{"id":55873,"date":"2025-07-11T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55873\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T04:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:05:15","slug":"rise-up-nyc-concert-series-returns-this-summer-heres-when-and-where-to-catch-free-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55873\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise Up NYC concert series returns this summer. Here&#8217;s when and where to catch free shows."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  Rise Up NYC concert series returning to all five boroughs <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/79de9c1f83188af28caf978b8b5c6619.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/rise-up-nyc-concert-series-returning-to-all-five-boroughs\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>          Rise Up NYC concert series returning to all five boroughs<\/p>\n<p>          00:30<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rise Up NYC, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/rise-up-nyc-concert-series-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">free concert series that launched in 2022<\/a>, is returning to the five boroughs this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event&#8217;s fourth season will consist of 10 outdoor shows in July and August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Music and the arts are the foundations of our city, and the &#8216;Rise Up NYC&#8217; concerts are going to light up the city that never sleeps with world-class performances all summer long,&#8221; Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement, in part.<\/p>\n<p>Rise Up NYC concert schedule<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s when and where New Yorkers can catch the free concerts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, July 19, at Wingate Park in Brooklyn<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, July 20, at Wingate Park in Brooklyn  <\/li>\n<li>Monday, July 21, at Wingate Park in Brooklyn  <\/li>\n<li>Saturday, July 26, at Midland Beach, Parking Lot 8, on Staten Island<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, July 27, at Midland Beach, Parking Lot 8, on Staten Island<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Aug. 2, on West 125th Street between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Manhattan<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Orchard Beach in the Bronx<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, Aug. 7, at Orchard Beach in the Bronx<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Aug. 16, at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Aug. 17, at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All concerts are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Who is performing at Rise Up NYC?<\/p>\n<p>Each concert will focus on a genre or style of music and feature critically acclaimed artists, as well as local performers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dancehall and Soca Night on July 19:<\/strong> Beenie Man, Full Blown, Preedy, and Bobby Konders and Jabba of Massive B<\/li>\n<li><strong>R&amp;B Night on July 20: <\/strong>Fabolous, Lloyd, Honey BXBY, Jon B, Funk Flex, and Jennaske<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evening of Gospel on July 21:<\/strong> Hezekiah Walker, Donnie McClurkin, John P. Kee, and Erica Campbell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dance and Freestyle Night on July 26: <\/strong>Lisa Lisa, Brenda K. Starr, CeCe Peniston, DJ Skribble, Grandmaster Melle Mel &amp; The Furious Five\/Sugar Hill Gang, Joe Zangie, Dennine, Sammy Zone, and Laura Enea<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dance and Freestyle Night on July 27: <\/strong>Stevie B, Rob Base, Sweet Sensation, Frankie Cutlass, C-Bank, Fascination, France Joli, and Nice and Wild<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hip-hop and R&amp;B Night on Aug. 2: <\/strong>Big Daddy Kane, and Johnny Gill<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latin Tropical Night on Aug. 6: <\/strong>Luis Vargas, Jose Alberto &#8220;El Canario,&#8221; El Blachy, and George Lamond<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hip-hop Night on Aug. 7: <\/strong>A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, EPMD, Rakim, and Funk Flex<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reggie and Soca Night on Aug. 16: <\/strong>Nailah Blackman, Rupee, Problem Child, Wayne Wonder, Luciano, and Bobby Konders and Jabba of Massive B<\/li>\n<li><strong>R&amp;B Night on Aug. 17:\u00a0<\/strong>M\u00fda, and Bobby V \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/riseupnycconcerts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>riseupnycconcerts.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What not to bring to Rise Up NYC concerts<\/p>\n<p>Pets and animals are not allowed at Rise Up NYC concert venues.<\/p>\n<p>Concertgoers should also make sure they leave the following prohibited items at home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Audio and video recording devices and equipment<\/li>\n<li>Bags and backpack larger than 16&#8243; by 16&#8243;<\/li>\n<li>Bicycles or scooters<\/li>\n<li>Blankets<\/li>\n<li>Camelback backpacks<\/li>\n<li>Chains or chain wallets<\/li>\n<li>Cameras with removable lenses and tripods<\/li>\n<li>Chairs<\/li>\n<li>Coolers larger than 8&#8243; by 6.5&#8243; by 5.5&#8243;<\/li>\n<li>Drones<\/li>\n<li>Fireworks<\/li>\n<li>Flags<\/li>\n<li>Glass or metal containers<\/li>\n<li>Illegal drugs or paraphernalia<\/li>\n<li>Laser pens and lights<\/li>\n<li>Lighters<\/li>\n<li>Musical instruments<\/li>\n<li>Toys such as Frisbees, squirt guns, beach balls, footballs, basketballs and other sports balls<\/li>\n<li>Selfie sticks<\/li>\n<li>Skateboards<\/li>\n<li>Vapes, cigarettes and cannabis<\/li>\n<li>Tents<\/li>\n<li>Umbrellas<\/li>\n<li>Weapons<\/li>\n<li>Wagons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlicensed vending of any kind is also prohibited at the concerts.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/katie-houlis\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie  Houlis<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Katie Houlis is a digital producer with the CBS New York web team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rise Up NYC concert series returning to all five boroughs Rise Up NYC concert series returning to all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,41043,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,9294,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-55873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-featured-stories-amp-web-exclusives","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-staten-island","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114832626413825029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}