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Afro-punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park for its 7th edition on August 27-28 2011.
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This year has the most stellar line up yet with:
Santigold
Janelle Monae
Cee Lo Green
Rocky Business
Gym Class Heroes
Das Racists
Bad Rabbits
Kenna
Fishbone
Jay Electronica
Toro Y Moi
Toshi Reagon
Ninjasonik
Cerebral Ballzy
Gordon Voidwell
Reggie Watts
Res
Joi
Straight Line Stitch
DJ's
Stack-Aly
The Jillionaire
dj.shErock*
dj toni*K
D://BOI
Dances With White Girls.
AUGUST 27th Schedule & Line Up:
BITES & BEATS STAGE
SATURDAY AUGUST 27TH
12:00–02:30 DJ SEROCK* & DJ TONI*K
02:30–03:00 RADKEY
03:00–03:30 DJ JILLIONAIRE
03:30–04:00 ROCKY BUSINESS
04:00–04:30 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
04:30–05:00 BAD RABBITS
05:00–05:30 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
05:30–06:00 GORDON VOIDWELL
06:00–06:20 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
06:20–07:00 KENNA
07:00–07:30 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
07:30–08:10 DAS RACIS
MTV HIVE STAGE
SATURDAY AUGUST 27TH
11:00–04:30 DJ STACK-ALY
04:30–05:00 NINJASONIK [SKATE PARK STAGE]
05:00–05:15 DJ JILLIONAIRE + BMX DEMO
05:15–05:45 REGGIE WATTS
05:45–06:00 DJ JILLIONAIRE
06:00–06:40 TORO Y MOI
06:40–07:00 DJ JILLIONAIRE + BMX DEMO
07:00–07:40 GYM CLASS HEROES
07:40–08:10 DJ JILLIONAIRE
08:10–09:00 SANTIGOL
BITES & BEATS STAGE
SUNDAY AUGUST 28TH
12:00–02:00 DJ SEROCK* & DJ TONI*K
02:00–02:30 JOE JORDON EXPERIENCE
02:30–03:30 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
03:30–04:00 RES
04:00–04:30 DJ JILLIONAIRE
04:30–05:00 JOI
05:00–05:30 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
05:30–06:00 STRAIGHT LINE STITCH
06:00–06:20 DJ JILLIONAIRE
06:20–07:00 TAMAR KALI
07:00–07:30 DJ DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
07:30–08:10 TOSHI REAGO
MTV HIVE STAGE
SUNDAY AUGUST 28TH
11:00–04:30 DJ D://BOI
04:30–05:00 JERSEY KLAN [SKATE PARK STAGE]
05:00–05:15 DJ D://BOI + BMX DEMO
05:15–05:45 CEREBRAL BALLZY
05:45–06:00 DJ D://BOI
06:00–06:40 FISHBONE
06:40–07:00 DJ D://BOI + BMX DEMO
07:00–07:40 JANELLE MONAE
07:40–08:10 DJ D://BOI
08:10–09:00 CEE LO GREE
The Unbeatable Line Up of the Summer Now Includes Gym Class Heroes,
Das Racist, Kenna, Tamar-kali, Bad Rabbits, Joe Jordans Experiment, &
DJ’s Stack-Aly, Jillionaire, Dances with White Girls, D://BOi, shErOck &
toni*K
The Afro-punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park for the
7tth Annual Afro-punk Festival on August 27-28. The festival is free this year
thanks to our sponsors Nike, Beats By Dre, Boost Mobile, Harley Davidson,
and Sesac.The best festival line-up of the Summer just got better with the
addition of Gym Class Heroes, Das Racist, Kenna, Tamar-kali, Bad Raddbits,
Joe Jordans Experiment, featuring DJ's Stack-Aly, Jillionaire, Dances with
White Girls & D://BOi, dj.shErOck, toni*K! The 2011 festival was already
stellar with Cee-Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae, Fishbone, Toro Y Moi,
Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Gordon Voidwell, Reggie Watts,
Res, Joi, Rocky Business, Straight Line Stitch!
In addition, the Nike Battle For the Streets Skate and BMX Competition, the
largest street skate and BMX competition in NYC will return this year with the
nation's top amateur skaters and BMX riders in a competition to be judged by top
professionals in both sports including Nigel Sylvester & Theotis Beasley. As
always, the festival will include a market with over 60 local vendors selling their
custom jewelry, t-shirts, and wares.
There are some very exciting new additions to the festival this year! Over 20 of
the NYC area's hottest food trucks and vendors have been brought together for
the Afro-Punk Bites and Beats Food Truck Festival, which will bring cuisine
from around the world and the 5 boroughs to the festival. In addition, Chef
Marcellus Coleman, Executive Chef of Alias Restaurant in NYC, will provide his
eclectic contemporary American cuisine to the festival artists, athletes and VIP's.
Afro-punk has invited Harley-Davidson and Brooklyn Black bike scene
documentarians, Denim and Chrome, to collaborate on a custom bike
show featuring dozens of exotic custom bikes created by black riders in the NYC
area. The 1st prize winner for best show bike will win a 1800cc Screamin Eagle
Twin Cam 110A engine. The custom bike show will also serve as the backdrop
for the Afro-punk Harley-Davidson/Denim and Chrome 2012 Calendar,
photographed by Darius Vick, which will feature exquisite tattooed beauties
each month for bike fans across the country.
The festival has commissioned an artist to paint over 300 skateboards as part
of one large mural aka The Skate Artwall. The boards will be contested to Afro-
punk fans at the Festival and Afro-punk will follow the life of the boards over the
next year whether on the wall, the street or the half-pipe.
Described by the New York Times as putting “rock and rebellion squarely in
the category of African-American music,” the Afro-punk Festival has become a
Brooklyn intuition, the focal point for the burgeoning Afro-punk movement. Over
the past seven years, the festival has presented new artists before they hit it big,
such as Grammy-nominated Santigold, The Noisettes and Janelle Monae.
Afro-punk mainstays like Saul Williams, The Dirtbombs, and Dallas Austin
have also graced Afro-punk’s stages.
Commodore Barry Park
Brooklyn, NY 11201
TRAINS
B, Q, R To Deklab Ave
DIRECTIONS:
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&daddr=40.69730107470%2C%20-73.9...
Official site:
http://www.afropunk.com/page/afropunk-festival-11
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