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Sugary invites you to SummerStage: Celebrating Verve’s 70th Anniversary (Samara Joy, Christian McBride, Mei Semones & Sparklmami)

Name: Sugary invites you to SummerStage: Celebrating Verve’s 70th Anniversary (Samara Joy, Christian McBride, Mei Semones & Sparklmami)
Start: 2026-09-02T19:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-09-02T22:00:00.000-04:00
Location: Rumsey Playfield

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SummerStage in official partnership w/ Sugary brings you

Verve's 70th Anniversary Celebration

September 2 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Doors Open: 6:00 PM

Central Park

Rumsey Playfield, New York, NY, 10021

All Ages

FREE

First 75 Approved RSVPs receive Express Check-in

Entry subject to venue capacity...

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Performers for this celebration of the label’s 70th anniversary include Samara Joy, a six-time GRAMMY winner and Bronx native, and Christian McBride, a world-class bassist and bandleader, a Juilliard graduate and 11-time GRAMMY winner who has recorded with legends of both the jazz (McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri, and more) and pop (Sting, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion) spheres.

Also, Mei Semones, an American indie rock musician who writes jazz-influenced songs in both English and Japanese, has invited her own crew of friends including aron!, Liana Flores, and John Roseboro to perform music from Getz/Gilberto, the classic collaborative album by João Gilberto and Stan Getz released on Verve in 1964.

Sparklmami will begin the show with a DJ set.

Presented by the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment

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