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Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Festival: Uptown!

The INTERGENERATIONAL JAZZ POWER JAM FESTIVAL returns this June 2023, wrapping up Jazz Power Initiative’s concert series season in Uptown Manhattan. The Festival is a series of free public concerts at different Northern Manhattan locations connecting youth, seasoned artists and general audiences through the power of jazz. Please see events and dates below.

UPTOWN! A Latin jazz and swing FIESTA in Inwood Hill Park, features Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra, Annette A. Aguilar and Stringbeans, and Zah!, Dr. E and Jazz Power.

Ring Garden: Musical Story Hour

Inwood NYPL Partners with Bacchanalia for Musical Story Hour in the RING Garden

Family Story Hour in the Garden is an outdoor program for children ages 3–6 and their caregivers. Stories are shared with music, clapping, finger puppets, and more and aim to foster early literacy, reading, and language skills in young children.

Participants are encouraged to bring blankets or small chairs. Outdoor events are subject to cancellation due to inclement weather or poor air quality.

Dyckman Farmhouse: Pinkster Celebration with OKRA Dance

OKRA Dance Company highlights the revived legacy of Pinkster (celebrated by freed and enslaved Africans), which flourished for over 200 years during the height of colonial America, most notably in Albany and New York City. Learn more about this unique facet of the city’s past through this family-friendly, interactive performance of song, dance, and storytelling.
Please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on in the farmhouse gardens.
La compañía Danza OKRA destaca el legado recreado de Pinkster (celebrado por africanos liberados y esclavizados), que floreció durante más de 200 años durante el apogeo de la América colonial, sobre todo en Albany, la capital de Nueva York. Obtenga más información sobre esta faceta única del pasado de la ciudad a través de esta actuación interactiva y de canciones, bailes y narraciones; este evento es para toda la familia.
Trae tus propias sillas o mantas para sentarse en los jardines de la granja