Do you skateboard? Do you listen to Bad Brains? Did you get beat up for wearing a black satin MTV jacket at night in Lincoln Park in 1984? Are you Black? Well then this is the event for you.

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria above this is a really great event. In full discloser We had an afro punk festival in 1984 that consisted of me, Scotty, Dave and Deron drinking 40’s and watching 120 minutes on Deron’s sun porch every Sunday night.
We were highly organized.

The Afro-punk Festival Music Schedule

July 5 - 13 in Brooklyn, NY

July 5 Opening Night Party @ BAM SKATE PARK
Featuring Skate Clinics (BMX Pro skaters), DJ’s, Exhibitions & Competitions.
Plus live music by Janelle Monae, The Apes, Shawn Hewitt and Millsted

LIVE MUSIC @ BAM SKATE PARK

July 6 Bone Crusher, Game Rebellion, Bazaar Royale and Voodoo Fee

July 7 Hollywood Holt, Tim Williams, Shala, Proton and Skyhy

July 8 Whole Weat Bread, The Smyrk, Disaster Us, LIke Gravitiy, Irradio, McRad and Echo Jinx

July 9 Souliquest Of Sound, P.O.S, Jen Militia, No Surrender and The Five One

Saturday July 12 - Concert in FORT GREEN PARK

Featuring: Michelle N’degeocello, The Nosiettes, The Dirtbombs, Tamar Kali, Bermuda featuring Antibalas Horn Section, Little Jackie and Sophia Ramos

Sunday July 13 - Block Party on Clinton Ave. (Fort Greene)

Featuring music, fashion, arts & crafts, and more. Live music by Kudu, JDavey, The Carps, The Thirst and The Caesarz

4th Annual Afro-Punk Film Festival

July 4-9 @ BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.)

Series includes New York premieres of White Lies, Black Sheep (James Spooner, 2007) and I’m Through with White Girls (Jennifer Sharp, 2007), and rare screenings of Passing Through (Larry Clark, 1977) and Up Tight! (Jules Dassin, 1968)

Special guest appearances by filmmakers Larry Clark, Ethan Higbee, Adam Bhala Lough, James Spooner, and Jennifer Sharp

From July 4-9 BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, presents Afro-Punk Festival. The festival returns to BAM for the fourth year in a row with six days of films centered on the concept of black rebellion and change, including narrative features, documentaries, and shorts.