*FREE / OUTDOOR MUSIC EVENTS / BRYANT PARK NYC*
FREE Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park NYC - Live Music, Theater & Dance
Presented by Bank of America ... a FREE outdoor festival that welcomes all New Yorkers to experience the city's vibrant arts and culture.
(Schedule/ALL Picnic Performances)
(ALL Bryant Park Summer Activities)
SOME OF OUR FAVORITES:
* May 28, 7-8:30pm: Jazz Mobile / Wycliffe Gordon & Friends (Details)
-- WHAT: Traditional jazz, swinging band, energetic trombonist and vocalist
-- FREE: No tickets needed, just show up on the lawn!
-- TUNE IN: This performance will be livestreamed.
* July 17, 2026, 7-8:30pm: Carnegie Hall Citywide: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Details)
-- WHAT: Blues, Cajun folk, zydeco
-- FREE: No tickets needed, just show up on the lawn!
-- Experience zydeco, the fast and furious, accordion-driven Creole dance music of South Louisiana. With its trademark rubboard percussion, electric guitars, and R&B influences, this is an exciting and modern roots music that's nearly impossible to resist-and from festival stages to Louisianan dance halls, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas has been one of the most celebrated zydeco bands of the past 40 years.
* Sep 10, 7-9pm: Dance Party All-Stars / Alfredo de la Fe All Star Band & George Gee Swing Orchestra (Details)
Lindy hop and jitterbug followed by Latin jazz and salsa
-- On the Upper Terrace:
. 6-6:25pm: Swing dance lesson
. 6:25-6:50pm: Salsa dance lesson
-- Live performances on the Bryant Park stage:
. 7-7:55pm: George Gee Swing Orchestra
. 8:10-9pm: Alfredo de la Fe All Star Band
Weather Updates: Events are cancelled when it is unsafe to be outdoors, but may continue in light rain. Follow @bryantparknyc on Twitter and Instagram for day-of event updates.
Location: Bryant Park Fountain/Stage/Lawn, 6th Ave betwn 40th & 42nd Streets