SunFest, the eclectic festival on West Palm Beach鈥檚 Intracoastal Waterway, is returning after a two year pandemic hiatus. About 50 from Slightly Stoopid and Black Pumas to Lil Wayne and Sam Hunt will hit three stages in four days alongside art installations and food vendors.
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Musicians throughout Palm Beach County say the link between music and community is undeniable. is a multi-instrumentalist, community advocate, and co-founder of the arts collective Soulfam.
The West Palm Beach native, who plans to perform with an 8-piece band, says the return of Sunfest is like a form of therapy for the city. The first-time performer said his father, a jazz musician, influenced his perspective about the power of music.
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SunFest is scheduled to run from Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 1st.
The festival had partnered with , the non-profit known for cultivating space for creatives, technologists and small startups, to find and showcase ".鈥�
, who was also part of the series, is a hip-hop artist and member of SoulFam collective. He's also a first-time performer at SunFest. Gudi帽o says music has helped him prove doubters wrong and get through these past two years. He calls this year鈥檚 music and art festival the 鈥済reat escape鈥� from pandemic living.
鈥淚t鈥檚 therapy to write. So if I didn鈥檛 have music I can only imagine how I would feel or maybe I would be trapped in like a black hole that I couldn鈥檛 get out of,鈥� Gudi帽o said. "Because everyone has to find a way to get that stuff out and I get it out through music.鈥�
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