Afro-Punk Festival

the Afropunk Festival 2012 schedule & a Rain Machine show

Rain Machine at BAM in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli) As mentioned, the free Afropunk Festival returns to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park on August 25-26…

Afro-Punk Festival expands lineup (TV on the Radio, Sinkane, Alice Smith, food trucks, art vendors, bike show & more)

TV on the Radio at Catalpa 2012 (more by Toby Tenebaum) As mentioned, the free Afro-Punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park on August 25-26…

Afro-Punk Fest 2012 line-up announced: Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Das Racist, Toro Y Moi, Reggie Watts and more

The 2012 Afro-Punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park on August 25-26 at Commodore Berry Park in Brooklyn. The initial line-up includes Erykah Badu, Gym Class Heroes, Janelle Monae, Das Racist, Skindred, Toro Y Moi, Reggie Watts, Spank Rock, Ninjasonik, The Memorials, Bad Rabbits, Gordon Voidwell, The London Souls, Cerebral Ballzy, Phony People, and Body Language, with more to be announced…

Afro-Punk Fest cancelled (according to artists)

According to Toro y Moi and Das Racist, this weekend’s free Afro-Punk festival is unfortunately cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. That said, as of this post, the festival itself hasn’t said a word about it…

Afro-Punk Fest set times announced

That’s a picture of the set times for this year’s free Afro-Punk Fest Festival taking place on 8/27 & 8/28 in Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park…

new Das Racist album info, new song & tour w/ Despot & Danny Brown (Bowery Ballroom & free Afro-Punk fest included)

Das Racist, who DJ’d PS1 this past weekend, are releasing their first official album Relax on September 13 via Greedhead (artwork above). The album is the followup to the two mixtapes they released lat year, Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man…

Afro-Punk 2011 -- free Fort Greene fest lineup (Cee Lo, Janelle Monae, Toro y Moi, Santigold, Fishbone, Reggie Watts, more)

Janelle at Afro-Punk 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Afro-Punk 2011 will take place in Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park on August 27 and 28. This year’s crazy lineup consists of Cee Lo Green, Janelle Monae (who played the fest in 09), Fishbone, Santigold, Jay Electronica, Toro y Moi, Reggie Watts and more…

Afro-Punk festival this weekend, now w/ Mos Def

“Don’t worry, we didn’t think it could get crazier either, but it did! Our brother Mos Def will be headlining the AP Fest on June 27th, playing alongside 24-7 Spyz, J*DaVeY, The Cool Kids, Martin Luther and many more at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY…

Afro-Punk 2010 - lineup includes Bad Brains, Ninjasonik, Q-Tip DJing, Game Rebellion, P.O.S. & more (tix on sale)

Bad Brains @ Vice Halloween 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Bad Brains will be one of the bands headlining Afro-Punk 2010 happening in Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park (a new location) from June 25-27 (Flushing Ave & N Elliot, Brooklyn)…

Janelle Monae played the Afro Punk Festival w/ Saul Williams (pics), playing Governors Island w/ Erykah Badu

“The other day I attended the Afro-Punk Festival at the BAM skate park. I had the pleasures of seeing Janelle Monae and Saul Williams. There were also cats skating around and doing tricks…
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