{"id":999326,"date":"2026-08-14T01:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/999326\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T01:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:48:19","slug":"nycs-2026-global-citizen-festival-lineup-includes-ms-lauryn-hill-wyclef-jean-lainey-wilson-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/999326\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC&#8217;s 2026 Global Citizen Festival lineup includes Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Lainey Wilson and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lineup for the 2026 Global Citizen Festival in New York City was announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The concert returns to Central Park on Saturday, Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Performers include Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey and TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER).<\/p>\n<p>Actor Hugh Jackman will return to host for the 12th straight year. Actress Rachel Brosnahan and &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; host Gayle King are also set to make appearances. More guests are expected to be announced in the weeks leading up to the event.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices range from $89 for general admission to $3,000 for the &#8220;Ultimate VIP&#8221; experience. They are available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/festival\/nyc\/2026\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ticketmaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Global Citizen app users can also earn points to enter to win a pair of free tickets or use the app to make a charitable donation in order to secure tickets. Learn more about how to get tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/festival\/nyc\/2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on the Global Citizen website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization aims to end extreme poverty and encourages concertgoers to take action in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Global Citizen, this year&#8217;s campaign goals are to help 2 million children access education, support 1.5 million farmers to feed their communities, and bring electricity to 2.5 million homes around the world.  <\/p>\n<p>The concert is scheduled to start, rain or shine, at 4 p.m. and go until about 10 p.m. Gates will be open from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The lineup for the 2026 Global Citizen Festival in New York City was announced Thursday. The concert returns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":999327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,18061,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-999326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-central-park","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117091349779974028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999326","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=999326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/999327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}