Welcome to the
STooPS 2025
Summer Festival
Thank you for joining us at our 12th annual event. We've been working hard to produce a classic yet unique block party and a truly immersive cultural experience for you!
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in collaboration with
Produced By:
Block Party Host: Koku
Healing Workshop by Camille Gordon Fanfair
Headliner: Soul Science Lab
Block Party Host: Koku
Block Party Workshops Schedule
Living Memory: Ancestral Wisdom Of Rosemary by Akika Flower Essences
Led by Renee K. Smith
Location: Mt. Lebanon Lawn
Session 1: 1:15pm-5:15pm
Aromatherapy Workshop
Sacred Space, Sacred Self: Building & Activating Your Spiritual Altar by Essence of ASE
Led by Camille Gordon Fanfair
Location: 280 Decatur St.
Session 1: 1:15pm-3:00pm; 4:00-5:15pm
Session 2: 3:00-4:00pm
Imagination Station
Led by Freebrook Academy; GrowHouse NYC; Street Lab
Location: Stuyvesant Mansion, 375 Stuyvesant Ave.
Session 1: 1:15pm-5:15pm
Session 1: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Session 2: 3:00pm-5:30pm
Afro-Brazilian Drumming by Batalá
Afro-Brazilian Dance and Drumming by Quenía and Batalá
ASA! Fitness by Dianne
Dance Demonstrations by Cumbe: Center for African & Diasporic Dance
Location: 225 Decatur St.
Session 1: 2:00pm-2:30pm
Session 2: 3:00pm-3:30pm
Session 3: 4:00pm-4:30pm
Kiddie Korner: GEMS of BedStuy
Led by Bridges: A Pan-Afrikan ARTS Movement
Location: 279 Decatur St.
Storytelling: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Treasure Hunt: 2:40pm-3:00pm
Games 3:00pm-3:45pm
Gem Designs Crafts 4:00-4:50pm
Procession
Big Apple Leadership Academy Band
5:20pm-5:30pm
Block Party Award Ceremony & Headliners
BedStuy Hidden Gems Awards Ceremony
Awards Created by Catherine Ashley
Location: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St.
Ceremony: 5:30pm
Sankofa Remix
Kendra J. Ross Works Dance Performance
Featuring Brittany Grier and Courtney Cook
Location: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St.
Performance: 6:00pm
Soul Science Lab Music Performance
Location: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St.
Performance: 6:30pm
7:10pm
Please exit the street as quickly and safely as possible so we may have the street opened on time and without penalty.
Art Crawl: 1:30-5:30pm
Your Art Crawl Guide, Shanna Sabio will lead you from Fulton Park through the entire Art Crawl.
Fulton Park - 70 Chauncey Street, 1:45pm-2:00pm
166 Bainbridge St., 2:10pm-2:25pm
Jackie Robinson Park Playground - 341 Malcolm X Blvd 2:40pm-2:55pm
245A Bainbridge Street, 3:10pm-3:25pm
Bailey's Cafe - 324 Malcolm X Blvd 3:40pm-3:55pm *REST STOP*
556A Macon Street, 4:15pm-4:30pm
Stuyvesant Mansion - 375 Stuyvesant Avenue, 4:45pm-5:00pm
248 Decatur Street, 5:05pm-5:20pm
Sponsored By:
Programming by STooPS Art & Community is made possible with funds from the Howard Gilman Foundation, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council and the Mellon Foundation, and sponsored by Bailey’s Cafe and Foot Soldiers.
Special thanks to STooPS Enthusiast Foot Soldiers, STooPS Supporter Studio Rodrigo and STooPS Fan Brooklyn Tea and Doc's Cake Shop.
With deep gratitude to the individuals and families who uplift our work.