This year’s edition of Afropunk Festival took place in Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park on Saturday August 23rd and Sunday August 24th. A bunch of amazing artists performed. See the full bands listing below, check out the coolest pictures and watch some of the best videos documenting the fest (including BAD BRAINS doing their thing without HR, D’Angelo returning to stage and a lot more).
Afropunk means freedom, live music, addictive art and sexy vibes. This amazing festival is a celebration of the vibrant and multicultural community, a must to check out when you’re in NYC.
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$1 Bin
Africa Latina
AFTERTHEM MUSIC
Alice Smith
Baby Baby
Bad Brains
Beverly Bond
Blaqstarr + Smallwood
BLXPLTN
Body Count
Cakes Da Killa
Cipher
Clipping.
Cold Specks
Cro-Mags
CX KiDTRONiK
D’Angelo
denitia and sene.
Dj Dhundee
Dj Rashad Tribute (Teklife Family, DJ Deeon, RP Boo, Chicago’s The Era dance crew)
Dj Sliink
Dj Underdog
Dub-Stuy Sound System
Fishbone
Gianni Lee
Gordon Voidwell
H09909
Jasmine Solano + MeLo-X
Juliana Huxtable
Junior Astronomers
King Britt
Lianne La Havas
Loaf Muzik
Lolawolf
Lonely Horse
Meshell Ndegeocello
MikeQ
Mista Selecta + Mane Squeeze
Oscar Nñ + Adam R.
Pat Pervert
Princess Nokia
Roofeeo
SEWER RATS BK
Shabazz Palaces
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Straight Line Stitch
Sunny Gang
SZA
Tamar-Kali
Tecla
The Bots
The Internet
The oOohh Baby Gimme Mores
The Tontons
The Wilding Incident
THEESatisfaction (DJ Set)
Trash Talk
Tribe Called Red
Uniiqu3 and Guests (Big O, DJ Fire , Mike Gip, Fiinesse, Tim Dolla, Bleszt)
Unlocking the Truth
Valerie June
BAD BRAINS’ setlist:
