SummerStage
Central Park SummerStage is a program of the City Parks Foundation and presents performances of outstanding artistic quality. Every year the artists chosen reflect a range of genres and cultures and perform in an outdoor setting accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. In this way SummerStage strives to develop a deepening appreciation for contemporary, traditional, and emerging artists as well as the communities in which these artists originate.
Recognizing the importance and vitality of dance, SummerStage has in recent seasons significantly expanded the role of its dance series within the overall program. It has done this by awarding commissions to important emerging and established choreographers and companies, and by increasing the number of works and companies presented.
The spoken word series at SummerStage provides a highly respected open forum for a variety of esteemed novelists, playwrights, performers, poets, memoirists, and lyricists. In addition to readings, the series also presents one-person theatrical productions. As SummerStage events are extremely well publicized, the spoken word series garners a larger and more diverse audience than is usually found at book and poetry readings, or even at many theaters.
SummerStage’s American and World music program has earned an international reputation for its consistent excellence and a diversity of styles and influences found at no other performing arts festival or venue. Over the years, SummerStage has hosted music legends as well as emerging artists whose SummerStage performance provided significant exposure. The festival’s evening “cabaret series” spotlights artists (such as singer/songwriters and jazz vocalists) in a more intimate setting than large-scale afternoon concerts.
In 1994, SummerStage became a program of the City Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving and maintaining parks throughout New York City. A public/private partnership, SummerStage is presented in cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Recent performers at SummerStage have included The Finn Brothers, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ben Folds, David Murray, Toni Morrisson, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Brecker and Peter Washington.
2022 Schedule
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
AURORA PRESENTS THE GODS WE CAN TOUCH TOUR WITH SUB URBAN
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
OPENING NIGHT: HERBIE HANCOCK / KEYON HARROLD / PETE ROCK (DJ SET)
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
MONDAY, JUNE 13
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC / DOPAPOD / THE PIMPS OF JOYTIME
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
THURSDAY, JUNE 16
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN WITH LOS BITCHOS
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
THE AUSSIE BBQ: BAKER BOY / ELECTRIC FIELDS / G FLIP / HAIKU HANDS / PEKING DUK / YOU AM I
4:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 3:00 pm)
MONDAY, JUNE 20
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA SUMMER RECITAL FEATURING BRITTANY RENEE, BEN BLISS AND JUSTIN AUSTIN
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 7:00 pm)
TUESDAY, JUNE 21
FETE DE LA MUSIQUE: MC SOLAAR / BON ENTENDEUR / HYPHEN HYPHEN
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
WAXAHATCHEE / SWEARIN' / OHMME / DELPHINE BLUE (DJ SET)
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
THURSDAY, JUNE 23
LAWRENCE AND MISTERWIVES - SOUNDS OF SUMMER TOUR WITH WINNETKA BOWLING LEAGUE
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JULY 2
PATRICK WATSON WITH THE ATTACCA QUARTET / ELISAPIE / LA FORCE / ALISA ALI (DJ SET)
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SUNDAY, JULY 3
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
BARENAKED LADIES - LAST SUMMER ON EARTH TOUR WITH GIN BLOSSOMS AND TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JULY 9
CARLA MORRISON / LOVE OF LESBIAN / DANNYLUX / CANYON CODY
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Doors open 2:00 pm)
SUNDAY, JULY 10
KOREA GAYOJE: BRAVE GIRLS / GOLDEN CHILD / ALEXA
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
ART MOVE CONCEPT / PASSION FRUIT DANCE COMPANY
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 7:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JULY 16
REVIVE BIG BAND FEATURING THAIS LONA AND FRIENDS / MELANIE CHARLES / ERIKA THE DJ
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
SUNDAY, JULY 17
NEY MATOGROSSO / FRANCISCO EL HOMBRE / FADO BICHA / SURMA DJ SET
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
CORY HENRY / THEE SACRED SOULS / RUSTAM OSPANOFF (DJ SET)
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
THURSDAY, JULY 21
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JULY 23
EVERYDAY PEOPLE FEATURING WURLD
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Doors open 2:00 pm)
SUNDAY, JULY 24
BLACK MIDI / SAL VALENTINETTI / ALISA ALI (DJ SET) / HOSTED BY SARAH SQUIRM
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
THURSDAY, JULY 28
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
SATURDAY, JULY 30
SABA / ERYN ALLEN KANE / THEMIND / ZILLION (DJ SET)
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SUNDAY, JULY 31
SONS OF KEMET / MAKAYA MCCRAVEN / L'RAIN / DJ LINDSEY
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3
FILM SCREENING: MIJA / PERFORMANCES BY: HELADO NEGRO / SILVANA ESTRADA / DORIS ANAHI / JACKS HAUPT
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS & ANDY GRAMMER WITH BRELAND
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Doors open 2:00 pm)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
"EL REY SUPREMO" LUIS VARGAS / EL GRAN ALCOVER / GRUPO D'AHORA
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Doors open 2:00 pm)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
THE DECEMBERISTS - ARISE FROM THE BUNKERS! 2022 TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST BRIGID MAE POWER
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 7:00 pm)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE / TOMATO FLOWER
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 7:00 pm)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE WITH TWEN
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm)