Tinkerfest 2023: MusicFest
1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9
The ARTSpace on Main, 623 S. Main St., Pine Bluff
FREE! ALL AGES!
Stephin Booth
Celebrate music during ASC’s annual Tinkerfest; this year is MusicFest! The activities will be at The ARTSpace on Main, 623 S. Main St. in Pine Bluff.
The event is FREE and for all ages.
ASC is partnering with world percussionist Stephin Booth to perform and teach an Afro-Caribbean drumming exhibition.
Visitors can explore and learn about Afro-Caribbean music and instruments. At instrument-building stations, visitors can create, design, and paint their own instruments to jam with us during this event.
Questions? Contact ASC Education Programs Manager Shakeelah Rahmaan at srahmaan@asc701.org or call 870-536-3375.
ABOUT STEPHIN BOOTH
Stephin Booth is a percussionist and educator with professional ties to Los Angeles. He has worked on music projects with internationally known artists such as Rudy Ray Moore, Rosie Grier, Little Richard, Kashif, Debbie Allen, and Cathy Person.
He lives in Little Rock, where he is an integral part of the Afro-Caribbean style drumming scene, and has worked with highly acclaimed music professionals such as Tim Anthony and LeRon McAdoo.
In 2005, he connected with City Year and led a Caribbean drumming exhibition and workshop, which led to an invitation to open for President Clinton at the William Jefferson Clinton Congressional Library in Little Rock, and perform an Afro-Caribbean drumming exhibition.
Since then, he has had opportunities to share the knowledge of the drum with organizations such as the Heifer Foundation, the Little Rock Children’s Hospital, the Arkansas Arts Center, The President’s Council Winter Meeting, and lead the parade of the Little Rock Zoo’s 80th-anniversary celebration.
More recently, he has shared Afro-Caribbean drumming with at-risk youth at programs hosted at the community-based venue Brandon House Cultural and Performing Arts Center in Little Rock.
Visit Booth’s website at worldpercussionist.com.
MusicFest is sponsored by The Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation, an affiliate office of the Arkansas Community Foundation, Inc.
