2026 Summer Music Preview
Preview of some of the outdoor music events in NYC for 2026.
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Patti Smith Comes Home to City Parks Foundation SummerStage in Central Park
Patti Smith at City Parks Foundation SummerStage 9.19.21 Photo: Pete Matthews/Feast of Music If you're a music lover like I am, these past few weeks have been a joyous
Weekend Live Music Preview: 9/17-9/19
The summer may have unofficially ended on Labor Day weekend, but with a delayed reopening to live music thanks to COVID, things are still going strong here in NYC into
For Eddie
From August 27, 1986 at New Haven's Veterans Memorial Coliseum. So glad I got to see "Frankenstein" and Eddie's rig up close at the Met Museum last year.
The Music Stops
"How do you keep the music playing?How do you make it last?How do you keep the song from fadingToo fast?" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, "How Do You Keep the
“The Good Swimmer” at BAM Fisher
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) Back in 2008, Heidi Rodewald was nominated for a Tony and won an Obie for her musical "Passing Strange," which was eventually turned into a
Glenn Branca Ensemble at Roulette
A packed house filled Roulette on Saturday night, where experimental composer/musician Glenn Branca led an ensemble of four electric guitars, bass and drums in two of his works, including "The Light (For David)", written in
Lewis Del Mar at Bowery Ballroom
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) As the Rockaways increase their hip quotient each year, first with surfers (who we all know make everything cool), then with artists,
Rhett Miller at City Winery
by Steve Danielsson Last week, Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller came to City Winery to celebrate the release of his newest album “The Traveler." Miller recorded the album last year in Portland with members of