Summer for the City returns!
The Ultimate New York Festival
June 14–August 12, 2023
Lincoln Center invites New Yorkers to come together for hundreds of events with thousands of artists celebrating the cultural communities of NYC.
Upcoming events
Summer for the City
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances’ PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells
Co-presented by Gibney Center and Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center Presents
June 09 at 7:00 pm
Clark Studio Theater
A choreopoem created by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances and inspired by playwright Ntozake Shange illuminates the power of deep sisterhood for social change.
Summer for the City
Nehanda
Conceived and created by nora chipaumire
Lincoln Center Presents
June 10 at 5:00 pm
Alice Tully Hall
A juridical and immersive opera which recounts Zimbabwe's first freedom fighters and decolonizes a Western art form.
Summer for the City
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances’ PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells
Co-presented by Gibney Center and Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center Presents
June 10 at 7:00 pm
Clark Studio Theater
A choreopoem created by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances and inspired by playwright Ntozake Shange illuminates the power of deep sisterhood for social change.
Summer for the City
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances’ PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells
Co-presented by Gibney Center and Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center Presents
June 11 at 2:00 pm
Clark Studio Theater
A choreopoem created by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances and inspired by playwright Ntozake Shange illuminates the power of deep sisterhood for social change.
The Dance Floor is back!
New York City's largest outdoor dance floor with a—now iconic—10-foot disco ball returns, setting the stage for the city's hottest Social Dance events and Silent Discos.Fast Track reservations open June 12 at noon
In addition to General Admission, we’re offering a FREE Fast Track option for select Summer for the City events—giving you priority access. Bookmark this page »Where New Yorkers come together in real life

Where New York DANCES together
Five of NYC’s most iconic dance companies come together for the annual BAAND Together Dance Festival; Kyle Abraham's curation returns this summer for a new site-specific mini-fest; and The Bessie Awards hit the Damrosch stage. The professionals aren't the only ones moving and grooving at Summer for the City. We invite all New Yorkers to come out and dance at our most popular weekly Social Dance events and Silent Discos under a mega disco ball—FREE all summer long!

Where New York SINGS together
We're proud to present international musical artists, from a wide range of genres, to New Yorkers at Summer for the City. Sweeping musical festivals globalFEST, Brasil Summerfest, and Mahindra Blues Special offer audiences the chance to experience exceptional artistry for FREE. Korean rock indie bands Crying Nut & Say Sue Me headline Lincoln Center's Korean Arts Week; and J.PERIOD, Rakim, and Big Daddy Kane push Hip-Hop to the forefront at Damrosch Park. In July, you won't want to miss Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower, an insightful opera based on the classic sci-fi novel, presented at David Geffen Hall.