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If there’s one more party you pledge to go to in the dwindling summer sunlight, make it this fest. Elements Outdoor Music and Arts Festival, a gigantic celebration in Red Hook on Saturday 13, features five music stages, extreme aerial performances, supersized art installations and so much more to create a daydreamer’s paradise. Here’s everything you can expect from the industrial waterfront wonderland.
Sick beats
The massive music lineup includes dozens of dance artists, with headliners Gramatik, Klingande, Claptone, Mija and Ghastly. The bass bumps on five different stages (most hosted by trusted party names like Webster Hall and California’s Desert Hearts) all day long, so you can wander at will. And don’t worry about being shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people; there’s room to roam and extra areas for lounging in the shade.
Wild performances
Last year, aerial performers leapt off the roof of a building to twirl hundreds of feet in the air above awed crowds below. This year the act (with aerialists from event powerhouse House of Yes) promises to be even more daring, accompanied by fire breathers, circus performers and Bushwig drag queens working the crowd. Immersive theater group Houseworld puts on shows, during which audience members play a part, the dancers of Team Kitty Koalition show off their sultry moves, and Red Bull athlete Steel Lafferty catches some air on his wakeboard in the Gowanus Bay.
Art attack
Creative agency Vision District screen 3-D–projected videos for you to feast your eyes on, while body painters make you the canvas. There’s a bunch of decorated art cars, which you can dance and people-watch on top of, and you’ll even find a bouncy castle to frolic in.
Bites and booze
No partyer can survive on good vibes alone. When you’re ready to refuel, hit up food trucks from Bareburger, Pizza Moto, Bamboo Bites and more, plus get your beer and liquor fix from several spots, including the Banyan Bar, where you can pretend you’re drinking in the Amazon rain forest.
Elements Outdoor Music and Arts Festival is Sat 13 1–10pm (eventbrite.com). $80–$140.