New York's biggest block party

Events & Performances

Below is a listing of the events & performances that are scheduled for the festival. And don't forget - free access to the museums all along the way!

music icon = Music (at the museums)
performances icon = Street Performances
art in the street icon = Art-in-the-street activities
neighbors icon = Neighbors of the mile

105th Street
El Museo del Barrio Museum for African Art
El Museo del Barrio El Museo del Barrio

6:00pm:

On view: EL MUSEO’S BIENAL: The (S) Files opens to the public!
VOCES Y VISIONES: Signs, Systems and the City in El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection
Art-making activity: Create your own headdress
Photo booth: Citizen of El Barrio!

6:30pm:

Performance: Capoeira and West African dance by Harlem’s Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts, in conjunction with Museum for African Art.

7:00pm:

Performance art: Artist Rafael Sánchez re-creates Papo Colo's 1977 piece Superman 51

7:15pm:

Live music: Johnny Colón and his Orchestra

8:15pm:

Sound Presentation: DJ Sonidero Potencia Latina

All evening:

On the street: Sidewalk chalk drawing
Plus: Superman 51 - artist running down mile
DJs Potencia Latina
Johnny Colón and his orchestra

104th Street
103rd Street
Museum of the City of New York Museum of the City of New York
Chalk Drawing Designs
The New York Academy of Medicine
100th Street
Paul Labarbera and Rockbeat Music Group
93rd Street
Sammie & Tudie's Imagination Playhouse
92nd Street
The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum
Quarteto Rodriguez Cuban Jewish Allstars
Hotel Wales
91st Street
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Chalk Drawing Designs
90th Street
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
Silly Billy the Very Funny Clown
Live model drawing class for children ages 8 to 12
Church of the Heavenly Rest
89th Street
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Chalk Drawing
Sidewalk chalk drawing
Educational activities
People's Champs
88th Street
Daisy Doodle's Parties, Magic, Face painting & Balloons!
87th Street
Juggler Josh
86th Street
Neue Galerie New York Neue Galerie New York
Random Richards Ramble
Australian award-winning Cabaret artist Kim Smith
Opening Ceremony, beginning at 5:45 pm
85th Street
The Magic of Neil Alexander
84th Street
Dave Lowe Juggler
Czech Center NY
83rd Street
Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural Center Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural Center
Juggler Dan
Chalk Drawing Designs
Do You Know German Quiz
82nd Street
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tablaphilia