Harlem Arts Festival | |
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Genre | R&B, soul music, jazz, dance, visual arts, theatre, Spoken word, etc. |
Dates | Last weekend of June each year |
Location(s) | Mount Morris Park in Harlem Manhattan, New York City |
Founders | Neal Ludevig, J.J. El-Far and Chelsea Goding |
Attendance | 6,000 annually |
Website | harlemartsfestival |
The Harlem Arts Festival is an annual arts festival and arts nonprofit based in Harlem that began in 2012.[1] The organization presented community-based music, dance, theatre, and visual artists at Marcus Garvey Park and the surrounding Harlem area. Notable participants included Queen Esther, Toni Blackman, Brandee Younger, Kris Bowers, Divinity Roxx, Marc Cary, AKIR, Timothy Bloom, Brady Watt, Maurice "Mobetta" Brown, M-1, Solomon Hicks, Bentley Meeker, among many others.[2]