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Take in some tunes in New York City's great outdoors. Musicians from around the world perform everything from opera to hip hop to world music, all in a park near you.
Concerts Events
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection 
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Hippo Playground Summer Concerts
at Hippo Playground (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Hippo Playground Project presents their annual summer concert series!
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Love 2 Love You - Donna Summer Tribute
at George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell (in Forest Park), Queens
7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Nikki Torres is back again with her vibrant, explosive, exciting tribute to the Queen of Disco.
Free!
Event
Friday, August 22, 2025
Jazz Series in Historic Harlem Parks
at West 135th Street Plaza (in St. Nicholas Park), Manhattan, James Baldwin Lawn (in St. Nicholas Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks, West Harlem Arts Alliance, Harlem Late Night Jazz and National Jazz Museum in Harlem for fourth Fridays jazz in the Park. Bring a blanket to sit and enjoy on the James Baldwin Lawn.
Free!
Event
Picnic Performances: Belongó: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
at Bryant Park Stage (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture.
Free!
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Summer on the Hudson: Vinyl Nights
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
A vibrant, inclusive dance party and celebration of everything New York, featuring live vinyl DJs spinning vintage tunes.
Free!
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Hippo Playground Summer Concerts
at Hippo Playground (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Hippo Playground Project presents their annual summer concert series!
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 29, 2025
Picnic Performances: Accordions Around the World
at Bryant Park Stage (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture.
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Friday Night Jams featuring Danielle Martin
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Get out to the park and kick off the weekend with some local sounds at this monthly musical get-happy hour.
Free!
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Picnic Performances: The Town Hall: New York Loves Sly! Featuring Steven Bernstein
at Bryant Park Stage (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture.
Free!
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Taikoza Drumming Performance
at Courtyard in front of Main Entrance (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Taikoza created a new sound using the thunderous rhythms of the ancestral Taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes.
Free!
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Picnic Performances: New York City Opera: Carmen
at Bryant Park Stage (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture.
Free!
Friday, September 5, 2025
Picnic Performances: New York City Opera: Carmen
at Bryant Park Stage (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture.
Free!
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Summer on the Hudson: West Side County Fair
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy a full day of county fair magic in Manhattan with live bands, sideshow performers, carnival rides and games, local vendors, cotton candy, and more!
Free!
Kids
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Monday, September 8, 2025
Rilo Kiley
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Alt-rock darling embarks on a reunion tour
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Quinn XCII
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Quinn XCII heads to SummerStage.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Little Opera Theater of New York Presents American Opera Scenes: A Concert for 9/11
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
This memorial concert features music by Carlisle Floyd, William Grant Still & Virgil Thomson; with words by Langston Hughes, Verna Arvey, and Gertrude Stein. The scenes are drawn from the history of the Americas both historical and fictional including Huey Long, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Susan B. Anthony.
Free!
Friday, September 12, 2025
Picnic Performances: American Symphony Orchestra: New York Profiles
at Bryant Park Stage (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–8:15 p.m.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America is a free outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city’s vibrant arts and culture.
Free!
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Jazz Series in Historic Harlem Parks
at 113th Street and Manhattan Avenue (in Morningside Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks, West Harlem Arts Alliance, and National Jazz Museum in Harlem for Second Saturday Jazz series in the Park.
Free!
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Wet Leg with Special Guest Mary in the Junkyard
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
GRAMMY-winning British indie-pop group Wet Leg are known for their boppy, dancey sound, with hit songs like “Wet Dream” and “Chaise Lounge.” They count numerous stars among their fans, including Harry Styles, who has covered their songs in his performances, and Dave Grohl, who had a surprise appearance at their 2023 Coachella set, and boast a history of fun, rowdy performances. Their highly anticipated second album, moisturizer, will be released on July 11. In Central Park they’ll be joined by special guest mary in the junkyard.
Friday, September 19, 2025
Seven Lions presents: Gathering Twilight with Apashe / Muzz
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Seven Lions is one of electronic music’s premier authorities – the DJ, producer, and remixer’s work has defined and pushed the genre for over a decade with hits like “Strangers” and “Need Your Love.” His collaborators include stars such as Tove Lo, Gryffin, and Noah Kahan, and his energetic live performances at EDM festivals including Ultra Miami and Electric Forest draw crowds of thousands.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Summer on the Hudson: River Rhyme
at On the Pier (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
This live music concert invites listeners to contemplate the musical, political, and environmental histories of human interaction with our rivers.
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: River Rhyme
at On the Pier (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
This live music concert invites listeners to contemplate the musical, political, and environmental histories of human interaction with our rivers.
Free!
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Summer on the Hudson: River Rhyme
at On the Pier (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This live music concert invites listeners to contemplate the musical, political, and environmental histories of human interaction with our rivers.
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: River Rhyme
at On the Pier (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
This live music concert invites listeners to contemplate the musical, political, and environmental histories of human interaction with our rivers.
Free!
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Summer on the Hudson: Little Red Lighthouse Festival
at Little Red Lighthouse (in Fort Washington Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse with the Urban Park Rangers!
Free!
Event
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Fall 2025 Overlook Concerts
at 116th Street Overlook (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Community concerts featuring jazz, blues, and more.
Free!
Event
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Aminé: Tour de Dance
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The high-energy rapper and singer-songwriter Aminé is perhaps best known for his 2016 breakout song-of-the-summer hit “Caroline”, which topped the charts and led to performances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and collaborations with stars such as Missy Elliott, Young Thug, and Pharrell Williams. His debut on a major label, 2017’s Good For You, was called one of the year’s “most intriguing hip-hop albums” (The New York Times).
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Fall 2025 Overlook Concerts
at 116th Street Overlook (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Community concerts featuring jazz, blues, and more.
Free!
Event
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Sunday, October 19, 2025
Fall 2025 Overlook Concerts
at 116th Street Overlook (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Community concerts featuring jazz, blues, and more.
Free!
Event
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Free!
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison
at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Free!
Friday, October 31, 2025
Hippo Playground Halloween Parade
at Hippo Playground (in Riverside Park), Manhattan , Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Put on your favorite costume and parade to the Playground for music, treats, and Halloween fun.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Kids
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