EVENT | AFROPUNK (@afropunk) TAKEOVER BRIXTON SATURDAY 1ST SEPT — SATURDAY 8TH SEPT 2018

AFROPUNK TAKEOVER BRIX­TON : EVOLVING INTO WEEK LONG OUT­ING WITH FULL BRIX­TON TAKEOVER, 1ST — 8TH SEPTEM­BER. AFROPUNK DES­CENDS ON THE CUL­TUR­AL HUB WITH TALKS, WORK­SHOPS, DJ SETS, LIVE MUSIC FROM AUGUST GREENE (Robert Glasper, Com­mon, Kar­riem Rig­gins), FILM, ART EXHIB­I­TIONS AND MORE, PLUS SOME VERY SPE­CIAL GUESTS

AFROPUNK LON­DON || VARI­OUS VEN­UES, BRIX­TON
SAT­URDAY 1ST SEPT — SAT­URDAY 8TH SEPT 2018

A glob­al insti­tu­tion recog­nised for cel­eb­rat­ing unity, cre­ativ­ity and her­it­age in the music world for over 14 years, AFROPUNK is a tri­umph of mul­ti­cul­tur­al­ism and diversity for people of all races, genders, col­ours, creeds and tastes. NEW YORK, ATLANTA, JOHAN­NES­BURG and PAR­IS are all now home to glob­al AFROPUNK events. Now enter­ing its third year, AFROPUNK Lon­don has evolved with a com­munity focus. This Septem­ber 1^st — 8^th, AFROPUNK returns, des­cend­ing on South London’s eclect­ic hub, steeped in rich his­tory and effer­ves­cent with diversity in cul­tures — BRIX­TON. Back for it’s third out­ing, AFROPUNK London’s week long pro­gramme spans art, fash­ion, film, music, edu­ca­tion and more. Expand your mind and feast your ears and eyes with a whirl­wind of inspir­ing offer­ings. An art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery, per­form­ances from revered super­group, August Greene (Robert Glasper, Com­mon, Kar­riem Rig­gins), plus DJ sets from Jaz­zie B, BBZ col­lect­ive, BORN N BREAD and more are just a few of the events in-store. There’s a whole host of talks, work­shops, music and film screen­ings still to be announced. Plus, there’ll be food, art, style and the return of Battle of the Bands. Eyes peeled for the major bill still to come:
http://afropunkfest.com/lon­don/2018-fest­ival/thetakeoverbrixton/

- BRIX­TON -

Tak­ing the reins of many loc­al arts ven­ues, AFROPUNK encour­ages new rela­tion­ships between people, places and spaces, draw­ing on its cul­tur­ally rich tapestry. Thought­ful cur­a­tion sees an incred­ible pro­gramme from 1^st — 8^th Septem­ber with an Art Exhib­i­tion, Talks, Live Music, DJs, Film Screen­ings and more across The Ritzy, Pop Brix­ton, Black Cul­tur­al Archives, 198 Gal­lery, Elec­tric Brix­ton, O2 Academy Brix­ton and the Depart­ment Store.

Music­ally, it’s a melt­ing pot of vin­tage sounds and new-gen energy, with a pro­gramme span­ning clas­sic hip-hop, rap, soul, jazz, afrobeats and bey­ond. Fri­day 7^th Septem­ber is a club-ready shake down as Elec­tric Brix­ton host AFROPUNK main­stay, Soul II Soul’s Jaz­zie B, loc­al her­oes, BBZ, and party crew, BORN N BREAD (NTS). With a very spe­cial guest still to be announced, it’s good-times guar­an­teed.

Sat­urday 8^th Septem­ber sees a soul­ful, son­ic jour­ney as super­group, August Greene  (Robert Glasper, Com­mon, Kar­riem Rig­gins), take to the O2 Academy Brix­ton. The inim­it­able jazz, hip-hop and r&b col­lect­ive prom­ise magic moments draw­ing on dec­ades of work­ing with pion­eer­ing artists across the globe. The incred­ible mind behind 2012’s Black Radio and Black Radio 2, multi-award win­ning Robert Glasper, will flex the cre­at­ive hand behind the works of Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, J Dilla, and Mos Def to name but a few. Chicago’s hip-hop legend, Com­mon, also joins, the MC still sound­ing as fresh as day dot, along­side Detroit’s renowned beat­maker and pro­du­cer, Kar­riem Rig­gins. A nod to all that AFROPUNK stands for, the trio have become syn­onym­ous with polit­ic­ally charged, emotive sounds through this col­lab­or­a­tion. Pro­duced in asso­ci­ation with Met­ro­pol­is Music, with very spe­cial guests still to be announced, don’t sleep on this. Tick­ets and info here:https://www.metropolismusic.com/artists/afropunk/

- TALKS, FILM AND ART -
Out­side of all of this, there’s a lot more to find and do. Monday 3^rd Septem­ber marks the begin­ning of a week-long Art Exhib­i­tion in the 198 Gal­lery, plus 6 nights of insight­ful talks at the Depart­ment Store. The vibrant open space will be filled with a host of guest speak­ers explor­ing what it means to be Black, cov­er­ing issues from men­tal health, and gender to entre­pren­eur­ship and bey­ond. BBZ and gal-demdis­cuss all things LGB­TQIA, with a post-dis­cus­sion din­ner on Wed­nes­day 5^th Septem­ber. The anti­cip­ated return of the Battle of the Bands also returns, with the final set to shake Pop Brix­ton to the core on 5^thSeptem­ber. Eyes peeled for the full pro­gramme.

Visu­al arts fans will rev­el in screen­ings of sem­in­al films, in the Ritzy cinema. Plus, the festival’s Black in the Day exhib­i­tion looks through the his­tory of AFROPUNK, just a stone’s throw away in the Black Cul­tur­al Archives; a one-of-a-kind ven­ue ded­ic­ated to pre­serving, col­lect­ing and cel­eb­rat­ing Black her­it­age. Right on Windrush Square, the exhib­i­tion and loc­a­tion are an import­ant acknow­ledge­ment of Brix­ton and its his­tory.

Attendees are encour­aged to become a part of the AFROPUNK com­munity through the event — check­ing out the offer­ings through­out the dur­a­tion of the week and long after. It’s about cre­at­ing an exten­ded fam­ily of AFROPUNK, with a united voice to be heard. Celebrity speak­ers, spe­cial guests, live music, DJ sets and more film screen­ings are still to be announced in the com­ing weeks.

Sat­urday 1^st Septem­ber
OPEN­ING EVENT : TBA

Monday 3^rd Septem­ber
— Start of art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery
— Talk at Depart­ment Store : TBA

Tues­day 4^th Septem­ber
— Art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery
— Talk at Depart­ment Store : TBA
— Film Screen­ing at Ritzy : TBA

Wed­nes­day 5^th Septem­ber
— Art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery
— BBZ and gal-dem talk LGB­TQIA, din­ner at Depart­ment Store.
— Battle of the Bands final at Pop Brix­ton

Thursday 6^th Septem­ber
— Art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery
— Talk at Depart­ment Store: TBA

Fri­day 7^th Septem­ber
— Art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery
— Black In The Day @ Black Cul­tur­al Archives: AFROPUNK archive event
Club night at Elec­tric Brix­ton
Spe­cial Guest TBA,
Jaz­zie B, BBZ, Born N Bread and more.

Sat­urday 8^th Septem­ber
— Art exhib­i­tion at 198 Gal­lery
— Talk at Depart­ment Store

AFROPUNK TAKEOVER BRIX­TON
O2 Academy Brix­ton
August Greene (Robert Glasper, Com­mon, Kar­riem Rig­gins) 
Spe­cial Guests TBA
Pro­duced in asso­ci­ation with Met­ro­pol­is Music.

The fol­low­ing two tabs change con­tent below.

• Bio
• Latest Posts

Rishma Dhaliwal

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds

Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

Latest posts by Rishma Dhaliwal (see all)

• CON­WAY THE MACHINE ADDS LAST MINUTE DATE TO UK TOUR | THIS FRI­DAY 19TH APRIL — April 17, 2024
• INTER­VIEW | RARE TRILL DIS­CUSSES DEBUT ALBUM ‘GRAFTERS SEA­SON’ — April 12, 2024
• INTER­VIEW | ARTIST DIR­ECT­OR OF ZOON­A­TION YOUTH COM­PANY CHAL­DON WIL­LI­AMS DIS­CUSSES NEW SHOW ‘THE EXCHANGE’ — March 20, 2024

Read More:

Win Tick­ets: AFROPUNK | Power To The Party (@afropunk) Events Kendrick Lamar & Florence + The Machine To Head­line Barclay­card presents Brit­ish Sum­mer Time Hyde Park BREAKIN’ CON­VEN­TION ’16 (@BConvention) IS HERE…FULL LINE UP REVEALED “Step Into A World”… KRS-One LIVE in the UK