| Venue name: | Central Park, SummerStage | Contact: |
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| Address: |
at Rumsey Playfield New York 10021 |
Cross street: | enter at Fifth Ave and 72nd St |
| Transport: | Subway: 6 to 68th St–Hunter College |
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MusicRobert Glasper Experiment + Phony Ppl + Tank and the Bangas
Grammy Award—winning pianist and R&B auteur Robert Glasper brings his genre-melding Experiment to SummerStage as part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival. Also on the bill are playful Brooklyn quintet Phony Ppl and electrifying New Orleans soul outfit Tank...
Jazz Sunday June 25 2017 Free -
Things to doThe Freedom Party Fourteenth Anniversary
The Freedom Party has been delivering its try-not-to-dance-to-this tunes to packed dance floors for 14 years, and today sees the shindig’s main men—DJs Marc Smooth, Cosi and Herbert Holler—in full daytime dance-party mode at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield. Don’t...
Wednesday June 28 2017 Free -
MusicMon Laferte + Princess Nokia + ÌFÉ
Chilean singer and multi-instrumentalist Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte, better known as Mon Laferte, serves up her warm blend of rock, blues, pop and cumbia behind her latest, La Trenza. Sharing the bill are Bronx-based rapper Princess Nokia and...
Latin and world Wednesday July 12 2017 Free -
MusicFela Tribute with Roy Ayers, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 + Underground System + Rich Medina
Iconic vibraphonist and R&B pioneer Ayers joins forces with Fela Kuti's son, Seun Kuti, to pay tribute to the founder of afrobeat. Count on Brooklyn six-piece Underground System, which fittingly takes its name from a Fela Kuti song, and esteemed selector...
Latin and world Sunday July 16 2017 Free -
MusicYo La Tengo + Ultimate Painting
As beloved an indie-rock institution as Hoboken has ever spat out, Yo La Tengo is known for employing its compendious knowledge of covers in its live shows (and also on 2015's Stuff Like That There), so it's possible you'll hear anything from Hank Williams...
Rock and indie Monday July 17 2017 Free -
MusicElza Soares + Liniker e os Caramelows + Teleseen
Brazilian singer Soares made a name for herself in the 1950s, incorporating elements of New Orleans jazz into traditional samba music. Since then, her inimitable rasp and unwavering courage in the face of tragedy, exile and hardship has made her a living...
Latin and world Saturday August 5 2017 Free -
MusicMulatu Astatke + Emel Mathlouthi + Alsarah & the Nubatones + DJ Sirak
In the mid-’60s, Astatke began bending the rules of American jazz to fit the traditional music of his native Ethiopia and ended up launching an entire genre known as Ethio-jazz—a profoundly deep and funky style that hasn’t lost a shred of its cool over...
Jazz Sunday August 20 2017 Free -
MusicPatti Smith and Her Band + Jackson Smith + Jesse Paris Smith
If you see music regularly in New York, odds are good that you've caught the reigning baroness of punk rock, Patti Smith, before—and odds are also high that you've gone home impressed. The uncompromising, defiant songstress honors her late husband, Fred...
Rock and indie Thursday September 14 2017 -
MusicThe War on Drugs
Adam Granduciel's War on Drugs' ability to channel the holy trinity of Dylan, Petty and Springsteen means their music often begs to be played on a road trip or on a sunny back patio. We suppose a summer evening in Central Park will do, too. The band's...
Rock and indie Friday September 22 2017
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SummerStage is a NYC summer staple. You can catch acts big and small almost any day of the week on the main stage in Central Park. And many of the shows are even free to attend. There are plenty of food and drink options with many outposts that may be familiar from places like Brooklyn's Smorgasburg. It's the perfect summer night out for a live music fix.
