The 2024 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s iconic outdoor performing arts festival, was just announced and it will bring dozens of free and benefit shows to Central Park and 12 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs of New York City.
Returning for the 38th year, the festival will once again showcase established and emerging artists from across the globe, highlighting forward-thinking women pushing boundaries, and will feature a multitude of genres including jazz, hip-hop, indie rock, salsa, reggae, Afrobeats, soul, pop, global, and contemporary dance, to name just a few.
The season’s opening day, June 1, will feature a free performance in the park by Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated soul and R&B singer Andra Day in association with Blue Note Jazz Festival.
In all, a whopping 85 shows will bring music and artistry to 13 neighborhoods throughout all five boroughs. Most shows are free while some are benefits to help support the Foundation and the festival and will require a ticket.
Brazilian culture Celebration
Traditionally part of the SummerStage, there is a day to celebrate the Brazilian culture. In association with 28th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival, Black woman artists take center stage to showcase Brazilian music this year on august 22nd.
Headlining is the legendary singer Alcione, known as the “Queen of Samba” one of the most successful samba singers in Brazil with 19 records that went gold and certified platinum five times. Supporting is the Latin GRAMMY-nominated singer, Larissa Luz, a self-identifying Afro-punk artist with an ethos rooted in Afrofuturism. She also gained national Brazilian recognition as an actress, starring as Brazilian legend Elza Soares in the musical Elza and as a TV host of a popular talk show. DJ Malfeitona will explore Brazilian music, specially from Bahia, and flip the script on tropical sounds mixing rock with bahian pagodão.
The night will include a screening of the documentary Gerson King Combo, about the legendary singer and songwriter Gerson Cortez, known as the “Brazilian James Brown” for his magnetic personality and legacy for Black Brazilian people.
For more information and the complete line up, visit: https://www.centralpark.com/things-to-do/concerts/summerstage-festival/