‘Tis the season for music festivals in the metro-Atlanta area, and there is a new festival in town called Afropunk.
The festival’s roots are in New York, where it has held a festival for 10 years. This is the first year it has traveled to other cities in addition to its usual Brooklyn location. It was in Paris in May, and now it will be in Atlanta on Oct. 3 and 4 at Central Park.
Afropunk co-founded Matthew Morgan spoke with City Lights’s Gabbie Watts about how the festival transformed from 20 kids in a room to one of the most multicultural festivals in the country.
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