SummerStage 2023 Concerts Announced: What To Know

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The stage is being set for summer 2023, now that the lineup for the Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage free concert series has been fully revealed.

On Tuesday, the full lineup of all 80 — mostly free — shows were announced, causing music lovers all over the city to mark their calendars.

Concerts include headliners like Juanes, Tanya Tucker, Kool & the Gang, Dead Prez, The Klezmatics, The Metropolitan Opera, Andy Shauf and Stanley Clarke, who will perform with Kenny Garrett.

WE’RE BACK! The 2023 @CapitalOne @CPFNYC #SummerStage Season Announcement is live! Join us in a NYC park near you for a season of 80 free & benefit shows from June-October.

Check out the full lineup at https://t.co/ZLtI8bGDwR! pic.twitter.com/VERX73OygX
— SummerStage (@SummerStage) April 25, 2023

This season kicks off on June 10 with a free Central Park show — a Soul music showcase featuring Alabama group St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Brooklyn's Say She Shem and Harlem jazz, blues and afro-futurism band Mwenso and the Shakes.

“It's an honor to bring to parks artists that are reflective of each neighborhood’s rich cultural fabric, whether these performers are familiar or completely new discoveries," said Heather Lubov, City Parks Foundation’s Executive Director. "At a time when we are increasingly isolated, SummerStage uses our city’s parks -- vital resources in every neighborhood -- to connect audiences with each other in a very emotional and magical way and, ultimately, to create community.”

While the biggest shows take place at SummerStage's flagship venue in Central Park's Rumsey Playfield, but concerts are also taking place all over the city, like Von King park in Brooklyn, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens and Crotona Park in the Bronx.

Over 50 of the SummerStage concerts this summer are free shows, according to their website.

CityParks have been announcing their ticketed summer benefit concerts over the past few weeks, featuring big acts like Regina Spektor, Michal Franti & Spearhead, Jimmy Eat World, Café Tacvba, Noel Gallagher, Garbage, Cautious Clay, the Indigo Girls and blues legend Buddy Guy on his Damn Right Farewell Tour.

On June 19, SummerStage will host a Juneteenth Celebration of Hip Hop, featuring DJ Premier, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kid Capri and DJ SpinKing.

For the 30 or so non-free concerts, tickets can be as high as $120 each.

To check out the shows, click here for the official SummerStage site.