Wave Hill Unveils Its 2025 Summer Outdoor Performing Arts Season

 

Wave Hill Unveils Its 2025 Summer Outdoor Performing Arts Season

 

This summer, in celebration of its 60th Anniversary, Wave Hill invites visitors to experience a season of music that reflects the city’s remarkable breadth of sound and spirit. The 2025 Summer Outdoor Performing Arts Season brings together a lively mix of artists—from jazz innovators and Latin American vocalists to theatrical indie-folk storytellers and street dance improvisers—each offering a unique voice and performance style that speaks to the diversity and creativity of our communities.

The season begins with a free Carnegie Hall Citywide concert by the exhilarating Endea Owens and The Cookout, followed by an expanded Sunset Wednesdays series. These beloved twilight concerts are set against the stunning backdrop of Wave Hill’s gardens and Hudson River views, providing an unforgettable atmosphere for music, connection, and celebration. The season features: Allison Miller; Lucía; Bandits on the Run; Fabiola Méndez; and LayeRhythm. An additional Sunday afternoon concert with composer and vocalist Majel Connery provides a musical journey inside the mind of a tree, presented as part of the Glyndor Gallery exhibition Trees, we breathe running throughout the summer.

“For our 60th Anniversary, we wanted to honor Wave Hill’s deep roots in the Bronx and its ongoing commitment to the arts by expanding the ways people can experience music here,” said Wave Hill’s President and Executive Director, Ray Oladapo-Johnson. “This season’s performers bring a wide range of stories, rhythms, and sounds that invite audiences to see—and hear—the garden in new ways.”

A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

 

HOURS: Open all year, Tuesday–Sunday, 10AM–5:30PM.

ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS: $10 adults, $6 students and seniors 65+, $4 children 6-18. Free Thursdays. Free to members, children under 6. 

 

Wave Hill  •  675 W 252 Street, Bronx, NY 10471  •  718.549.3200