Harlem Meer Performance Festival

Join the Central Park Conservancy for the 2008 season of this popular concert series that features the best in local emerging and established Latin, Jazz, World, and Gospel artists.

SCHEDULE:

5/25, ABDOULAYE DIABATE & SUPER MANDEN   (African)
6/1,  HARLEM RENAISSANCE ORCHESTRA    (Jazz)
6/15, LOS SONEROS DE ORIENTE       (Cuban Son)
6/22, SARAH MacLAWLER     (Blues & Jazz)
6/29, FRANKIE MORALES & MAMBO OF THE TIMES ORQ.   (Salsa)
7/6,  JAMES SPAULDING ENSEMBLE (Jazz)
7/13, RAQUEL LIMA   (Brazilian)
7/20, *FLAMENCO VIVO CARLOTTA SANTANA II   (Flamenco)
7/27, ZonaVibe     (Latin/Jazz)                
8/3,  JOHNATHAN BLAKE QUINTET   (Jazz)
8/10, PABLO MAYOR FOLKLORE URBANO  (Modern Colombian)
8/17, PUCCI AMANDA JHONES   (Jazz)
8/24, *CHARLES MOORE DANCE THEATRE   (African Dance)
8/31, ZON DEL BARRIO  (Salsa)
9/7,  GENOVIS ALBRIGHT   (Jazz & Blues)
9/14, BERTHA HOPE TRIO   (Jazz)
9/21, I.S. 143 PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE   (Salsa)
9/28, LYNNARD WILLIAMS AND HIS GOSPEL TROUPE (Gospel)

*Special concert at the Conservatory Garden (Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue between East 104th and East 105th streets)

Presented by Chase. Please call (212) 860-1370 for more information.

Additional funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State council on the Arts, a state agency.