Michael Brun Presents BAYO at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at Lena Horne Bandshell
On Saturday, June 15, 2024, Celebrate Brooklyn! held a benefit concert of their 46th season with Michael Brun Presents: BAYO at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park. The outdoor featured DJ sets from Kolo and Brun himself. There were live performances by Haitian artists along with others from the diaspora such as Paul Beaubrun, Sarina, Anie Alerte, Danola, Pierre Jean, Troubleboy Hitmaker, Oxlade (who came to Brooklyn from Nigeria for the event), AndyBeatz, J Perry, J Balvin, Maxwell, Colmix & Tonymix, Lakou Mizik, and Tabou Combo. Tabou Combo were given a proclamation from New York City to help close the special event.
I captured the event as a house photographer for Celebrate Brooklyn! and some images can be found in the above gallery. I’ll be at the park throughout this season and again later today for Juneteenth UNITYFEST.
There’s also a piece available at NY1 featuring two images of mine of Colmix, Tonymix, and Michael Brun, plus another photo of Maxwell which were both taken at the BAYO show on June 15th here.