Jamaican Andrew Clarke is the brainchild behind the festival, which will include live performances by Braata Folk Singers from Jamaica, Something Positive Inc., Boodoosingh Tassa Group and Adlib Steel Orchestra from Trinidad and Tobago, La Troupe Zetwal from Haiti, Quake USA from Grenada and Impressions Dance Theatre from Guyana.
‘ALL OUT’
“June is Caribbean Month in New York, and we wanted to go all out this year to retain and celebrate many of the cultural elements that make the Caribbean region so vibrant,” Clarke said in a recent press release to promote the event. “It is with this spirit in mind that we created the Bankra Caribbean Folk Festival.” The Bankra festival has been designed for the family. There will also be a village for children with JJ The Clown, Honeybee Face & Body Art and face painting, plus folk games and dances, drumming sessions, basket weaving displays and a magician.