August 17, 2024

CURLFEST at Celebrate Brooklyn!

Event Info

**This is a ticketed BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Show that supports BRIC’s free programming. Our full free 2024 lineup is HERE**

CURLFEST, your favorite summer festival, is coming to BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! on Sat, Aug. 17! Get ready for a jam-packed day of celebrations for beauty, culture, and togetherness. This is your space to commune, make memories, meet new friends, and leave refilled with the magic of our collective community along with a stack of beauty goodies to have your curls, kinks, and beards shining all summer long!

Join us as we pay tribute to the Collective. Grab your squad and meet us at the festival!

All CURLFEST Tickets Include:

  • Access to CURLFEST Beauty Row, featuring our favorite brands with activations, deals, giveaways, games, and more!
  • Music from the hottest DJs
  • Access to the CURLFEST Marketplace featuring the dopest Black and women-owned vendors from around the country!
  • Access to the CURLFEST Empowerment stage, featuring some of our special guests
  • Food and Drinks available for purchase from vendors across the diaspora
  • Access to the Main Stage dance party, CURLFEST activities, CURLFEST Arts District and More!

ABOUT CURLFEST

CURLFEST® is the largest natural beauty festival in America, and is 100% owned by Black women. Created in 2014 by Curly Girl Collective with only 1,000 guests, the festival has attracted over 75,000 attendees from around the world.

About BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

This event is part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, New York City’s longest-running, free, outdoor performing arts festival, held every summer at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park.

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Thee Sacred Souls. Photo credit: Toby Tenenbaum
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141 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Venue Info

The Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park is home to BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, New York’s longest-running, free outdoor performing arts festival. Named to honor the legendary singer, actress, dancer, and Brooklyn native Lena Horne, the Bandshell is transformed into a venue every summer that can accommodate over 8,000 people.

Accessibility 

The facility is completely wheelchair accessible. Accessible entrances, exit points, seating, and concessions are available for every event. When you arrive at the Bandshell, you are welcome to ask any of our entrance staff for assistance. Our Community Care Manager and team will escort you and one guest to an accessible seat. Please note that our ADA seating section is first-come first-serve and some views of our stage may be partially obstructed. If you have any other questions about accessibility, please contact [email protected].

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