Returning to New York City for its third consecutive year, the Red Bull Music Academy Festival will bring gigantic events including the debut of FKA Twigs’ new live show, a conversation with Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, musical mayhem courtesy of PC Music and SOPHIE, and more to venues across the five boroughs. Other artists participating in this year’s festivites include Cults, recent Björk collaborator Haxan Cloak, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, Ricky Blaze, funk legend George Clinton, La Monte Young, and more. Check out the entire lineup for the festival — which runs from May 1 through May 30 — below.
Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York lineup:
- May 1: Electronic Africa with Nozinja, Islam Chipsy and EEK, Titica, DJ Spoko, Chief Boima, Dubbel Dutch @ Villain
- May 2: GHE20G0TH1K with Sissy Nobby, Venus X, Total Freedom, MikeQ, Ma Nguzu, Divoli S’vere @ Brooklyn Bazaar
- May 3: 100 Disciplines: A Composition for 20 Performers by Kid Millions, Niños Du Brasil @ Beaux-Arts Court at Brooklyn Museum
- May 6: A Conversation with La Monte Young @ Red Bull Studios New York
- May 7: A Conversation with A$AP Rocky (Location TBA)
- May 8: PC Music & SOPHIE: Pop Cube @ BRIC House
- May 9: Que Bajo?!: Barrioteca Tropical with DJ Playero, DJ Laz, Erick Rincon, Happy Colors, Pablitomix, Notch, Uproot Andy, Geko Jones, and more @ Verboten
- May 10: Yardcore: Brooklyn Bashment with King Jammy, Assassin, Spice, Lisa Hype, Tifa, Kranium, Ricky Blaze, Mixpak Sound, Federation Sound
- May 12: A Conversation with George Clinton @ Brooklyn Museum
- May 13: Nothing Changes: Raw Sound Transgression with Merzbow, Genesis P-Orridge & Aaron Dilloway (Wolf Eyes), Prurient, Pharmakon, Ron Morelli, Marshstepper, Uniform, and more @ Output
- May 14: Studio Talk: Beatmaker Roundtable presented with Native Instruments @ Red Bull Studios New York
- May 15: Tri Angle Records Fifth Anniversary with The Haxan Cloak, Evian Christ, Holy Other, Vessel, Forest Swords, Bothhodyd, mssingo, Lotic, Rabit, Hanz and special guests @ 23 Wall Street
- May 16: Brooklyn Flea Record Fair with Eamon Harkin (Mister Saturday Night), Justin Miller (Have A Killer Time), Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (Mexican Summer), Matt Werth (RVNG), and more @ Smorgasburg
- May 16: Storm Rave with Frankie Bones, Adam X, Heather Heart, Lenny Dee, Rob Gee
- May 17 through May 18: FKA Twigs @ Brooklyn Hangar
- May 27: Studio Talk: Revolutions On Air, New York City Radio 1980-1984 @ Red Bull Studios New York
- May 29 through May 30: Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell with Dev Hynes, Cults, Phosphorescent, Thao Nguyen, Richard Reed Parry, Sam Amidon, Rubblebucket, and more @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
- May 30: Sleeping Bag Records: Go Bang with Kurtis Mantronik, Nicky Siano, Morgan Geist, and more @ Good Room
