Picnic Performances, a Series of Free Yearly Midtown Arts Activities, Will Take Place in Bryant Park

Picnic Performances is an annual series of free concerts, dance performances, and theatrical events that takes place in Bryant Park and is put on by the Bryant Park Corporation. From June 1st through September 14th, there will be 25 activities, all of which will be free to the public.

This welcoming Midtown show, formally known as Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America, regularly features collaborations with prominent New York City arts institutions that include a wide range of artistic disciplines.

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According to Dan Fishman, the vice president of public events at Bryant Park Corporation, “Bryant Park Picnic Performances is an uncommonly collaborative project that is meant to showcase the best of the arts in New York City.”

“I can think of no better way to honor New York than to work together with the city’s many cultural institutions, both large and small,” she said.

Opening its season on June 1 is a fully staged and costumed performance of Puccini’s “La Boheme.” Jazzmobile, Joe’s Pub, the Classical Theatre of Harlem, and Carnegie Hall are among the other presenters this season.

On August 26th, Brooklyn’s experimental music lab Roulette will host a concert fronted by the mesmerizing drone-rock combination 75 Dollar Bill; on September 9th, East Village global music nightclub Drom will host the U.S. debut of Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol. On September 14th, Harlem Stage will close out its 40th anniversary season.

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More than twenty shows will be broadcast live online for those who can’t make it there.

The Full Schedule of This Year’s Picnic Performances is as Follows, as Revealed Today:

• New York City Opera’s “La Bohème” premieres on June 1.
• The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra will perform on June 2 at Jazzmobile.
• The Contemporary Dance of Robin Dunn and Her Iconic Peers, June 8
• Modern Dance on June 9 with Dance Heginbotham and TBA
• Terk Lewis and Kayla Farrish, Contemporary Dance, June 15
• Sunday, June 16: Soles of Duende and Josh Johnson, Contemporary Dance
• Psymon Spine, THUS LOVE, and Katy Kirby will perform on June 23 at the Emerging Music Festival.
• Ky Vöss, Ceramic, Miss Grit, and Dead Tooth will perform on June 24 at the Emerging Music Festival.
• The Michael Daves Quartet with Tony Trishka, Yacouba Sissoko, and Terrell King will perform at the Jalopy Theatre on June 30.
• On July 7, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall in all of New York City.
• Carnegie Hall Citywide Performance on July 14 with Tessa Lark and Michael Thurber
• On July 21, Magos Herrera and The Knights will perform at Carnegie Hall.
• Citywide Champe-Soukous Collective Performance at Carnegie Hall on July 28
• New York City, August 3: Ailey II
• Ndlovu Youth Choir on August 4 at Carnegie Hall in New York City
• Joe’s Pub, August 11: Shaina Taub
• New York City Opera’s “The Barber of Seville” premieres on August 18th.
• On August 19, New York City Opera presents a concert with Alessandro Lora.
• World Accordion Day is August 25 with performances by Diana Burco, Suistamon Sähkö, and the Ragini Ensemble.
• Intermediate Roulette on August 26th with 75 Dollar Bill, Ka Baird, and TBA.
• Performance of “Langston in Harlem” at The Classical Theatre of Harlem on September 1.
• The American Symphony Orchestra will perform “American Expressions” on September 7th.
• New York City Opera presents “Romeo and Juliet” on September 8th.
• U.S. premiere of Drom: Gaye Su Akyol, September 9
• 40th Anniversary Concert on the Harlem Stage, September 14