For the first time, New York City will be sponsoring a summer "music on the streets" celebration of talent.
For one day this summer (June 21st), the streets of New York City will be lined with musicians from all genres and styles. Organized by the Citizens Committee for NYC, this celebration of music and summer will be patterned after similar events in France, Germany, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Australia, Vietnam, Congo, Cameroon, Togo, Columbia, Chile, Mongolia, and Japan. The hope is to start an annual tradition that gets enough New Yorkers excited about the event to organize it at the grassroots level.
The Citizens Committee for NYC is organizing the permits for playing music on the streets, easing the logistics of getting this mass outdoor concert off the ground. The only criteria for musicians is that they have some local connection to their community venue.
For more information, please see Make Music New York.
