Spike Lee's New Joint—Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee will launch Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party, a new multi-disciplinary arts festival, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in November 2026.
Filmmaker Spike Lee, along with Nicholas Ma and Clara Wu Tsai, has announced a two-day festival celebrating Brooklyn’s creative culture scheduled for November 6–7, 2026. The event, titled Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party, will be hosted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and feature a mix of film screenings, live music, poetry, and food.
The programming begins Friday at the Howard Gilman Opera House, followed by a Saturday schedule of guest-curated pop-ups and a free community block party. The festival will conclude with a screening of the 1994 film Crooklyn, featuring appearances by Lee, Alfre Woodard, and other special guests.
Lee, who grew up in Fort Greene, established the festival to honor the borough's influence on his work. While a full lineup has not been released, tickets are expected to go on sale in September 2026 through the festival's official website.
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