“Staten Island Love Letter” at La Isla Bonita Summer Festival
Saturday, July 20, 4:00-7:00pm
Corporal Thompson Park, Broadway Ave & Henderson Ave
Saturday, July 20, 4:00-7:00pm
Corporal Thompson Park, Broadway Ave & Henderson Ave
La Isla Bonita Summer Festival is celebrating its 5th Anniversary on July 20th!
La Isla Bonita Festival is a women of color-led people’s arts festival founded in 2015 by Lina Montoya and Nati Conrazon, who dreamed of a space full of love and good vibes, of finding inspiration while inspiring others, and celebrating that local is global on Staten Island! Programming for the festival is intentionally chosen to reflect global and local sounds, with bands and DJs who are honoring traditional musics while modernizing their sound for new audiences.
In association with SummerStage, this special concert features:
* Ana Tijoux, a French-Chilean pop singer and rapper with a long history of championing social justice and nonviolence. She first started rapping and dancing at 11 years old, and did stints in the groups Los Tetas and Makiza before setting off on her own in 2006 with the single “Ya No Fue.” In 2009 she embraced hip-hop with her Grammy-nominated breakout LP 1977.
*Combo Chimbita, a New York-by-way-of-Colombia troupe that fuses the perennial rhythms of the Afro-Latinx diaspora with a modern-day consciousness, while tracing the prophetic traditions of our ancestry.
*L’unicorns, the first LGBTQ+ Latinx folkloric dance troupe based on Staten Island.
*DJ SHAME, a turntabalist and DJ born and raised on Staten Island.
Throughout the festival the Five Boro Story Project’s Staten Island Love Letter station will provide a space to express your love, pride, concerns and hopes for Staten Island and add it to a borough map.
FREE ADMISSION
DIRECTIONS: Corporal Thompson Park is bordered by Broadway Ave, Henderson Ave, and Chapell Street, and is accessible by the S46, S96, S40, and S44 buses.
