Sugar Hill Music Festival

Harlem’s Sugar Hill Music Festival returns for its ninth year, turning the Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn (at Edgecombe Avenue and West 155th Street) into an afternoon-long celebration of jazz, gospel, Latin music and a celebration of one of New York’s most storied neighborhoods. Presented by While We Are Still Here, the free festival is headlined this year by seven-time Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon. The lineup also features Haitian-American vocalist Pauline Jean, multilingual Bronx-born artist Jenn Jade Ledesna, the Lavender Light Gospel Choir and the Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra, bringing a full spectrum of sound and community spirit to Harlem’s summer stage.