South Bronx Culture Festival 2025:
Play It Forward
May 30-June 1, 2025 (Friday: 3-7pm / Saturday: 12-7pm / Sunday: 1pm-6pm)
Location: Father Gigante Plaza, in front of St. Athanasius Church, 878 Tiffany Street, Bronx, NY 10459
Festival Co-Hosts: Rhina Valentin & Jonathan Calixto
Friday, May 30
All Day
PRIDA (Artisan Vendors) / Soul Bites (Food Vendor) / Hunts Point Community Partnership (Art Activity) / Face Painting / Bubbles & Balloons
3-6 PM
Bronx Community Collage (Collage Jam)
3-5:30 PM GrandWizzard Theodore (DJ)
3:30-4 PM National Double Dutch League
4-4:30 PM Full Circle Souljahs Top 8 All Styles Battle (Street & Club Dance)
4:30-5:15 PM Young Artists of Casita Maria
5:15-5:25 PM Full Circle Souljahs Popping Demo
5:30-7 PM Bronx Banda featuring Arturo O'Farrill + Special Guests (Latin Jazz)
Saturday, May 31
All Day Casita Maria Teaching Artist Maria P. Vila, Hunts Point Community Partnership and The POINT CDC (Art Activities) / PRIDA (Artisan Vendors) / Soul Bites (Food Vendor)
12-4 PM New York Public Library (Bookmobile)
12-12:30 / 1:45-2:30 / 3:15-4 / 4:45-5:30 PM
Uptown Vinyl Supreme (DJ Collective)
12:30-1 PM Bombazo Dance Co. (Bomba)
1-1:45 PM Sofía Rei (Latin America Folklore Meets Electronic Sounds)
2:30-3:15 PM Alí Bello & The Charanga Syndicate (Charanga Moderna - Jazz Latino)
4pm-4:45 PM Villalobos Brothers (Contemporary Mexican)
5:30-7 PM Nelson Gonzalez All Star Band (Tropical Music)
Sunday, June 1
All Day Casita Maria Teaching Artist Maria P. Vila, Hunts Point Community Partnership (Art Activities) / PRIDA (Artisan Vendors) / Soul Bites (Food Vendor)
1-1:45 PM Jenn Jade & “JADE 8!”
(World Urban Neo-Jazz)
1:45-2:30 / 3:30-4:30 PM Uptown Vinyl Supreme (DJ Collective)
2:30-3:30 PM Lulada Club (Salsa)
4:30-6 PM Tribute to the Musical Legacy of Eddie Palmieri
Featuring Invited Guests: Herman Olivera & Jimmy Bosch & Jose Claussell & Little Johnny Rivero & Nelson Gonzalez & Luques Curtis & Louis Fouche & Karen Joseph
Special Added Attraction: Zaccai Curtis, 2024 Latin Jazz Grammy Winner