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Big Umbrella Festival returns! Tickets on sale now
Annually each spring, the Big Umbrella Festival welcomes kids, teens, and adults for a dynamic series of programming, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. The 2025 festival will span three weeks in April, offering distinct events and activations each weekend. Explore the calendar here »Upcoming events
March 20 at 7:30 pm
Beats, Rhymes & Sights
Hip-Hop Trivia Battle
Lincoln Center Presents
March 20 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Think you know Hip-Hop? Test your knowledge for a game night unlike any you’ve ever experienced.
TRIVIA
HIP-HOP
March 21 at 7:30 pm
¡VAYA!
Ariacne and Her Orchestra
Lincoln Center Presents
March 21 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Ariacne takes to the stage for an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz social dance night, exuding the perfect balance of elegance and intensity.
SOCIAL DANCE
IN-PERSON
LIVESTREAM
March 21 at 7:30 pm
Carnival of the Animals
Lincoln Center Presents
March 21 at 7:30 pm
Alice Tully Hall
Carnival of the Animals reframes Camille Saint-Saëns’s classic as it navigates the shifting societal values and our relationship to democracy.
MUSIC
DANCE
SPOKEN WORD
March 21 at 8:30 pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Shaina Taub
March 21 at 8:30 pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Singer/songwriter Shaina Taub, Tony Award winner for both the score and book of Broadway’s Suffs, makes a triumphant return to American Songbook.
MUSICAL THEATER
POP
See yourself at Lincoln Center
Be inspired by musicians who defy expectations
American Songbook: Singer Outsiders, curated in collaboration with Tamar-kali and Kathleen Hanna, uplifts women and nonbinary musicians who have shaped the modern landscape of music and continue to drive conversations on gender, identity, and empowerment. This spring series features a bold lineup of powerhouse voices from across the punk, pop, jazz, classical, R&B, and theater worlds—including Tarta Relena, Los Sara Fontan, and Cocanha; Meshell Ndegeocello; Shaina Taub; Gossip, and more—all for free or Choose-What-You-Pay.
Catch international premieres on the New York stage
In collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, Rubén Blades' large-scale musical work Maestra Vida—a soaring, genre-defying urban drama centered on the Latin American lived experience—will be presented in the U.S. for the very first time. The U.S. premiere of the UK’s most celebrated Hip-Hop dance theater company, Boy Blue, brings movement at its most fluid, distilled, and skilled with Cycles. Through spoken word and dance, Carnival of the Animals reframes Camille Saint-Saëns’ classic as it navigates the shifting societal values and our relationship to democracy.
Celebrate 15 years of FREE events at the Atrium
The David Rubenstein Atrium has offered 15 years of dynamic, free programming—opening our world to culture that addresses today’s most pressing issues and explores our common humanity. To celebrate the occasion, we're bringing back fan-favorites and welcoming Lincoln Center debuts to light up the stage this season! Featured events include: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché film screening, Pascuala Ilabaca, Mahogany L. Browne's Seen, Sound, Scribe, and comedy show and dance party Don't Text Your Ex.Be the first to know!
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In addition to General Admission, we’re offering a FREE Fast Track option for most Lincoln Center Presents events—giving you priority access. Bookmark this page »Free at the Atrium
March 20
Think you know Hip-Hop?
March 21
Afro-Cuban social dance night
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