Gabrielle Davenport

…is an Oakland-raised, Brooklyn-based curator & creative producer whose work centers on forging community through music and food.

She is also the co-founder of BEM | books & more, the bookstore for Black food literature, which she and her sister Danielle launched in January 2021.

Gabrielle has programmed music, dance, and performance for tiny clubs and large-scale venues alike since 2015. During her time at THE OFFICE performing arts + film, she was on the curatorial team at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival and helped produce a range of art happenings including a music theater premiere by internationally-acclaimed musician and activist Angélique Kidjo. Her earliest producing jobs in global music & jazz festivals ignited her drive to work in live arts that inspire, provoke, and delight.

Other credits include: Mile-Long Opera, The Kennedy Center, globalFEST, Joe’s Pub, and The Hum. She is currently producing and co-curating a celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary at BRIC.

Gabrielle writes words and music in her free time. She’s always eating a snack.

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Recent Things

Book Date No. 6 by Tembe Denton-Hurst [Extracurricular Substack]

Gabrielle Davenport Is ‘Very Much a Curry Person’ [Eater]

This Entire Bookstore Is Dedicated to Black Food Writing [Bon Appétit]

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