Sunday, September 15
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM — Ongoing Programming
Pop-up shop ft. Lingua Franca, Books are Magic, For Freedoms & NAE Merchandise, Photo booth and social media station, beats by Y3lda all day, and New American Economy info station
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM — Jonny Sun presents The Laughing Room interactive art installation
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM — Yasmin Khan's Food and Immigration Panel ft. Francis Lam, Michael W. Twitty, Fany Gerson, and Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM — Abhilasha Sinha Music Performance
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM — Jonny Sun presents The Laughing Room interactive art installation
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM — Marcus Samuelsson Food Demo, Tasting, and Q&A
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM — New Americans Make America Funny: Panel ft. Jaboukie Young-White, Negin Farsad, Jess Salomon, and Daniel Simonsen, followed by Clip Reel
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM — Mannywellz Music Performance
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM — Jonny Sun presents The Laughing Room interactive art installation
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM — Stand Up Comedy with Ronny Chieng, Aparna Nancherla, Vladimir Caamaño, Negin Farsad, Wil Sylvince, and Jess Salomon with snacks by Emma’s Torch
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM — Bohan Phoenix Music Performance
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM — Film Screening of Crow: The Legend, a Virtual Reality experience of the film, featuring characters voiced by Oprah, John Legend, and Constance Wu
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM — Ruth B. Music Performance
Fall Festival National Tour Dates [PAST]
Following the New American Festival in New York, we took the festival on the road around the country!
Boston: October 1, 2019 at 6 PM in partnership with HubWeek and Open Avenues Foundation
Oakland: October 5, 2019 at 5 PM in partnership with No Immigrants No Spice
Houston: October 12, 2019 at 7:30 PM in partnership with Center for Houston’s Future
Kansas City: October 16, 2019 at 6:30 PM in partnership with Open Belly, ChowNow, and the Crossroads Hotel
Nashville: October 17, 2019 in partnership with Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition