{"id":256459,"date":"2026-06-05T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:42:45","slug":"kupferberg-center-for-the-arts-summer-series-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256459\/","title":{"rendered":"Kupferberg Center for the Arts Summer Series in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kupferberg Center for the Arts is turning Queens into a summer season-long stage from June 1 to August 27, where across three borough-wide series, audiences can take part in a summer full of excitement through live music, workshops and cultural programming. Best of all, the events are free and open to public. In that case, bring your picnic blanket and dancing shoes.<\/p>\n

\"KupferbergQUEENS RISING<\/p>\n

Queens Rising returns for its fifth season with the theme \u201cOne Borough, Infinite Voices.\u201d All in all, the series celebrates the multidisciplinary artists and multicultural communities that define the borough. Through performances, exhibitions and cultural events, the lineup markedly highlights the diversity that shapes Queens\u2019 identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cQueens Rising\u201d Schedule<\/p>\n

Thursdays in June \u2013 Queens Public Library branches
Culture Pass series featuring Fiona Harvey, Rashmi, Yahir Montes, and Katha Cato.<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 4 \u2013 Culture Lab LIC
Pride Month celebration.<\/p>\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 Allure Art Academy
\u201cDown With The King\u201d visual arts exhibition opening.<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013 Queens Night Market
Food, music, and performance featuring circus arts, DJs, and live bands.<\/p>\n

Friday, June 19 \u2013 Queens Theatre
Juneteenth multidisciplinary open stage.<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 27 \u2013 Culture Lab LIC
Live performances and artisan market.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, June 30 \u2013 The Wild Goose
Closing celebration.<\/p>\n

\"QueensLIVE AT THE GANTRIES<\/p>\n

Live at the Gantries returns to Long Island City without delay for free Tuesday evening concerts at 7 p.m. The series will take place in Gantry Plaza State Park, with its waterfront views balanced against the Manhattan skyline. There, audiences can experience the sultry sounds of jazz, soul, Latin and contemporary fusion performances by artists including AJOYO and Stephane Wrembel<\/a>, as well as Insun Park & Generals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLive at the Gantries\u201d Lineup<\/p>\n

July 7 \u2013 AJOYO<\/p>\n

July 14 \u2013 Ivan Llanes<\/p>\n

July 21 \u2013 Insun Park & Generals<\/p>\n

July 28 \u2013 La Cumbiamba eNeY\u00e9<\/p>\n

Aug. 4 \u2013 Bartlett Contemporaries<\/p>\n

Aug. 11 \u2013 St\u00e9phane Wrembel<\/p>\n

\"KupferbergQUEENS JAZZ TRAIL<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series will celebrate the borough\u2019s jazz legacy with evening concerts in Queens parks. Inspired by the Queens Jazz Trail Map, the lineup will bring jazz back to the neighborhoods that once helped shape the genre in detail.<\/p>\n

Throughout the series, audiences will emphatically experience styles ranging from Afro-Latin to New Orleans jazz. Featured performances include artists such as Arturo O\u2019Farrill<\/a> and Brass Queens<\/a>, as well as Lucy Yeghiazaryan.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Queens Jazz Trail concerts take place on Thursdays at 7 PM and are also free.<\/p>\n

\u201cQueens Jazz Trail\u201d Lineup<\/p>\n

July 9 \u2013 Travers Park | Itai Kriss & Telavana<\/p>\n

July 16 \u2013 Baisley Pond Park | Vincent Herring & Steve Turre<\/p>\n

July 23 \u2013 Forest Park Bandshell | Arturo O\u2019Farrill<\/p>\n

July 30 \u2013 Bowne Park | John Yao & His 17-Piece Instrument<\/p>\n

Aug. 6 \u2013 Rockaway Beach Park | Wycliffe Gordon<\/p>\n

Aug. 13 \u2013 Archie Spigner Park | Wallace Roney Jr.<\/p>\n

Aug. 20 \u2013 Cunningham Park | Brass Queens<\/p>\n

Aug. 27 \u2013 Astoria Park | Lucy Yeghiazaryan<\/p>\n

At last, visit the official events calendar<\/a> for additional information about the Kupferberg Center for the Arts summer calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kupferberg Center for the Arts is turning Queens into a summer season-long stage from June 1 to August…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-256459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}