CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE 2025 Summer Concert Series

Carnegie Hall announced the summer schedule for Carnegie Hall Citywide, a free concert series that brings an electrifying mix of live performances to venues throughout New York City. Presented in collaboration with esteemed community organizations, the celebrated series features artists of all genres—classical, jazz, Latin music, and beyond—in performances across the city’s five boroughs.

Kicking the summer season off, Carnegie Hall Citywide partners with Brooklyn collective ChamberQUEER and Grammy Award–winning Boston institution Handel and Haydn Society to present BaroQUEER: Historically Informed at the Judson Memorial Church (June 5). Next up in the series, a performance by women-led brass ensemble Brass Queens (June 12) in collaboration with the Times Square Alliance for the series TSQ LIVE.

Carnegie Hall Citywide continues its collaboration with Bryant Park Picnic Performances this summer presenting five free concerts in the park on Fridays in July and August. The vibrant lineup features innovative music collective The Knights featuring bandoneon soloist Julien Labro (July 11); award-winning salsa dura band La Excelencia (July 18); three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant (July 25); visionary pianist and composer Orrin Evans and the Grammy Award–nominated Captain Black Big Band (August 1); and acclaimed singer-songwriter, top 8 finalist on NBC’s The Voice, and star of Broadway’s Maybe Happy Ending, Dez Duron (August 8).

Carnegie Hall Citywide partners with Madison Square Park curating a dynamic three-concert series featuring renowned string ensemble Toomai String Quintet (July 9); Australian guitar virtuosos Ziggy and Miles (July 16); and Grammy Award–winning Catalyst Quartet (July 23). The programs for performacnes in Madison Square Park will take inspiration from Gardens of Renewal, an immersive installation by botanical artist Lily Kwong that inspires well-being, connection, and play. The installation is on view through September 1, 2025.

Additional highlights to the Citywide summer season include concerts at Wave Hill in the Bronx featuring bassist, composer, and bandleader Endea Owens and her high-energy ensemble, The Cookout (June 26); New York City’s own “chajunto” orchestra Son Del Monte at Al Quiñones Playground (July 12); and at Historic Richmond Town in Staten Island with a program featuring the genre-spanning Symphonic Brass Alliance (July 26).

All Carnegie Hall Citywide performances are free, and no tickets are required. To learn more about Carnegie Hall Citywide, please visit carnegiehall.org/Citywide.