After sitting out two years because of the pandemic, the ambitious festival came back strong through sun and rain on Sept. 10 and 11, once again providing a creative safe space for Black communities.
Audience members dancing at Afropunk. Beyond being a music festival, the Brooklyn event is a safe space for Black self-expression and discovery.Audience members dancing at Afropunk. Beyond being a music festival, the Brooklyn event is a safe space for Black self-expression and discovery.After sitting out two years because of the pandemic, Afropunk returned to New York City for its Brooklyn edition over the weekend of Sept. 10 and 11.
Campbell, who'd played the cello for years, began looking into DJing. His performance at Afropunk on Saturday was his first-ever festival appearance — and a place to find and build a supportive audience.The Afropunk audience. A spokesperson for the festival said that nearly 10,000 audience members attended each day.The Afropunk audience. A spokesperson for the festival said that nearly 10,000 audience members attended each day.
After a run of screenings around the country, Spooner and Matthew Morgan launched the music festival in 2005 with shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and punk club CBGB. It now takes place in Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park. Over the years, the event grew beyond New York City to mount events throughout the country and around the globe. Artists like Jaden Smith, SZA, and D’Angelo and The Vanguard have performed electrifying sets in the past.
“I’ve been sheltered my whole life,” Clark said. “So it feels good to now enter a space where I can actually be my full self. As me being Black, as me being a femme, and as me being queer, and knowing that I wasn’t able to go into certain spaces comfortably and be myself, I could literally just let loose and have a good time.”
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