Emerging Artists, Diversity Celebrated at Tomorrow’s New Village Music Festival

Organizers are putting the finishing touches on tomorrow's 3rd Annual New Village Music Festival in Tompkins Square Park. It's a celebration of music, culture and community that was created not only to promote emerging musical artists in the neighborhood but to embrace the organizations that serve the East Village and Lower East Side. The festival was the brainchild of musician David Soto (Daso), who's also youth director at the Campos Community Center. Community leader and activist Chino Garcia is co-host this year. The performances will cross multiple generations, cultures  and genres, including reggae, Afro Latin, flamenco Latin jazz, folk, pop, electro Latin funk, positive hip hop and R & B. More information on the festival's Myspace page. Take a look at one of the performances from the New Music Festival, 2007: