Saturday, May 3rd FREE Block Party!
New York's first solar-powered eco-eatery will kick off its 2008 summer season Saturday, May 3 rd from noon to midnight. Live music, designers market, kid's entertainment, hot dj's and much more!
Check out our schedule:
12pm- Capoeira Demonstration
Capoeira Angola Palmares is a worldwide, world-reknown group that focuses on discipline and personal dedication to this beautiful Brazilian art. www.capoeiraartsny.com
12- 7pm- Designers Market
Look Fly - Shop Local. If your passion is fashion, you won't want to miss this outdoor market featuring Brooklyn's hottest young designers who will be lining South Portland Ave.
12-5- Dj Cato spins in the Courtyard
A master of eclectic style, blending, Funk, Soul, Afro-Beat, World music Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock, and Brazilian sounds to create The perfect mood and feeling, Cato is passionate about music, and that love will shine through during his 4 hour set at the Habana block party
www.myspace.com/djcato
1:00pm- Conjunto Guantanamo
Serving up authentic Cuban standards as well as original music, this band will have you on your feet before you can say "Cha-Cha-Cha".
www.myspace.com/conjuntoguantanamo
2:00pm- Hungry March Band
Roaring out of Brooklyn NYC, this community based brass street band has a membership as diverse as their music. Put on your dancing shoes and break out the fancy threads because there will be a party goin' on - a blazing parade of flesh, blood, steel, brass and wood.
www.hungrymarchband.com
3:00pm- Pistolera
An audible kick in the ears, the Pistolera deliver a high-energy performance you won't soon forget. Blending traditional styles of Mexican music and fusing it with a pop-rock sensibility, the electrifying quartet offers intoxicating sounds and soulful performances.
www.myspace.com/pistoleramusic
4:00pm- Beatboxer ENT.
Beatboxer Entertainment Inc - Kid Lucky is a vocalist who does all his songs including the beat, the bass line, the sound effects and the rhymes all at the same time and with only his voice.
http://www.beatboxerent.net/
5-10- DJ Juice E spins
DJ Juice E spins a mix of many types of music, and her expertise is exposing the commonalities between them. Listening to one of her sets, it is not uncommon for her to go seamlessly from an early 90s Indie Hip Hop classic to a 60s protest song, a Latin Funk gem and maybe a 80s Dance Classic.
www.mysapce.com/suciaparty
7:00pm- Fashion Show
Featuring the designers of Habana Outpost's weekend market. This fashion show will get you ready for summer and show you how you can "Look Fly and Shop Local"!
Habana Outpost
is New York's first solar powered restaurant and marketplace located in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. Created by artist and restaurateur Sean Meenan, the goal of Habana Outpost is to make sustainability fun and accessible. Since 2005 the Outpost has become a nexus for community activity bringing neighbors, environmentalists, artists and families together into one courtyard.
www.habanaoutpost.com
Habana Outpost
757 Fulton Street (corner of South Portland) Brooklyn, New York 11217 |
