{"id":214439,"date":"2026-04-29T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:36:08","slug":"sounds-that-move-music-festival-set-to-take-over-bushwicks-scott-street-next-month-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214439\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sounds that Move\u2019 music festival set to take over Bushwick\u2019s Scott Street next month \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Sounds that Move,\u201d an all-new <a href=\"https:\/\/soundsthatmove.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">music festival<\/a> modeled on a classic Brooklyn block party, is coming to Bushwick next month.<\/p>\n<p>Created by <a href=\"https:\/\/moveforwardmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Move Forward Music<\/a>, a live events agency focused on emerging artists, the festival will transform a one-block stretch of Scott Avenue into a hub of music, culture, and creativity from May 15-17.<\/p>\n<p>Performances will be hosted at five different venues, Brooklyn Roots Collective, the Chocolate Factory, 99 Scott, SILO Brooklyn, and Honey\u2019s; and the festival is set to feature headliners like Saba, Hope Tala, Mark William Lewis, Sango, Tyler ICU and DJ Habibeats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The festival will also feature panels, workshops, live showcases, late-night DJ and club programming, and a multi-day free vintage fashion market by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thrift2death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Thrift2Death.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cFor the last decade, festivals have grown bigger, but they haven\u2019t necessarily felt more connected,\u201d said Al Damashek, founder of Move Forward Music. \u201cWe wanted to build something that feels curated, community-driven, and rooted in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s lineup aims to reflect New York City\u2019s diversity, with a wide range of genres and everything from indie and alternative showcases to global \u201cclub nights\u201d with genre-shifting dance floors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-242032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_1853.jpeg\" alt=\"lineup for sounds that move\" width=\"468\" height=\"700\"  \/>The full lineup for Brooklyn\u2019s inaugural block festival \u201cSounds that Move,\u201d includes a variety of music genres.Image courtesy of Move Forward Music<\/p>\n<p>Across its five venues, the festival will also feature independent programming, artists performances and showcases curated by partners like Pigeons &amp; Planes, Indie Hourzz, Grey Area, and That Good Sh*t with Annabelle Kline. Industry panels on culture and media include New York luminaries in fashion, such as Emma Rogue, and music industry trailblazers, including Indify, Even, B.A.K., and oneRPM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScott Avenue is a completely unique block where multiple major venues exist side by side, and it gives us the opportunity to bring the city together in one place \u2014 artists, media, venues, and fans \u2014 all moving through the same space,\u201d Damashek said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Event organizers expect up to 23,000 attendees for the block party-style event. Festival tickets are available\u00a0 online, with tickets for individual events starting at $29 and day passes available for $79. The Weekend Wristband is $199, and includes priority access to all music events, panels, and workshops, expedited entry, VIP areas, and discounted merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>Move Forward Music has played a vital role in the early live moments of music stars like Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Juiceworld, Tems, Ravyn Lenae, Shaboozey, and Post Malone, creating platforms across live touring, digital content, and brand partnerships that help shape broader cultural conversations, and the festival continues Move Forward Music\u2019s tradition of highlighting emerging artists, curating intentional spaces for artist discovery and diverse community, and building culture-forward brands.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Sounds that Move,\u201d an all-new music festival modeled on a classic Brooklyn block party, is coming to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[84638,45548,2571,84639,98,100,99,60544,9449,84640,84641,84642,84643,84644,82526,65032,9,24,12,370,63,84645,84646,84647,84648,84649,84650,84651,904],"class_list":["post-214439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-99-scott","tag-artist","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-block-festival","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklyn-roots-collective","tag-bushwick","tag-honeys","tag-hope-tala","tag-independent-artist","tag-mark-williams-lewis","tag-move-forward-music","tag-music-festival","tag-musician","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-saba","tag-sango","tag-scott-street","tag-silo-brooklyn","tag-sounds-that-move","tag-the-chocolate-factory","tag-the-sounds-that-move","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}