Bilal / GENA / DJ Tara

Name: Bilal / GENA / DJ Tara
Start: 2026-07-12T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Herbert Von King Park

Schedule

Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Herbert Von King Park | New York, NY

Bilal / GENA / DJ Tara
In association with Apollo Theater
July 12 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY
All Ages
Free
Presented with the legendary Apollo Theater, this evening brings together boundary-pushing voices in R&B and soul. A foundational member of the loose late-’90s hip-hop/R&B collective the Soulquarians, Bilal has an effortless, understated swag. It oozes from every track of his 2001 debut 1st Born Second, a retro yet fresh take on soul music at the turn of the century. He’s gotten more experimental as he’s grown, collaborating with artists such as Kimbra, Otis Brown III, Kat Dahlia, Slum Village, and Kendrick Lamar on his third album To Pimp a Butterfly. Bilal’s latest release is Live at Glasshaus, a live recording from an intimate, career-spanning performance with Questlove, Robert Glasper, and Burniss Travis as his backing band. He’s joined by GENA, a new project from the dynamic R&B artist Liv.e and renowned producer/drummer Karriem Riggins; their name stands for God Energy, Naturally Amazing, indicative of their improvisationally ordained approach to making music. On the ones and twos is DJ Tara, host of misc. on The Lot Radio, and co-founder of Donuts are Forever, the longest running J Dilla tribute and fundraiser in the world.