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Celebrate freedom and Black joy at Brooklyn Children Museum’s community Juneteenth gathering in Brower Park. Move to live music, create art together, and celebrate at this free event that’s open to all. Presented with Council Member Chi Ossé, Friends of Brower Park, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and Brooklyn Public Library.

Juneteenth LP at Joe’s Pub

Friday June 19 at 6:30 pm

Back for an 11th year celebrating Juneteenth at Joe's Pub, the NYC-based music collective Juneteenth LP continues to reimagine a classical music that is so expansive in its reach and scope that it grazes the edges of jazz, funk, spirituals, and the blues. With music programming set against a backdrop of slick arrangements of Afrobeats, hip-hop, R&B, gospel and soul, we celebrate Freedom Day by honoring the Black musicians then and now, who against all odds chose a life of creativity by picking up a violin, a conductor’s baton or a composer’s pen. Join us as we pay tribute to the intoxicating sonic cultural wealth of the African Diaspora. Yes, you'll learn about Black classical composers, but frankly, if you don't end up shaking your ass, we didn't do it right.

Tickets: Tickets are $30 (inclusive of advance phone/web service fee). There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum per person.

Juneteenth: The Musical in Concert by Darrel Alejandro Holnes at Joe’s Pub

Friday June 19 at 6:30 pm

Juneteenth: The Musical follows Samuel, a formerly enslaved man who escapes to join the Union Army, and Ruby, the woman he loves and left behind. When Samuel returns to Texas in 1865 to marry her, his former master refuses to let go—even though the war is over and slavery is legally abolished. What follows is a story of love, defiance, and liberation, as Samuel, Ruby, Black Union soldiers, and Mexican allies who had long sheltered freedom seekers across the border join forces to make emancipation real. Blending gospel, spirituals, zydeco, and norteña, this bilingual, dance-driven musical celebrates the origins of America's newest federal holiday—and the ordinary people who forced a nation to keep its promise.

Tickets: Tickets are $36 (inclusive of advance phone/web service fee). There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum per person.

REPARATIONS! A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION OF BLACK IMPROV COMEDY! at Caveat
Friday June 19 @ 7 pm

You’re invited to the 5th Annual passing out of REPARATIONS! Come join host and WildNOut Castmate, Sydney Duncan, as she celebrates Juneteenth with a blackity-black showcase of NYC’s best all-black improv and sketch teams with a surprise special guest stand-up set!

Tickets: Tickets (including fees) are $18.76 early bird (until Jun 12, 7:00PM) $24.41 standard, $25.00 at the door, $11.63 livestream

Lincoln Center Presents Carl Hancock Rux’s Oh Sankofa (outdoors)

Friday June 19 at 7 pm

The annual Juneteenth celebration at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts returns this year with a powerful multidisciplinary performance written, directed, and curated by Carl Hancock Rux. Through music, choral performance, dance, and storytelling, Oh Sankofa pays tribute to the use of African-American folklore as a vital means of survival during the trauma of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The work features actor/comedian Phyllis Yvonne Stickney; performers Vinson Fraley and Chanon Judson; blues jazz guitarist Marvin Sewell; the Etienne Lashley Choir; Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theater; and contemporary art garments and installation by Dianne Smith.

Lincoln Center Presents The Tune Up A Juneteenth Celebration

Friday June 19 at 7:30 pm

The Tune Up! is back for Season 2 ready to celebrate Juneteenth with you! If you celebrated freedom day with us last year then you’ll want to rejoin the party cause we’re hitting happier and harder than ever with new material and special guests! SLP and her 8-piece band The Joyful Noise bring you a soul-raising variety show with plays, music, brand new songs, powerful lyrics, comedy, and raw in-the-moment reflections. This new performance series created by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Bessie Award-winning Artistic Director of The Flea Theater Niegel Smith is a sip-your-drinks, make-new-friends, dance-in-the-aisles kind of evening that traffics in big sounds and bold ideas. Come share the love!

REAL Black: A Juneteenth Celebration with Crystal Monee Hall and Friends at 54 Below

Friday June 19 at 9:30 pm

Join Crystal Monee Hall and a host of amazing performers and special guests from Broadway and beyond for an evening of celebrating Blackness and freedom through music. We’ll sing up a celebration of Black music throughout the ages as a family—from spirituals, gospel, to the blues, and their many modern descendants. Come put one up for the ancestors and celebrate Juneteenth with us. Music direction by Mark Meadows.

Tickets: Tickets start at $19.50 with a food & beverage minimum of $25 per person.

We Outside! A Brooklyn Juneteenth, Vol. IV (outdoors in Downtown BK)

Saturday June 20 at 7 pm

We Outside! returns to Downtown Brooklyn for an all-day Juneteenth celebration rooted in Black joy, expression, and togetherness.

Presented by 651 ARTS and The Soapbox Presents, We Outside transforms The Plaza at 300 Ashland into Downtown Brooklyn’s biggest stoop - a vibrant public gathering where music, movement, storytelling, food, artistry, and community collide.

A full schedule and more information for We Outside is available here

LA DOLCE VITA: A SWEET TASTE OF SUMMER to Make Debut at The Green Room 42

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:41:40 PST

Bronder Creative Productions will present the inaugural performance of Operatini: La Dolce Vita - A Sweet Taste of Summer on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM at The Green Room 42 in New York City.

Created and produced by Sonia Bronder, Operatini is a new boutique opera and live music series designed to introduce audiences to opera through intimate performances, engaging storytelling, and a welcoming atmosphere that bridges the gap between traditional opera and contemporary live entertainment.

La Dolce Vita celebrates the romance, passion, humor, and beauty of summer through an evening of beloved operatic selections and timeless vocal music performed by a cast of artists in one of New York City's premier cabaret venues.

The evening will feature:

• Marieke de Koker, Mezzo-Soprano
• Mia Farinelli, Soprano
• Eric Sebek, Tenor
• Dr. Xiyu Deng, Pianist and Music Director
• Sonia Bronder, Creator and Host

Unlike a traditional opera performance, Operatini invites audiences into a more personal and immersive experience where world class vocal artistry is presented in an intimate setting that encourages connection, conversation, and discovery.

Every ticket includes the complete Puccini Experience featuring an Operatini keepsake glass, a commemorative rose presentation, a signed cast program, and an unforgettable evening of live music and storytelling.

"We created Operatini because we believe opera should feel welcoming, exciting, and accessible to everyone," said creator and producer Sonia Bronder. "This inaugural performance is about sharing extraordinary artistry in a way that invites new audiences into the experience while celebrating the timeless beauty of the music."

ABOUT OPERATINI

Operatini is a boutique opera and live music series produced by Bronder Creative Productions. Created to bring classical vocal music to modern audiences, Operatini combines exceptional artistry, intimate venues, and immersive audience experiences to create performances that are both sophisticated and approachable.

Mackenzie Bruen to Launch Paper Crowns Productions With Debut Cabaret at The Green Room 42

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:38:01 PST

Theatre artist, producer, and director Mackenzie Bruen is launching Paper Crowns Productions, a new production company dedicated to creating imaginative, artist-driven theatrical events that celebrate storytelling, collaboration, and community.

Inspired by the childhood tradition of crafting paper crowns and transforming everyday moments through imagination, Paper Crowns Productions was founded on the belief that theatre has the power to bring people together, spark creativity, and create meaningful connections between artists and audiences.

Through cabarets, concerts, developmental readings, and original theatrical works, Paper Crowns Productions aims to provide opportunities for both emerging and established artists while producing events that are joyful, heartfelt, and accessible.

The company's inaugural production, Enemies to Lovers: A Musical Theatre Cabaret, will take place on August 14, 2026, at The Green Room 42. Featuring a cast of New York performers, the evening will explore one of storytelling's most beloved tropes through musical theatre, pop, and contemporary songs celebrating rivalry, tension, and romance.

For updates on upcoming productions, auditions, and events, follow @papercrownsproductions on Instagram and TikTok.

Kat Gang to Launch Residency At The Nines In NYC and Release BOSSA & BORDEAUX Album

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:45:46 PST

Jazz singer Kat Gang will launch her residency with her quintet at The Nines in NYC alongside the June 19th, 2026 release of her live album, Bossa & Bordeaux.

Drawing inspiration from classic jazz traditions while adding her own modern flair, she brings warmth and sophistication to every performance. Her new album BOSSA & BORDEAUX is an intimate evening in sound-a velvet-lit collection of acoustic jazz standards drawn from the romance of French chanson and the effortless sway of Brazilian bossa nova. Performed with understated elegance and emotional depth, the album moves like candlelight across a late-night café table: warm, wistful, and deeply human. With subtle nods to Édith Piaf and Antônio Carlos Jobim, BOSSA & BORDEAUX blends timeless melodies with a fresh, modern intimacy.

KAT GANG has a soul steeped in jazz, captivating audiences with her rich tone, subtle phrasing, and authentic emotional depth. At the heart of BOSSA & BORDEAUX is a richly textured acoustic quintet featuring Kat Gang on vocals with Matthew Sheens on piano, Pat Brennan on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Matt Chiasson on reed instruments, woven together in a soft and stylistic production mixed and mastered by David Darlington that favors nuance over spectacle. The album was born from their weekly performance at The Nines in New York City, as they soon realized they needed to somehow preserve the collaboration, generosity, and magic that happens when gifted artists gather with open ears and open hearts.

The recordings were never meant to feel polished to perfection or distant from the listener. Kat wanted them to breathe. To sound human. To capture the feeling of musicians listening closely to one another in the room-allowing space, silence, warmth, and vulnerability to become part of the music itself. Every musician on this record brought extraordinary sensitivity, artistry, and soul to these arrangements. What you hear is not simply performance, but trust-a shared understanding of restraint, lyricism, and emotional honesty.

Led by vocalist and bandleader KAT GANG, the project reflects years of devotion to the jazz tradition and a lifelong fascination with the emotional storytelling of international song. Educated at Berklee College of Music in Boston and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Kat has performed globally, touring in the UK, Italy, Israel, and Russia, and held residencies at The Plaza Hotel and Birdland Jazz Club in New York. She spent seven years studying music at the Royal Academy in London, England, has performed twice at the GRAMMY Awards with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, traded fours with Bobby McFerrin at the Blue Note Jazz Festival, and currently holds a residency at The Nines with her quintet.

With BOSSA & BORDEAUX, available June 19, 2026, KAT GANG offers her most personal and atmospheric work to date-a collection shaped by atmosphere, memory, and deep musical conversation, inspired by the poetry of French chanson, the gentle pulse of Brazilian bossa nova, and the timeless language of jazz.

To order or stream BOSSA & BORDEAUX please visit:
https://lnk.to/BossaBordeaux

Photos: The Bean Tones Harmonize at Birdland

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:41:02 PST

The Bean Tones brought their American tour to a thrilling close at Birdland in NYC on Monday night, delivering razor-sharp harmonies, boundless energy, and enough vocal precision to leave the room grinning. With a sparkling assist from Saturday Night Live trumpeter Summer Camargo, the group brought the house down. Check out photos below!

The Bean Tones are a vocal jazz quartet that performs original arrangements and covers of a wide range of classic and contemporary music. Founded in 2018 while attending Berklee College of Music, the group began as a barbershop quartet before transitioning to primarily performing vocal jazz arrangements. They are now based in Los Angeles.

Inspired by groups such as The Four Freshmen and The Hi-Lo’s, The Bean Tones blend their unique and charismatic sound with the vocal traditions of the 40’s and 50’s to create an exciting new sound for new audiences!

Photo Credit: Kevin Alvey

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The Bean Tones, Summer Camargo

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Natalie Giannosa Will Bring STARS ARE BORN: GAGA, BARBRA, JUDY & ME to The Green Room 42

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:27:03 PST

The Green Room 42 will present Natalie Giannosa in "Stars are Born: Gaga, Barbra, Judy, and Me" on July 10th at 9:30pm. Natalie Giannosa will bring her celebrated solo cabaret to The Green Room 42 for its New York debut, with music direction by Ben Covello. After nearly three years of performing it across the globe on cruise ships, Natalie will introduce new songs and stories to the show.

Paying tribute to powerhouses Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and Lady Gaga - each of whom starred in a version of A Star is Born - Natalie transforms a generic tribute show into a riotous and touching experience with her showstopping vocals, razor-sharp wit, and compelling interpretations of favorite classics. She will explore the lives and careers of these legendary women alongside her own, and she will remind you what the art of cabaret is capable of. Natalie will be joined by NYC drag icon Pissi Myles, along with Dillon Klena (Jagged Little Pill Nat'l Tour). The show is produced and co-written by Allyson Roche.

Natalie Giannosa in "Stars are Born: Gaga, Barbra, Judy and Me" plays at The Green Room 42 on July 10th at 9:30pm. Tickets are available starting at $19, with no food or beverage minimum. Tickets and more information are available at www.thegreenroom42.com.

Natalie Giannosa is an award winning actress, headlining vocalist, and cabaret artist whose talent has taken her across the globe. Natalie found a creative home in producing, directing, and acting when she spearheaded two original projects, Stars Are Born:Gaga, Barbra, Judy & Me along with Loud & Clear which she performs across the globe with GrayBoy Entertainment. Natalie established herself as a successful multi-hyphenate after producing, directing, and starring in FUNNY., a hybridized short film-cabaret, which was awarded Best Sound & Experimental at the Los Angeles Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival. Among her many musical theatre credits, Natalie has appeared in The Toxic Avenger, which earned her the Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical award at the OCTG Awards in Southern California.

Pissi Myles is an accomplished drag comedian who has performed with musical acts like Kim Petras, King Princess, and Danity Kane. In addition to her weekly shows in New York City, she continues to produce hilarious parodies, like her viral hit single "Babashook". She's performed at Radio City Music Hall, the legendary Wigstock festival, and has been featured on Billboard, Vogue, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Huffington Post, RuPaul's What's The T Podcast, and more! You can find her at her many monthly and weekly shows and guest appearances throughout NYC.

Dillon Klena will join the show straight off his run in Anastasia (Dmitry) at the legendary La Mirada Theatre. Dillon has been performing professionally around Southern California since the age of three. He made his NYC debut in Starry: A New Musical, and you may have seen him as Nick Healy in the National Tour of Jagged Little Pill, or in the new original musical, Rutka.

Ben Covello, who will provide music direction for the show, is a New York Music Director, Pianist, Conductor, Guitarist, Orchestrator, and Collaborator. He is involved in the developmental processes of new projects in collaboration with BAM, Deaf West, Manhattan Theater Club, Guild Hall, the Athens Conservatoire in Greece, Lincoln Center, American Conservatory Theater, Ars Nova, Goodspeed Opera House, New York Stage and Film, Paper Mill Playhouse, and others. Ben has played on Broadway with Wicked, Redwood, and The Outsiders. He also toured with RENT and Jesus Christ Superstar. He recently finished providing music direction for Blood/Love Off-Broadway.

PHOTOS: Lyrics & Lyricists Presents THE LOVE AND LYRICS OF ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN at 92NY

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:00:25 PST

At last night’s Lyrics & Lyricists presentation, Every Kind of Light: The Love and Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman, at The 92NY, New York, every seat reserved for the press was occupied—a telltale sign that something special was about to unfold. The enthusiastic audience and assembled media were not disappointed. Check out the performance photos below.

Co-hosts Billy Stritch and Ann Hampton Callaway, joined by Nikki Renée Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Ali Stroker, delivered a beautifully crafted and expertly performed celebration of the legendary songwriting team's songbook. Their heartfelt interpretations and musical artistry brought the Bergmans’ timeless catalog vividly to life, giving the press—and everyone fortunate enough to be in attendance—plenty to applaud and write about.

Billy Stritch, who crafted the show’s arrangements and orchestrations, anchored the evening from the piano, bringing his signature musical sophistication, warm vocals, and engaging commentary to the performance. Ann Hampton Callaway, a longtime friend and musical collaborator of the Bergmans, enriched the celebration with heartfelt reminiscences of her relationship with the legendary songwriting duo while delivering vocals of remarkable beauty and emotional depth.

The evening was further elevated by the Broadway voices of Nikki Renée Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Ali Stroker, whose performances also brought the Bergmans’ timeless songs to life. Together, they created a memorable tribute that left the 92NY audience with cherished Memories of an extraordinary night of music and storytelling.

See photos from the concert below. Find more upcoming shows at 92NY on their website here, including tickets to the final performance of this concert on Monday June 8 at 7:30 pm.

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Billy Stritch, Ann Hampton Callaway, Ali Stroker, Brandon Victor Dixon, Nikki Renée Daniels

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Every Kind Of Light: The Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman

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