MassQ Ball

✨ MassQ Ball 2025: COLOR ✨
📅 Saturday, October 4th | ⏰ 10AM–4PM
📍 Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University ( )

We’re thrilled to share the full artist lineup + performance schedule for this one-of-a-kind celebration of art, community, and COLOR! 🌈

🌿 TOP OF DAY (10AM – 12PM)
The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag (Ceremonial Smudging)
Cornell W. Coley ( )(African Drum Circle)

💃🏾 PERFORMANCE GROUP A (11AM – 1PM)
The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. ( )
Christopher Robinson (Think Outside the Vox )(ASL Spoken Word Griot)
Floorlords Crew ( ) (Hip Hop Dance)
Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE) ( ) (Haitian-Folkloric Dance)
DIS-N-DAT BAND ( ) (Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan)
Hyde Square Task Force ( ) (Afro Latin Youth Music, Dance & Theatre)

🎶 PERFORMANCE GROUP B (2PM – 4PM)
The Wellness Collaborative (Healing Bridge Ceremony)
Ife Franklin ( ) (African American Ring Shout)
Anjali Nath Kathak Artist ( ) (North Indian Kathak Dance)
Steph Davis ( ) (Ghanaian Gyil)
Gund Kwok Asian Women's Lion & Dragon Dance Troupe ( )(Chinese Lion Dance)
Isaura Oliveira ( ) & Power of Skirts (Afro-Brazilian Indigenous Performance Ritual)
Danza Orgánica ( ) (Social Justice Dance)
Shaw Pong Liu ( ) Secret Grove (Interactive Activation)

🎨 ALL DAY (10AM – 4PM)
MassQing Along Hemlock Road (Ceremonial Face Painting)
Lilly Manycolors ( ) Earthen Portal & Spider Mummas (Art Installation Viewing)
Crystal Bi ( )Float (Interactive Art)
Shaw Pong Liu Secret Grove (Interactive Art)
Naoe Suzuki ( ) We Are & Carrying Roots (Interactive Art)

🌟 It’s going to be an unforgettable day of music, dance, ritual, and art you won’t just see—you’ll experience.

RSVP now and join us at MassQ Ball 2025: massqball.com