Queens of the New Age returns to lift up and celebrate the extraordinary and creative women of color in Los Angeles with Queensfest 2019! Queensfest partners with Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation, Spotify, and CAAM for another fun-filled day featuring live music, dancing, after-hours museum tours, self-expression workshops, producer salons, a book swap by the Free Black Women’s Library LA, and so much more. Bring the whole family for food trucks, a 21+ beer garden, and a POC-driven marketplace provided by Come Up Markets.

Queensfest 2019 highlighted participants include:  Arianne Edmonds and the J.L. Edmonds Project, Asmara (Nguzunguzu), Decoteau, Felicia LaTour, Juliet Mendoza, Las Fotos Project, LIV.E, Madame Gandhi, My 2 Cents LA, Myra Hasson, Nai Vasha Thomas, Natalie is Poetry, Nyallah, Real Talk Project, Reparations Club, Sassyblack, Sophia Chang, Süprmarkt, The 7%, Tiffany Gouché, Trakgirl & the Woke Mystix.

Opening performance from Fernando Pullum’s Junior Jazz Ensemble.