Winter Jam 2019!

Time again to enjoy all the fun of a ski weekend in the Catskills right in Central Park!  The Parks Department reminds us why we should love the colder months thanks to Winter Jam, its annual winter sports festival in Central Park. Families can learn or take part in...

Post Apocalyptic Central Park

An international design competition was launched last April LA+Journal that charged artists, architects, planners, and designers with reimagining and redesigning New York’s Central Park for the 21st century.  There were 382 entrants from 30 different countries,...

Global Citizen Festival in Central Park

The mission is to build a movement of 100M action-taking Global Citizens to help achieve our vision of ending extreme poverty by 2030.Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. On our platform,...

Jimmy Fallon at SummerStage in Central Park

The Tonight Show will look a little bit different during its Sept. 13 episode. In collaboration with T-Mobile US, Jimmy Fallon will host his show from New York’s Central Park. The show, dubbed “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon from Central Park,” will be a...

SummerStage tribute to Greenwich Village in the ’60s

MUSIC + REVOLUTION: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 1960’s hosted by Richard Barone From the beatnik riots to the summer of love, NYC’s Greenwich Village was the epicenter of a revolutionary movement in the history of American music. A new wave of writers and...

Central Park Film Festival 2108

Celebrate great New York films and filmmakers under the stars at the 2018 Central Park Film Festival.  This year’s lineup will include two of our Top Ten Central Park Movies – Hair and The Muppets Take Manhattan.  Rounding out the schedule is a classic...

Dispatch at Central Park’s SummerStage

DISPATCH WITH SPECIAL GUESTS NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE AND RAYE ZARAGOZA Wednesday, July 18, 2018 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm) For over two decades, jam band juggernaut Dispatch has consistently sold-out arenas across the country and with help...

City Parks Foundation Gala 2018

Gala Dinner followed by a special performance with Steven Tyler and The Loving Mary Band Monday, June 18, 2018 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm City Parks Foundation is pleased to announce our 2018 Gala dinner & concert. This year we proudly honor BNP Paribas and...

Adventures NYC

Saturday, June 16, 2018 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central Park, the Bandshell Area enter at 72nd Street Get Directions  FREE EVENT Rain or shine Get ready to paddle, climb, race, and glide at Adventures NYC! On Saturday, June 16, join NYC Parks in Central Park to...

SummerStage – Bowie Symphonic

BOWIE SYMPHONIC: ENSEMBLE LPR PERFORMS DAVID BOWIE’S BLACKSTAR LED BY EVAN ZIPORYN WITH CELLO SOLOIST MAYA BEISER / DONNY MCCASLIN GROUP Amazing show last Saturday night on a perfect evening in Central Park! The cultural influence that the late musician, iconoclast,...