The festival featured afternoon workshops such as “Punk and Zines: Self Publishing for Our Movement” and “Decolonizing Punk Rock: Understanding Indigenous Identity,” and a concert in the evening featuring six bands who played everything from electronica to rap to hardcore punk. The line-up of artists and bands for the night included Megiapa, Mermaid N.V., The Breathing Light, K.E.N., Moleajete and Blacker Face. The event took place at DIY space Caliwaukee North.
The Black, Brown, and Indigenous Punk Show Collective and its festival support communities of color through art, activism and fundraising and work to challenge oppressive attitudes in DIY scenes and spaces, especially against LGBTQ individuals. The beneficiary of this year’s festival was Chi-Nations Youth Counci, a local youth-led Native American organization that focuses on environmental and social justice.