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Make Music New York: Celebrate the Winter Solstice with Free Concerts

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Celebrate the first day of winter with FREE outdoor concerts and parades.  Make Music New York fills the city with performances and mini-parades performed by and for New Yorkers.  

Here’s where you can find a Make Music New York happening, by borough.  No

Manhattan

East Harlem Solstice Jam
5:30 - 7:15 PM
Uptown Grand Central Plaza and the East Harlem neighborhood
Presented with Uptown Grand Central 
 
Mutant Toy Parade
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Uptown Grand Central Plaza and the East Harlem neighborhood

Solstice Hootenanny
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Carl Schurz Park
Pilgrimage
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Along Riverside Park and through the Upper West Side neighborhood

CANCELED Mobile Hallelujah
6:00 - 8:00 PM
From the Main Branch of the New York Public Library to six other landmark locations

Standing Still with Tilted Axes
10:45 - 11:15 AM
Herald Square and the surrounding neighborhood

HONK NYC! presents Radiant Revelry
5:30 - 7:30 PM
From Washington Square to Avenue B between 10th & 11th Streets
Presented in partnership with HONK NYC!
 
Ukulele Christmas Jam
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Meet under the Arch of Washington Square Park
 
CANCELED Tambor Tuesday Street Jam
6:30 - 7:30 PM
From Astor Place Plaza to club Drom, 85 Avenue A
Presented in partnership with the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, Drom, and the Village Alliance

 
Bell by Bell
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Elizabeth Street Garden, between Spring & Prince Streets
Presented with Elizabeth Street Garden
 
CANCELED Bach to Beatles: Winter Solstice Waltz
9:00 - 11:00 AM
The Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center
Presented with Port Authority of NY & NJ

Brooklyn
 

CANCELED African Drumming
2:00 - 4:00 PM
The Plaza at 300 Ashland, 85 Flatbush Avenue
Presented with Brooklyn Music School and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
 
Flatfoot Flatbush
4:00 - 7:30 PM
North Flatbush Avenue between Park Place & Dean Street
Presented in partnership with Porch Stomp, City Stompers and the North Flatbush Avenue BID
 
CANCELED Make Music KenSINGton
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Avenue C Plaza in Kensington
Presented in partnership with The Kensington Stewards
 

Queens

Queens Solstice Music & Dance Soiree
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Travers Park in Jackson Heights
Presented in partnership with Queensboro Dance Festival
 

Bronx
 

Bronx Samba
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Bronx Stadium Garden and the Concourse neighborhood
Presented with the 161st Street Business Improvement District
 
Melrose Parranda
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Bronx Music Hall and the Melrose neighborhood
Presented with The Bronx Music Heritage Center
 

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