CITY PARKS FOUNDATION
STREAMING NOW ON DEMAND FOR ALIMITED TIME ONLY
FREE BENEFIT FILM FOR PROGRAMS IN PARKS
AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 16
AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 16
PERFORMANCES BY STING, NORAH JONES, TREY ANASTASIO,
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, LESLIE ODOM JR., ROSANNE CASH,
EMILY KING & PJ MORTON
WITH STORIES BY BILLIE JEAN KING, JIMMY FALLON,
RYAN SEACREST, H.E.R., LEWIS BLACK & PAUL SHAFFER
City Parks Foundation (CPF) premiered their SummerStage Jubilee last week, a free benefit concert supporting CPF’s programs in parks. The hour-long digital event took place via live stream and is available to view on demand across SummerStage social platforms (SummerStage YouTube and Facebook page) and through national television broadcaster AXS TV through October 16th.
The one-of-a-kind event showcased exclusive musical performances by Sting, Norah Jones, Trey Anastasio, Rufus Wainwright, Leslie Odom Jr., Rosanne Cash, Emily King and PJ Morton. Viewers can learn about City Parks Foundation programs while hearing personal stories from notable advocates for CPF’s work including sports icon and champion of equality Billie Jean King, television and radio host Ryan Seacrest, musical artist H.E.R., comedian Lewis Black and performer, Late Showbandleader Paul Shaffer and late night host Jimmy Fallon.
Through its Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Festival, City Parks Foundation is the largest presenter of free arts and cultural programs in New York City parks, and serves 300,000 New Yorkers each year through arts, education, sports and community building initiatives. The organization is dedicated to offering diverse programming to encourage residents to use and care for their local parks and green spaces, to bring these public spaces to life and make them accessible for all.
At a time when public programs have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, our city’s parks have remained open as some of the only public assets available to all. City Parks Foundation’s programs have not stopped and have been available both in-person and online during this time. The 2020 SummerStage Jubilee Benefit Concert will help support these free parks programs and ensure they can continue, from free tennis and golf instruction to experiential, science-based lessons, to buying tools and bulbs for volunteers to beautify local parks and providing training, microgrants and coaching to facilitate their local advocacy. Donations will also help ensure SummerStage, New York City’s largest free music festival, and SummerStage Anywhere, its virtual festival, will remain free and available to all New Yorkers.
Information on how to donate and support City Parks Foundation can be found at summerstagejubilee.org.
SummerStage Social Media
Twitter: @SummerStage
Instagram: @SummerStage
Twitch: SummerStageNYC
Official Hashtag: #SummerStageJubilee
About City Parks Foundation
At City Parks Foundation, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community building and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs — located in more than 400 parks, recreation centers and public schools across New York City — reach 300,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: thriving parks mean thriving communities.
About SummerStage
Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is New York’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage annually presents approximately 100 performances in 15-18 parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin, world music, dance and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Since its inception 34 years ago, more than six million people from New York City and around the world have enjoyed SummerStage. Capital One is the Title Sponsor of SummerStage. For more information, visit www.SummerStage.org.
