SummerStage Guide: Free Concerts, Tips, Calendar, Tickets, Location
SummerStage is an awesome free music festival that takes place outdoors in the Spring and Summer in NYC! A great opportunity to see famous bands without paying a dime! Really cool. One of the biggest summer events in New York.
What to Expect
+100 shows in 16 parks across all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx & Staten Island. Lots of fun and good vibes. The main stage is the one located in Central Park.
When is Central Park SummerStage
Usually from the beginning of June till the end of September.
June 2 – September 27, 2018
SummerStage Tips
- Arrive early to grab a good spot and ensure your entry! Doors open an hour before the show.
- Bleacher seating may be available (not for every show).
- Free shows: you don’t need tickets but keep in mind that space is limited.
- Bring cash: there are food, beverages & ice cream stands inside (cash only).
- If you can’t get in, there’s space to listen on the grass outside of SummerStage.
- Expect lots of people (especially for big name shows).
- Shows will be held, rain or shine. Only cancelled under dangerous conditions.
- You can’t bring into the Central Park venue, glass bottles, cans, coolers, folding chairs, bikes, video cameras, musical instruments, skateboards., beach umbrellas.
- Parents: strollers are prohibited in Central Park venue, unless you’re attending Global Family Day.
SummerStage Schedule
Check out the complete schedule here.
Tickets
FREE! Except for a couple of big-name benefit concerts in order to help fund the SummerStage programming. The majority of SummerStage’s events are totally free.
Free Shows: admissions are on a first come first served basis. You don’t need tickets.
Tickets to Benefit Concerts: available for purchase on-site across from the VIP check in table on East Drive. Cash and credit cards accepted. Box office only opens on show days.
Click on the show below that says “PAID show” to purchase your tickets online.
Where is SummerStage: Main Location
Many concerts take place in the traditional SummerStage mainstage in Central Park, located at Rumsey Playfield.
Rumsey Playfield: East 75th St. & 5th Ave.
MORE ABOUT CENTRAL PARK
Click below for more details:
Things to do in Central Park: Spots, Activites and more
Central Park with Kids: Things to Do
SummerStage Calendar 2018
Shows at SummerStage Central Park
July 25 @ 8pm – 10pm
Alonzo King Lines Ballet
July 26 @ 6pm – 10pm
Old Crow Medicine Show – PAID show
July 28 @ 3pm – 7pm
Pete Rock & The Sould Brothers / Hannah Williams & The Affirmations / Operator EMZ
Sunday, July 29 @ 3pm – 7pm
Femi Kuti & Positive Force / Jupiter & Okwess / DJ Geko Jones
July 31 @ 11am – 12pm
Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M. Special Youth Matinee
August 1 @ 8pm – 10pm
A.I.M. Movement of the People Dance Company
August 4 @ 6pm – 10pm
THE ORIGINALS (STRETCH ARMSTRONG / CLARK KENT / D-NICE / RICH MEDINA / TONY TOUCH)
August 5 @ 3pm – 7pm
BAIANASYSTEM / HAMILTON DE HOLANDA TRIO FEAT. ROBERTA SÁ / XÊNIA FRANÇA / DJ PATRICKTOR4
August 8 @ 6pm – 10pm
VOODOO THREAUXDOWN FEAT. TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE / GALACTIC / PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND / NEW BREED BRASS BAND – PAID show $45
August 9 @ 7pm – 10pm
GOOD VIBES WITH JASON MRAZ AND BRETT DENNEN – PAID show $55-$75
August 11 @ 6pm – 10pm
KOREA GAYOJE: TOKIMONSTA / DUMBFOUNDEAD / KERO ONE
August 12 @ 7pm – 10pm
MUSIC + REVOLUTION: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 1960S
August 13 @ 6pm – 10pm
O.A.R. – JUST LIKE PARADISE TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MATT NATHANSON AND THE NEW RESPECTS – PAID show $45.50.
August 19 @ 7pm – 10pm
August 22 @ 8pm – 10pm
August 22 @ 6pm – 7pm
August 26 @ 6pm – 10pm
EDDIE PALMIERI LA PERFECTA / TONY VEGA
August 28 @ 7pm – 10pm
September 5 @ 6pm – 10pm
PHIL LESH & THE TERRAPIN FAMILY BAND FEATURING NICKI BLUHM AND ERIC KRASNO – PAID show $59.50-$99.50
September 8 @ 6pm – 10pm
MAC DEMARCO – PAID show $40
September 26 @ 6pm – 10pm
BLOOD ORANGE – PAID show $34-$40
September 27 @ 7pm – 10pm
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO’S REMAIN IN LIGHT / RESISTANCE REVIVAL CHORUS
Shows at Saint Mary’s Park, The Bronx
July 26 @ 7pm – 9pm
Judy Torres / TKA / Grandwizzard Theodore
July 27 @ 7pm – 9pm
Bombazo Dance Co / The Sabrosura Effect
July 28 @ 4pm – 7pm
Sunday, July 29 @ Various Times
Charlie Aponte
Shows at Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem
August 15 @ 6pm – 9pm
ALICE SMITH / AKALA / DJ STORMIN NORMAN at Marcus Garvey Park
August 16 @ 7pm – 9pm
JEREMY MCQUEEN’S BLACK IRIS PROJECT at Marcus Garvey Park
August 18 @ 4pm – 7pm
PAPE DIOUF & LA GÉNÉRATION CONSCIENTE at Marcus Garvey Park
August 19 @ 5pm – 7pm
Rapsody at Marcus Garvey Park
August 24 @ 7pm – 9pm
CHARLES TOLLIVER’S 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ‘PAPER MAN’ FEATURING GARY BARTZ, JACK DEJOHNETTE, BUSTER WILLIAMS + SURPRISE GUEST / BRIANNA THOMAS at Marcus Garvey Park
August 25 @ 3pm – 7pm
MONTY ALEXANDER – HARLEM KINGSTON EXPRESS / CATHERINE RUSSELL / KEYON HARROLD / MATTHEW WHITAKER TRIO at Marcus Garvey Park
SummerStage Shows at Other Locations
July 29 @ 7pm – 10pm
The LOX / Young M.A / Special Guest DJ Funk Flex, Hosted by Torae – Place: Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island
August 1 @ 6pm – 9pm
Tito Nieves / Bodoma & Garifuna Culture Band –Place: Crotona Park, Bronx
August 2 @ 7pm – 9pm
The Movement: Messiah / Lito Kirino / Brray / Joyce Santana / El Sosa / Nelly Nelz –Place: Crotona Park, Bronx
August 3 @ 6pm – 9pm
ULTIMATE BREAK BEATS: BREAKBEAT LOU, SPECIAL ED, NICE AND SMOOTH, LORD FINESSE –Place: Crotona Park, Bronx
August 9 @ 6pm – 10pm
WILD STYLE 35TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION AT THE AMPHITHEATER WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ FUNK FLEX – Place: East River Park
August 12 @ 4pm – 7pm
JERRY RIVERA / NUYORICAN POETS CAFE: LA BRUJA AND CHEMBO CORNIEL – Place: East River Park
August 12 @ 7pm – 10pm
DEJ LOAF / IAMDDB. / QUIÑ – Place: Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island
August 22 @ 2pm – 3pm
FAMILY JAZZ PARTY WITH ADAM O’FARRILL AND IMMANUEL WILKINS – Place: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
August 26 @ 3pm – 7pm
GARY BARTZ QUARTET / THE BAD PLUS / AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS / UNHEARD: ADAM O’FARRILL, IMMANUEL WILKINS, JOEL ROSS
Enjoy!
