Seasonal & Holidays
Kwanzaa Crawl 2019: Revelers Heading To Brooklyn, Harlem
Here's what you need to know about the fourth annual Kwanzaa Crawl.
NEW YORK CITY — Thousands of revelers will flock to black-owned venues across New York City this week to celebrate Kwanzaa with a bar crawl.
New York's fourth annual Kwanzaa Crawl will bring about 5,000 people into 35 bars, clubs and lounges in Brooklyn and Manhattan on Dec. 26, organizers announced.
Sisters and co-founders Kerry Coddett and Krystal Stark say the event is about supporting black-owned businesses by generating about $250,000 in cash during the day.
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"As we embark upon a new decade," said Stark, "it's incumbent upon us to use the lessons from our forbearers as a blueprint to build a stronger foundation for our future."
Before the festivities begins, crawlers will partake in a Kwanzaa Ceremony, lighting the kinara, the candelabra of Kwanzaa, and singing the Black National Anthem, organizers said.
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Brooklyn crawlers will meet at the Black Lady Theatre at 760 Nostrand Ave. and the Masonic Temple at 317 Clermont Ave. at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. before heading to one of about 30 bars in Bed-Stuy and Fort Greene.
Manhattan Kwanzaa crawlers are set to meet at 46 West 116th St. at 12:30 p.m. before heading to bars that include:
Tickets cost about $40 on the Kwanzaa Crawl website, and a portion of proceeds will go to the nonprofits Barbershop Books and Seeds of Fortune.
This year's theme is "Black to the Future."
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