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The city’s most beloved free summer concert series is back with a stellar line-up!
Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage 2024, New York City’s annual concert series that takes over Central Park every summer, just released its official line-up with artists like T-Pain, Snail Mail, Madison Cunningham, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Metropolitan Opera, Trixie Mattel and Amanda Lepore, Counting Crows, Ghostface Killah, The Gaslight Anthem and more.
This year, SummerStage will bring New Yorkers nearly 85 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 13 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs, including at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy and The Coney Island Amphitheater on the boardwalk in Brooklyn, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, Crotona Park in the Bronx, Stapleton Waterfront Park in Staten Island, and SummerStage’s flagship venue at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park.
This season is all about celebrating incredible music from around the world with artists like The Aussie BBQ, Colombian music star Fonseca and Spain’s captivating new flamenco singer Israel Fernández, Sidonie and the Balkan Paradise Orchestra.
“We are thrilled to once again celebrate the vibrant diversity of New York City’s cultures and communities across all five boroughs,” said Erika Elliott, Executive Artistic Director of SummerStage. “Our lineup will shine a bright spotlight on some of music’s most iconic female artists who have made an impact in their genres, from rock and New Orleans soul scions to Dominican merengue and Brazilian samba legends. We are continuing to support rising artists from around the world who are showcasing their fresh takes on various genres like hip-hop, Americana, rock, Latin, pop, and more. 2024 promises to be an unforgettable season!”
Here’s the season teaser trailer:
SummerStage will continue to celebrate NYC as the birthplace of hip-hop, too. On the slate includes the return of MIKE’S Young World IV featuring Earl Sweatshirt, Myaap, Sideshow, and more on July 13 and the Chuck Chillout 40th Radio Anniversary Party featuring Ice T, MOP, Schoolly D, Peter Gunz, Lord Tariq, and more hosted by Ralph McDaniels on August 1—both in Bed-Stuy’s Herbert Von King Park. Then on August 18, the Special Uptown Edition celebrates 40 years of Red Alert & Ralph McDaniels of Video Music Box will be in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park and Funk Flex will celebrate his birthday with performances by Slick Rick, Dana Dane, Doug E. Fresh, DJ Maseo, and more in Central Park.
All shows are free except the benefit concerts, which are noted below.
The full SummerStage line-up for 2024:
Date
Door Time
Artists
Park
Type of Show
Fri, May 17
5pm
James Arthur
Central Park
Benefit
Sat, Jun 1
6pm
OPENING NIGHT: Andra Day in association with Blue Note Jazz Festival
Subaru Music Series
Central Park
Free
Sat, Jun 8
5pm
KES
Central Park
Benefit
Thu, Jun 13
5pm
Kim Gordon / Sun Ra Arkestra / Slauson Malone 1
Subaru Music Series
Central Park
Free
Sat, Jun 15
4pm
THE AUSSIE BBQ: Jebediah / Last Dinosaurs / Northeast Party House / Sheppard / Sycco / Thelma Plum in Association with Sounds Australia and the American Australian Association
Central Park
Free
Sat, Jun 15
5pm
Andy Montañez / Charlie Cruz / People of Earth / La Mega DJ in association with 97.9 La Mega
Coney Island Amphitheater
Free
Sun, Jun 16
6pm
Corinne Bailey Rae / Dixson in association with Blue Note Jazz Festival
Central Park
Free
Tue, Jun 18
7pm
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital featuring Leah Hawkins, Mario Chang, Michael Sumuel
Central Park
Free
Wed, Jun 19
5pm
Masego / Jordan Ward
Central Park
Benefit
Thu, Jun 20
7pm
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital featuring Leah Hawkins, Mario Chang, Michael Sumuel
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free
Sat, Jun 22
5pm
The Yussef Dayes Experience / Aneesa Strings / Dana and Alden in association with Blue Note Jazz Festival
Central Park
Free
Sun, Jun 23
6pm
T-Pain’s Mansion in Wiscansin Tour
Central Park
Benefit
Mon, Jun 24
7pm
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital featuring Brittany Olivia Logan, Hannah Jones, Matthew Cairns
Jackie Robinson Park
Free
Wed, Jun 26
7pm
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital featuring Brittany Olivia Logan, Hannah Jones, Matthew Cairns
Williamsbridge Oval
Free
Wed, Jun 26
6pm
Caifanes + Café Tacvba
Central Park
Benefit
Thu, Jun 27
5pm
Ethel Cain with Special Guest Teethe
Central Park
Benefit
Fri, Jun 28
7pm
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital featuring Brittany Olivia Logan, Hannah Jones, Matthew Cairns
Socrates Sculpture Park
Free
Fri, Jun 28
5pm
Utopia Pride: Above & Beyond and Spencer Brown
Central Park
Benefit
Sat, Jun 29
5pm
Pride Disco with Trixie Matell, Amanda Lepore, and Jess King
Central Park
Benefit
Sun, Jun 30
3pm
Dreamland Pride
Central Park
Benefit
Mon, Jul 1
5pm
Madison Cunningham / LA LOM / John-Robert /Corrente: Beatriz Mira & Tiago Barreiros
Central Park
Free
Sun, Jul 7
5pm
Ezra Collective / Celeste / Da Chick DJ in association with Blue Note Jazz Festival
Central Park
Free
Sun, Jul 7
5pm
Federation Sound 25th Anniversary featuring Sister Nancy / Tanto Metro & Devonte and friends
Coney Island Amphitheater
Free
Wed, Jul 10
6pm
LAMC and Latin GRAMMY 25th Anniversary: Fonseca / Israel Fernández / Bruses
Central Park
Free
Thu, Jul 11
5pm
Counting Crows
Subaru Music Series
Central Park
Benefit
Thu, Jul 11
6pm
Works & Process: It’s Showtime NYC! / Maimouna Keita African Dance Company / Kash Gaines’s Caged Birds
Herbert Von King Park
Free
Fri, Jul 12
6pm
Sounds of Detroit: Celebrating 50 years of J Dilla feat. The Pharcyde / Slum Village / Breakbeat Lou in association with Fusicology & Future x Sounds
Herbert Von King Park
Free
Sat, Jul 13
5pm
LAMC: BRESH
Central Park
Free
Sat, Jul 13
4pm
MIKE’s Young World IV: Earl Sweatshirt / Myaap / Sideshow / Stahhr / Stacy Epps
Herbert Von King Park
Free
Sun, Jul 14
TBD
Lineup to be announced
Herbert Von King Park
Free
Sun, Jul 14
4pm
GOLDEN OLDIES ON THE BOARDWALK: Oldies is Back in Brooklyn Feat. The Platters former lead singer Frank Pizarro / Charlie Thomas’ Drifters with Jeff Hall / The Marvelettes / Bill Haley Jr’s Comets / Johnny Farina / The Excellents / The Chiclettes / Vinnie Medugno / Hosted by Joe Causi WCBS FM and Sal Abbatiello Fever Records / Music by The Coda Band
Coney Island Amphitheater
Free
Sun, Jul 14
5pm
Bastille Day: IAM / Magic System / The Avener / Laurie Darmon / Femi the Scorpion in association with the Consulate General of France
Central Park
Free
Wed, Jul 17
5pm
The Saw Doctors / The Coronas
Central Park
Benefit
Sat, Jul 20
5pm
DJ Rekha’s Basement Bhangra Beyond: Priya Ragu / DJ Rekha / Ami Dang / Lady Pista + Guests
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Free
Sun, Jul 21
TBD
Lineup to be announced
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Sun, Jul 21
6pm
Proyecto Uno / Milly Quezada / DJ Miquelito & Excarlet Molina in association with 97.9 La Mega
Central Park
Free
Wed, Jul 24
5pm
Arooj Aftab / Sid Sriram / EMEL
Central Park
Free
Sat, Jul 27
3pm
Piano People in the Park: Scorpion Kings / DBN GoGo / Kelvin MoMo / DJ Moma / DJ Tunez
Central Park
Benefit
Sun, Jul 28
5pm
Catalan Sounds On Tour: Sidonie / Balkan Paradise Orchestra / Lau Noah / DJ Turmix in association with the Institut Ramon Llull
Central Park
Free
Wed, Jul 31
6pm
Elevation Worship: Praise Party!
Central Park
Benefit
Thu, Aug 1
6pm
Chuck Chillout 40th Radio Anniversary Party: Ice T / MOP / Schoolly D / Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq / Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud / CL Smooth / Joeski Love / D.J. Breakout / Funky Four + 1 More / Ultramagnetic MCs / DJ Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip / NINE / Al B. Sure! / Music by Funk Flex / Hosted By Ralph McDaniels & Bugsy Buggs
Crotona Park
Free
Thu, Aug 1
5pm
Blue Note Presents: Robert Glasper Featuring Yebba
Central Park
Benefit
Fri, Aug 2
6pm
Tedsmooth’s Freestyle Jam feat. Coro / C-Bank / DJ Serg / Anthony Mangini / Tedsmooth / Strafe
Crotona Park
Free
Sat, Aug 3
5pm
The Originals
Central Park
Free
Sat, Aug 3
6pm
King Promise / Dan Price the Artist / DJ Faddah in association with GhanaFest-NY
Crotona Park
Free
Sun, Aug 4
TBD
Lineup to be announced
Crotona Park
Free
Sun, Aug 4
5pm
Galactic featuring Irma Thomas / The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr
Central Park
Free
Sun, Aug 4
4pm
NEMS Presents: GORILLAFEST Featuring Ghostface Killah / DJ Drewski & Friends / Statik Selektah / Scram Jones / Tony Touch and Friends
Coney Island Amphitheater
Free
Thu, Aug 8
6:30pm
David Cross and Super Pals featuring Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman, Fred Armisen, Zach Zucker, Sean Patton and more TBA
Central Park
Benefit
Sat, Aug 10
6pm
VP Records 45th Anniversary
Central Park
Free
Sun, Aug 11
5pm
WBLS 50th Anniversary Celebration: Jon B / Vivian Green / Meli’sa Morgan / Horace Brown / Jeff Redd / Funk Flex
Coney Island Amphitheater
Free
Sun, Aug 11
TBD
Lineup to be announced
Stapleton Waterfront Park
Free
Thu, Aug 15
TBD
Lineup to be announced
Marcus Garvey Park
Free
Fri, Aug 16
TBD
Lineup to be announced
Marcus Garvey Park
Free
Sat, Aug 17
5pm
Palmwine Festival NYC: Show Dem Camp feat. The Cavemen & Friends in association with Move Forward Music
Central Park
Free
Sat, Aug 17
6pm
The Soapbox Presents: The Life of the Party
Marcus Garvey Park
Free
Sun, Aug 18
5pm
Special Uptown Edition: Celebrating 40 years of Red Alert & Ralph McDaniels Video Music Box
Marcus Garvey Park
Free
Sun, Aug 18
6pm
Funk Flex Birthday Party with Live performances by Slick Rick, Dana Dane, Doug E. Fresh, DJ Maseo & Funk Flex
Central Park
Free
Wed, Aug 21
5pm
The Gaslight Anthem / Joyce Manor / Pinkshift
Central Park
Benefit
Thu, Aug 22
5pm
Brazilian Day: Alcione / Larissa Luz / DJ Malfeitona / Film screening: “Gerson King Combo” in association with 28th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival
Central Park
Free
Fri, Aug 23
5pm
Hip-Hop Is The LOML Tour: The Roots ft. Jungle Brothers / Digable Planets
Subaru Music Series
Central Park
Benefit
Fri, Aug 23
7pm
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Christian McBride Big Band / Wallace Roney Jr in partnership with Jazzmobile
Marcus Garvey Park
Free
Sat, Aug 24
3pm
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Carmen Lundy / Helen Sung / Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few / Tyreek McDole / DJ KulturedChild aka Angelika Beener
Marcus Garvey Park
Free
Sun, Aug 25
3pm
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Louis Hayes / SuperBlue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter ft. Huntertones / Ekep Nkwelle / Alexis Lombre / DJ KulturedChild aka Angelika Beener
Tompkins Square Park
Free
Tue, Aug 27
5pm
Snail Mail / Tim Heidecker / Fenne Lily
Central Park
Free
Mon, Sep 9
6pm
WNYC and Friends Centennial Celebration
Central Park
Free
Sun, Oct 20
1pm
The Chol Hamoed Spectacular: The Yeshiva Boys Choir presented in association with EG productions
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On Saturday, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted a Brooklyn Community Baby Shower for 100 new and expecting mothers. The day-long celebration took place at the New York City Housing Authority’s Van Dyke Community Center in Brownsville and was chock-full of games, arts and crafts, giveaways, and information about pregnancy and postpartum care. Since the beginning of his administration, Borough President Reynoso has advanced an historic maternal health agenda, giving the entirety of his first-year capital funding to Brooklyn’s three public hospitals for maternal health improvements and launching a variety of initiatives, including his Maternal Health Task Force, “Born in Brooklyn” baby boxes, and a multilingual, multimedia public health education campaign.
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“When I became Borough President, I promised Brooklyn that addressing disparities in maternal health care for Black women would be a top priority,” said Reynoso. “For too long, our systems have deprived new and expecting parents of the essentials that they need to start a family. Community baby showers like this are part of a new way forward that Brooklyn is building for growing families. By celebrating the exciting journey of parenthood for new parents and providing resources to raise our newest Brooklynites, we’re proving that we can help close the gaps in maternal healthcare through community, celebration, and love— the Brooklyn way. Congratulations to all the new Brooklyn families, and a huge thank you to the many partners who joined us to make this joyous day possible.”
The celebration kicked off with games and arts & crafts, followed by remarks by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, and included two workshops: a Safe Sleep Workshop by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and a Postpartum Mental Health Workshop by Brooklyn Parent Support. More than a dozen organizations tabled at the event, providing information, resources, and supplies to new families. Attendees left with diaper bags full of diapers, baby wipes, baby blankets, postpartum pads, and baby books, as well as a supply box containing a baby bottle, cocoa butter, baby wipes, and more.
(GIN) – Moderna, the drug company made famous for its COVID vaccines, has abandoned plans to construct vaccine plants in Kenya, drawing criticism from the African Union’s public health agency that the company is not committed to “vaccine equity.”
Africa’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) expressed its disappointment over the drug company’s decision to “pause” its plans for building a $500 million vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya.
The biopharmaceutical company made headlines in October 2021 when it announced that it would produce up to 500 million injectable doses annually.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed in March 2022 designated Kenya as the site of the company’s mRNA factory.
At the signing, the company announced: “It’s important for Moderna to have a plant in Africa simply because its future treatment portfolio is focused on many respiratory viruses and tropical diseases that are most prevalent on the continent.”
But two years later, Moderna re-assessed its plans as the demand in Africa for COVID-19 vaccines had declined since the pandemic and was insufficient to support the viability of the factory planned in Kenya, according to their official statement.
“Moderna has not received any vaccine orders for Africa since 2022 and has faced the cancellation of previous orders, resulting in more than $1 billion in losses and write-downs,” the drug company claimed. “Building a facility that would go unused, when we have more than enough regionally distributed manufacturing capacity to ensure vaccine supply to Africa, would not contribute positively to the public health agenda, which continues to be our priority,” said Shannon Thyme Klinger, Moderna’s chief legal officer.
The Africa CDC, however, dismissed the justification. “To blame Africa and Africa CDC for the lack of COVID-19 vaccines and therefore the reason to put plans to manufacture vaccines in Africa on hold only serves to perpetuate the inequity that characterized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Further, claimed Africa’s CDC, “While other vaccine manufacturers are progressing with their plans and construction in Africa, Moderna is abandoning a commitment to build highly needed and relevant vaccine manufacturing capacities in Africa. “This demonstrates that Moderna is not committed to vaccine equity and access to vaccines through building manufacturing in Africa.
“When just 1% of the vaccines administered in Africa are produced locally, expansion of local manufacturing of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics is essential for enhancing regional and global health security,” wrote the medical publication DownToEarth.
The continent must become self-sustaining, especially in the face of leading vaccine manufacturers like BioNtech going back on their words.
South African COVID cases as of April 13, 2024, reached 4,076,463. South Africa recorded the highest number of casualties, with over 100,000 deaths. Number of patients who recovered: 3,912,506.
Other companies backing out of development plans include GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and their spinoff Haleon, GSK said in a press release.
GSK has operated in Nigeria for more than 51 years, according to Business Insider Africa. The publication notes that GSK is exiting Nigeria—and similarly has left Kenya—due to complexities in foreign exchange rates, security concerns, rising operational expenses and uncertainties around policies.