Monday, June 9, 2025

This week at Summer for the City

Lincoln Center's Summer for the City
AN audience dances under a 10 ft disco ball

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This week at Summer for the City 

Get ready for the ultimate New York festival. Join us at opening week of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City with FREE and Choose-What-You-Pay events that will take your summer to new heights.


An Evening with Ariana DeBose: Free Rush Tickets

Join us on Thursday, June 12 at 8:30 pm for Lincoln Center's Spring Gala concert, hosted by Amy Sedaris and starring Ariana DeBose. 

250+ FREE tickets will be available beginning at 6 pm the day of the performance! 

FREE Fast Track reservations open every Monday at noon for select performances.
To reserve Fast Track visit LincolnCenter.org/FastTrack.

Wednesday, June 11

In collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
11:00 am and 1:00 pm, LeFrak Lobby, David Geffen Hall
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

LaFrae Sci reads Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills and performs with electric music instruments, field recording, and samples.

6:00 pm, The Dance Floor 
FREE: General Admission 

The winning Step It Up NYC competition teams premiere their final dance routine at Lincoln Center!

7:30 pm, Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Innovative voices in the fields of jazz, Latin pop, Hip-Hop, Cuban traditional, and R&B chart the future of music at an opening night extravaganza!

8:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Celebrate our opening night with DJ CherishTheLuv, and be the first to groove on The Dance Floor this summer!

Thursday, June 12

6:30 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Heat up The Dance Floor in vintage style with the hot jazz sounds of the GRAMMY-winning Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra!

8:00 pm, The Underground at Jaffe Drive
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

GRAMMY-nominated performer and composer Nathalie Joachim kicks off this year's Living Music Underground series!

An Evening with Ariana DeBose

Lincoln Center Spring Gala Honoring Ralph Schlosstein and Ambassador Jane Hartley

8:30 pm, Alice Tully Hall
FREE Rush Tickets! 

A celebration of the performing arts hosted by Amy Sedaris and headlined by Ariana DeBose. Over FREE 250+ rush tickets available for this one-night only concert!

Friday, June 13

6:30 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Dance to the future of salsa with Lulada Club's all-women orchestra and their bold reinvention of the Big Band sound.

9th Jazztopad Festival NYC

Michiyo Yagi and Hamid Drake Duo With Wacław Zimpel

7:30 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Discover the musicians creating cutting edge sound at the vanguard of Polish jazz at the annual Jazztopad music festival.

10:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Turn up, turn on, and get down with this late night Silent Disco featuring the sounds of Discolocas, who empower women through music on vinyl.

Saturday, June 14

Steel Pan Family Concert

And Next Level Devils Masquerade Workshop

12:00 pm, Hearst Plaza
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Start Caribbean Day off right with an interactive family-friendly steel pan drum performance and blue devil masquerade workshop!

2:30 pm, Hearst Plaza
FREE: General Admission

Caribbean Day continues on Hearst Plaza with a poetry reading led by Kei Miller and Eljon Wardally.

Special Viewing: "SAFE SPACE" by Miles Regis

An Augmented Reality Experience

3:30 pm, Josie Robertson Plaza, Outside the Metropolitan Opera House
FREE: General Admission

Bring your smartphone to experience this expressive and joyous work of art, all accessible for free through web-based technology.

6:00 pm, Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission

Stop by the artisan craft market at Damrosch Park, featuring clothing, cuisine, jewelry, artwork, and more by local Caribbean vendors.

7:00 pm, Damrosch Park
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track, and via Livestream

The biggest names in Caribbean calypso and soca music light up Damrosch Park with an electrifying concert that brings Carnival's Road March to NYC!

9th Jazztopad Festival NYC

Wacław Zimpel, Arun Ramamurthy & Brooklyn Raga Massive

7:30 pm, David Rubenstein Atrium
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track 

Discover the musicians creating cutting edge sound at the vanguard of Polish jazz at the annual Jazztopad music festival.

9:00 pm, The Dance Floor
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

DJ and producer CoolBlaze lights up The Dance Floor with an eclectic mix of the Caribbean's biggest hits for an epic culminating Silent Disco!

Sunday, June 15

Seen, Sound, Scribe

Hosted by Mahogany L. Browne

6:00 pm, The Underground at Jaffe Drive
FREE: General Admission + Fast Track

Mahogany L. Bowne hosts a thought-provoking evening of spoken word, spirited conversation, and presentations of new work.

Wellness comes in all forms, which is why The Art of Wellbeing series is specially curated to help you recharge both physically and mentally. Whether you prefer meditation or movement, we've got a session to suit your needs. Bring friends, family, or come on your own to add more self-care to your summer. And try these easy ways to bring more wellness to your week from experts at NewYork-Presbyterian. 

4 Ways to Boost Wellness. 1. Make it a point to stand up and stretch once an hour every day. 2. Replace sugary snacks with fresh fruit and veggies. 3. Stop the scroll and stow your phone for 30 min to read a book or magazine. 4. Catch more ZZZ's by setting a reminder to go to bed 15 minutes earlier each night.

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