The two-day festival, which starts Saturday, has changed locations, but it still celebrates Black music and culture, while embracing full-throated individuality.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Afropunk, the annual festival celebrating Black music and culture, returns to Brooklyn this weekend, but things will look and feel a bit different.
We've themed this Brooklyn experience as the “Circus of Soul.” It's the first time Afropunk's been themed. I love that you mentioned that it's evolved, so has punk and a part of punk is having an evolution and constantly being innovative. This brand at its core is artists, creatives, curators and DIYers. So this notion of creative destruction comes to mind. We had been at Commodore Barry Park for the better part of the last decade.We learned a lot through Brooklyn last year. We have since been to Brazil with 50,000 people experiencing Afropunk.
Our hearts have been with Jasmine who lost her mom. The queen that she is, she really was quite supportive of having the Majestic Teyana Taylor step in. And we are so excited to have her headlining now. But in addition to Teyana we have Flying Lotus. I can't wait for people to see and hear Flying Lotus's art who aren't familiar.
We’ve both mentioned how Afropunk has evolved. Were there any conversations around making sure Afropunk still had callbacks to its roots? You mentioned there will be more punk and metal artists performing this year.
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