Twenty shows and forty artists over three months and the capacity for over fifty thousand audience members, New York City’s SummerStage Festival presents the continental United States’ largest array of free Latin music performance this year.
SummerStage embraces as many contemporary and classic expressions as available. Artists in this year’s SummerStage represent emissaries from Puerto Rico, Brazil, America, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Mexico, Peru and The Dominican Republic in the fields of contemporary pop (Pamela Rodriguez, Julieta Venegas, Carla Morrison), salsa (Moncho Rivera, Sammy Garcia, Johnny Ray), MPB (Preta Gil), bachata (Toby Love, Andy Andy), hip-hop and reggaeton (Tego Calderon,Cuarto Poder, Los Rakas, Emcida), classic soul and funk (Joe Bataan, WAR,The Ghetto Brothers, Larry Harlow), freestyle (George Lamond), electropop (RVSB, Natalia Clavier, Raul Campos, Alex Anwandter, Gaby Amarantos) and contemporary folkloric music (Lila Downs).
THE CARPETBAG BRIGADE and NEMCATACOA TEATRO / ELIZABETH MITCHELL / NATURAL EXPRESSION RHYTHM BAND / ASE DANCE THEATER COLLECTIVE / IFETAYO YOUTH ENSEMBLE
Today thousands will gather in New York, and areas of Washington and Pennsylvania to acknowledge the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center Buildings. President Obama and first lady MIchelle Obama with gather on the South lawn of the White House to observe a moment of silence, with the president latter scheduled to attend a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon followed by visiting a visit to Walter Reed medical center to spend time with wounded veterans and their families. Vice President Biden will make a few remarks in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where 40 passengers aboard United Flight 93 were killed.
You can watch live a live webcast of the New York City ceremony observing the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
