NYMM CONCERT SERIES WILL HOST FRANKIE NEGRON AND BAND AT PLAYGROUND 52

Date: June 8
Time: 06:15 pm – 08:00 pm
Location: KELLY STREET BETWEEN AVE OF ST. JOHN AND LEGGETT AVENUE, BRONX

Join KIDS ROCK FOR KIDS for a free, all-ages, outdoor rock show featuring amazing young bands from New York City – and around the world. The concert will feature performers from Australia, Afghanistan, Brazil, the UK, Belgium, Paraguay, Croatia, India, Canada, and across the US (California, Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey, and the greater NYC region).

Not just a showcase of amazing talent, but a community-building event where performers meet and bond with kindred spirits from around the globe — and audiences experience the pure joy exuded by passionate young musicians doing what they love, while also celebrating the glorious mix of musical cultures found only in New York City.

Date: June 7
Time: 04:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Location: TBD

From the progenitors of Rock and Roll in the 1940s, through the glory years of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, up until MTV in the early ’80s, NEIL BERG’S 50 YEARS OF ROCK & ROLL uses fascinating stories and groundbreaking music, with tributes to such important and iconic rock stars/groups/genres as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, Frankie Valli, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Motown, Aretha Franklin, The Who, Janis Joplin, Woodstock, Simon & Garfunkel, Carole King, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Disco, New Wave, Journey, and others!

Come join us on this Musical Journey!

Date: June 15
Time: 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm
Location: Union Turnpike and 193rd Street, Queens

Join DJ Clue and Company to celebrate Juneteenth in Roy Wilkins Park, Queens. DJ Clue is a mixtape pioneer and veteran New York radio jock who earned platinum certification! He is a powerhouse and icon on today’s music scene.
Juneteenth is a community empowered event with Black Music, Creativity and Love, Excellence, and Black Joy. Since the summer of 2020, multiple Queens communities have reconnected to highlight, celebrate, and commemorate the history of Black Ancestors and their journeying to liberation through Juneteenth.

Date: June 19
Time: 05:00 pm – 07:00 pm
Location: Merrick and Foch Blvds, Queens

On November 24, 1928, Brooklyn Paramount introduced the most immersive entertainment experience the world had ever seen. Emboldened as ‘America’s first movie theater built for sound,’ Brooklyn Paramount set the stage for a storied saga of beginnings. The historic venue hosted events of all kinds from jazz icons like Ella Fitzgerald to the work of Hollywood’s sole female director of the time—Dorothy Arzner to LIU’s Basketball games! Now, after 60 years since its last curtain call, this palace of entertainment is being revived as a multigenre sensory spectacle of state-of-the-art sound.

We invite you to come tour the space, experience the history and check out how the space has been renewed to welcome the next generation of legends to the stage.

Date: June 22
Time: 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm
Location: 385 Flatbush Ave Ext, Brooklyn, NY 11201, Brooklyn

Associated Musicians of Greater New York—Local 802, American Federation of Musicians—welcomes our neighbors of Hell’s Kitchen and beyond in celebration of LGBTQ Pride. Join us in the union’s historic Club Room for an evening featuring professional instrumentalists and vocalists of the Queer community (and its allies), all part of the New York Music Month!

As a symbol of solidarity with the artists and the multiple genres in which they work, the music will be varied. First, a chamber music ensemble of the esteemed ChamberQUEER group, directed by violist Kal Sugatski (Orchestra of St. Lukes, NY Phil), with violinist JD Hunter (Broadway and studio) and Maria Bella Jeffers (studio, touring). This set will be followed by guest speakers (TBA), and then a special QUEERCabaret featuring 2024 MAC Award winner Maria Gentile as well as noted performers Anthony Fett, and Susan Campanaro as “Lavinia Draper”. Lynn Portas, pianist/vocalist/musical director, will lead a sizzling trio brandishing DIVA Jazz Orchestra drummer Sherrie Maricle and Broadway bassist Lexi Bodick.
As the days of Pride Month point toward the jubilant NYC March, come revel with us!

Date: June 27
Time: 06:00 – 09:30 pm
Location: 322 West 48th Street, New York NY 10036, Manhattan

A concert and talk aimed at supporting the career growth of female artists and bands in NYC, this is a battle of the bands where every warrior woman in music wins!

The event will feature local NYC professional female-led all-originals bands, ranging from Rock and Alternative to Indie and Punk to Pop – all under one roof! Featured bands include local NYC popular bands SILENT FURY, THE DYE BAND, MADKAT , THE REPRESSIONS & MORE! Prizes will be gifted to all participants!

Attendees will have the opportunity to win cool Warrior gear in an on-site raffle!

Lead Warrior Woman, JazzRock of SILENT FURY, a Keynote Speaker and Marketing educator at The Musicians Institute, NAMM , The Music Alliance and countless other music business organizations on female brand-building, will share a short talk with a few of her secrets on succeeding as an independent woman in music.

Special warrior women event collectibles will be on hand and other goodies!

Date: June 28
Time: 06:00 – 09:00 pm
Location: 322 West 48th Street, MANHATTAN