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Next Wave Festival

7 Oct - 18 Dec 2009 (annual)

The twelve-week Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) showcases the foremost creators of contemporary theatre, music, dance, film, literature and new media.

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Candlelight Carol Festival

Dec 2009 (annual)

The hugely popular Candlelight Carol Festival at Manhattan's Riverside Church is a wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas season. The choirs of Harlem NY put on a swinging festive show which…

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Chinese New Year Spectacular

Jan 2010 (annual)

The Chinese New Year Spectacular at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall is presented by New Tang Dynasty TV, a multilingual, non-profit TV network based in New York.

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Tibetan Annual Benefit Concert

Feb 2010 (annual)

The annual concert for the Tibetan cause takes place at Carnegie Hall once again. The occasion mixes up East with West and old with new; country, pop, rock, Buddhist chanting and Tibetan…

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Bent Festival

Mar 2010 (annual)

Taking circuit bending to the next level, the Bent Festival comes to New York's Tank venue. The event dhowcases the very best in the new and exciting artform that merges electronic circuits to…

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No Fun Festival @ Fylkingen, Stockholm, 2009. Photo by Jonatan Liljedahl

No Fun Festival

May 2010 (annual)

Tight jeans and skinny tees cram into the Music Hall of Williamsburg for New York's annual noise rock-fest, the No Fun Festival. Rubbing shoulders with NYC's arty crowd, attendees enjoy three…

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Bang On A Can Marathon

May 2010 (annual)

Rather than employing archaic labels as a yardstick, the annual Bang on a Can Marathon at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden sorts music by innovation. The non-stop 24-hour concert…

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Sheet music. Photo by Bree Hogg  © Whatsonwhen

Washington Square Music Festival

Jun 2010 (various dates)

The Washington Square Music Festival offers free classical and jazz concerts every summer in Washington Square Park, a beautiful square in the heart of Greenwich Village. The festival often…

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Sheet music. Photo by Bree Hogg  © Whatsonwhen

Washington Square Music Festival

Jun 2010 (various dates)

The Washington Square Music Festival offers free classical and jazz concerts every summer in Washington Square Park, a beautiful square in the heart of Greenwich Village. The festival often…

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Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

Jun 2010 (annual)

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival proves that hip-hop can be much more than the garden-variety tunes saturating our radiowaves. The free annual event at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park presents a…

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Afro-Punk Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

The annual Afro-Punk Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music celebrates the continuous struggle against racist institutions and ideologies with musical performances, film screenings…

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Tony Waag's Tap City: The New York City Tap Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

New York explodes in a fiesta of toe-tapping for the New York City Tap Festival. Featuring classes, workshops and performances throughout the city, the main performances take place at the…

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The Village Voice Annual Siren Music Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Village Voice Siren Festival, held on two outdoor stages at Coney Island, is a free music event featuring local, national and international bands. Organised by the alternative weekly…

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Vans Warped Tour

Jul 2010 (annual)

The music and extreme sports behemoth that is the Vans Warped Tour rolls into Hempstead, New York. It presents leading punk and hardcore bands on ten stages, extreme sports demos, a Guitar…

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Dance Theatre of Harlem - Four Temperaments. Courtesy of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Plunge into culture as the Lincoln Center Festival celebrates summer and global arts. The festival presents nearly 100 performances, including premières and debuts of opera and world music…

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The crowd enjoys another SummerStage concert at Central Park. Photo courtesy New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Central Park SummerStage

Jun - Aug 2010 (annual)

Central Park SummerStage is one of New York City's greatest summer institutions. Taking place at the Rumsey Playfield in the world-famous Central Park, the two month long festival fills the…

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Courtesy of Summer in the Square

Summer in the Square

Jun - Aug 2010; Thu only (annual)

Union Square celebrates summer each Thursday from June to August with a series of free concerts, storytelling and dance performances. A wide variety of styles are covered, from Irish step…

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The majestic Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn. © Jeff Greenberg/NYC & Company, Inc

Blues BBQ Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

Catch free live blues by the water at Pier 54, part of the Hudson River Park's annual summer of fun. Top bands play at the one-day mini festival and, to get things really sizzling, a barbecue…

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Harlem Week

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Be prepared for a pleasant surprise: Harlem Week is in fact a month-long annual outdoor festival. It celebrates Harlem's diversely rich culture with a range of activities from jazz concerts…

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Saxophone. Photo by Bree Hogg, © Whatsonwhen

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival brings leading jazz performers to the two neighbourhoods where the world-famous saxophonist lived and worked. Concerts take place in Marcus Garvey Park…


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Bent Festival

The Tank

Mar 2010 (annual)

No Fun Festival

Music Hall of Williamsburg

May 2010 (annual)

Washington Square Music Festival

Washington Square Park

Jun 2010 (various dates)