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The ‘Peace Starts With Me’ Christmas Concert in Brooklyn, NY | Dec. 11th, 2026 (Free Admission!)

Gospel Stars Kim Burrell, Byron Cage Headline Brooklyn Christmas Concert With 300-Voice Choir

Three-time Emmy Award-winning producer A. Curtis Farrow directs star-studded holiday concert at historic First A.M.E. Zion Church

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Grammy-nominated gospel artists Kim Burrell and Byron Cage will headline a Christmas concert featuring a 300-voice choir and an all-star lineup of gospel performers at First A.M.E. Zion Church in Brooklyn on Friday, December 11, at 7 p.m.

The 23rd Annual NYC Winter Jazzfest 2027 | January 12th-19th, 2027

Collective Radiance: NYC Winter Jazzfest 2027 Announces
Manhattan and Brooklyn Marathon Lineups For January 15 and 16

Collective Radiance Concert feat. Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble and more; William Parker 75th Birthday Celebration; Artwork Records Night; Collective Resonance Concert feat. BDA w/ Toribio & Bring Dat Jazz orchestra, Irreversible Entanglements and more; From The Mountain Top feat. William Parker; Kweku Sumbry Reimagines Elvin Jones’ Puttin’ It Together; Spirits of Coltrane with Ravi Coltrane and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

23rd season theme: Collective Radiance

On January 10, 2027, bassist, composer and poet William Parker turns 75. Two days later, NYC Winter Jazzfest opens its 23rd edition on stages across Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the festival will mark Parker’s birthday with a series of performances through January 19.

Don Was Announces Fall 2026 Tour Dates for Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble | Kicks Off Aug. 3rd, 2026

Six-Time GRAMMY-Winning Musician, Producer & Composer,
Don Was Announces Fall 2026 Tour Dates
for Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble

Performing Music from New Full-Length
Groove in the Face of Adversity
Alongside The Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah
Honoring Bob Weir and the Album’s 50th Anniversary

July 21, 2026: Today, six-time GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, and composer, Don Was announced fall 2026 tour dates for Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble.

The 61st Annual Jazzmobile Summerfest 2026 | July 8th – Sept. 23rd, 2026 (FREE ADMISSION!)

Jazzmobile Presents Free Concerts
with Jazz Legends, Greats and Emerging Artists,
Centennial Tributes and more at SUMMERFEST61
These Free concerts run July 8–September 23 across all five boroughs

The Series celebrates Melba Liston, Miles Davis, Randy Weston, John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath, with Tributes to the Late Danny Mixon and Sonny Rollins, and the 125th Birthday of Louis “Pops” Armstrong at his Home in Corona, Queens

HARLEM, NY, July 6, 2026 – Jazzmobile is proud to announce the return of Summerfest 2026, its landmark free outdoor jazz series now in its 61st year, bringing world-class live music to parks and public spaces across New York City throughout July and August.

The 26th Annual Jazz in the Valley in Poughkeepsie, NY | August 16th, 2026

JAZZ IN THE VALLEY Returns to Poughkeepsie’s Waryas Park
Sunday, August 16,
Featuring
WESTONALIA, A Centennial Celebration of Jazz Master Randy Weston
with Alex Blake, Chief Baba Neil Clarke and Sharp Radway
Plus, Lisa Fischer, Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Camille Thurman
and Festival Artistic Director Javon Jackson

Special Discount Tickets Available Until August 1

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, July 27, 2026 – The 26th Annual Jazz in the Valley (JITV), set for Sunday, August 16, 12:00 – 6:00 pm, at Poughkeepsie’s Waryas Park

The 1st Annual Brooklyn Jazz Festival in Prospect Park | August 8th, 2026

Jason Moran & The Bandwagon. Photo Credit: John Rogers

First Annual Brooklyn Jazz Festival Takes Over Prospect Park’s
LeFrak Center at Lakeside
on August 8, 2026

Spread across two stages, a remarkable lineup of modern-jazz heavyweights:
– Jason Moran & The Bandwagon feat. special guests Bradley & Devon Gates –
– “First Meeting”: Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Chris Potter / Larry Grenadier / Eric Harland –
– Chris Potter Quartet feat. Craig Taborn, Joe Martin & Kendrick Scott –
– Bobby Sanabria’s Ascensión –
– Joel Ross’ Good Vibes
– Linda May Han Oh Quartet –
– Marcus Gilmore’s Journey to the New –
– Brooklyn All-Stars Play “In a Silent Way” feat. Vernon Reid –
– Vinicius Gomes & Bailinho –

On August 8, 2026 the inaugural Brooklyn Jazz Festival will premiere at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, located in Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Park.

Jazz By The Water™ on Governor’s Island | July 25th, 2026 (FREE ADMISSION!)

Jazz By The Water Sat., July 25th Governor’s Island

Gwen Black Arts/Arts and Jazzfest NYC(tm) invite you to experience the magic of Jazz By The Water™ with straight ahead and soulful jazz on Saturday, July 25th at 12 PM-6PM. Join us for an unforgettable free, all-day concert in the lush green oasis of Governor’s Island inside Colonel Row.

The Long Island Reggae Festival in East Meadow, NY | June 28th, 2026 (FREE ADMISSION!)

Nassau County, NY partners with
Reggae and Dancehall label DubShot Records

2026 Long Island
Reggae Festival

Nassau County in Long Island, NY has partnered with DubShot Records to host the Long Island Reggae Festival at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, NY with performances from ‘The Bad Boys of Reggae’ Inner Circle, Billboard chart topping dancehall hitmaker Wayne Wonder, and support from local favorites IRIEspect, hosted by Max Glazer with DJ sets from Federation Sound with special guest appearances.

The 43rd Annual McDonald’s Gospelfest | May 9th-10th, 2026

MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST 2026 Roars Back to Broadway

The 43rd Annual McDonald’s Gospelfest comes to the Palladium Time Square

NEWARK, NJ, NJ, UNITED STATES, April 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The 43rd Annual McDonald’s Gospelfest comes to the Palladium Theater in Time Square for two big shows on Mother’s Day Weekend Saturday, May 9th, 2026.

The Brooklyn Guitar Festival in NY | June 12th-13th, 2026

Brooklyn Guitar Festival Debuts at Greenpoint’s Warsaw & the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park June 12-13, 2026

Extraordinary lineup features Al Di Meola, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, Vernon Reid, Alex Skolnick, Eric Gales, Jackie Venson, Greg Koch, Andy McKee and others to be announced — plus all-star tributes to Scofield and Jeff Beck

On June 12-13, Warsaw, a 1000-cap performance space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn located at 261 Driggs Avenue and the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, will host the inaugural Brooklyn Guitar Festival — a thrilling new event packed with six-string legends, along with some of the instrument’s fastest-rising stars.

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