Elements Music and Arts Festival brings the heat with extraordinary event
On a recent scorching summer Saturday, thousands of revelers gathered on the shores of the Gowanus Canal in Red Hook to attend BangOn!NYC’s Elements Music and Arts Festival.
The debauchery-filled nine-hour celebration, which took place around the perimeter of the deserted Red Hook Grain Terminal, boasted fire breathers, aerial acrobats, a wakeboarder performing stunts in the toxic waters of the Gowanus Canal and some of the music industry’s top DJs.
Partygoers decked themselves out in elaborate costumes and were treated to lively beats, over-the-top performances and Brooklyn-made food and drinks.
There were five differently themed stages, large-scale art installations, sculptures, 3-D projection mapping, art cars, rides, slides, circus performances and exotic clothing and jewelry vendors.