Headliner · Music
Bodoma's Garifuna Cultura Band
Performers of ancestral Garifuna music since 1999, based in New York. Their vocals and percussion carry rhythms like punta, paranda, sambay and gunchey.
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The Third Annual Festival
August 15, 2026 · Rockaway Beach Amphitheater, Queens, NY
A free, day-long celebration of Garifuna culture by the sea, headlined by Bodoma's Garifuna Cultura Band.
The day
Live music, ritual, movement and storytelling honoring the bond between people of the African diaspora, Indigenous communities and the ocean.
The program included a GarifunaRobics workout, a DJ set by DJ Wavy Fox, vendors, an art tent and a roda de capoeira.
Headliner: Bodoma's Garifuna Cultura Band
A group from Honduras carrying traditional Garifuna music: powerful vocals over deep percussion, sung as communal call and response.
Panel by afrolatin@ forum
“Eunagüi: The Ocean as Bridge and Canvas in Garifuna Art” explored AfroLatinas as leaders and wisdom keepers in the environmental justice movement.
Thank you
Volunteers and crew: Shellie Martinez, Massandje Savane, Ebony Sagna and Jon-Anthony Pristero-Rivera.
Vendors
Boogiedownbeader, Dara Hartley, food vendors, festival merchandise and more.
Featured artists
Music · Siren Songs
Kim Macharia
Singer and composer whose work draws on siren stories. Her new musical, “A Siren’s Prayer,” premiered at Judson Arts Wednesdays in 2026.
Learn more →DJ
DJ Wavy Fox
Kaysy Gotay, known as Young Wavy Fox, is a Bronx-raised DJ and producer whose sets reflect her Afro-Latinx roots. She has played the Met, Brooklyn Museum and MoMA PS1.
Learn more →Capoeira
Quilombo do Acupe
Led a roda de capoeira, the circle of music, movement and play at the heart of Afro-Brazilian tradition.
Workshop · GarifunaRobics
Arnol Martinez
Arnol Guity Martinez is a Bronx-born Garifuna dancer and founder of GarifunaRobics, a workout set entirely to Garifuna music.
Learn more →Poetry
Adriana Devers
Award-winning Afro-Caribbean author, poet and educator, and founder of Cuentos de Triadas.
Learn more →Poetry
Julissa Emile
Artist, herbalist and performance poet.
Writing
Nahshon Dion
Award-winning nonfiction writer and teaching artist.
Photography
LUMO Studio
Captured the 2026 festival in photos.
Photography
Ricardo Botero
Photographer who captured the 2026 festival.
Learn more →Videography
Lowel Almor
Videographer who filmed the festival and created its recap videos.
Panel
afrolatin@ forum
Julio Bermúdez, Tania Molina and Jessica Baltazar on “Eunagüi: The Ocean as Bridge and Canvas in Garifuna Art.”
Festival lineup
- DJ Wavy Fox opens the day · Roda de capoeira with Quilombo do Acupe
- Bodoma Garifuna · Poets & writers Adriana Devers, Julissa Emile and Nahshon Dion
- GarifunaRobics workshop with Arnol Martinez
- Kim Macharia: Siren Songs
- Bodoma Garifuna live music
- Panel by afrolatin@ forum with Julio Bermúdez, Tania Molina and Jessica Baltazar · GarifunaRobics
- Kim Macharia and DJ Wavy Fox closing set
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