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SOUL AT HOME - HARLEM WEEK CLOSING CONCERT | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
23
8:00 PM20:00

SOUL AT HOME - HARLEM WEEK CLOSING CONCERT | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

Get ready for all your classic jams from some of your favorite 70s soul acts, live in concert!

Soul at Home features the history and the music of The Dramatics, The Stylistics, and The Blue Notes. See them perform all their classic soul jams. This closing concert for HARLEM WEEK and the Harlem Music Festival is also a fundraiser for the “Support Harlem Now” campaign, providing services for Harlem’s senior citizens, food banks, the homeless, arts & cultural not-for-profits, local small businesses, and families.

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party |  A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
23
1:00 PM13:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This year during HARLEM WEEK we won’t be “Dancing In the Street…” But we can have an even bigger party every evening! Join us for the HARLEM WEEK at Home Dance Party featuring DJs spinning a broad spectrum of music that has one thing in common: to make you want to dance! Today is an afternoon affair featuring DJ Stormin’ Norman’s Sundae Sermon, which seeks to soulfully support and strengthen diverse communities through music, dancing, family recreational activities, and social awareness.

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HARLEM DAY | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
23
1:00 PM13:00

HARLEM DAY | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

HARLEM DAY is how HARLEM WEEK began in 1974. It is now the culminating event of the HARLEM WEEK Festival and our biggest day! For decades, HARLEM DAY has seen international recording artists, actors, sports figures, and leaders take the stage.

This year, HARLEM DAY features an artist to an artist talk with Doug E. Fresh and a surprise artist! Another HARLEM DAY highlight is The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s presentation of “Chamber Music of the Harlem Renaissance” by-era composers Duke Ellington and Harold T. Burleigh. Clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Gloria Chien perform Ellington's “Clarinet Lament” (arranged by David Schiff). Violinist Chad Hoopes and pianist and Co-Artistic Director Wu Han perform Burleigh's “Southland Sketches.”

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party |  A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
22
5:00 PM17:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This year during HARLEM WEEK we won’t be “Dancing In the Street…” But we can have an even bigger party every evening! Join us for the HARLEM WEEK at Home Dance Party featuring DJs spinning a broad spectrum of music that has one thing in common: to make you want to dance!

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Apollo Teen Takeover: Dear Future… | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
22
1:00 PM13:00

Apollo Teen Takeover: Dear Future… | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

Apollo Teen Takeover is annually produced by the Apollo Young Producers, a collective of alumni from the Apollo Theater Academy who create and develop events to connect young artists to the Apollo Theater and provide a creative space for collaboration. Young voices have a great impact on the world and they often lead the charge in changing it for the better. Dear Future... is a celebration of youth voice and vision via art, song, and dance as we work to realize a greater future, together.

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party |  A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
21
5:00 PM17:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This year during HARLEM WEEK we won’t be “Dancing In the Street…” But we can have an even bigger party every evening! Join us for the HARLEM WEEK at Home Dance Party featuring DJs spinning a broad spectrum of music that has one thing in common: to make you want to dance! Courtesy of 107.5 WBLS-FM, today’s featured DJ is one of the founding fathers of Hip Hop music and culture, Harlem’s very own Kool DJ Red Alert ("YeeeAAAAaaaaaah!")

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Lincoln Center presents the premiere of audio an excerpt from "The Black Clown" | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
21
4:00 PM16:00

Lincoln Center presents the premiere of audio an excerpt from "The Black Clown" | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

In celebration of Harlem Week, renowned opera singer Davóne Tines leads a special audio excerpt from The Black Clown, a music-theater piece adapted from Langston Hughes’s poem and created by Davóne Tines, Michael Schachter, and Zack Winokur.

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Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s "Abyssinian Mass"  | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
20
7:30 PM19:30

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s "Abyssinian Mass" | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

In 2008, nine-time GRAMMY Award winner Wynton Marsalis was commissioned to write a piece commemorating the 200th anniversary of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. The result was a sacred celebration: a sweeping composition for a big band and a 70-piece gospel choir. See a part of The Abyssinian Mass featuring The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and the Chorale Le Chateau, conducted by Damien Sneed.

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party |  A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
20
5:00 PM17:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This year during HARLEM WEEK, we won’t be “Dancing In the Street…” But we can have an even bigger party every evening! Join us for the HARLEM WEEK at Home Dance Party featuring DJs spinning a broad spectrum of music that has one thing in common: to make you want to dance! Today’s featured DJ is Harlem native master mixer, DJ Tall Guy.

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Jazzmobile presents: Marc Cary Harlem Jam Sessions @ Minton's Playhouse | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
19
8:30 PM20:30

Jazzmobile presents: Marc Cary Harlem Jam Sessions @ Minton's Playhouse | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

By way of pedigree and design, Marc Cary stands apart as one of New York’s best jazz pianists. The player-composer and improviser graduated from the renowned Duke Ellington School For The Arts, the professional spawning ground for Dave Chappelle, Wallace Roney, Denyce Graves, and Meshell Ndegeocello, whom Cary jammed within the school's orchestra. He continues to jam regularly and you have the opportunity to watch one of his jam sessions from Harlem’s legendary Minton’s Playhouse.

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party |  A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
19
5:00 PM17:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

Shake up your mid-week happy hour and hit the virtual dance floor with the Apollo Music Café’s very own DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry as he spins your favorite mix of house, hip-hop, and R&B. The Apollo Theater’s Apollo Music Café series showcases independent and emerging artists across a myriad of genres.

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Broadway’s Behind the Scenes Jobs and Careers - A Discussion | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
19
12:00 PM12:00

Broadway’s Behind the Scenes Jobs and Careers - A Discussion | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This will be a virtual discussion to share career opportunities on Broadway, particularly for people of color, in an effort to provide more diversity on the Great White Way. This discussion will be led by leadership in this field covering topics including company managers, house management, advertising, digital marketing, scene design, and public relations. Participants include Charles Flateman, VP of Shubert Organization; Stephanie Mills, Actress and recording star; Irene Gandy, Broadway Press Agent; Julio Peterson, VP of Real Estate, Shubert Organization; David Calhoun, Former ATPAM President; Kim Shaw, Company Manager; Aaylitha Stevens, COO Spotco; Neil Mazzella, President/Founder, Hudson Scenic Studio; Jim Glaub, President, Super Awesome Friends; Damian Bazadona, President, Situation Interactive Marketing; Jim Joseph, House Manager, and Donna Walker Kuhne, Founder, Walker Communications Group.

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Jazzmobile Presents "Happy Birthday Pops!" with The Jimmy Owens Quartet @ The Louis Armstrong House Museum | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
18
8:30 PM20:30

Jazzmobile Presents "Happy Birthday Pops!" with The Jimmy Owens Quartet @ The Louis Armstrong House Museum | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

In previous years, this concert was part of an all-day Jazzmobile Block Party celebrating the life of Louis “Pops” Armstrong. This year, the concert was recorded in the garden at the former home of Louis and Lucille Armstrong and includes a tour of Louis’ den. Paying musical tribute to Pops’ legacy is NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens and his Quartet.

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Nat Adderly Jr. & Allyson Williams Salute to Phyllis Hyman | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
18
8:00 PM20:00

Nat Adderly Jr. & Allyson Williams Salute to Phyllis Hyman | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

Hitmaker Nat Adderley Jr. wrote &/or arranged Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Natalie Cole, Johnny Gill, and numerous other greats. The chart-topping Alyson Williams is an immensely talented artist who can sing classic soul ballads, jazz standards and Broadway show-tunes with the greatest of ease. In celebration of HARLEM WEEK and the Harlem Music Festival, Nat and Alyson come together to perform a special tribute to the late, great Phyllis Hyman.

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Performance from Broadway's "Girl from the North Country" | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
18
7:30 PM19:30

Performance from Broadway's "Girl from the North Country" | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

“Girl from the North Country,” featuring music written by Bob Dylan, was the last show to open on Broadway before all NYC theaters closed due to COVID-19. This exclusive performance features a song written by Bob Dylan while he lived in Harlem!

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
18
5:00 PM17:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This year during HARLEM WEEK we won’t be “Dancing In the Street…” But we can have an even bigger party every evening! Join us for the HARLEM WEEK at Home Dance Party featuring DJs spinning a broad spectrum of music that has one thing in common: to make you want to dance! Today’s featured DJ is one of the pioneers of Hip Hop: DJ Hollywood.

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Children's Corner | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
18
11:00 AM11:00

Children's Corner | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

Parents and educators, have your kids join us each morning of HARLEM WEEK in the Children’s Corner, our daily space just for kids (up to age 12.) Today in the Children’s Corner: Uptown Dance Academy, and storytime with Books on the Move (Courtesy of New Jersey Performing Arts Center)

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Jazzmobile Presents: Nat Adderley, Jr @ Minton's Playhouse | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
17
8:00 PM20:00

Jazzmobile Presents: Nat Adderley, Jr @ Minton's Playhouse | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

Nat Adderley Jr. is an accomplished pianist, composer and arranger, best known for producing many of Luther Vandross hits. Jazzmobile presents the Nat Adderly Jr. Quartet in this special performance from Harlem’s famed Minton’s Playhouse.

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HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event
Aug
17
5:00 PM17:00

HARLEM WEEK At Home Dance Party | A Harlem Music Festival HARLEM WEEK event

This year during HARLEM WEEK we won’t be “Dancing in the Street…” But we can have an even bigger party every evening! Join us for the HARLEM WEEK at Home Dance Party featuring DJs spinning a broad spectrum of music that has one thing in common: to make you want to dance! Today’s featured DJ is DJ S1, courtesy of WBLS-FM.

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HARLEM WEEK/Imagenation Film Festival | A HARLEM WEEK and Harlem Music Festival event.
Aug
17
6:00 AM06:00

HARLEM WEEK/Imagenation Film Festival | A HARLEM WEEK and Harlem Music Festival event.

ImageNation & HARLEM WEEK have presented outdoor screenings for 12 years. This year, join us online! Today’s film, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, is Stormy Weather ‧ Comedy‧ Drama ‧Music ‧ Not Rated ‧ The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s. Director: Andrew L. Stone l Stars: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra. This is a Harlem Music Festival event.

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