Thursday, July 2 — Akram Khan Company: Thikra: Night of Remembering July 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 7:30 PM | Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center — 1941 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 English choreographer Akram Khan, known for blending classical kathak technique with contemporary dance, presents the U.S. premiere of a work for nine to eleven women set in the ancient desert landscape of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. The score pairs the London […]
Friday, July 3 | Downtown Independence Weekend Celebration July 3 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm A pre-Fourth of July street fair through the Financial District, timed to catch holiday-weekend foot traffic from nearby office towers and South Street Seaport visitors. Expect the standard street fair lineup of food stalls, novelty vendors, and live entertainment, with a patriotic theme given the timing. Its Lower Manhattan location makes it an easy pairing […]
Friday, July 3 | Bryant Park Picnic Performances July 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The kickoff of Bryant Park's free outdoor performance series, presented by Bank of America, which brings 24 dance, music, and theater shows to the lawn over the summer. The park lends out hundreds of free blankets first-come-first-served, plus pre-set bistro chairs around the lawn's edges. Food and drink are available from Hester Street Fair vendors […]
Sunday, July 5 | Independence Weekend Celebration July 5 @ 11:00 am - 6:00 pm A second Independence Weekend fair, running the Sunday after the Fourth along 6th Avenue through Chelsea and into the low 30s near Herald Square. Food vendors, crafts, and merchant tables line the avenue for roughly ten blocks, making it one of the longer fair footprints in the city's summer rotation. Its location near major shopping […]
Wednesday, July 8 | Spoon / Ratboys / Bodega July 8 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Austin indie rock veterans Spoon, reliably one of the most consistent live acts of the last two decades, headline this Subaru Music Series installment, with Chicago's Ratboys and Brooklyn's Bodega opening. The Subaru series is SummerStage's recurring indie-rock strand, and it tends to draw an older, more music-collector-oriented crowd than some of the festival's other […]
Monday, July 13 | Paramount+ Movie Nights: Wayne’s World July 13 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Opening night of the 33rd season of Bryant Park's beloved free outdoor film series, kicking off with the 1992 cult comedy Wayne's World. The lawn opens at 5 PM for blankets and picnicking, with no chairs, tarps, or yoga mats allowed on the grass; the film starts around sunset. Hester Street Fair vendors sell food […]
Thursday, July 16 | Mavis Staples / Brother Wallace July 16 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm A gospel-soaked night from Mavis Staples, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and former Staple Singers vocalist whose career spans civil rights-era soul to recent cross-genre collaborations, presented in association with the Apollo Theater, with Brother Wallace opening. Staples remains a powerful live performer well into her eighties, and this booking is shaping up […]
Friday, July 17 | Bryant Park Picnic Performances July 17 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm The Picnic Performances series continues with a new lineup of dance, music, or theater; specific artists for this date are typically confirmed by Bryant Park a few weeks out and posted to bryantpark.org. Same free, no-ticket format as the July 3 show, with arrival any time after the lawn opens. The east side of the lawn […]
Monday, July 20 | Paramount+ Movie Nights July 20 @ 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm The third week of Bryant Park's free summer film series, with the specific title to be confirmed closer to the date on the park's website. As with opening night, the lawn opens at 5 PM for blankets and picnicking, and the film begins around sunset, typically close to 8 PM. Food and drink remain available […]
