Hip Hop Legend Grandmaster Flash To Headline Bryant Park Dance Party

MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN - Hip hop legend Grandmaster Flash will headline an open-air, barefoot dance party July 26 on the Bryant Park lawn from 7 to 11 p.m. The event emerges midway through the Bryant Park Film Festival, which runs through the summer.

General admission is $75 and an exclusive VIP area will be available this year – for guests willing to shell out an additional $125. The money raised will be used to fund the park's program of free events.

That $200 package includes an open bar and food vouchers. Another package, the “Barefoot Bungalow,” is $2,500 and includes admission for eight, promising table service amid a private bungalow.

“This year’s Barefoot Ball provides a great vehicle for celebrating our 25th anniversary and for the public to participate in an occasion that will mark this milestone,” said Dan Biederman, executive director of the Bryant Park Corporation.

“We’re honored to have Bronx native Grandmaster Flash at the helm.”

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