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Below items will be taking place at Rumsey Playfield
Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side.
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The New York Pops and Melody Gardot
Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00 pm
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Living Colour, Ebony Bones!, Pillow Theory and CX KiDTRONiK
Saturday, June 5 at 3:00 pm
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Pupy y Los Que Son Son and Jose Conde: A Tribute to Fania Records
Sunday, June 6 at 3:00 pm
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SummerStage Gala
Tuesday, June 8 at 7:00 pm
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The 8th Annual Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil, featuring live sets from Os Paralmas Do Sucesso and Maria Gadu, followed by a screening of Oscar Niemeyer – Life is a Breath of Air
Saturday, June 12 at 7:00 pm
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Baaba Maal, Playing For Change
Monday, June 14 at 7:00 pm
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John Butler Trio, State Radio
Tuesday, June 15 at 4:00 pm
A benefit concert to support the full season of free programs at Central Park SummerStage.
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NYC Pride Rally featuring Me’Shell Ndegéocello , Martha Wash, The New York Gay Men’s Chorus, Vickie Shaw, Billie Myers, Bruce Vilanch and more
Saturday, June 19 at 4:00 pm
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Fête De La Musique / Make Music NY Celebration: Salif Keita, Tabou Combo, Lo’Jo
Sunday, June 20 at 3:00 pm
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CareFusion Jazz Festival New York: Mccoy Tyner Quartet featuring Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding and Francisco Mela & Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi
Wednesday, June 23 at 7:00 pm
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Tinariwen, Omar Souleyman, Toubab Krewe
Saturday, June 26 at 3:00 pm
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Gil Scott-Heron
Sunday, June 27 at 3:00 pm
Definitely Poetry: Daniel Bernard Roumain with special guests Emeline Michel, Erol Josué, Cave Canem Poets: Gina Dorcely, Gregory Pardlo and Mervyn Taylor
Tuesday, June 29 at 3:00 pm
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Nuyorican Poets Café
Wednesday, June 30 at 7:00 pm
- STANBULIVE II: The Sounds & Colors of Turkey featuring Kenan Dogulu, mor ve otesi, Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions, Burhan Ocal Tulug Tirpan, Sukriye Tutkun, & DJ Salih Saka
Saturday, July 3 at 3:00 pm
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Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible, El Guincho, Anita Tijoux. Presented in association with the 11th Annual LAMC
Wednesday, July 7 at 7:00 pm
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Maldita Vecindad, The Pinker Tones
Saturday, July 10 at 3:00 pm
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Raphael Saadiq, and Special Guests
Saturday, July 17 at 3:00 pm
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Global Family Day presented in association with Parents® House of Kids: Featuring Ralph’s World, Bethany and Rufus and Cirque-tacular Entertainment
Sunday, July 18 at 3:00 pm
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Comedy Central Park presents The Daily Show and Friends, hosted by Lewis Black
Wednesday, July 21 at 8:00 pm
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Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool’s Gold
Sunday, July 25 at 3:00 pm
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The Flaming Lips: Sold Out!
Monday, July 26 at 7:00 pm
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The Black Keys, The Morning Benders: Sold Out!
Tuesday, July 27 at 6:30 pm
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The Black Keys, The Morning Benders
Wednesday, July 28 at 3:00 pm
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Jovanatti, Los Amigos Invisibles, Natalia Lafourcade
Saturday, July 31 at 3:00 pm
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St.Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Basia Bulat
Sunday, August 1 at 3:00 pm
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Hot Chip, Hercules and Love Affair, Holy Ghost! Tickets $35
Monday, August 2 at 7:00 pm
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Clark Sisters and Kierra Kiki Sheard
Saturday, August 7 at 3:00 pm
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The xx, Chairlift, Jack Peñate
Sunday, August 8 at 7:00 pm
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Bachata Fest featuring Andy Andy, Luis Miguel de la Amargue, Elvis Martinez and Alexandra
Saturday, August 14 at 3:00 pm
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Public Enemy, Blitz The Ambassador, The 7th Octave
Sunday, August 15 at 3:00 pm
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Chrisette Michelle, Mario and Tamia
Saturday, August 21 at 3:00 pm
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The Specials, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears and $mall ¢hange
Sunday, August 22 at 3:00 pm
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Plus:
SummberStage Dance in Harlem
Comes to Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem
SummerStage presented by MasterCard
Leadership Support for Dance Programming Provided by Mertz Gilmore Foundation
- CREATIVE OUTLET DANCE THEATRE AND KYLE ABRAHAM/ ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION
Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
Friday, July 30
- 7:00 pm – Open Contemporary Modern dance class with Jamel Gaines (Dir. Of Creative Outlet)
- 8:00 pm – Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.in.Motion
- 8:50 pm – Creative Outlet Dance Theatr
- EARL MOSELEY’S INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND MICHAEL LEON THOMAS’ MOTION THEATER LAB
Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
Saturday, July 31
- 7:00 pm – Open Hip Funking Hop dance class with Calvin Wiley
- 8:00 pm – Motion Theater Lab
- 8:50 pm – Earl Moseley’s Institute of Dance
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ALSO:
Below is a listing of additional performances taking place throughout NYC.
Note that some of them do take place within Central Park.
- RENNIE HARRIS RHAW and LE SOUL AFRIQUE with special guest AKIM FUNK BUDDHA
St. Mary’s Park, Bronx
Friday, June 25
7:00pm
- Bronx Family Day
Featuring JOSE ORTIZ & BOMBAYO with special guest DAN ZANES
JOSE CONDE’S BABY LOVES SALSA
St. Mary’s Park, Bronx
Sunday, June 27
12:00 – 3:00 pm
- AMERICAN SCHEMES by Radha Blank, Directed by Charlotte L. Brathwaite
St. Mary’s Park, Bronx
Friday, July 2 – Saturday, July 3
8:00 pm
- JIMMY CLIFF, TREVOR HALL and VICTOR Démé
Central Park, Manhattan
Sunday, July 11
3:00 – 7:00 pm
- THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Summer Recital Series
Featuring vocalists Nathan Gunn, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano
Also featuring pianists Julie Gunn and Jonathan Kelly
Central Park, Manhattan
Monday, July 12
8:00pm – 10:00pm
- RYAN LESLIE
Presented in association with WBLS and Globe Star Media
Springfield Park, Queens
Wednesday, July 14
7:00 – 9:00 pm
- THE DANCE OF LIGHT choreographed by Vernard J. Gilmore and Abdur-Rahim Jackson
Queensbridge Park, Queens
Saturday, July 17
7:00 pm – Open HipFunkinHop dance class with Calvin Wiley
8:00 pm – The Dance of Light: Choreography by Vernard J. Gilmore and Abdur-Rahim Jackson
- THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Central Park, Manhattan
Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24
8:00 – 10:00 pm
blood pudding by Sharon Bridgforth, Directed by Baraka de Soleil
Springfield Park, Queens
Friday, July 23 – Saturday, July 24
8:00 pm
- JON B
Springfield Park, Queens
Presented in association with WBLS and Globe Star Media
Thursday, July 29
7:00 – 9:00 pm
- GEORGE LAMOND, JUDY TORRES and DJ LUCHO
East River Park, Manhattan
Wednesday, August 4
7:00 – 9:00 pm
- GIL SCOTT-HERON
Presented in association with Jill Newman productions
Part of the NYC Revolutions series
Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan
Thursday, August 5
7:00 – 8:30 pm
- blood pudding by Sharon Bridgforth, Directed by Baraka de Soleil
Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan
Friday, August 6 – Saturday, August 7
8:00 pm
- COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET and
DANCIN’ DOWNTOWN contest winners (To Be Announced May 17th)
Central Park, Manhattan
Tuesday, August 10
8:00 – 10:00 pm
- PAUL TAYLOR II and NAGANUMA DANCE
East River Park, Manhattan
Friday, August 13
7:00 pm – Open Contemporary Fusion dance class with Darcy Naganuma of Naganuma Dance
8:00 pm – Naganuma Dance
8:50 pm – Paul Taylor II
- OUR LATIN THING with DJ LUCHO Presents A Tribute to The FANIA ALL STARS
East River Park, Manhattan
Thursday, August 19
7:00 – 8:30 pm
- GOODBAR by Waterwell & Bambï
East River Park, Manhattan
Friday, August 20 – Sunday, August 22
8:00 pm
- FIVE DAYS IN MARCH by Toshiki Okada, Performed by Witness Relocation
East River Park, Manhattan
Monday, August 23 – Tuesday, August 24
8:00 pm
- BEOWULF – A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE, performed by Banana Bag & Bodice
East River Park, Manhattan
Wednesday, August 25 – Friday, August 27
8:00 pm
- The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival featuring:
McCOY TYNER, JASON MORAN AND THE BANDWAGON,
THE JD ALLEN TRIO and REVIVE DA LIVE: Charlie Parker Revisited
Part of the NYC Revolutions series
Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan
Saturday, August 28
3:00 – 7:00pm
- The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival featuring
CATHERINE RUSSELL, VIJAY IYER, THE COOKERS and JIMMY SCOTT
Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan
Sunday, August 29
3:00 – 7:00pm
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