Good Monday: free jazz in Harlem tonight at the National Jazz Museum, free lunchtime piano and folk in Midtown today, the 52nd Santa Rosalia feast is running in Bensonhurst all week, and Friday is double-jazz in Harlem with the free Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival.

Live Music

  • Monday Night Jam — CPJF Ancillary — TONIGHT 6–9pm, National Jazz Museum in Harlem: the Jazz Foundation’s monthly jam, a Charlie Parker Jazz Festival warm-up with bassist Kim Clarke plus saxophonists Roxy Coss and Anita Rush; free (web · City Parks Foundation)
  • Piano in Bryant Park — TODAY 12:30–2:30pm, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park: free lunchtime ragtime/stride/jazz, the daily weekday series is back for the week (web · NYC Parks)
  • Big City Folk in Greeley Square Park — TONIGHT 6–8pm, Greeley Square: free singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Niall Connolly (web · NYC Parks)
  • Charlie Parker Jazz Festival — 34th year, free three-day jazz fest through the weekend; Fri 8/28 7pm headliner Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Marquis Hill, Ekep Nkwelle and Sherman Irby; Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park is among the venues (web · doNYC)
  • West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival — Fri 8/28 6–7:30pm, James Baldwin Lawn, St. Nicholas Park: free annual jazz from West Harlem Arts Alliance + Harlem Late Night Jazz, right in Harlem (web · NYC Parks)
  • Dinosaur Jr. and Friends @ Maria Hernandez Park — Sat 8/29, Maria Hernandez Park, Bushwick: the big free outdoor indie-rock show of the weekend (Show Brain + Fender), free with RSVP and first-come entry; RSVP link in the thread (r/Bushwick)

Festivals & Outdoor

Film & Performance

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