19th Annual Mayday Festival - Tompkins Square Park

by meyers | April 27, 2005 at 03:14 am

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Fittingly paying tribute to a laborers' holiday founded by anarchists, the Blackkat crew raise havoc and awareness in Tompkins Square Park with the 19th installment of this annual community throwdown. Forgoing their usual freetekno focus, Blackkat branch out this year %u2014 in addition to drum 'n bass from turntable stalwart DJ Chrome, they bring on live hip-hop from MC Baba Israel and rock from the Kin. Beyond what's on their solar-powered sound system, the counterculture festivities also include roving performance artists, political awareness booths, assorted vendors, body painters, break dancers, and more. Join the punks, drunks, ravers, pooch paraders, and skaters to represent. (JKG)