CELEBRATE DIASPORA
MoCADA is your official World Cup 2026 Brooklyn hub. Join us June 11- July 19, 2026 in celebrating the various players and teams representing the African diaspora through an unforgettable, multi-sensory experience, including: cafe watch parties, an art exhibition, performances, a dedicated podcast, and more.
MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO:
EXPERIENCE BROOKLYN
Explore MoCADA’s World Cup schedule of watch parties, exhibition, special events, and more below. Space is limited. Please RSVP to save your sport.
DATE
TEAMS
CAFE HOURS
LINK TO REGISTER
DATE
TEAMS
CAFE HOURS
LINK TO REGISTER
DATE
TEAMS
CAFE HOURS
LINK TO REGISTER
Sunday, June 28, 2026
South Africa vs Canada
3pm – 5pm
Thank you for joining us!
Monday, June 29, 2026
Brazil vs Japan
Paraguay vs Germany
Morocco vs Netherlands
1pm – 3pm
4:30pm – 6:30pm
9pm – 11:00pm
Thank you for joining us!
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Ivory Coast vs Norway
France vs Sweden
Mexico vs Ecuador
1pm – 3pm
5pm – 7pm
9pm – 11pm
Thank you for joining us!
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
DR Congo vs England
Senegal vs Belgium
12pm – 2pm
4pm – 6pm
Thank you for joining us!
Friday, July 3, 2026
Egypt vs Australia
Cape Verde vs Argentina
Ghana vs Colombia
2pm – 4pm
6pm – 8pm
9:30pm – 11:30pm
Thank you for joining us!
DATE
TEAMS
CAFE HOURS
LINK TO REGISTER
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Brazil vs Morocco
Haiti vs Scotland
5pm – 8:00pm
8pm – 11:30pm
9pm – 11:00pm
Thank you for joining us!
Co-Hosts
Capicu! NYC is a party and lifestyle brand in the spirit of the “old Nuevo Yol!” It’s a celebration of Nuyorican, Afro Caribbean and Latin American heritage through dominoes, DJs, dancing, and more.
NuevaYorkinos is a digital project by filmmaker and archivist Djali Brown-Cepeda dedicated to documenting and preserving New York City’s Latino and Caribbean culture and history through family photographs and stories. This counter-archive empowers participants to tell their own stories as a radical act of self-determination and liberation
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Germany vs Curaçao
Ivory Coast vs Ecuador
12pm – 3pm
6pm – 9pm
Thank you for joining us!
Monday, June 15, 2026
Spain vs Cape Verde
Belgium vs Egypt
11am – 2pm
3pm – 5pm
Thank you for joining us!
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
France vs Senegal
Argentina vs Algeria
2pm – 5pm
8pm – 11pm
Thank you for joining us!
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Portugal vs DRC
Ghana vs Panama
12pm – 3pm
6pm – 9pm
Thank you for joining us!
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Czechia vs South Africa
11am – 3pm
Thank you for joining us!
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Germany vs Ivory Coast
Ecuador vs Curaçao
3pm – 5pm
7pm – 9:30pm
Thank you for joining us!
Co-Hosts
Capicu! NYC is a party and lifestyle brand in the spirit of the “old Nuevo Yol!” It’s a celebration of Nuyorican, Afro Caribbean and Latin American heritage through dominoes, DJs, dancing, and more.
NuevaYorkinos is a digital project by filmmaker and archivist Djali Brown-Cepeda dedicated to documenting and preserving New York City’s Latino and Caribbean culture and history through family photographs and stories. This counter-archive empowers participants to tell their own stories as a radical act of self-determination and liberation
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Uruguay vs Cape Verde
New Zealand vs Egypt
5pm – 7:30pm
8pm – 11:30pm
Thank you for joining us!
Monday, June 22, 2026
France vs Iraq
Norway vs Senegal
4pm – 7pm
7pm – 9:30pm
Thank you for joining us!
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
England vs Ghana
Panama vs Croatia
Colombia vs DRC
3pm – 6pm
6pm – 9:00pm
9pm – 11:30pm
Thank you for joining us!
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Scotland vs Brazil
Morocco vs Haiti
S. Africa vs S. Korea
5pm – 8pm
5pm – 8pm
9pm – 11pm
Thank you for joining us!
Co-Host
Friday, June 26, 2026
Senegal vs Iraq
2pm – 5pm
Thank you for joining us!
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Panama vs England
Ghana vs. Croatia
DRC vs Uzbekistan
Colombia vs Portugal
4pm – 7pm
4pm – 7pm
7pm-9:30pm
7pm-9:30pm
Thank you for joining us!
Co-Hosts
Capicu! NYC is a party and lifestyle brand in the spirit of the “old Nuevo Yol!” It’s a celebration of Nuyorican, Afro Caribbean and Latin American heritage through dominoes, DJs, dancing, and more.
NuevaYorkinos is a digital project by filmmaker and archivist Djali Brown-Cepeda dedicated to documenting and preserving New York City’s Latino and Caribbean culture and history through family photographs and stories. This counter-archive empowers participants to tell their own stories as a radical act of self-determination and liberation
PITCH BLACK: HAITI + CONGO REVISITED
On view June 12 – October 11, 2026
Using World Cup 1974 as a window into Black diasporan identity, MoCADA explores the profound relationship between sibling countries Haiti and Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly known as Zaire). On the surface, the year 1974 marked an iconic first for both national teams — qualifying for the global soccer tournament and uplifting Caribbean and African nationalism to a higher platform. Beneath the surface, the twin countries, which share psychic memory, spiritual roots, and blood through the TransAtlantic Slave Trade, were contending with a sordid history with imperialistic powers and authoritarian leadership. Fifty two years later, as Congo and Haiti return to the global stage, one question remains: Fight or Flight?
MoCADA World Cup Watch Parties, Saturdays
WHEN: Saturdays, June 13, 20, 27
WHERE: MoCADA Culture Lab II, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Join Capicu! NYC and NuevaYorkinos every Saturday for MoCADA World Cup 2026. They’re bringing in the spirit of the “old Nuevo Yol!” through a celebration of Nuyorican, Afro Caribbean and Latin American heritage with dominoes, DJs, dancing, and more.
MoCADA World Cup Watch Parties x LDP Tastings
WHEN: Select dates; Check the World Cup schedule
WHERE: MoCADA Culture Lab II, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Regine Sawyer (Lockett Down Productions) is a Wine & Spirit Educator and Event Specialist, curating tasting events across the NYC mero area for 15+ years. For MoCADA World Cup 2026, she’s bringing her expertise ranging from mixology to wine tasting facilitation for wine and spirit enthusiasts.
Leveling the Field: A Film Preview + Conversation with Soccer Legend Clyde Best + NASL player Patrick Horne
WHEN: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 @6:30 – 9pm (Doors @ 6:30pm, Event start @ 7:00pm)
WHERE: MoCADA Culture Lab II, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Join football pioneer Clyde Best and NASL player Patrick Horne for an evening of conversation, storytelling, and film excerpts from Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story, presented by The Black Soccer Coaches Community with United Soccer Coaches in collaboration with MoCADA.
The discussion will explore the global influence of Black footballers—from Pelé and the rise of Brazilian football to the impact of players from Africa, the Caribbean, and the broader African diaspora whose talent, courage, and perseverance helped transform the world’s game.
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Ligue of Nations: A Football themed Dance Party by Foreigner
WHEN: Sunday, July 12, 2026 @ 2 – 7pm
WHERE: MoCADA Culture Lab II, 10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Get your best football gear and come prepared to sweat to great music with great people.
FOREIGNER, an LA-based DJ born in Trinidad & Tobago and raised in Caracas, Venezuela & Brooklyn, presents Ligue of Nations, a football themed dance party dedicated to the sounds of the diaspora. Committed to Panafrican philosophy, Foreigner is positioned as the creator and resident DJ behind of some of the wildest nuanced Afrodiasporic parties in Los Angeles. And now he’s bringing it back to Brooklyn…Pull up!
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Get in the spirit of World Cup with these special coloring pages inspired by images from World Cup 1974 that appear in our current exhibition, Pitch Black: Haiti and Congo Revisited. Download them for free and color them at home, or visit MoCADA’s cafe for additional coloring pages on site. Fun for all ages.
