Global Citizen Festival touches down in New York and Ms. Lauryn Hill headlines (in what’s been a stunning comeback year for her on the festival circuit). The Feast of San Gennaro is still active, but that’s one of an amazing slate of food events all over. The first ever Latin Night Market kicks off in Dyckman, and the Queens Night Market is back in Flushing Meadows for the most variety for your dollar. Lil Yachty will be the last of Summerstage in Central Park (courtesy of Spotify), while our friends at Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace are putting on Coastin’ again.
Special Events and Tributes
Coastin’ with Niara Starling and DJ AQ
Date - Fri Sep 22
Location - Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace, Rockefeller Center
Presented by Okayplayer, join Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace for our final Afro-diaspora themed night championed by respected NYC DJs, AQ and Niara Sterling.
Cost: From $30 ($40 including skate rental)
Global Citizen Festival
Date - Sat Sep 23
Location - Central Park, Midtown
Ms. Lauryn Hill headlines this now-famous concert dedicated to ending global poverty.
Cost: Donations From $10
Latin Night Market
Date - Fri Sep 22
Location - Dyckman between Dyckman Plaza and Inwood Park
Mofongo, chicharron, plantains of all types, and smoked everything. This new annual event will be the talk of Inwood, and soon, the whole city.
Cost: Free
Queens Night Market
Date - Sat Sep 23
Location - Flushing Meadows Park, Corona
Try gulab jamun (donut balls dipped in sugar from East Asia) or jerk chicken, and end with funnel cakes, ice cream, and mochi. Queens Night Market might be the entire world’s street foods in a two-block park radius.Cost: Free to attend
Lil Yachty
Date - Fri Sep 22
Location - Central Park, Summerstage
Write up - Take the “wooooooock” to see Lil Yachty at Summerstage, where he’ll bring his punk-styled, colorful vocals to end the season’s events.
Cost: From $76