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Big Umbrella Festival

Every year, the Big Umbrella Festival welcomes kids, teens, and adults for a dynamic series of programming, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. The Big Umbrella Festival centers our audiences by sharing unique approaches to multi-sensory, interactive, and engaging artistic experiences. From April 10–26, 2026, the celebrated festival returns for a multi-week series of performances, workshops, relaxed spaces, and interactive artistic experiences specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families. Audiences can design their own festival by booking tickets to the individual events listed below!

Fuel your festival with coffee, fresh homemade drinks, and delicious pastries from Café Joyeux, a nonprofit café built on the belief that everyone belongs, on stage and behind the counter.

 

 
 

 

Build Your Own Festival

Big Umbrella Festival

Once More, Like Rain Man Virtual Screening and EPIC Players Workshop with ReelAbilities

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with ReelAbilities Film Festival

April 23 at 6:00 pm

location pin logoVirtual on Zoom

In collaboration with the ReelAbilities Film Festival, join us for a virtual film screening and talkback with the filmmakers.
Ages 13+
VIRTUAL
FILM
ASL

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 24 at 12:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 24 at 3:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 24 at 5:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival

ReelAbilities Comedy Night

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Limitless Laughs Productions and ReelAbilities Film Festival

April 24 at 8:00 pm

location pin logoKaplan Penthouse, Rose Building

ReelAbilities Comedy Night returns to Big Umbrella for an evening of bold, unfiltered humor, featuring an outstanding lineup of disabled comedians.
AGES 16+
COMEDY
Relaxed
Performance
ASL

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 25 at 12:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 25 at 3:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 25 at 5:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 26 at 12:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 26 at 3:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Antarctica! Crew Wanted

Rosán Sensory Adventures

Lincoln Center Presents

April 26 at 5:30 pm

location pin logoSamuel Rehearsal Studio, Rose Building

Told through music and movement, this theatrical experience brings the audience on an immersive sensory expedition through the icy world of Antarctica!
Ages 6+
Relaxed
Performance
Immersive
THEATER
 

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Thanks to Our Supporters

Lead support for educational programming is provided by Anonymous

Support for the Big Umbrella Festival is provided by The Taft Foundation, Esme Usdan and James Snyder, New York City Council Member Gale Brewer, and by public funds facilitated by New York City Council’s Autism Awareness Initiative