Lower East Side Festival of the Arts at Theater for the New City

Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts returns May 28-30, 2021 as an indoor and outdoor live audience event with an emphasis on safety. Extra precautions have been introduced for the safety of the festival's audiences and the cohort of theater, dance, performance, music, film, literary and visual artists who are participating. All events will be presented in and around Theater for the New City (TNC), 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th Street). Admission is free but donations will be gratefully accepted. Info: www.theaterforthenewcity.netOver 180 artists of all disciplines will be participating in the three-day event. Indoor performances will take stage from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM each day, utilizing two of TNC's four theaters An art show will grace the TNC lobby spaces. From 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day, vendors and food sellers, including booths from nearby restaurants, will set up in the closed-off block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues. An outdoor stage adjoining the theater will offer music and multi-discipline performances from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM each day and poetry on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.All the theater's staff are fully vaccinated and its HVAC systems have new air filtration systems. Masks and temperature checks will be required for both performers and theatergoers, all of whom must present either proof of vaccination or negative COVID test results from the last 3-5 days for admission. Seating will be socially distanced, employing every other seat in every other row. Pods of seating are available for audience members who have quarantined together. Hand sanitizer stations are numerous and available at the entrances.