual, it’s a lively social occasion as well as a gang — and the story of any party is never over, because like naked cities and the metaphysical “I”, there’s always another take.
So why is AFROPUNK giving "POWER TO THE PARTY?" Because we trust the friction, the transference of great capacity to the free spirit, belief in the high-heeled spark of the assembly, and the group-mind’s ability to choose a glorious path. This isn’t about getting elected, or being protected; it’s about staking a claim.
AFROPUNK Brooklyn returns Aug 27-28 at Commodore Barry Park.
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This year’s line-up includes performances by: Ice Cube TV on The Radio Tyler the Creator CeeLo Green Flying Lotus Janelle Monae The Internet
Superjam featuring members of Bad Brains, Fishbone and Living Colour
George Clinton Earl Sweatshirt Skunk Anansie Skye & Ross from Morcheeba Young Fathers
Benjamin Booker Saul Williams Angel Haze Kelela Trash Talk Shabazz Palaces Thundercat Sango Esta Gallant Prayers Radkey Seinabo Sey The Suffers Sir The Baptist Sate Downtown Boys Roman GianArthur Joe Kay The Whooligan SPZRKT Eden Hagos
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