BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night: Sheila E. + Leon Knight + DJ Spinna
About This Event
At BRIC's Celebrate Brooklyn opening night, percussionist Sheila E. is billed with dancer Leon Knight and Brooklyn DJ Vincent "DJ Spinna" Williams. The lineup foregrounds groove and rhythmic precision: Sheila E.'s R&B-, funk- and Latin-inflected percussion, Spinna's club-rooted selections and patient transitions, and Knight's concert-to-club movement vocabulary as a parallel rhythmic voice.
About the Artists
Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night: Sheila E. + Leon Knight + DJ Spinna
Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night brings Sheila E., Leon Knight, and DJ Spinna to BRIC’s Prospect Park bandshell for a bill built around groove and movement. Sheila E. is a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist whose work moves between R&B, funk, jazz, and Latin lineages, shaped by bandleading and ensemble discipline.
Sheila E.
Sheila E. is an American percussionist, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose work moves between R&B, funk, jazz, and Latin forms. Known primarily for drums and percussion, she builds performances around groove, call-and-response, and bandleading as much as solo virtuosity.
Leon Knight
Leon Knight is a dancer and performance artist whose work appears on New York City stages, including BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! opening night bill alongside Sheila E. and DJ Spinna. He moves between concert presentation and club-rooted energy, adapting his vocabulary to live music and DJ sets.
DJ Spinna
DJ Spinna is Vincent E. Williams, a Brooklyn-based DJ and producer whose work moves between hip hop roots and deep house mechanics. Long regarded as an artist who keeps close to the underground, he prioritizes selection and groove over visibility.