NYC: Memorial Day Weekend Bash In East Village

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OKA fav Chief Boima, DJ Marco, DJ Sirak, and DJ Xpect are back at it with another PAN party tonight (Friday, May 25) at Bamboo in the East Village. PAN is a global pan-African experience that brings the best “young, fresh, and creative sounds coming out of the African diaspora at large.” Tonight is all about supporting the “African in New York” movement and keepin it going for di summertime (as Vybz Kartel would say).

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