AFROPUNK has announced the Carnival of Consciousness, which takes place in Atlanta October 14-16. Performers include Tyler, The Creator, Saul Williams, Earl Sweatshirt, letlive., Cakes da Killa, Big Freedia, SZA, Kelela, Gallant, GoldLink, Ho99o9, Lion Babe, Sir The Baptist, and many more.
A weekend-long, retreat of music, art, film, salons, and lectures, AFROPUNK Presents The Carnival of Consciousness is billed as a festival of contemporary black expression and youthful black consciousness. Towards that end, the work presented will feature collaborations across genres and disciplines, and no physical boundaries. In the style of old salons, the audience at AFROPUNK Presents The Carnival of Consciousness is brought together by invitation and features no “VIPs.”
The three-day gathering goes down in Atlanta's historic Mechanicsville neighborhood. According to a press release, it’s an event “meant to reflect the promise of our time when creativity flows freely between audiences and artists showcasing the city's brightest and most vibrant visual artists throughout the grounds of the Carnival.”
The AFROPUNK Fancy Dress Ball kicks off the event with a "J'ouvert" celebration to benefit the AFROPUNK Global Initiative. For nearly 200 years, J’ouvert (French for "dawn" or "day break"), has been the overnight street-parade and masquerade party at the heart of most Caribbean carnivals. Historically, J'ouvert celebrated the freeing of slaves in the colonies by invoking explicitly African traditions still holding sway throughout the Diaspora. Body-paint, masquerades, all-night drumming processions and a wild atmosphere should be expected.
LINEUP:
TYLER, THE CREATOR
SZA
EARL SWEATSHIRT
SAUL WILLIAMS
LETLIVE
GOLDLINK
BIG FREEDIA
SOULECTION
LION BABE
KELELA
GALLANT
HO99O9
CAKES DA KILLA
BABY BABY
MALUCA
YOUNG PARIS
ABRA
KAMAU
SIR THE BAPTIST
ST BEAUTY
IN THE WHALE
RAHBI
ALL COWS EAT GRASS
BYRELL THE GREAT
Sounds By:
MIKE Q
LSDXOXO
SASHA MARIE
SANGO
ANDRE POWER
CHRIS McCLENNEY
MONTE BOOKER
JEREMY AVALON
DIVINE INTERFACE
DECOTEAU
BLACKSUNSHINE
SOFA KING EVIL
ONIDOTCOM
DJ HOUR GLASS
THRICE GROOVE
FLORISTA
Download the AFROPUNK app to see the full schedule which will be announced on 9/30
TICKETS: http://afropunkfest.com/atlant
MORE INFO: http://www.afropunkfest.com/a
By Kyle Eustice for RAPstation.com
