Rough Trade has curated a new—and free—festival called Indieplaza, coming to the plaza at New York’s Rockefeller Center on September 17 and 18. For the inaugural bill, the venerable store and label selected A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad to headline, with Yaya Bey, Mary Lattimore, Claud, Horsegirl, Automatic, King Hannah, They Hate Change, and Cola among the others set to feature. Nation of Language will play a DJ set.
The festival—co-presented by Rough Trade and Rockefeller Center—will also include a band merchandise market, music-making workshops, and food and drink from local businesses, according to a press release.
Since Rough Trade’s record store moved from Brooklyn to the Rockefeller Center last June, it has hosted a concert series at the Rainbow Room and contributed to what a press release calls “the cultural regeneration of midtown” Manhattan. You can RSVP for Indieplaza at Dice.