Say goodbye to summer at the three-day Summer Send-Off event in Grand Central Terminal, with FREE food tastings, circus performances, concerts by Broadway stars, face painting for the kids, and more, including gifts with purchase from GCT vendors.
Summer Send-Off is August 22-24 in Vanderbilt Hall, 11:30am to 2:30pm daily.. Participating GCT vendors include Shake Shack and Magnolia Bakery.
Tuesday, August 22
Participating vendors:
- Bien Cuit
- Great Northern Food Hall
- Magnolia Bakery
- Shake Shack
- Zaro’s Family Bakery
- Kidding Around Toys face painting and science and plush toy demos
- New York Transit Museum hands-on artifact discovery and Grand Central scavenger hunts
12:00PM — Special performance from the Big Apple Circus
1:30PM — Musical performances from the Broadway casts of School of Rock – The Musical, Cats, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and Kinky Boots
Wednesday, August 23
Participating vendors:
- Café Spice
- Great Northern Food Hall
- Li-Lac Chocolates
- Shake Shack
- Zaro’s Family Bakery
- Kidding Around Toys face painting and science and plush toy demos
- New York Transit Museum hands-on artifact discovery and scavenger hunts
12:00PM — Kidding Around Toys presents a special music show powered by Loog Guitars
1:30PM — Musical performances and more from the Broadway cast of WICKED
- So much happened before Dorothy dropped in. WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
Thursday, August 24
Participating vendors:
- Bien Cuit
- Li-Lac Chocolates
- Shake Shack
- Zaro’s Family Bakery
- Kidding Around Toys face painting and science and plush toy demos
- New York Transit Museum hands-on artifact discovery and scavenger hunts
11:30AM — Dragons Love Tacos Read-Out-Loud Story Time with Dragon, Presented by Penguin Random House Young Readers
12:30PM — Special performance from the Big Apple Circus
1:30PM — Musical performances from the Broadway casts of A Bronx Tale, Anastasia, Bandstand, Once on this Island, and Stomp
*Performances subject to change
Free Grand Central gift with a $10 purchase from a Grand Central Summer Send-Off vendor (Limit one gift per customer while supplies last. Gift redeemed at time of purchase).
5 Grand Central themed prize packs given away daily. Enter at designated booth.
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