Brooklyn Borough President

BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ AND DANNY SIMMONS KICK OFF BROOKLYN NEW MUSIC FEST

Photo: Shrine for the Black Madonna performs at kickoff event. Pictured from left to right: Jared Hassan-Foles, Swiss Chris (on drums), Brian Tate and “Jazz” Odums.

Photographs by Amelia D’Entrone

Photo: Shrine for the Black Madonna performs at kickoff event. Pictured from left to right: Jared Hassan-Foles, Swiss Chris (on drums), Brian Tate and “Jazz” Odums.

On Wednesday, August 25, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined Danny Simmons and musical artists Jungli and Shrine for the Black Madonna to kick off the first Brooklyn New Music Fest, a four-day live-music series in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Park Slope. The festival will run from Thursday, September 16, through Sunday, September 19.

“Brooklyn is the arts and culture capital of New York City, and the Brooklyn New Music Fest proves that once again,” said Borough President Markowitz. “We are proud to support and celebrate Brooklyn’s local music scene and encourage all Brooklynites and out-of-towners living in the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island, to come and experience the sounds of this unique festival.”

Festival sponsors/partners include Borough President Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Brewery, Forest City Ratner, Pratt Institute and NRG Magazine. For more information on the festival visit www.seedsandbones.com.