Join us for a joyful, community-centered event to support the Fort Greene Park Conservancy and our mission to enrich and nurture Fort Greene Park as a public space that puts community first. Come celebrate, break bread, and dance with us!

Stay tuned to our newsletter and Instagram for updates on tickets, food, performances, and more!

Highlights of the Event:

• Honor our Community Heroes

• Emcee: Jad Abumrad
  Creator and former host of Radiolab, one of public radio's most popular shows, Jad Abumrad is an award winning storyteller and composer who explores big questions in science, philosophy, and humankind, fostering curiosity.  His work has been downloaded over a billion times and counting.

• Spoken Word Performance: Kearah-Armonie (aka Kearmonie) + Dean Gregory Jeudy
  Afro-Caribbean, Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Kearah-Armonie is a poet, filmmaker, and educator whose work centers Black, Queer, and Caribbean experiences. She'll be performing alongside her father, Dean Gregory Jeudy—a native New Yorker and proud dad of three daughters. Jeudy’s work is inspired by legends like James Brown, Michael Jackson, old school hip hop, Chuck D, KRS-One, Rakim, and Brooklyn’s own Big Daddy Kane.

• Live Music: Brooklyn Music School Faculty Ensemble
  A trio of professional instructors from Brooklyn Music School, this jazz band showcases world-class musicianship through jazz standards, improvisation, and ensemble performance.

• Dancing under the stars with music provided by a DJ

• Complimentary beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages during the cocktail hour

• Delicious dessert available after dinner

About Our Ticket Options

We’re introducing a new sliding scale ticket model—rooted in trust, equity, and community care. If you can give more, you help make the event accessible to others. If you need to give less, that’s okay too.

The Fling is for everyone—and that means you.

• Individual Tickets: Sliding scale pricing

  • Purchasing 3 or more individual tickets? We’ll do our best to seat your group together, but cannot guarantee seating unless a table is reserved.

• Table: $1,000 – Includes seating for 8 and comes with a framed, locally screen-printed artwork by Leanne Gan

  • Crowdfund a Table: Want to sit with friends but not purchase a full table on your own? Team up! Gather a group and pitch in together to reserve a table—perfect for organizations, neighbors, or friend groups.

Tickets are limited—buy now before they’re gone!