{"id":300922,"date":"2026-07-20T18:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300922\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:47:23","slug":"de-la-soul-headlines-queens-day-festival-performances-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300922\/","title":{"rendered":"De La Soul headlines Queens Day festival performances \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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De La Soul headlined SummerStage on Friday, July 17, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.<\/p>\n

Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards hosted a two-day series of free concerts and activities in celebration of Queens Day<\/a> on Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18, at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, with Grammy-winning hip-hop group De La Soul<\/a> headlining the first day of the series on Friday.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s event, which took place in front of the Fountain of the Planets, featured hip-hop producer Pete Rock<\/a> and comedian, actor and musician Hannibal Buress<\/a> each performing ahead of De La Soul. The group, which has been nominated for six Grammy Awards since forming in 1988, including winning for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2006 for \u201cFeel Good Inc.\u201d with the Gorillaz, is currently comprised of Kelvin \u201cPosdnuous\u201d Mercer and Vincent \u201cMaseo\u201d Mason.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>De La Soul performing. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud
\n\"\"<\/a>The event was hosted by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud
\n\"\"<\/a>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

The July 18 concert was a SummerStage production, held in partnership with Capital One<\/a>, the City Parks Foundation<\/a> and NYC Parks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s portion of the Queens Day celebration featured dance performances by the Queens College School of Arts; a skate jam from the Skatepark Project<\/a> at the Maloof Skate Park, canoeing from NYC Parks\u2019 Urban Rangers<\/a> in Meadow Lake; rowing lessons from Row New York<\/a> in Meadow Lake; historical walking tours of the World\u2019s Fair from the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park<\/a>; zumba classes from the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park\u2019s Summer Fitness program; all-ages tennis clinics from the United States Tennis Association<\/a> at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center; info sessions from the Queens Zoo<\/a> on animal education and wildlife conservation; info sessions on cancer and chronic disease prevention from NYC Health + Hospitals\/Elmhurst<\/a>; and arts and crafts for kids courtesy of NYC Parks\u2019 Queens Recreation team.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s events culminated in a musical performance by Queens-based artist DJ Rekha<\/a>. Other artists who performed with DJ Rekha included British-Indian singer Jaz Dhami<\/a>, Indian electronic pop singer Mitika Kanwar<\/a> and Punjabi-Canadian artist Babbulicious<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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