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Dembow legend El Alfa is entering the Planet Brooklyn orbit. The Dominican rap star, who is currently on his final world tour, is the latest addition to the still-expanding two-day, three-stage festival. He’ll touch down at Barclays Center on Saturday, August 23, joined by Lil Pump, who will almost surely pop out for a run…

Some of you may recall a very intentionally vague and ambiguous announcement we dropped about a not-so-little festival called Planet Brooklyn last month. Well, today we have the pleasure of filling in some of the gaps. Planet Brooklyn has officially unveiled the rundown for its two days and three stages of programming. On Saturday, August…

If you’ve lived in or visited the borough for long enough, you already know Brooklyn’s summer programming is the stuff of legend. And while we can’t offer full details just yet, BKMAG is excited to announce Planet Brooklyn, a first-of-its-kind music festival, is coming to not one or two, but three, iconic stages this year….

When Sharice Coleman decided to celebrate her 33rd birthday with a group of friends at the 9 a.m. Banger, she knew they’d have to thoroughly prepare for the event. While most people were hitting snooze on their alarms on Saturday, April 5, Coleman and the girls were pre-gaming with iced lattes, buttered toast, pancakes, and…

As the winter drags on and the days remain dark, cold, and snowy, one surefire way to make yourself feel good is to take Chic’s advice to heart and dance, dance, dance. With that in mind, this weekend’s listings contain a bunch of parties and concerts sure to keep you warm these next few frigid…

The word of this weekend is “eclectic,” and not just because we suddenly got some random old Wyclef songs stuck in our heads (though that certainly didn’t hurt). It’s because we’re bringing you a (*runs to thesaurus*) wide-ranging list of events. This weekend, you can see rare footage of James Baldwin, laugh at the legendary…

This is the final weekend before Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, so it’s time to get all your wild adventures out of the way before family time encroaches. To that end, we’ve gone heavy on the dance parties this week.  To start with, on Friday, check out the “End of Forever” party at Baby’s All Right….