Festival style made a triumphant return in new york last weekend
Turning a local film and music festival into an event of international fame is no small feat, but Afropunk co-founder Matthew Morgan is gearing up to do it a second time. Billed as a “new platform and music festival” that aims to “close the entertainment gap in equality for Blacks, Browns and Asians at all levels of the industry,” LETS get FR. EE aims to harness the power of creativity to create change. Ahead of its official summer 2022 launch, let FR.EE set up shop on a sweltering Saturday in Queens — the most ethnically and linguistically diverse county in the country — to bring everyone People taste about what they can expect. In Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, just steps from the iconic 1964 New York Fair World Gallery, an eager crowd gathered to watch and sing along to a performance team that included Goldlink, Mannie Fresh, Tony Touch and many more DJs associated with Everyday People, another series of live music events with special appeal. “Everyday people seem to bring in a...