Queens Free Things To Do - Free Concerts In Queens NYC 2024

Free Summer Concerts In Queens - Free Summer Concerts In The Park In Astoria, LIC, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Corona, Flushing, Jamaica

July 6, 2024 / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Concerts & Music Scene / Queens Things To Do / Queens Buzz NYC.

Summer has begun. A number of community groups in collaboration with the NYC Parks Department and frequently with some measure of various levels of government funding, have put together a summer full of films and free summer concerts in the parks. The free concerts listed below are designed for young and old alike and they're FREE.

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Queens Free Things To Do - Free Concerts In Queens 2024

Free Summer Concerts in Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside,

July 6, 2024 / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Concerts & Music Scene / Queens Things To Do / Queens Buzz NYC. Continued.

Editor's Note - Note that ONLY ASTERISKED LOCATIONS have been updated to 2024. Pay attention to the concert dates / years. We will be updating / adding a few more concerts between now and the end of September. So check back periodically for updates which you can note by the date changing above.

Directory of Free Summer Concerts in Queens NYC 2024

Click on the following links to go to each neighborhood.

• Astoria - free things to do / free summer concerts Astoria Park / Athens Square Park / also see Socrates Sculpture Park in LIC
• Corona - free things to do / free summer concerts Louis Armstrong House / Flushing Meadows Corona Park
• Flushing - free things to do / free summer concerts Flushing Town Hall / Flushing Meadows Corona Park
• Jackson Heights - free things to do / free summer concerts Travers Park
• Jamaica - free things to do / free summer concerts Rufus King Park / Springfield Park
• Long Island City LIC - free things to do / free summer concerts Queensbridge Park / Gantry State Park / Socrates Sculpture Park
• Springfield Gardens - free things to do / free summer concerts Springfield Park
• Sunnyside - free things to do / free summer concerts Queens Blvd
• Woodside - free things to do / free summer concerts Queens Blvd

Other Free Things To Do This Summer in Queens NYC

Also, check out other free activities this summer in Queens. These will be updated by sometime in the middle of June and periodically updated thereafter.

Film / Movies in the Park Queens. Click here to view our report on free movies in the park - summer movies in Queens, Astoria, LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Corona, Flushing & Jamaica this summer.

Theater / Shakespeare in the Park Queens. Click here to view our report on free theater in the park - summer theater in Queens, Astoria, LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Flushing & Jamaica this summer.

Current Queens Things To Do. Click here to view a listing of current Queens things to do or click here to view our member submitted Queens events calendar.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. A NEARLY FULL UPDATE WILL BE COMPLETED THE WEEK BEGINNING 7.7.24.

AFTER THAT WE WILL UPDATE WEEKLY OR AS OFTEN AS NEEDED. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES AND TO SEE WHAT'S NEW.

ASTORIA

Astoria Park - Free Summer Concerts In Astoria 2023

Free Summer Concerts Organized by The Central Astoria Local Development Corporation aka CALDC - Free Things To Do in Queens NYC

The photo to your right was taken at a summer concert in Astoria Park. The following is a schedule of summer concerts in Astoria Park. Click here for the Astoria Neighborhood section of this site.

• Thursday, June 29, 2023 - at 7.30 pm - A live performance of American classics by the Big Swing Band. The concert will be followed by fireworks over the East River.

• Thursday, July 13, 2023 - at 7 pm - A live performance by TBA - To Be Announced.

• Thursday, July 20, 2023 - at 7 pm - A live concert by TBA - To Be Announced.

• Thursday, July 27, 2023 - at 7 pm - A live concert by TBA - To Be Announced.

• Contact. These summer concerts are organized by the Central Astoria Local Development Corporation aka CALDC. For details see - https://centralastoria.org/
• Location. Astoria Park is located in the northwestern section of Queens, south, under and north of the RFK Bridge. The park lies between 19th Street and the East River and between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Blvd.

Italian Wednesday Night Concerts 2023 are posted below -

Still No Word on Greek Tuesdays 2023

Athens Square Park - Free Concerts - Summer in Astoria 2023

Organized by The Athens Square Committee & The Federation Of Italian American Organizations of Queens aka FIAO - Free Things To Do in Astoria Queens NYC

I. Italian Nights in Astoria

The following is a schedule of Italian Wednesdays which are summer concerts at Athens Square Park organized by the Federation of Italian Americans. Every Wednesday in July & August 2023 from 7 pm unitl 9 pm, there will be a concert featuring classic Italian music and musicians.

• Wednesday, July 5, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - DOLCE VITA – Entertainment featuring Mario and Emilio singing old time favorites of the past 50 years: Presented by: Tony Sacco.

• Wednesday, July 12, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - FRANCESCA CAVALIERE – Famous International Italian American Ballard singer Presented by: Anthony Lo Verme Blue Brick Real Estate.

• Wednesday, July 19, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - MASTER MUSIC – Young Artist Concerts Coordinated by Simona Rodano aka The Italian Fairy. Presented by: Fraternal Society of Canicatti, Inc.

• Wednesday, July 26, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - NEW YORK CITY POLICE SYMPHONY BAND - Presented by the National Night Out Against Crime & 114th PCT Community Council. Special Thanks to Rocco Sacramone of Trattoria L’Incontro.

• Wednesday, August 2, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - TEO RICCIARDELLA – Will play classic& Popular songs with his tenor voice. Presented by: Fornaio Bakery.

• Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - AL AMICO & FRIENDS for those that love to dance to Italian music under the summer stars. Presented by: PAT GRAVINO & EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC & QUEENS BOROUGH UNICO.

• Wednesday, August 16, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - BIAGGIO – will sing popular Italian & International songs Presented by: George & Teri Delis.

• Wednesday, August 23, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - GINO BELMONTE – Italian American singer
  from Pane & Cioccolato Band – known for his old time favorites from the early 40’s to current hits. Presented by FELIX DIVITA.

• Wednesday, August 30, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - ANTONIO GUARNA - Neapolitan Classics& Italian Pop music. Presented by: PATRONATO INCA.

• Contact. For Italian Wednesdays details see - FIAO of Queens at 20-12 21st Avenue in Astoria - 718.204.2444.
• Location. Athens Park is located at 30th Avenue & 30th Street in Astoria. The photo to your right shows Athens Square Park in the fall in Astoria.

II. Greek Nights

The following is a schedule of Greek Tuesdays summer concerts at Athens Square Park.

These used to be organized by the Athens Square Committee, wherein, every Tuesday in July, August & September from 7 pm unitl 9 pm, there were concerts featuring Greek music. I haven't seen any published concert schedule for 2023. This is the Old Contact and nothing has been published for Greek Tuesdays details see - https://www.facebook.com/AthensSquareParkAstoria/.

That said, the community appears to be working to revive the concerts, in some fashion. I found this concert posted at the contact url below.

• Tuesday, August 8, 2023 from 7 - 9 pm - Athens Square Festival featuring Eleanna Finokalioti - Sponsored by George Delis.

• Contact. For Greek Tuesdays details see - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Athens-Square-Park-in-Astoria-Queens-NY/389319261167965
• Location. Athens Park is located at 30th Avenue & 30th Street in Astoria. The photo to your right shows Athens Square Park in the fall in Astoria.

CORONA

Louis Armstrong House: Corona Jazz Summer Concerts 2023

Free / Paid Summer Things To Do in Corona, Queens NYC - Free Outdoor Concerts in NYC

The photo at right was taken in the Garden of the Louis Armstrong House, which has now been covered over by the new Louis Armstrong Center.

The following is a schedule of the summer concerts at the Louis Armstrong House in Corona. Click here for the Jackson Heights Corona Neighborhood section of this site.

• Saturday, June 17, 2023 beginning at 2 pm - Juneteenth Concert in the Garden, featuring Charles Turner and the Uptown Swing. Free, but rsvp at eventbrite.

• Tuesday, July 4, 2023 from 2 - 3 pm - July 4th Birthday Concert. FREE.

• Thursday, July 6, 2023 from 11 am - 4 pm - Louis Armstrong House Center opens. Tickets $20 / $14 Students / $5 Corona residents.

• Saturday, July 29, 2023 from 2 to 3.30 pm - Armstrong Now: Louis at Newport. Tickets $20 / $14 Students / $5 Corona residents.

• Saturday, August 19, 2023 from 5 to 7 pm, Jazzmobile & LAHM Block Party 2023. The Jazzmobile Block Party occurs every year and 2023 is no different.

• Contact. For details and tickets see - https://www.jazzmobile.org/
  • or https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/ or call 718-478-8274.
• Location. The Louis Armstrong House is located at 34-56 107th Street in the Corona neighborhood in Queens.

FLUSHING & CORONA

Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Free SummerStage Concerts Queens NYC

Free Concerts / Music near Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in QNS

• Saturday, July 22, 2023 beginning at 6 pm - SummerStage featuring Kool & The Gang I Mobb Deep Havoc Feat. Noyd And Dj Les Grand Wizzard Theodore.
• Sunday, July 23, 2023 from 5 - 9 pm - SummerStage featuring Queens Live! DJ Rekha's Basement Bhangra Bacchanal: DJ Rekha / Malkit Singh with live band / DJ Ana / Rolex Rasathy / Param Singh / Dholi Anuradha / The Shadow Notes and guests.

• Contact. https://cityparksfoundation.org/ and NYC Parks Dept.
• Location. The SummerStage website didn't specify where in FMCP which is a huge park. But last year it was held in a field just south of the Queens Theatre in the Park / the Unisphere, and adjacent to the Maloof Skate Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.

Click here to go to the free summer theater in Queens & scroll down to Queens Theatre for some free theater in the park in Queens this summer.

Click here to go to the free summer theater in Queens & scroll down to Queens Theatre for some free theater in the park in Queens this summer.

2023 Already well underway -

see their website using web address below

* Flushing Town Hall - Paid Summer Concerts

Paid & Free Things To Do - Schedule of Some Concerts at Flushing Town Hall in Queens NYC

The photo to your right was taken looking out of one of the exhibit rooms at Flushing Town Hall. The following is a schedule of a few free and paid summer concerts in Flushing. Click here for the Flushing Neighborhood section of this site.

• On Saturday, July 16, 2022 beginning at 7.30 pm there's Jazz Jam All Stars Concert at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Queens. Jazz musicians selected from events held around the city and beyond will be performing.
• Contact / Tickets. Tickets are $25 / $20 at www.flushingtownhall.org.

• Flushing Town Hall also generally provides live weekly entertainment, for reasonable fees.
• Contact / Tickets. Tickets are $25 / $20 at www.flushingtownhall.org.
• Location. At Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Queens.

In 2021 Flushing Town Hall offerred a line up of virtual events.

• OLD _ NOTE DATES / YEAR _ Friday, July 30, 2021 beginning at 7 pm - Proud Mary - Rock & Roll Ladies w/ The Emilie Surtees Experience Band - Virtual Tickets: $7/$5 Members // In-Person Tickets (42 tickets only) $12/$10 Members. They perform tunes like Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It", Stevie Nicks’ "Go Your Own Way" or Heart’s "If Looks Could Kill".

• Also see the links at the top of this page for free summer theater in Queens.

Discontinued in 2019 _ The Queens Museum - Free Concerts & Movies in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens NYC

Free Things To Do In Flushing, Queens - Free Summer Concerts & Films in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Compliments of the Queens Museum

The photo to your right was taken at a Passport performance by the Queens Museum Of Art. Click here for the Flushing Neighborhood section of this site. The following listing is of a Queens Museum summer program entitled Passport which showcased various cultures, each having their own summer evening, during which film, music and dance were provided to the audience. This program was discontinued in 2019.

• Thursday, July 12, 2018 from 7 - 10 pm - INDIA.
• At 7 pm "get your body moving with Masala Bhangra: Bollywood dance workout classes from 7 – 7.45 pm on the front lawn of the museum starting at 8 pm [programs will take place inside the museum in event of rain].
• At 8 pm Road (Dev Benegal, 2010, 95min, Hindi with English subtitles) about "Vishnu, a restless young man, itches to escape his father’s faltering hair oil business. As his ticket to freedom, he offers to drive an antique Chevy across the desert to the sea, where it has been sold to a local museum. As he sets off, he discovers he’s not merely transporting a battered vehicle, but an old touring cinema."

• Contact / Tickets. The Queens Museum - https://queensmuseum.org. Admissions will be made on a first come, first serve basis. Seating capacity is 472 at the Queens Theatre which is the rain date location.
• Location. The Queens Museum is just south of the Billie Jean King USTA Center and adjacent to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.

Forest Hills

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Paid Summer Concerts in the Forest Park in Forest Hills 2023

Paid Concerts in Forest Park in Queens NYC - Paid & Free Things To Do In the Forest Hills

• Saturday, July 1, 2023 from 12 noon - 8 pm - Queens Rockfest - Now in its fourth year after going on hiatus in 2020 for the CoVid Pandemic [began in 2018]. The Queens Rock Fest showcases local bands and other musicians. Free. At the George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park in Forest Hills. FREE but donations welcome.
• Contact / Tickets. For details and tickets see - https://www.queensrockfest.com/.

• June - October 2023 - Forest Hills Stadium Concerts. They are paid events with mid to top tier talent.
• Contact / Tickets. For details and tickets see - https://www.foresthillsstadium.com/

• Location. The concerts are held at the George Seuffert Bandshell at Myrtle Avenue and Woodhaven Blvd in Forest Park in Woodhave / Forest Hills. Click here to view a map of the George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park [TBD] in Forest Hills.

JACKSON HEIGHTS

Travers Park - Free Concerts in Jackson Heights 2023

Free Things To Do In Queens - Compliments of The Jackson Heights Beautification Group [JHBG] & the NYS Council of the Arts in Jackson Heights Queens NYC

The photo to your right was taken at a Summer Sundays concert in Travers Park in a prior year. Click here for the Jackson Heights Neighborhood section of this site.

The following is a schedule of summer concerts in Travers Park at 34th Avenue and 78th Street in Jackson Heights, as well as some music / dance / cultural performances.

• Wednesday, May 17, 2023 beginning at 7 pm the Jackson Heights Orchestra performs classical music at St. Marks Episcopal Church at 33-50 82nd Street in Jackson Heights.
• Contact. https://www.facebook.com/JacksonHeightsOrchestra/

• Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 3 - 7 pm - Queens Boro Dance Festival - The performances take place hourly along 34th Avenue between 69th and 92nd Streets in Jackson Heights / Corona, with the last one beginning at 6 pm in Travers Park which is located between 77th and 78th Streets. Free. For details see - https://queensborodancefestival.org
  • Saturday, June 3 - September 17, 2023 - Queens Boro Dance Festival - Dance performances around the borough of Queens every weekend. Free. For details see - https://queensborodancefestival.org

• Sunday, July 2, 2023 - begins 6 pm - The Jackson Heights Orchestra - classical music.
• Contact. https://www.facebook.com/JacksonHeightsOrchestra/

Summer Sundays in Travers Park in Jackson Heights 2023

• Sunday, 7/2/23 beginning at 6 pm - Jackson Heights Orchestra, cond. by @conductorlieu
• Sunday, 7/16/23 beginning at 6 pm - The Afro Latineers - @theafrolatineers
• Sunday, 7/23/23 beginning at 6 pm - Second Life Trio - @manuelvalerajazzpiano.nyrhodes
• Sunday, 7/30/23 beginning at 6 pm - The Afro Latineers - [no handle was included with the announcement]
• Sunday, 8/6/23 beginning at 6 pm - East Indian Music Academy - @eastindianmusicacademy
• Sunday, 8/13/23 beginning at 6 pm - ft Farlya Premaa - @bimsuckz ft. @fariyahpremaa
• Sunday, 8/20/23 beginning at 6 pm - Feste Jation - @festejation
• Sunday, 8/27/23 beginning at 6 pm - Phiroj Shyangden - @phiroj_shyangden

• Contact. The Jackson Heights Beautification Group and NYC Parks. For details see - https://www.jhbg.org/
• Location. Travers Park is located between 34th Avenue and Northern Blvd and between 77th and 79th Streets in Jackson Heights in Queens.

The following event is returning this year [2023]. Use the link to theater at the top of this page for 2023 details.

• OLD _ August 2022 _ beginning at 2 pm - The Theatre for a New City (Theater) is performing a new play entitled, Critical Care or Rehearsals for a Nurse - about healthcare professionals in the age of CoVid. This theater group has been providing free operetta-for-the-streets to communities throughout New York City since the early 1970s.

JAMAICA

Free Summer Concerts in Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica Queens NYC

Free Things to do in Jamaica QNS NYC

• Monday, June 19, 2023 from 4.30 - 6.30 pm - NY Music Month Concert Series - Funk Flex & Friends. Hip Hop.
• Contact. https://www.nymusicmonth.nyc/

• Sunday, June 25, 2023 - Groovin' in the Park - Begins at 12 noon - 9 pm - Large reggae and rhythm and bluses music festival at Roy Wilkins Park 177-01 Baisley Blvd [at Merrick Blvd] in Jamaica.
• Contact. For details and $85 tickets see - https://www.groovininthepark.com/.

• Location. Roy Wilkins Park at Merrick Blvd between 118th & 119th streets in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens NYC.

King Manor Park - Free Concerts in Jamaica Queens 2023

Free Things To Do In Jamaica - Free Summer Concerts in Rufus King Park Jamaica in Queens NYC

The photo to your right shows King Manor in King Park on Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street in Jamaica. Click here for the Jamaica Neighborhood section of this site.

• Saturdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2023 begins at 7 pm nightly - Annual Jamaica Dance Festival - In Rufus King Park on Jamaica Avenue at 150th Street. Free dance performances by local performers. Street fairs in Jamaica NY. For details see - https://thejamaicadancefestival.com/
• Contact / Tickets. Organized by the Jamaica Dance Festival. For details see - https://thejamaicadancefestival.com. FREE.

• Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 3 to 8 pm - Southeast Queens JamFest. About a half dozen talented local artists perform various genres of music. FREE.
• Contact. https://jcal.org

• Location. King Manor is located in Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue at 150th Street in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. This park is host to the Jamaica Dance Festival, the Jamaica JAMS Music Festival and one of about 20 blocks along Jamaica Avenue that host the Jamaica JAMS Music Festival and street fair.

Use the links at the top of this report to view other events such as movies, concerts, theater and fairs at Rufus King Park, as well as at other locations around Queens.

Click here to see free movies in the park in Jamaica & Queens on this site.

Jamaica JAMS Music Festival - Free Summer Concerts at King Manor in Queens NYC

• Friday & Saturday, August 4 & 5, 2023 - Jamaica JAMS Music Festival runs from 6 - 10 pm Friday, and the Jamaica JAMS music festival and street fair runs from 11 am to 7 pm Saturday - Friday evening from 6 pm - 10 pm the music festival is held in the northwest corner of Rufus King Park. On Saturday from 11 am - 7 pm along Jamaica Avenue from Parsons Blvd to 170th Street. Music, food and street shopping. The biggest street fair in Queens. JAMS stands for Jamaica Arts & Music Summer.

• Contact. www.jamaicajams.nyc
• Location. The Friday night concert is located in the northwest section of Rufus King Park at 150-29 Jamaica Avenue at 150th Street in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. This park is host to the Jamaica JAMS Music Festival on both Friday and Saturday as one of about 20 blocks along Jamaica Avenue that host the Jamaica JAMS Music Festival and street fair.

* St Albans Park - Free Summer Outdoor Movies & Jazz Festival in Jamaica Queens NYC

Free Summer Outdoor Movies in Queens Parks NYC

Location. St. Albans Park is located along Merrick Blvd and Sayres Avenue in Jamaica Queens. The festival entrance is at 175-18 Merrick Blvd.

• Saturday, July 16, 2022 from 4 - 10 pm - Black Spectrum Theatre Company St. Albans Jazz and R&B Festival. The 20th anniversary of this musical feast. Free.

Contact / Tickets. Free. For details see - http://www.blackspectrum.com

Also use the links at the top of this report to see other free summer events / movies / theater at this and other locations in Queens.

LONG ISLAND CITY / LIC

PS1 MoMA Warm Up Party Schedule LIC 2023

Warm Up Party Concerts Are Returning Every Saturday Evening from Mid July to the end of August - Paid Summer Things To Do LIC Queens NYC

Day & Time. For the summer of 2023 the concerts will run on Fridays from 5 - 10 pm. The following represent the planned Warm Up Party dates which have been announced. While specific entertainers have not yet been mentioned, you can still purchase tickets at www.momaps1.org. As these summer concerts are very popular, you might want to purchase your tickets as early as you can.

Editor's Note about Prior Concert Years Schedule. In prior years the PS1 Warm Up concerts were on Saturdays and ran from 12 noon - 9 pm from late June to the beginning of September charging admission of $18 / $22. In 2020 they went virtual and in 2021 did a very limited schedule in August. In 2022 they did three concerts. This year [2023] they're doing twice that number - six concerts.

• Friday, July 21, 2023, from 5 - 10 pm - MoMA PS1 Warm Up Party in their back courtyard. Performers to be announced / TBA.

• Friday, July 28, 2023, from 5 - 10 pm - MoMA PS1 Warm Up Party in their back courtyard. Performers to be announced / TBA.

• Friday, August 4, 2023, from 5 - 10 pm - MoMA PS1 Warm Up Party in their back courtyard. Performers to be announced / TBA.

• Friday, August 11, 2023, from 5 - 10 pm - MoMA PS1 Warm Up Party in their back courtyard. Performers to be announced / TBA.

• Friday, August 18, 2023 from 5 - 10 pm - MoMA PS1 Warm Up Party in their back courtyard. Performers to be announced / TBA.

• Friday, August 25, 2023 from 5 - 10 pm - MoMA PS1 Warm Up Party in their back courtyard.Performers to be announced / TBA.

• Contact. For details and tickets see - https://www.momaps1.org/.
• Location. PS1 MoMa is located at 22-15 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, LIC Queens.

New York Irish Center Kids Festival in LIC Queens 2023

Affordable Kids Summer Camps in LIC - Inexpensive Things To Do In LIC Queens NYC

• Summer of 2023 they host one concert per month, but not consistently scheduled on the calendar - meaning not every second Thursday or every last Friday of the month [that sort of consistent / easily remembered scheduling].

• Monday - Friday July 24 - August 4, 2023 - 10 am - 4 pm Daily - New York Irish Center's Tir Na Nog Children's Festival. An Irish cultural festival for kids lasting two weeks. It's an immersive Irish cultural experience for children. There are two age groups - 5 - 8 and 9 - 12. In 2022 you had to rsvp and pay $300 for what appeared to be 12 days.

• Contact. https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org
• Location. New York Irish Center at 1040 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.

Socrates Sculpture Park - Free Outdoor Summer Concerts Queens NYC

Free Things To Do In LIC Queens - Free Summer Concerts in Socrates Sculpture Park 2022

Editor's Note. They appear to have dialed programs back considerably vis a vis pre-pandemic when they did weekly films and multiple live concerts each month. We'll monitor to see if things change.

• Wednesday, June 28, 2023 from 7 - 8 pm - Metropolitan Opera SummerStage - This is described as, "... Featuring rising stars of the Met-soprano and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program graduate Erika Baikoff, who recently appeared as Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Tebaldo in Verdi’s Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano and current Lindemann Young Artist Cierra Byrd, who sang Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones; and baritone Thomas Glass, who won the 2019 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and sang Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly during the 2021-22 season...." Live, in-person, FREE.

• Sunday, July 30, 2023 from 12 - 6 pm - Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Nueva York 11th Annual Guelaguetza Festival - This event is described as follows, " ... La Guelaguetza originated in Oaxaca City, Mexico, where every summer people gather to celebrate traditional dances, music, and culture. Each Oaxacan region offers a unique contribution to the festivities – like the much-loved 'Dance of the Pineapple!'...". Food and crafts vendors will be there to sell edibles and artistic creations to the audience. FREE.

• IGNORE THIS AS IT SEEMS SOMEONE ERRED & I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND IT AGAIN _ Sundays, August 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2023 from 11 am – 12 noon - Queensboro Dance Festival - This is described as, " ... [an opportunity to] learn dances from different cultures each Sunday in August. This program is facilitated by The Queensboro Dance Festival, a summer Queens tour of performances & classes by Queens-based dance companies..." Respectively, the cultures featured each week are 8/8 Indian, 8/15 West African, 8/22 Filipino and 8/29 Asian Pacific Islands.

• Based on their website [abandonment?] we don't expect The INSITU Dance Festival to return in 2023 as they had also not Returned 2022, nor 2021 - the festival was undergoing restructuring in prior years and had expected to return in 2022 as a bi-annual festival [every other year], but alas the best laid plans of ...

• Contact. For details and additional info see - https://socratessculpturepark.org
• Location. At Socrates Sculpture Park at Broadway and Vernon Blvd in LIC / Astoria along the East River in Queens NYC.

Gantry State Park - Free Summer Concerts in LIC Queens

Free Concerts In Hunters Point South Park located just south of Gantry State Park in Queens NYC - Free Things To Do in Long Island City LIC

The photo to your right shows the audience watching a Live at the Gantries performance in Long Island City in a prior year. Click here for the Long Island City LIC Neighborhood section of this site.

• Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 4 - 8 pm - A Free Day of Latin Jazz - Features three well known groups performing for an hour apiece. Organized by Queens Rising. For details and more information see - https://queensrising.nyc

• Tuesday, July 11, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - AJOYO - West African Sounds with Jazz, Electronic, and Pop Music.

• Tuesday, July 18, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Bartlett Contemporaries - R&B and Dance.

• Tuesday, July 25, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Afro Dominicano - Afro-Caribbean Soul Music.

• Tuesday, August 1, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Linda EPO’s Ensemble New Yorkino - Fusion of Jazz and Mexican Folk Music.

• Tuesday, August 8, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Michael Olatuja & Lagos Pepper Soup - Afrobeat, Jazz, and Funk.

• Tuesday, August 15, 2023 beginning at 7 pm - Slavo Rican Assembly - Latin Jazz with South Slavic Sound.

• Contact. For details see - https://kupferbergcenter.org.
• Location. Gantry State Park is sandwiched in between the East River and Center Blvd in Long Island City. The Gantries are located at Borden and Center Avenues and Hunters Point Park South is adjacent to / south of them. The concerts are held at LIC Landing which is just below the gantries. FREE.

Sponsors. Last year in 2022 the KupferbergCenter.org website stated "... This free concert series is supported by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and Plaxall, Inc. Season support for all Kupferberg activities is provided by New York Community Bank and Resorts World NYC. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council...".

Culture Lab LIC - Free Outdoor Summer Concerts in LIC Queens NYC

• Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, May 6 - October 31, 2023 from 12 noon - 9 pm - Culture Lab Summer Concerts. Free. And subject to schedule changes so check their website to be sure.

• Saturday, July 29, 2023 from 4.30 - 5.45 pm Queensboro Dance Festival. Free.

• Contact. https://www.culturelablic.org/
• Location. 5-25 46th Avenue in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens NYC.

Culture Lab also hosts are exhibits and theatrical productions. Use the links at the top of this page to find theatrical shows at this location.

* Queensbridge Park - SummerStage Concerts

Free Things To Do In LIC Queens - Free Summer Concerts in Queensbridge Park

Click here to view a Queensbridge Park map. Click here for the Long Island City Neighborhood section of this site. The following is a schedule of summer concerts in Queensbridge Park.

SUMMERSTAGE HAS PERFORMED HERE IN PRIOR YEARS BUT NOT SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. The following event was from a prior year.

• Thursday, July 12, 2018 beginning at 7 pm / Free - Systema Solar / Very Be Careful, in association with the Latin Alternative Music Conference.

The Rockaways

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Free Summer Concerts at Rockaway Beach at 94th Street

Free Things To Do In the Rockaways - Free Concerts in the Rockaways Queens NYC

• Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 10 am - 7 pm - Rockstock Music Festival in the Rockaways this weekend. There's also an after party.
• Contact. For details see https://rockstocknyc.com/.
• Locations. O'Donahue Park in the Rockaways near Beach 94th Street off Shorefront Parkway in Rockaway Beach.

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, August 25, 26 & 27, 2023 from 5 to 9 pm - The Rockaway Beach Surf Music Festival. A whole weekend of music near the beach. Last year the festival was one of the biggest Labor Day weekend events in Queens, and is a part of the Rockaway Bazaar concerts. FREE.
• Contact. https://www.rockaway-bazaar.com/
• Location. At the Rockway Bazaar Beach Pavilion at 9701 Shorefront Parkway and 97th Street by the beach in the Rockaways in Queens.

The Rockaway Hotel - Outdoor Rooftop Summer Concerts

• Starting May 28 followed by concerts in June, July, August & Ending September 3, 2023 - Rockaway Music Live Summer Concert Series. A number of area bands perform on the rootfop of the Rockaway Hotel.

• Contact / Tickets. Ticket prices range from about $25 - $65, and at least one of the conerts is free. For details and tickets see - https://www.greetingsfromrockaway.com/
• Location. At 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive in Rockway, Queens.

SPRINGFIELD - near JAMAICA

* Springfield Park in South Jamaica Queens

Free Things To Do In Queens - Free SummerStage / Summer Concerts in Springfield Park in Queens NYC

Click here to view a Springfield Park map - TBD.

The following is a schedule of summer concerts in Springfield Park at 184th Street and 146th Terrace in Springfield Gardens & South Jamaica Queens.

SO FAR NOTHING IN 2021.

• July 5, 2017 from 7 - 9 pm / Free - Just Sole! Street Dance Theater Company / Pretty BIG Movement - featuring "Spirited hip-hop dance crews inspire while defying stereotypes and starts with dance workshop."

SUNNYSIDE &WOODSIDE

Discontinued _ Queens Blvd & 46th Street - Free Concerts In Sunnyside

Don't Yet Know if the Bix Beiderbecke Concert Will Remain on Hiatus in Sunnyside, Queens NYC?

Editor's Note. In 2022 I was informed that Paul Maringelli, the Founder of the Bix Biederbecke concert series, passed away sometime between 2020 and the summer of 2022. We mourn his passing.

• Tuesday, August 7, 2018 from 4 to 9 pm - Bix Biederbecke Memorial Jazz Concert - free jazz concert in memoriam of short-lived jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke who lived in Sunnyside only blocks away.
• Contact. https://sunnysideshines.org/
• Location. At 46th Street under the subway tracks along Queens Blvd in Sunnyside.

* Windmuller Park & Sargeant Collins Park - Concerts Discontinued - BUT in 2022 the Queens Boro Dance Festival Coming to Windmuller Park in July

Free Things To Do In Sunnyside & Woodside / Queensboro Dance Festival in Windmuller Park in Queens NYC

The photo to your right shows a live concert by a big band group at Windmuller Park in Woodside many years ago, but these bandshell concerts appear to have been put on hiatus.

There was a schedule of summer concerts in Sargeant Collins Park in Woodside in 2015, but the organizers discontinued the concerts thereafter. In 2016 a group [may have been Queens World Film Festival but UNCONFIRMED as I can't remember for sure] began showing free summer movies in Woodside at Sargeant Collins Park. That too appears to have been discontinued.

At this point we're not expecting any free summer concerts in Sargeant Collins Park. And while no concerts are expected in Windmuller Park, the Queens Boro Dance Festival, as noted above, is expected to perform twice.

• Saturday & Sunday, July 11 & 12, 2022 from 6 - 7.30 pm respectively - Queensboro Dance Festival - Performances by a half dozen or more different local dance groups participating in the Queensboro Dance Festival. Free.

• Location. Windmuller Park is located between 39th Drive and 39th Road and between 52nd and Woodside Avenue / 56th Street in Woodside / near Sunnyside.

Click here for the Woodside Sunnyside Neighborhood section of this site.

Queens - Free Summer Concerts In The Park 2023

Astoria, LIC, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Corona, Flushing, Jamaica in Queens NYC

The following are links to the musical happenings / free concerts going on around the five boroughs of the city over the next couple of months.

Enjoy.

Free Things to do NYC / Free Outdoor Summer Concerts Bronx NYC

Free Things to do NYC / Free Outdoor Summer Concerts Brooklyn NYC

Free Things to do NYC / Free Outdoor Summer Concerts Manhattan NYC

Free Things to do NYC / Free Outdoor Summer Concerts Queens NYC

Free Things to do NYC / Free Outdoor Summer Concerts Staten Island NYC

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