On Saturday, October 15 from 12–6pm, stop by the first ever NYABF Block Party! Throughout the day, there will be food, music, dance performances, workshops, activities, and more.

With… 69herbs, Bushwick Chess Club, CMarty’s Jerk, Colorama, Food With Fam, Lil’ Deb’s Oasis & Friends!, Maggie Boyd and Molasses Books, Montez Press Radio, No School, Olamina Botanicals, The Other Almanac, P.A.D., PAGEANT, School for Poetic Computation, Taco Bell Drawing Club.

Tickets to the Fair are $5 on Saturday, and the Block Party is free and open to the public.

All day long... 

** At the top of each hour, Jess Turner of Olamina Botanicals will lead a 20-minute workshop on mugwort (artemsia vulgaris) lore, with a mugwort protection wand and mugwort sleep pillow demonstration.

**Come join Lil' Deb's Oasis & Friends for a day of relaxation, repair, poetry and nourishment. Live readings will be held alongside several activities in “the lounge,” including but not limited to: massage, clothing repair, group poem painting and more. Snacks and drinks will be available.

**Workshops with Frank Traynor and Lydia Glenn-Murray of No School.

Program Schedule...

1pm
Performance. Presented by PAGEANT.
Members from the PAGEANT community perform a live movement score consisting of improvisational and composed movement ideas.

1-3pm
Bushwick Chess Club tournaments, with Micah Jameson. Presented by Bushwick Chess Club. 

3pm
Taco Bell Drawing Club
2022 marks the first in-person NYABF since Jason died in 2020. He was 37. Jason loved the Fair. He was a Fair fixture for more than a decade. We invite you to remember Jason this year by drawing with us. And by eating tacos and being nice. No drawing talent required, but don’t forget something to draw with and a sketchbook or paper.

3–4:30pm
Embody the Loving Animal, with Hanako Emden & Sophie Florian. Presented by COLORAMA.
A creative writing exercise dabbling between fan fiction and the classic love letter. We will give examples of what a love letter can be. Participants will slip into the role of a fictional animal and write a piece of loving fiction to an assigned crush. Every animal will go home with a love letter.

4pm
Hoops and For Loops, with Melanie Hoff & Neta Bomani. Presented by School for Poetic Computation.
An exploration of the fundamental coding concept of for loops through hula hooping.

4:30pm
Performance. Presented by PAGEANT.
Members from the PAGEANT community perform a live movement score consisting of improvisational and composed movement ideas.

The Stage...

12-1pm
A live broadcast with Montez Press Radio

1-5pm
Music performances organized by Pioneer Works

Batalá New York
Sound Healing by Lavender Suarez
Prince of Queens (machine set)
Names You Can Trust (DJ set)

5pm onward
Readings + performances presented by Lil' Deb's Oasis & Friends!