/ 2021

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Afropunk Miami Minneapolis Afropunk Sound Therapy Sessions Target x Afropunk Uncontained Atlanta Afropunk Bahia 2021 Planet Afropunk Afropunk Joburg Festival Merch Afropunk HQ

AFROPUNK is excited to announce the first ever Planet AFROPUNK Live Experience in Miami taking place from May 20-May 22 at The Urban, which is in the historic Overtown neighborhood.

AFROPUNK's widening array of live events and experiences aim to build community through joyous expression, thought-provoking discussion, and celebratory musical performances. Welcome to Planet AFROPUNK Live: Minneapolis, the first-ever AFROPUNK live experience in the Midwest.

AFROPUNK: Sound Therapy Sessions: Live music, deep conversations, and communal hope and healing are all on the table

UNCONTAINED presented by Target is the music journey of 5 dynamic black women performers whose style, vibe and attitude represents the dynamic unapologetic attitude that is AFROPUNK.

Between live shows, directly from Salvador, and content recorded especially for the festival - including materials sent by the public -, we built spaces and exalted black protagonists, bringing talents together in 5 hours of online transmission.

PLANET AFROPUNK will be a culmination of the triumph of the human will in 2021, it will be a celebration of how we were able to pick ourselves up and celebrate US!

AFROPUNK Joburg will bring together the vibrancy of a limited LIVE audience with the hyper connectivity of a larger digital family to celebrate New Year’s Eve in a huge global spectacular.

AFROPUNK exclusives, artist merch and more. This is all a dream. You will want memento to prove you were here.

We are a community connected by Music, Art, Activism, and more. AFROPUNK celebrates Black excellence across the diaspora and eschews systems of Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Transphobia with No Hatefulness.
Lineup

MIAMI MINNEAPOLIS
Experiences

Spinthrift Market Ideaville Bites&Beats Hair & Beauty Village Solution Sessions Activism Row Art & Times

Curated just for YOU - shop a market full of incredibly talented makers, selectors and curators from all across the diaspora. Look fly and make a statement while doing it.

Inspired by the idea of claiming your freedom; inspired by the change in season, the vibrancy of Miami and the hope laced within creating spaces and affirming voices: we present BLACK SPRING.

Food is essential for culture. Order from restaurants of the diaspora right to your door. Experience food demos featuring chefs, artists and DJ’s we love. Your souls will be fed.

Black hair is an art no matter how complex or simple the style. Our versatility exists throughout us, even in our follicles. The Hair & Beauty Village is an homage to Black hair in all its beauty.

Explore the complexities of identity for these communities; with social salons and content that features dynamic orators and personalities who, instead of talking at audiences, lead collaborative, solution-based discussions.

Activism Row is home to agitators, activators, and resistors alike. Spend time with organizers and non-profit organizations doing great work. Let’s learn from each other and take action against global injustices. We got us.

Art & Times a digital gallery experience for you featuring some of our favorite visual artists from around the world. It is the space for artists to use their talents to cement love and demands into expression. These expressions become a blueprint to our liberation.
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Restaurant

Aksum Cafe

4630 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143, USA

Aksum features a bright Mediterranean menu that focuses on simple and fresh ingredients, with accents from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Featured restaurants

Trederick's Seafood & Grill

609 Whitehall St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

Trederick's Seafood & Grill is the perfect place to get your seafood fix. Prepared fresh daily with a vairety of menu items packed with flavor that's guareanteed to please your taste buds.

Aksum Cafe

4630 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143, USA

Aksum features a bright Mediterranean menu that focuses on simple and fresh ingredients, with accents from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Mr. Brown's Lounge

2301 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Mr. Brown's Lounge has authentic spreads that'll have guests all likky-likky—a Jamaican term that captures the feeling of a meal so good that you're greedy about eating everything in sight. Secret family recipes are infused into American favorites, giving Mr. Brown’s food an island touch.

Taste Bar + Kitchen

3015 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77006, USA

Taste Bar + Kitchen offers globally inspired comfort foods and craft cocktails. The concept was inspired by the international travels of Chef Don Bowie and entrepreneur Kevin Kelley—resulting in a menu filled with ethnic flavors and southern staples.

Bludso's Bar & Que

609 N La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036 | (323) 931-2583

Bludso’s Bar and Que delivers Texas-style barbecue from Los Angeles sports bar. People go crazy for their iconic slow-smoked brisket—which is massaged with a dry rub, seasoned overnight and smoked low and slow over both oak and pecan wood for 14 hours. Hey there, Texas.

Cote Gourmet

9999 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138, USA

Côté Gourmet will take you on a journey. Enjoy the contemporary mix of Italian and French favorites with a twist of Chef Amina Ly, energized by her travels from native Senegal across five continents to South Florida.

Dunbar’s Creole Cuisine

7834 Earhart Blvd New Orleans, LA 70119, USA

The menu at Dunbar’s Creole Cuisine has fried seafood platters and po-boys, rib eye steaks and barbecue ribs, chicken wings and seafood pasta. Plus different daily specials everyday!

Reggae Reggae Vibes

517 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA

Reggae Reggae Vibes showcases unique Caribbean dishes along with American dishes with a twist. They use the freshest ingredients and source key spices directly from Jamaica to bring authentic Caribbean flavor to their menu.

Sengatera Ethiopian Restaurant

3833 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97212, USA

A family-run restaurant serving authentic Ethiopian food, including vegetarian, beef, lamb and chicken options.

Souley Vegan

301 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607, USA

Souley Vegan prepares 100% Plant Based Louisiana Creole Cuisine. We pride ourselves in preparing everything from scratch from our vegan cheezes to our vegan meats we love to create powerful flavors that wow our guests.

Plum Chopped

1419 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, USA

Plum Chopped is a fast-casual spot with warm offerings for breakfast and hearty salads come lunchtime. Basic romaine cradles crunchy turmeric-spiced pepitas, bright red peppers, coriander tofu, edamame and tangerine. Perfect for a vegan meal!

Habesha Market and Carry-out

1919 9th St NW Washington, DC 20001 | (202) 516-8525

Habesha serves some of the best and freshest Ethiopian food in the Washington D.C. area. The greens are cooked to perfection and the flatbreads are soft made with gluten-free grain.