Open Arts LES
FABnyc is programming free outdoor arts events from April to October on the East 4th Street Open Street, the Avenue B Open Street, in Sara Roosevelt Park at Stanton Street, and at special pop-up sites. Full calendar listings below.
Want to invite us to your Lower East Side community event? Email us at info@fabnyc.org
4th Street Open Street
East 4th Street between Bowery and Second Ave
Thursdays 5-7pm
- July 20 – Jazz with Errold Lanier Jr Trio
- July 27 – Traditional Gaita music from Colombia with Maraca Bruja
- August 3 – Jazz meets Haitian folk music from Judette Elliston Trio
- August 10 – Theater & improv from the New York Neo-Futurists
- August 17 – New York Theatre Workshop and Poetic Theater Productions Open Salon
- August 24 – Argentinian Swing and Latin Jazz with Anita Donndorff
- August 31 – no program / FAB on break
- September 7 – ‘Salsa is Nuyorican’ with Jose Obando Band
- September 14 – Jazz with Yuval Amihai Trio
- September 21 – Street Milonga with IATI Theater
- September 28 – Latin Jazz with Anita Donndorff Trio
- October 5 – Blend of Afrobeat, R&B and Neo-Soul with Koku Gonza
- October 12 – Experimental Theater Performance by New York Neo-futurist
- October 19 – Latin Jazz, Bolero and Flamenco with Isadora Benitez & Gabriel Hermida, puppet theater with Loco7
- more to be announced – series runs thru October 26
Avenue B Open Street
Saturday afternoons
Saturday, July 22 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 10th/11th
“Fashion Avenue B”
Vintage & Creative Market
African diasporic music from DJ Sabine Blaizin
Artmaking: Fashion Watercolor & Collage – Design your dream outfit
Saturday, August 5 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 8th/9th
1-5pm: Art activity with Swiss Institute, inspired by Jac Leirner’s artwork Straight with Rounds (2023)
2:30: Japanese Folk Dance and Traditions with Japanese Folk Institute of New York
4pm: Live Jazz with Erli Perez Jazz
Artmaking: Fan Painting
Artist & Artisan Market
Saturday, August 12 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 10th/11th
“Avenue Beach / La Playa Avenue B”
Vintage & Creative Market
2-3pm: Rumba de Corazon with Isabel Estrada-Jamison and friends
3:45-5pm: Salsa and Latin music from Sonido Costeño
Artmaking: Fantasy Island Collage
Saturday, September 9 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 8th/9th
2:30: Live performance of Argentine Tango music with Los Chantas
4pm: Experimental World Music with Duo Chuno
Artmaking: Clay Sculpting
Artist & Artisan Market
Saturday, September 16 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 10th/11th
2-3pm: Latin Fusion with Mister Pablo
3:30-4:30pm: Brass quintet with eGALitarians Brass
Artmaking: Multi-media Fashion Collage
“Rock ‘n Roll High School” Vintage & Creative Market
Saturday, October 7 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 8th/9th
2:30-3:30pm: Indie-soul music with Sauce City
4-5pm: Guitar rhythms of Tango, Waltz, Mazurka and Milonga with Jack Marcin
Artmaking: Halloween Collage
Artist and Artisan Market
Saturday, October 28 | 1-5pm
Avenue B between 10th/11th
“Dia de los Muertos”
Vintage & Creative Market
2:30-3:30pm: Sounds of Afro-Amerindian Mexico with Jarana Beat
4-5pm: Mexican folklore performance with Mazarte Dance Company
Artmaking: TBD
Special Pop Up Events
JUNETEENTH Celebration
Sunday, June 18th
12pm-4pm
M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden
Sara Roosevelt Park at Rivington Street
Music, artmaking, and African history at the longest running Juneteenth celebration in the Lower East Side
FAB will be introducing artist Emmanuel Oni who will be developing an art project memorializing the Chrystie Street African Burial Ground
ROAR Festival
Saturdays July 8 – August 12
11am – 3pm
Organized by University Settlement
Sara Roosevelt Park at Stanton Street
FAB will be there with arts activities, our FABmobile, partners Buro Happold and Marvel Designs, to help advocate for the return of the Stanton Building to community use.