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Afropunk Atlanta Flyer
Afropunk Atlanta Flyer

New AFROPUNK Atlanta Festival To Feature Flying Lotus, D'Angelo, Santigold + More

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

After expanding to Chicago earlier this summer, the organizers of AFROPUNK have announced a new full-scale Atlanta festival that will feature D'Angelo & The Vanguard, Flying Lotus, Santigold, Public Enemy and many more. The new AFROPUNK Atlanta festival will take place October 3rd and 4th in the city's Central Park and in a press release, its organizers asserted that it "will aim to do for the ATL community what it has done for the Brooklyn community for the past 10 years."

Danny Brown, Twin Shadow, Lion Babe, Kelela and Thundercat are all currently slated to perform at the Atlanta festival. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 8th (tomorrow!) and prospective attendees will also be able contribute volunteer work as a means of garnering entry as well. "AFROPUNK will work closely with partners to provide low barrier volunteer activities and projects for youth to complete in exchange for a ticket to the festival," AFROPUNK said. "The AFROPUNK ARMY will create awareness for organizations in need, provide access to an engaged pool of valuable resources and help deliver a sustainable impact to communities." You can get more information on tickets and volunteering here.

This year's Brooklyn iteration of AFROPUNK (which goes down August 22-23rd) will feature Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Danny Brown, Thundercat and many more. That lineup got even stronger today with news that Death Grips, blues phenom Gary Clark Jr, UK rapper SZA, Jesse Boykins III and others have been added to the bill. Read the full lineups of both the Atlanta Festival and Brooklyn event below and get ready--it's going to be a wild summer.

AFROPUNK Atlanta Lineup:

D'Angelo and the Vanguard

Flying Lotus

Santigold

Tyler, The Creator

Death Grips

Public Enemy

Twin Shadow

Danny Brown

Benjamin Booker

Suicidal Tendencies

Trash Talk

Kaytranada

Big Freedia

Saul Williams

Thundercat

Kelela

Curtis Harding

Mykki Blanco

GoldLink

Ratking

Lion Babe

letlive.

Lizzo

Unlocking the Truth

Brenmar

LOLAWOLF

MikeQ

Cakes Da Killa

Adia Victoria

Uniiqu3

Baby Baby

Nadus

Vavlt Boyz

Samuari Shotgun

RAHBI

New AFROPUNK New York Lineup (additions are in bold):

Lenny Kravitz

Grace Jones

Ms Lauryn Hill

Kelis

Danny Brown

Suicidal Tendencies

Kele

Thundercat

Death Grips

Gary Clark, Jr.

SZA

Vintage Trouble

Jessie Boykins III

Candiria

Letlive.

Bill Coleman

Kelela

Cakes Da Killa

Lion Babe

Gold Link

Raury

Petite Noir

Young Paris

Adia Victoria

Curtis Harding

Kaytranada

Everyday people

Soulection

Mobile Mondays

Brenmar

Uniiqu3

Nadus

Papi Juice

WC Kids

Kimberly Nichole

Palaceburn

Beverly Bond

Dust Rays

DJ Lindsey

Soul Summit

HXLT

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