What you should know
- SummerStage will return to New York City parks this summer, with free music and dance performances in Central Park.
- According Capital One City Parks Foundation, the proceedings will follow all state and local COVID-19 regulations regarding large-scale outdoor events, including limited capacity, masks, and socially distanced seating.
- Free music and dance performances will return to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park this summer and performances will also take place at Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park / Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.
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NEW YORK — SummerStage will return to New York City parks this summer, with free music and dance performances in Central Park.
According Capital One City Parks Foundation, the proceedings will follow all state and local COVID-19 regulations regarding large-scale outdoor events, including limited capacity, masks, and socially distanced seating.
Free music and dance performances will return to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park this summer and performances will also take place at Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park / Richard Rodgers Amphitheater.
Admission will require a free ticket, proof of vaccine and / or negative COVID test, and a health exam, such as a questionnaire and temperature checks, according to the Capital One City Parks Foundation.
Artists, performance times, and free ticket reservation details will be announced at a later date. However, all in-person presentations will be streamed live on SummerStageAnywhere.org, if the rights allow it.
Although SummerStage is bringing live performances back, SummerStage performances in neighborhoods will be limited this year due to the ongoing pandemic. However, according to the City Parks Foundation, CityParks PuppetMobile will offer free puppet shows for the whole family in parks throughout the city, a way to safely provide free entertainment to New Yorkers.
Additionally, it was announced that the first benefit show of the SummerStage season is scheduled for Friday, September 17, and will feature folk-rock band Dawes. Tickets, assuming the full capacity of the venue, will go on sale on Friday April 16 from 10 am In the event that health and safety guidelines continue to require limited capacity, tickets may be refunded or modified by The Bowery Presents.
It was also announced on Monday that rock band Barenaked Ladies’ Last Summer On Earth tour benefit show originally scheduled for last year, but was postponed due to the pandemic also being rescheduled for July 6, 2022. All Previously purchased tickets will remain valid for 2022.
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