Party and shop locally, all summer long and into the fall! The new Brooklyn Urban Arts Market's five Sunday appearances on Myrtle Avenue near the PrattStore will blend the power and pull of Afro-Punk and BAMs cutting edge creative culture with MARPs community economic empowerment and small business initiatives. Envisioned as an answer to those ubiquitous NYC street fairs (you know the ones&same perfume and tube socks at every one no matter what location), this open-air market will house 50 local artisans, vendors, and entrepreneurs hand-selected for their innovative creations, fresh urban perspective and DIY spirit.
Afro-Punk returns to curate a musical line up that fuses underground sounds with old-school favorites (see full list below), which will definitely draw a crowd to the avenue on each and every date. You can be sure that we'll be working to help our existing merchants take advantage of this foot traffic weve got a number of plans in the works to get our new visitors to travel the avenue, including the distribution of our new shopping guide and a sort of Myrtle Avenue shopping scavenger hunt (more on that soon).
The focus on small, local and home-based businesses includes an added dimension for the vendor participants: 20 were selected to receive free professional training covering business plan writing, marketing and growing your customer base, accounting/finance, and business law with small business development experts, Project Enterprise.
Major funding for the Brooklyn Urban Arts Market was generously provided by Deutsche Bank Foundation.
Featured musicians:
July 27th
DJ Spinna
The Earthman Experience featuring DJ Hard Hittin Harry
77 Klash
August 10th
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love
THE MOVEMENT PRESENTS:
Hollwood Holt
He Say She Say
Mike Terror
Shala
August 24th
Slick Rick with Band
The Eclectic Collective
Dub Trio
September 7th
Afrika Bambaata
CX KiDTRONiK live KraKstravaganza
w/ special guest rap pioneer “The Ramm:Ell:Zee”
Mickey Factz
September 21st
Rich Medina
Game Rebellion
Millsted
No Surrender
Check back at www.myrtleavenue.org, or visit brooklynurbanartsmarket.ning.com or www.bam.org for the more info and the latest updates.
