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August 2, 2018 / Arts & Entertainment / Arts & Theater

Glowing up: Dance party combines raves and Caribbean culture 

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A travelling Caribbean dance party will make its Brooklyn debut this weekend. The “West Indian Rave Tour,” in Prospect Heights on Aug. 11, combines elements of island Carnival culture with the thumpa-thumpa glow stick style of rave parties. The mastermind of the event says that he was inspired when he realized that endless parties of his college years some of the soul that comes from his Carribbean heritage.

The Washington, DC native, who is of Trinidadian and Jamaican descent, says that Carnival and raves have a similar energy.

“They are similar to raves in a sense, have the energy, only thing different is that the costume is on different scale,” he said.

Smart started his party in DC in 2010, but expanded its scope after a visit to Brooklyn’s West Indian Labor Day parade. During that visit, his concept of Caribbean music expanded beyond the reggae and soca music he was used to.

“I felt I needed to find a way to put people on to this,” said Smart.

He rebranded his rave parties, switching the usual electronic dance music for styles from across the entire Caribbean, he said.

At the party on Aug. 11, guests will receive glow sticks and glowing necklaces, and can choose to have glowing makeup applied by artists, or to apply glow spray to their hair or bodies, said Smart.

The rave will also serve food from various islands, with a focus on offerings from Grenada, Haiti, Martinique, Cuba, and Barbados. The mixture of cultures and the food should be a major draw for people, he said.

“WI Rave Tour” at PacificBK [1065 Pacific St. between Classon and Franklin avenues in Prospect Heights, (347) 632-7578, www.wiravetour.com]. Aug. 11 at 10 pm. $30–$40 ($100 VIP). 


Mike St clair from East Flatbush says:
Thanks for the info, but article after article you guys dont provide info, where is the event held at ? Contact for the promoter,contact info for the author, etc.


212 714 5436
Aug. 4, 1:48 pm
