Lincoln Center Presents
Summer for the City
June 12–August 10, 2024
200+ FREE or Choose-What-You-Pay events for all New Yorkers!
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Celebrate the cultural richness of India
Don't miss India Week, from July 10–14, offering silent discos, dance performances and concerts, comedy nights, and literary events. India Week »Upcoming events
July 03 at 11:00 am
Summer for the City
Kids, Teens, and Families
Musical Storytime with Laura Ziegler
Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
July 03 at 11:00 am
The Garden at Damrosch Park
Kids of all ages will be entranced by this outdoor book reading of Cedella Marley's One Love with live music!
MUSIC
FAMILY
LITERATURE
July 03 at 1:00 pm
Summer for the City
Kids, Teens, and Families
Musical Storytime with Laura Ziegler
Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
July 03 at 1:00 pm
The Garden at Damrosch Park
Kids of all ages will be entranced by this outdoor book reading of Cedella Marley's One Love with live music!
MUSIC
FAMILY
LITERATURE
July 03 at 8:00 pm
Summer for the City
Comedy Underground
Comedy Underground
Comedy & Politics: An Evening with Lizz Winstead
Lincoln Center Presents
July 03 at 8:00 pm
The Underground at Jaffe Drive
Comedy performing arts nonprofit NYLaughs produces a free stand-up comedy showcase featuring up-and-coming NYC comedians.
COMEDY
July 03 at 8:00 pm
Summer for the City
Pharoahe Monch & Friends: Internal Affairs 25th Anniversary
Lincoln Center Presents
July 03 at 8:00 pm
Damrosch Park
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough beginning, GRAMMY winner Pharoahe Monch brings the party for a career-spanning concert.
HIP-HOP
The Atrium transforms into Bina48's Afro Future Garden
Through June 30, open the door to a world where humans and AI learn from each other. Visit Bina48’s Afro Future Garden designed by Mickalene Thomas with interior and set design by Lutfi Janania. A project of the Terasem Movement Foundation, Bina48 is a humanoid robot powered by AI and the only social robot inspired, created, and programmed with mind files from an African American woman, Bina Rothblatt. Spend time in the space-age garden, completely immersed in a futuristic world where you may find yourself part of a conversation with Bina48. From 12:00–1:00 pm each day, the sound installation features Sonic Futures Multichannel Works, works by students from Berklee College of Music.This is your place to BE this summer
CELEBRATE new commissions for the first time
Nona Hendryx pushes the boundaries of art and technology, combining the physical and digital worlds in The Dream Machine Experience through June 30. Bring on the laughs as the clever, big-hearted stylings of musical theater maestro Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra are elevated for the first time by a full orchestra on June 28. In July, the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center performs the North American premiere of Huang Ruo’s City of Floating Sounds, an interactive work that fuses music and technology with a mobile app-enabled soundscape and live performance. Or, celebrate the Queens of Hip-Hop with an immersive night of orchestral music, DJs, and dance.
PARTICIPATE at the intersection of arts and civic engagement
Join us for our Civic Saturdays performance series, designed to unite friends and strangers in the spirit of shared community. On July 6, we present Anthem to US, the culmination of a monthslong collaborative effort to create a contemporary anthem echoing our collective hopes, struggles, and histories. At Damrosch Park, we present The Ritual of Breath, a deeply moving, meditative experience that responds to the murder of Eric Garner. In August, pop culture meets activism with the Ruidosa Fest, the Latine-led international feminist platform, with a full day of lectures, live music, and a late-night silent disco.
SING and DANCE with the return of long-time favorites
NYC's largest outdoor dance floor with a now-iconic 10-foot disco ball shines bright as the centerpiece of Summer for the City with FREE social dance nights and silent discos every week. Free family shows for all ages, including storytimes, Big Umbrella Day, and dance workshops are offered all summer long. The Art of Wellbeing harnesses the power of art to engage the mind, body, and spirit in weekly workshops and classes through July 20. Plus, much-loved performances—globalFEST, BAAND Together, Deaf Broadway, La Casita, and so much more—come back for an encore!Be the first to know!
Thank you
Free concerts at Damrosch Park
Wednesday, July 3
Internal Affairs 25th Anniversary
Saturday, July 6
Anthems of hope, peace, and resilience
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