New York City: SummerStage Announces 2023 Season

*Metropolis Parks Basis is worked up to announce the 2023 season of Capital One Metropolis Parks Basis SummerStage, New York Metropolis’s beloved outside performing arts pageant, bringing 80 free and profit reveals to Central Park and 12 neighborhood parks throughout the 5 boroughs.

Returning for its thirty seventh 12 months, the pageant will as soon as once more showcase established and rising artists from throughout the globe, presenting a mess of genres together with salsa, jazz, hip-hop, indie rock, reggae, Afrobeats, soul, pop, international, modern dance, and plenty of extra.

This season may even shine a celebratory highlight on the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop and the style’s affect globally, with a various, multi-faceted collection of occasions showcasing all components of hip-hop tradition, from stay performances and DJ units to bop and graffiti shows throughout the 5 boroughs.

Neighborhood parks and outside areas internet hosting SummerStage this season embody Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Tompkins Sq. Park within the East Village, Von King Park and The Coney Island Amphitheater in Brooklyn, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, Crotona Park within the Bronx, Stapleton Waterfront Park in Staten Island, and SummerStage’s flagship venue at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Performances will likely be free and open to the general public, except for some ticketed profit live shows in Central Park. Extra data is obtainable at www.SummerStage.org.



View the official SummerStage 2023 season announcement video right here and the total season brochure right here.

“SummerStage is again for an additional distinctive 12 months of free programming,” mentioned Heather Lubov, Metropolis Parks Basis’s Govt Director. “It’s an honor to deliver to parks artists  which might be reflective of every neighborhood’s wealthy cultural cloth, whether or not these performers are acquainted or fully new discoveries.

Feeling the enjoyment and marvel of stay music with different New Yorkers is an expertise that’s unmatched and shouldn’t be underestimated.

At a time after we are more and more remoted, SummerStage makes use of our metropolis’s parks — important sources in each neighborhood — to attach audiences with one another in a really emotional and magical manner and, finally, to create neighborhood.”

Persevering with its legacy of making lineups that champion variety, SummerStage will current a season that includes artists from internationally bringing a mess of genres and cultures to New York Metropolis.

Opening the 2023 season on Saturday, June 10 in Central Park will likely be rollicking free performances by the acclaimed eight-piece soul band St. Paul and The Damaged Bones, with opening units by Brooklyn soul band Say She She, and Harlem primarily based jazz/soul/blues band Mwenso and The Shakes, with DJ units by WFUV’s Alisa Ali.  

The season’s free reveals in Central Park will take audiences on a musical journey throughout the globe, spanning a number of genres. The Nationwide Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene/Museum of Jewish Heritage will welcome New York Sings Yiddish! The Klezmatics and Particular Visitors on June 14. The AUSSIE BBQ will return on June 17 highlighting the sounds of Australia with a six artist invoice starting from art-rock to pop and rap.

Blue Notice Jazz Pageant will current a free present on June 24 with two of the elder statesman of jazz, Stanley Clarke N 4Ever and Kenny Garrett, joined by the dynamic younger jazz harpist Brandee Youthful.

Canada Day will deliver collectively a showcase of singer-songwriters that includes Andy Shauf, Leith Ross and Yves Jarvis on July 1. Brazilian music followers will get pleasure from a uncommon free efficiency by the legendary singer and instrumentalist Marisa Monte on July 2, whereas Catalan Sounds on Tour will return to Central Park on July 8 with singer/songwriter Queralt Lahoz.

The annual Latin Various Music Convention (LAMC) will deliver main star energy to SummerStage on July 12 with Colombian music icon and a number of GRAMMY award-winner Juanes in his first-ever free pageant present in NYC. Australian indie pop/people singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin and Pacific Northwest indigenous indie rock singer/songwriter Black Belt Eagle Scout will carry out on July 16.

Taiwanese Waves returns for a day of latest music and hip-hop together with Waa Wei and Dinosaur’s Head on July 23.

The fascinating Niger-born guitar virtuoso and songwriter Mdou Moctar and his band will carry out their distinctive model of contemporary rock music impressed by Tuareg guitar sounds on July 29.

Electronica-jazz undertaking and critically acclaimed The Comet is Coming, led by the electrifying Shabaka Hutchings, will take over SummerStage on August 2, together with Afro-Cuban/French digital jazz duo Ibeyi.

Present Dem Camp will make the U.S. debut of the Palmwine Music Pageant on August 27, showcasing the perfect in Nigeria’s burgeoning different music scene.

On September 3, acclaimed Brazilian hip-hop artist Emicida and Afro-Colombian star Goyo will carry out as a part of a particular movie screening occasion for the “AmarElo: It’s All For Yesterday.”

Closing out our free Central Park season on September 14 is likely one of the reigning queens of nation music and up to date Nation Music Corridor of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker.

The season will have fun the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop, highlighting not solely its historical past and significance to New York Metropolis but in addition the large impression it has had on tradition worldwide.

SummerStage is bringing again seminal artists to acknowledge their contributions to the style in addition to showcasing a few of hip-hop’s brightest younger innovators with free reveals throughout the 5 boroughs. MIKE will return to SummerStage together with his Younger World pageant at Von King Park in Brooklyn on July 15, whereas the legendary Grandmaster Flash will mark the “Start of a Tradition” on August 2 with a hometown present in Crotona Park within the Bronx – the borough that began all of it.

A Hip-Hop 50 Particular Version Showcase will take over Coney Island on August 6 that includes artists Particular Ed and extra hosted by Ralph McDaniels. Frankie Cutlass and Black Sheep’s Dres will have fun hip-hop on August 12 at Stapleton Waterfront Park in Staten Island, and DJ Funk Flex will deliver his birthday celebration to Brooklyn’s Coney Island on August 13.

SummerStage may even function artists from all over the world which have taken the NYC style and infused it with their very own tradition.

Argentina’s TRUENO and Puerto Rico’s Villano Antillano will have fun the Caribbean and reggaetón affect of hip-hop performing as a part of the LAMC pageant in Central Park on July 15. DJ Rekha will spin the fusion of Indian bhangra with hip-hop and dance beats they made well-known at their Basement Bhangra events in Queens at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on July 23, and Ghanafest-NY brings Stonebwoy – certainly one of Accra’s greatest Afro-pop stars – to Crotona Park within the Bronx on August 5.

“We’re thrilled to current one other vibrant season crammed with fascinating artists from all over the world and introduce music followers to their numerous sounds,” mentioned Erika Elliott, Govt Inventive Director of SummerStage.

“As we have fun the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop this 12 months, we’re excited to spotlight the worldwide impression that the style has had on music and tradition with an impressive lineup of worldwide artists and hometown heroes. SummerStage has been that includes hip-hop in our performances because the 90s and is devoted to giving a platform to showcase this essential tradition, shining a lightweight on the style each season.”

Spotlighting New York Metropolis, the season may even function acclaimed native artists returning to their NY roots. Brooklyn-based artist Nick Hakim will deliver his soulful R&B sounds again to Brooklyn when he performs on July 14 in Von King Park, R&B legends Kool & The Gang will return to SummerStage on July 22 in Queens’ Flushing Meadows Corona Park, salsa legend Eddie Palmieri can have crowds dancing on August 14 in Crotona Park and followers of New York Metropolis’s Latin -infused freestyle sound will get pleasure from high-energy performances by DJ Frankie Cutlass and The Cowl Women on August 12 in Staten Island’s Stapleton Waterfront Park.

Jazz virtuoso Jason Moran will deliver his critically acclaimed music undertaking, The Harlem Hellfighters, to Marcus Garvey Park on August 18 for its Harlem debut, offered in affiliation with Jazzmobile. 

As a part of a season-long partnership, impartial performing arts group Works & Course of will collaborate with SummerStage to showcase the artwork of dance on this 12 months’s season with particular performances. Dance reveals will kick off with The Masterz at Work Dance Household with Courtney Washington, the Black trans femme choreographer who’s a legend within the ballroom neighborhood on July 13 in Von King Park in Brooklyn.

Central Park will host award-winning, New York-based faucet dance firm, Dorrance Dance on July 26. Moreover, Works and Course of will function a dance residency with Women of Hip-Hop Dance Collective, the all feminine intergenerational group that creates dance works illuminating the energy, energy and variety of girls in hip-hop.

These performances may be discovered at choose reveals all through the season.

SummerStage can be thrilled to return for six free reveals at The Coney Island Amphitheater on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn.

These free performances will embody Tuff Gong Takeover feat Skip Marley & Pals on July 9; Golden Oldies on the Boardwalk that includes The Duprees, The Coasters, Charlie Thomas’ Drifters with Jeff Corridor, Bobby Wilson and plenty of extra on July 16; and Jose Alberto “El Canario” will carry out with The Huge 3 Palladium Orchestra together with The Music of Machito, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente on August 20. Further reveals will likely be introduced at a later date.

The 2023 SummerStage pageant will function ticketed profit reveals in Central Park to assist help Metropolis Parks Basis’s free performances. Reside Nation, this season’s official supplier of profit live shows, will current indie rock band Hippo Campus with Gus Dapperton on June 3; people rock duo Indigo Women on June 4; Hip-Hop Began Out In The Park – A Juneteenth Celebration of Hip-Hop offered by Google Pixel on June 19; DREAMLAND PRIDE will current German disco and home DJ Purple Disco Machine on June 25; alt-rockers Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds and Rubbish will carry out on July 10; Haitian digital DJ Michael Brun presents BAYO on July 22; Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba on July 24; indie pop singer Cavetown on August 3; alt-rock band Mt. Pleasure on August 9 and 10; a celebration of New York’s Dominican Day Parade with Orgullo Dominicano with Prince Royce, Vicente García, and YEИDRY on August 13; R&B and soul singer Cautious Clay on August 19; American rock bands Manchester Orchestra and Jimmy Eat World on August 23; singer-songwriter Regina Spektor on August 24; Australian indie people singer Vance Pleasure on August 30; and British techno and dance DJ Carl Cox on September 30. Along with these ticketed reveals, Bowery Presents will produce two ticketed live shows this season together with jazz rock singer Sammy Rae & The Pals on June 15 and musical band Michael Franti & Spearhead on June 28. Blue Notice Jazz Pageant may even current a ticketed present with jazz and blues icon Buddy Man on June 18. Extra profit reveals will likely be introduced all through the season.

The Charlie Parker Jazz Pageant, New York Metropolis’s annual salute to the eponymous late saxophonist, will return in its thirty first 12 months for a three-day celebration of stay jazz within the neighborhoods close to the place Parker labored and lived, together with Harlem’s historic Marcus Garvey Park and Tompkins Sq. Park within the East Village.

Annually, a few of the best jazz musicians on the earth are assembled who mirror “the Chicken’s” musical individuality and genius, to advertise appreciation for this extremely influential and world-renowned artist.

Operating August 25 to August 27, this 12 months’s lineup will deliver collectively storied, veteran gamers and the subsequent era of jazz artists together with Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Huge Band that includes Dianne Reeves in affiliation with Jazzmobile; groundbreaking jazz supergroup The Cookers; rising jazz bassist Endea Owens & The Cookout; legendary jazz saxophonist Charles McPherson; and the celebrated Vincent Herring Septet performing One thing Else! amongst others. Further jazz occasions may even be held throughout town to have fun the pageant, with extra particulars to be introduced on www.SummerStage.org.

As a women-run pageant with a mission of variety and inclusion, since 2019 SummerStage has helped to remodel the way forward for the music business by taking part within the PRS Basis’s worldwide Keychange pledge, presenting an annual lineup that incorporates a 50:50 gender steadiness.

SummerStage is likely one of the few native festivals that has achieved this purpose. SummerStage is dedicated to gender and racial fairness in its programming, and in 2022, 85% of artists recognized as BIPOC, and 84% of teams offered had been led by or included ladies.

“Capital One is dedicated to bettering lives, championing variety, and supporting our native communities,” mentioned Andy Ramamoorthy, Business Banking Chief Product Officer and New York Metropolis Market President, Capital One.

“Our sponsorship of SummerStage is a pure extension of that dedication. SummerStage has been a beloved summertime custom for over three a long time and we’re thrilled to help the ability of the humanities to deliver folks collectively, encourage creativity, and foster connections. We stay up for sharing within the pleasure of SummerStage with New Yorkers and guests from all over the world.”

Capital One is the pageant’s title sponsor (Capital One Metropolis Parks Basis SummerStage) and its official financial institution and bank card. A presenting sponsor since 2015, Capital One has helped SummerStage deliver lots of of artists to almost one million viewers members in parks throughout New York Metropolis.

Subaru will current the inaugural 2023 Subaru Music Sequence at SummerStage. This 4 present collection will kick off on Sunday, June 4 with the Indigo Women and proceed on Saturday, June 10 with St. Paul and The Damaged Bones, Wednesday, August 30 with Vance Pleasure and culminate on Thursday, September 14 with Tanya Tucker.

The art work for this season was created by New York-based artist and illustrator, Lauren Martin, whose work has been featured in The New York Instances, The Wall Avenue Journal, New York Journal, Paper Journal, The Los Angeles Instances and extra manufacturers. Drawn in a novel, fanciful model, the artwork captures the vibrancy and power of SummerStage.

The whole SummerStage schedule follows under. For probably the most up-to-date scheduling and lineup for all SummerStage programming, comply with SummerStage through the social media handles under and go to www.SummerStage.org for all pageant data.

Beneficiant personal help for SummerStage is offered by The Thompson Household Basis, Howard Gilman Basis, The Jaharis Household Basis, Mertz Gilmore Basis, The Shubert Group, J.E. & Z.B. Butler Basis, The Hyde and Watson Basis, and the NYU Neighborhood Fund.

This program is supported, partially, by public funds from the New York Metropolis Division of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Metropolis Council; the Nationwide Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the help of the Workplace of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Consulate Common of Brazil in New York.

Capital One is the title sponsor of Capital One Metropolis Parks Basis SummerStage. Supporting Sponsors iStar, Nationwide Grid, Subaru, Poppi, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sixpoint, Fiddlehead, Wolffer Cider, Sunboy, Archer Roose, United Airways.

Public help can be offered by the NYC Council beneath the management of Speaker Adams, together with Council Member Gale Brewer, Council Member Kamillah Hanks, Council Member Chi Ossé, Council Member Keith Powers, and Council Member Carlina Rivera.

Media associate help for the season is offered by iHeartMedia together with Z100 New York, 106.7 Lite FM, Energy 105.1, KTU, and Q104.3, Zoom Media | GymTV, ALL ARTS and The WNET Group, Telemundo, WBGO, WFUV, Relix, DoNYC, NME, and Huge Display Plaza.

In all of its programming and actions, Metropolis Parks Basis companions with the New York Metropolis Division of Parks & Recreation to enhance neighborhood parks and the communities they serve.

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About Metropolis Parks Basis

At Metropolis Parks Basis, we’re devoted to invigorating and remodeling parks into dynamic, vibrant facilities of city life by sports activities, arts, neighborhood constructing and

teaching programs for all New Yorkers. Our packages — positioned in additional than 300 parks, recreation facilities and public colleges throughout New York Metropolis — attain over 275,000 folks every year. Our ethos is easy: thriving parks imply thriving communities.

About SummerStage 

Capital One Metropolis Parks Basis SummerStage is certainly one of New York’s most beloved, broadly accessible, free outside performing arts festivals. SummerStage yearly presents almost 80 free and profit performances in Central Park and neighborhood parks all through the 5 boroughs to 217,000 followers. With performances in genres that characterize the cultural cloth of New York Metropolis starting from jazz, hip-hop, Latin, international, indie and modern dance, SummerStage fills an important area of interest in New York Metropolis’s summer season arts pageant panorama. Since its inception almost 40 years in the past, greater than six million folks from New York Metropolis and all over the world have loved SummerStage.

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