Brooklyn Roots Festival Celebrates Borough’s Diverse Cultures
PROSPECT PARK – Join the Prospect Park Alliance and Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) in celebrating the borough’s cultural diversity at the inaugural Brooklyn Roots Festival this Sunday at Prospect Park’s Children’s Corner and Lefferts Historic House.
As part of BAC’s Tradition as Resistance series of public events, the free, day-long folk arts festival celebrates Brooklyn’s traditional artists and immigrant communities with performances, workshops, family activities, and more.
The fest’s Main Stage will showcase a variety of performers including the Palestinian dance ensemble Freedom Dabka Group, Haitian drummers Fanmi Asòtò, and the Afro-Puerto Rican drum and dance group BombaYo.
There will be a workshop area featuring interactive activities led by groups including Gran Bwa and the Congo Square Drummers at the Prospect Park Drummer’s Grove; Queer Kitchen Brigade, a food/agricultural project that works in solidarity with Puerto Rico’s sustainable agroecology movement; and dance and music lessons.
The Lefferts Historic House will host a children’s section featuring “King of the Dance Party” Father Goose Music, East Asian folk group Rabbit Days and Dumplings, and puppets by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre. BAC also collaborated with City Lore, NYC’s center for urban folk culture, to present What We Bring: Stories of Migration, a multi-media theater production.“Prospect Park is Brooklyn’s Backyard, and a haven for the diverse communities of this borough,” said Maria Carrasco, Vice President of Programs for the Prospect Park Alliance. “The Alliance is dedicated to providing free public programs that celebrate the history and traditions of Brooklyn, and we are thrilled to partner on this first Brooklyn Roots Festival.”Brooklyn Roots FestivalSunday, July 29, 1pm to 7pmProspect Park Children’s Corner (Willink entrance at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard) and Lefferts Historic House (located in the Children’s Corner near the Willink entrance)
