Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/07/2024 - 11/15/2024
11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Location
The Studio@620
Categories
Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project (PDAP) hosts the 3rd Tampa Bay Afrofuturism Festival (TBAFF)!
Weekend 1 November 7 – 10, 2024 with free pop-up events throughout St. Pete, Clearwater, Largo, and Tampa.
Bringing together music acts, visual artists, authors, educators, community activists, tech experts, along with youth and families, TBAFF “explores the past, present and future of Tampa Bay’s Black and Brown community.”
This year’s theme is “NEW EXPONENTIALS: Collective Power,” and opens with THE FUTURISTS art exhibit at The Studio@620, running from Nov 7 to Dec 8. The exhibit features art by Dionne Seevers/Demetasphere, Raheem Fitzgerald, I.B.O.M.S, Traer Price, and others.
The festival will also sponsor two Community Tech Days this year, with one in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Nov 9 from 11 – 4 at the Thomas Jet Jackson Rec Center, and the other at Artz 4 Life Academy in N Greenwood, Clearwater on Friday, Nov 15 from 1 pm – 5 pm.
This year features a number of music shows with artists including Nico Sweet and DJ PharoahUnchained, Tha Banned, Kalib Music, The Black Ace, Dwn2Earth, Dia Blue & the Experience, Moe Musik, Anubia Storm, DJ Solo, and more.
Weekend 1
• Thu, Nov 7, 7 pm: Futurists Exhibition Opening plus performances; Location: Studio@620, 620 1st Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
• Fri, Nov 8, 7 pm: “Outliers, Aliens, and Superheroes: Rammellzee, Takashi Murakami, and Afrofuturist Street Culture in Tampa Bay” Panel; Location: TBA
8:30 pm: Kalib Music’s Kickback & Vibe, a Music & Tech event; Location: Urban Drinkery, 2184 9th Ave S STE B, St. Petersburg, FL 33712
• Sat, Nov 9, 11 am: Urban Growers Panel One Community Grocery Co-op Luncheon; Location: Thomas Jet Jackson Rec Center, 1000 28th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33712
1 pm: St Pete Community Tech Day; Location: Thomas Jet Jackson Rec Center
8 pm: Nico Sweet, DJ PharoahUnchained, Tha Banned; Location: Studio@620
• Sun, Nov 10, 3 pm: VALOR FEST, honoring Veterans, with Poet Miesha Brundridge & others, Studio@620
6 pm: Women of the Future: Solo Performances,Studio@620