Queens, New York. June 2nd, 2025 – LiberArte, the Queens-based arts organization that transcends barriers through the power of creativity, will host the second Afro-Diasporic Ocean Festival at Rockaway Beach, a vibrant outdoor celebration of Afro-descendant and Indigenous culture, creativity, and environmental justice. The festival is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, July 27, 2025, at the Rockaway Beach Amphitheater at Beach 94th Street in Queens, New York. 

The Afro-Diasporic Ocean Festival is a multidisciplinary, day-long, free cultural event that uplifts the sacred relationship between people of the African diaspora, Indigenous communities, and the ocean. Through live performance, ritual, movement, and storytelling, the festival centers cultural preservation, ocean reverence, and community resilience in the face of climate change.The event features Quilombo do Acupe, an Afro-Brazilian capoeira group who will be having a roda and giving a samba workshop, with other special performers to be announced soon.

“This showcase not only exhibits the importance of sharing our diverse cultures it also encourages and spreads our shared love for protecting, preserving and educating the community about our lovely ocean,” says Tanya Alfonso, Festival Producer.

RSVP and ticket link: Afro-Diasporic Ocean Festival

This event is made possible (in part) with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.

LiberArte’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

LiberArte’s programs are supported by funds from Flushing Town Hall. 

LiberArte's programs are supported by in-kind donations from Materials for the Arts.

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LiberArte is a 501(c)(3) United States nonprofit. We are growing an international movement of transformational grassroots artists and organizations for a thriving planet. We nurture artists, creatives and visionaries through infrastructure, skills, communication channels, and solidarity.

Art can bring people together, break down barriers, and challenge the status quo. Art transcends barriers. By using art to raise awareness of important issues, we are working to create a thriving planet. Join us and let's make this world a better place for everyone.

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