In its first two years, the annual AfroMundo Festival has become a favorite. Be sure to check out the third annual festival, “Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries,” including live music, films, food tastings, and more!
Category: Performing Arts and Film
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One New Mexico Gospel Concert feat. Aria Gaston
Don’t miss the premier gospel event of the year! The OneNM Gospel Concert will get you up on your feet and singing along. This year’s headliner is award-winning Las Vegas NV performer Aria Gaston, with beloved local talent onstage as well!
Did we mention this amazing show is FREE? Come together with people of all faiths to celebrate the history and power of gospel music. You won’t regret it!
Let us know you’re coming! Register HERE. Doors open at 2:30, show starts at 3:00.
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AfroMundo Festival: Screening of Documentary “Sonic Forest”
The 30-minute documentary Sonic Forest features two Colombian communities risking their lives to preserve the earth, doing the global work of conservation like many Afro and Indigenous communities in the Americas.
The screening will be followed immediately by a Panel Discussion with land rights activists from right here in Albuquerque and across the Americas. Tickets are free and reservations required. Details and ticket link coming soon.
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Leftover Soul with Wae Fonkey
Get your groove on at Albuquerque’s longest-running vinyl-only soul night! With special guest, DJ Wae Fonkey from Jemez Pueblo.
Cover $5 at the door.
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AfroMundo Festival: Nidia Gongóra in Concert
Grammy-nominated singer, composer, tradition-bearer, folklorist and champion of the Pacific coast’s Afro-Colombian cultural heritage Nidia Gongóra will perform music that blends the music of her native Timbiquí with other world genres.
Tickets are FREE! Get yours HERE.
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AfroMundo Festival: World Premiere of “Sterling’s Silver”
An enhanced Reader’s Production of a play by New Mexico resident Karen Jones Meadows, author of multiple anthologized and performed plays, and the recipient of a 2020 Story Protector Award. She has presented at the United Nations, UNESCO, International Women’s Economic Forum, and much more.
Tickets are free and reservations required. Click HERE for more info and reservation link.
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AfroMundo Festival: Screening of Documentary Short “Silence Sam”
This 18-minute documentary short was directed by young activists in reaction to a documentary that was done about them without their consent. View their story told through their own art! A panel discussion will follow, featuring activists and leaders for change.
Reservations required. Details coming soon.
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AfroMundo Festival: “Farming While Black” film screening
The documentary “Farming While Black,” directed by Mark Decena, examines the historical abuses of Black farmers and the current movement for their descendants to reclaim their right to the land.
A panel discussion will immediately follow the film, featuring Black New Mexico farmers.
Registration is free and required. More info and registration link HERE.
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Afriquerque: The Dee Brown Situation
Albuquerque resident, UNM grad, and singer/songwriter Dee Brown describes his music as “all things soulful” – so come get your soul fed at this free show!
Check out more info on the Afriquerque series at NMAAPAC HERE. Doors at 6:30, show at 7:00.
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Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess documentary
Don’t miss the documentary Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess, exploring the Jamaican Maroons’ struggle for freedom, led by the indomitable 18th century military genius, Nanny of the Maroons. Nanny is Jamaica’s sole female National Hero, and one of the most justly celebrated heroines in the resistance history of the New World.
Presented as part of the annual AfroMundo Festival. Spirited panel discussion will begin after the film. Trailer HERE.