MUSIC
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 & 25, 2019
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM

AFROPUNK Brooklyn
Commodore Barry Park, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

$70-$160 per day; $130-$275 festival pass
https://afropunk.com/festival/brooklyn/

Aside from the usual question of how can the AFROPUNK alt-black-pop festival be so fucking great every year, this year's festival raises a real poser: how do you choose between Kamasi Washington and Death Grips (8:00 PM Sunday)? Damned if I know what I'm gonna do. Among the many other acts that make attendance manditory are Tierra Whack, FKA twigs, Toro y Moi,Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, Santigold, Jill Scott, Leilkeli47, andJunglepussy -- along with the usual bunch of happy surprise discoveries. (There are after-shows [separate admissions] all over Brooklyn.)

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: There are bars and food trucks and stalls onsite -- but to tell you the truth, they're always pretty disappointing. Sure to be open after the show is the reliable Walter's, for basic American bistro.