Midsummer Night Swing kicks off Tuesday, July 8, with Nellie McKay & The Aristocrats Swing Band. "Thanks to her, the Great American Songbook has a living, breathing present as well as a glorious past," The Boston Globe says about McKay, who brings an extensive jazz vocabulary and sharp wit to her swing dance debut.
This season, Swing keeps you moving to familiar favorites and funky new grooves.
Let loose when Budos Band, Chico Mann, and Jeannie Hopper's Liquid Sound Lounge with Jay Rodriguez bring New York's underground club scene uptown.
Jump to the big-band sound of the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra with special guest Mary Stallings, "perhaps the best jazz singer singing today" (The New York Times).
Get carried away to Rio when Mart'nália brings classic Brazilian sambas to Swing, and burn up the dance floor to the Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra's sizzling brand of salsa.
Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park turns into New York's hottest outdoor dance hall for three steaming weeks in July as Midsummer Night Swing takes its twentieth turn from July 8-26. Get your tickets and Swing passes today!