'It felt quite important to be so visible.' Here's jeffreydmartin_'s report from AFROPUNK Atlanta -
AFROPUNK is an annual arts festival that includes live music, film, fashion and art produced by black artists. It has achieved global reach, hosting festivals in New York, Atlanta, Paris and Johannesburg each year. Past lineups have featured artists including D’Angelo, Kelis, Mykki Blanco, SZA, and Solange, but in this festival’s fourth year in Atlanta, acts as genre-diverse as Anderson .
This edition of AFROPUNK saw all of the city’s black weirdos, artists, activists and those who support them—regionally and nationally—swarm to the city for the weekend’s festivities. With additional festivals like the A3C Hip-Hop and Music Festival and the 49th annual Atlanta Pride festivities which were also that weekend, AFROPUNK Atlanta featured a wide intersection of attendees on the festival grounds.
During the day, AFROPUNK Atlanta hosted solution sessions on topics like “Black Gender Liberation in the Deep South,” engaging attendees in grassroot political ideation and brainstorming sessions, while skincare, haircare, fashion boutiques, local farmers and caterers ran their booths to sell goods to festival attendees. Smells of food filled the festival grounds packed with attendees who looked like they’re attending an afro-futuristic ComicCon with all of the accessories and makeup to match.
AFROPUNK Atlanta brought a unique mix of artists to a talented line-up curated specifically for the city. Here are the artists who stood out the most.The D.C.-born artist really knows how to command a stage and bridge his new audience with his old. Known for songs like “Weight In Gold,” “Talking To Myself” and “Open Up” from his 2016 debut album, Gallant is known both for his vocal range and ability to write a song.
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