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In Honor of the Apollo’s 85th Anniversary

Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Featuring a Special Performance by Raheem DeVaughn

Harlem, NY, January 28, 2019 – Amateur Night at the Apollo returns on February 2o at 7:30 p.m. In honor of the Apollo’s 85th Anniversary, 850 tickets for Opening Night will be $8.50, made possible with support from sponsor Coca-Cola. The exciting program will feature a special performance by R&B artist Raheem DeVaughn.

Apollo Theater’s signature original, large-scale talent show and one of the longest-running continuous events in New York City is hosted by comedian Capone and features staples like C.P. Lacey in the role of the “Executioner” (in charge of ushering off “booed” contestants), Joe Gray the “Set It Off Man,” and the Apollo’s Amateur Night house band led by music director, Michael Mitchell.

Since introducing the first Amateur contests in 1934, Amateur Night has been the launching pad for some of the biggest artists in the world including Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, and Ella Fitzgerald who won the very first year. Now, 85 years later Amateur Night continues to be a primary source for discovering and nurturing new talent and spotlighting up-and-coming artists including Sung Lee, NUMBERS, Christian Guardino, Machine Gun Kelly, Moses Harper, Matthew Whitaker, and Wé McDonald.

Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes said, “Amateur Night was created with the idea that anyone could have a chance at stardom and the Apollo Theater has been a place for opportunity and growth for thousands of performers for 85 years.”

This season, contestants will once again “Be Good or Be Gone” to compete for the chance to win a grand prize of $20,000. Amateur Night has played a major role in the cultivation of artists and in the emergence of innovative musical genres including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Select performances including opening night will be live streamed via the Apollo Theater’s Facebook page, also sponsored by Coca-Cola, a sponsor of Amateur Night for more than 30 years.

Tickets and Information:

Tickets for the Amateur Night 2019 season opener on Feb. 20 begin at $8.50 and are available at the Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531-5305, 253 West 125th Street, and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, https://www.ticketmaster.com/amateur-night-at-the-apollo-tickets/artist/839690. Tickets purchased online or over the phone are subject to additional fees. Amateur Night’s 2019 Season runs every Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m., February 20, 2019 through November 27, 2019.

ABOUT RAHEEM DEVAUGHN

Three-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Raheem DeVaughn, son of renowned jazz musician Abdul Wadud, grew up in Maryland and cut his teeth performing in clubs throughout the Washington, D.C. area. His debut album, The Love Experience (2005), reached No. 46 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. It featured the singles “Guess Who Loves You More” and “You”. His second album Love Behind the Melody (2008) featured the popular single “Woman”, which was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards. His sixth studio album Decade of a Love King (2018) takes listeners to new heights and celebrate the sound that the last 10 years have brought him to, creatively and sonically.

ABOUT APOLLO THEATER

The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.

With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes special programs such as the blockbuster concert Bruno Mars Live at the Apollo, the world premiere theatrical reading of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s National Book Award-winning Between the World and Me, 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella, the annual Africa Now! Festival, and the New York premiere of the opera We Shall Not Be Moved. The Apollo is a performing arts presenting organization that also produces festivals and large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; global festivals including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention; international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects, multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.

Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy. For more information visit https://www.apollotheater.org/.

Amateur Night at the Apollo is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company.

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In Collaboration with London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Headline programming includes groundbreaking works from internationally renowned dance crews, a special performance by popping icon Popin’ Pete, and appearance by Hip-Hop Legend and Co-Host Biz Markie

Festival Expands to Week-long Celebration to Include:

Artist Talks, Workshops, Dance Master Class with Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, a Unique Art Exhibition Created by Internationally Celebrated Sculptor/Painter Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez, and Much More

October 20 – 28, 2017

WHAT: The Apollo Theater presents the return of London’s Sadler’s Wells’ critically acclaimed international hip-hop dance theatre festival—Breakin’ Convention, one of the world’s greatest celebrations of hip-hop culture now in its third year. Mainstage performances will take place October 27 – 28 at 7:30 p.m., and will feature an appearance by hip hop legend Biz Markie, who will act as co-host.

Curated and hosted by nationally recognized U.K. hip-hop emcee and theater pioneer Jonzi D, Breakin’ Convention will take over the entire Apollo building and will include performances by world renowned dance companies and local crews. In addition to the mainstage performances, this year’s Festival is expanding to a week-long series of events and activities consisting of artist talks, master classes, dance workshops, freestyle sessions, an art exhibition by Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez, and special Breakin’ Convention-themed editions of the Theater’s signature programs, Apollo Music Café and Family Workshop.

This year’s festival will also directly address several pressing issues that are part of America’s current sociopolitical landscape through performances and accompanying events, with highlights including an artist talk with dancers Jon Boogz and Lil Buck centered on dance as a tool for social justice and prison reform.

Breakin’ Convention 2017 will feature performances by: Dynamic Rockers (USA), Havoc and Klassic (USA), Popin’ Pete (USA), Rep Your Style (USA), Protocol Dance Company (UK), Salah (France), Soweto Skeleton Movers (SA), Yeah Yellow (France), Bwreakfast Club from Litefeet Nation (USA), and Passionfruit Dance Company (USA).

WHEN: Series of Events at the Apollo Theater October 20– 28, 2017

See below for complete Breakin’ Convention schedule

WHERE: Events will take place at the Apollo Theater on the Apollo Mainstage, the Apollo Soundstage, under the Apollo Marquee, and offsite.

For detailed program and ticket information visit www.apollobreakin.com

PHOTO OP: All media outlets interested in covering any of the Breakin’ Convention Festival, MUST submit requests via email to Nina Flowers at nina.flowers@apollotheater.org or Jarred Hopkins at jarred.hopkins@apollotheater.org

ABOUT US: The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.

With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella blockbuster concert, the annual Africa Now! Festival, and the recent New York premiere of the opera Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD. The Apollo is a performing arts presenting organization that also produces festivals and large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; global festivals including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention, international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects, multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.

Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms, and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy

The Apollo Theater’s Full Schedule of Breakin’ Convention Festival:

October 25 Columbia University’s Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought and The Apollo Theater present Fight the Power: A Global Conversation Exploring Hip-Hop and Social Consciousness

Location: Columbia University

Lenfest Center for the Arts

615 West 129th Street, New York, NY 10027

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Hip-hop music and culture have reverberated far beyond their birthplace on the streets of New York. From the favelas of Brazil to the trenches of the Arab Spring rebellion, the music fuels and inspires countless millions around the globe. Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theater and Columbia University’s Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought present this compelling exploration of hip-hop music’s impact on global culture and social consciousness.

Panelists include: Jonzi D (U.K.), Salah Belemqawanssa (France), Julien Saint Maximin—also known as Bee D (Yeah Yellow/France), and Lanre Malaolu (Protocol/U.K.). Moderator: Columbia faculty member Mamadou Diouf, Professor of African Studies.

Free with an RSVP. Visit apollotheater.org for details.

Apollo Amateur Night with Special Guests Soweto Skeleton Movers

Location: Apollo Mainstage

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Amateur Night begin at $20 and are available at The Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531-5305, 253 West 125th Street and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are on sale now.

October 26 Battlefest at the Apollo

Featuring Freestyle Funk Forum

Location: Soundstage

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Battlefest is one of the biggest and most elite dance competitions in the underground hip-hop community. Dancers from all over the nation will flock to the Apollo to participate in structured one-on-one battles.

Free with an RSVP. Visit apollotheater.org for details.

October 27 Breakin Convention – School Day Live Performance

Hosted by Jonzi D & Mayhem Poets

Featuring: Yeah Yellow, Soweto Skeleton Movers and Bwreckfast Club

Location: Mainstage

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Price: $4 per person

Apollo School Day Live is a special student performance of the 2017 Breakin’ Convention International Festival of Hip- Hop Dance Theatre featuring the Soweto Skeleton Movers from South Africa, B-Boy Crew, Yeah Yellow from France, and Harlem’s own Bwreckfast Club. Hosted by the hip-hop theatre improv trio

Mayhem Poets. Most appropriate for grades 4–12.

Generous support for School Day Live tickets provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.

For tickets to Apollo School Day Live and information visit www.apollotheater.org

Uptown Gets Down

Location: Under the Apollo Marquee

Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

This dance party under the iconic Apollo Marquee is hosted by Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon and features some of NYC’s hottest dance crews, Floatmasters and It’s Showtime NYC. Performances by The Beatbox House NYC with live graffiti by Letters First Crew.

Free and open to the public.

Breakin Convention Mainstage Performance

Hosted by Jonzi D and Celebrity Co-Host Biz Markie

Music by DJ Boogie Blind and DJ Precision

Featuring: Dynamic Rockers (USA), Havoc and Klassic (USA), Popin’ Pete (USA), Rep Your Style (USA), Protocol (UK), Salah (France), Soweto Skeleton Movers (SA), Yeah Yellow (France)

Location: Mainstage

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Breakin’ Convention are $28.50 – $48.50. Tickets are available at The Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531- 5305, 253 West 125th Street, and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are on sale now.

October 28 Family Workshop: Family Cypher and Beat Making Workshop

Hosted by Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen

Location: Apollo Soundstage

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Price: Free with registration

This 90-minute family workshop teaches elements of hip-hop and how to use your body to create unique beats. The session will feature a participatory cypher and ideas on how you can take the hip-hop experience back home. Led by Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen, an all-women’s hip-hop collective. With guest artists MC LiKWUiD and the cypher collective Toni Blackman’s Rhyme Like a Girl Collective.

Appropriate for ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.

Apollo Family Workshops are free and pre-registration is strongly suggested. For registration information visit www.apollotheater.org

Film Screening – Get Lite

Location: Apollo Soundstage

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Free screening with post-screening talk with the film’s director, Lance Steagall. GET LITE is a documentary film featuring Litefeet dancers, known to most New Yorkers for their cries of SHOWTIME! on the subway.

Free with an RSVP. Visit apollotheater.org for details.

Uptown Gets Down

Location: Under the Apollo Marquee

Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

This dance party under the iconic Apollo Marquee is hosted by Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon and features some of NYC’s hottest dance crews, Floatmasters and It’s Showtime NYC, performances by The Beatbox House NYC with live graffiti by Letters First Crew.

Free and open to the Public

Breakin Convention Mainstage Performance

Hosted by Jonzi D and Celebrity Co-Host Biz Markie

Music by DJ Boogie Blind and DJ Precision

Featuring: Bwreakfast Club from Litefeet Nation (USA), Passionfruit Dance Company (USA), Popin’ Pete (USA), Protocol (UK), Salah (France), Soweto Skeleton Movers (SA), Yeah Yellow (France)

Location: Mainstage

Time: 7:30 p.m.

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The Apollo Theater Education Program extends the Apollo’s commitment to enhancing the life of the community. The Education Program focuses on four distinct areas of learning and engagement: residencies, workshops and tours for schools; curriculum materials aligned to state and national learning standards and study guides derived from the Theater’s history; career development for teens and adults through the Apollo Theater Academy; and discussions and lectures for the public that highlight the history of the Apollo and its impact on American art, culture and entertainment. For more information on Apollo Theater Education, visit www.apollotheater.org/education/; follow on Twitter @ApolloEd or stay connected through Apollo Theater Education’s Facebook page.
About The Apollo Theater
The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world. With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, performance art, spoken word initiatives, and more.
This includes the October 2014 premiere and 2015 international tour of the dance celebration project – James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, the annual Africa Now! Festival, Apollo Club Harlem and the upcoming New York premiere of the opera Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD. The Apollo is a presenting organization that also produces festivals, large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives: Apollo Music Signature Programs—Amateur Night, Salon Series, Apollo Music Café; Legacy Series – work that celebrates and extends the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; Global Festivals including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention, international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects, multidisciplinary work with partner organizations.
Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms, and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, D’Angelo, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy.
The Apollo Theater is a not-for-profit organization and currently in the midst of fundraising for its 21st Century Apollo Campaign, created to extend the institution’s role in fostering artistic innovation and in building appreciation of American culture around the world. Visit www.apollotheater.org.
Leadership support for Apollo Education programs from Ronald O. Perelman Family Foundation. Additional support from the Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation, Coca-Cola Foundation, Con Edison, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, General Motors Foundation, Insperity, The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, the QBE Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
The Apollo’s 2015-2016 season is made possible by generous support from American Airlines, BNY Mellon, Citi, Coca-Cola, Troy and Keisha Dixon, EmblemHealth, Frederick Wildman, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Carla A. Harris, Robert K. Kraft, The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, The Parsons Family Foundation, the Ronald O. Perelman Family Foundation, JoAnn Price, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford, Time Warner Inc., the Reginald Van Lee New Works Fund, the Apollo Board of Directors and many other generous donors.
Lead annual support is also provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Stafford, Time Warner Inc., the Reginald Van Lee New Works Fund, the Apollo Board of Directors and many other generous donors.

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VENICE BEACH the musical

A contemporary musical with various styles of music and dance from hip hop
and rock to standard musical theater about American college graduates trying
to survive in the post-graduate world between 2008 and 2012, a time of
economic recession and high unemployment. Jesse, a native Californian, is
trying to convince three of his mid-western fraternity brothers, Bradley,
Michael, and Steven, to move with him to Venice, California, promise land of
sun, surf, hot girls in bikinis, and plenty of jobs. During their graduation
ceremony at Ohio State University, they express their doubts and concerns
about what’s next after college. At the celebration party that night in
their favorite campus bar, The Stadium Pub, they shake off their fears and
agree to go, encouraged by Joe the Barman to get out of Ohio and pursue
their dreams. They drive together to California in Jesse’s car, where they
lease a beach house in Venice. The boys initially try to keep the college
party lifestyle going. They adopt a new favorite bar, the Sidewalk Café,
where Joe the Barman once again presides. Gradually, however, they face all
the challenges of the adult world, no longer cradled in college campus life,
nor funded and cared for by parents. They must make tough choices regarding
starting their careers, pursuing relationships, making rent, paying off
student loans, discovering self-identity, and ultimately, dealing with
disillusionment when their high expectations, and those of their parents,
don’t meet reality as they learn that success and happiness isn’t always
rewarded simply for individual effort.

Jesse, handsome and charismatic, immediately adopts a player life style
and seems to get whatever he wants. He lands a good job at Merril-Lynch, but
quietly struggles with the heartbreaking loss of his failed writer/artist
father from suicide during his junior year. He also finds that his job in
finance holds no interest for him, nor has he any real aptitude for it at
heart, he’s an actor/singer and a writer himself. He is also frustrated with
his mother, Kay, who, though she loves him dearly, is unintentionally
encroaching on his space in Venice, for she herself moves there in her
transition out of grief, as she strives to reclaim the lost years of her
youth because of marrying so young. Bradley finds an entry level job at
Coldwell Banker real estate, and begins guiltily to enjoy his temporary
freedom from Emily, his fiancé who must stay in Ohio to finish her senior
year. From a distance, she expresses her anquish over his absence, for she
has always placed her music and singing aspirations second to Bradley’s
plans for their future. She believes him when he says he will only be gone
for the summer, but when he informs her he wants to stay longer, she is
heartbroken. Michael, a talented architect and former fraternity president,
is hired at Cunningham, a prestigious architecture firm, and begins to
pursue Sarah, his hard-driving, slightly older project manager. He
gradually discovers he doesn’t like his work, nor does he feel comfortable
with Sarah. Ultimately, he meets Kenny, a gay art teacher and yogi, who
helps him to -come out- and re-discover his love for painting. Steven, a
tough, Irish Catholic from the working class farming community of
Youngstown, also majored in architecture, but is unable to get hired, so he
begins waiting tables to pay his portion of the rent. He sees Marika, a
beautiful Eur-Asian yoga instructor with several tattoos, and joins her yoga
class on the beach. They begin to date, and through her influence, he
discovers a deep interest in yoga and a desire to be health conscious, all
the while covering himself in tattoos. Marika has always distrusted men due
to her father’s early abandonment, but her unlikely relationship with Steven
becomes, surprisingly, the most stable one of the group. Things change for
Jesse when he reconnects with an old musical theater friend and high school
prom date, Rose, now an eclectic, Bard educated woman living in Mexico.
Jesse begins to fall in love again, but Rose’s fierce independence and
desire to explore the world causes her to avoid his romantic advances,
though not necessarily his sexual ones. The Boys fun Venice Beach life
begins to unravel during a crazy, alcohol and drug-filled Halloween party,
where Bradley cheats on Emily with Sarah. Michael confronts Bradley over his
disloyalty, and Bradley accidently –outs- him as a defense for his actions.
As winter 2009 arrives, the boys see that the party is over and so they
decide to go their separate ways. Bradley returns to Ohio but Emily refuses
to take him back. She now has plans to go to NY and attend graduate school
for music. In May 2009, as they are all moving out of the Venice Beach
house, Bradley, shattered by losing Emily, as well as his job at Coldwell
Banker, and facing the prospect of moving back in with his parents in Ohio,
attempts to take his own life with pills. Jesse is shaken by his friend’s
act, especially since the experience of his father’s suicide is still so
painful. Jesse has also been let go at Merrill Lynch, which is downsizing.
When Rose leaves for Africa to work for the Peace Corps for two years, it
becomes clear that they will remain -just friends- and nothing more. She
says goodbye to him on Venice Beach, leaving him alone, loveless, jobless,
hopeless, wondering what he’s going to do. At that moment, his father
appears to him (or is it simply Jesse’s subconscious) to talk with him he
gives him the advice and guidance he’s been needing for some time.

One year later, June 2010, Jesse moves to New York to reclaim the acting and
singing aspirations he once had and then temporarily abandoned. Bradley is
back in Ohio, Steven is living with Marika in Venice and Michael with
Kenny in West Hollywood. Having kept in touch with Emily over the years,
Jesse responds to her facebok invitation to go and see her sing a set at The
Bitter End club in N.Y. She has found her voice, and is pursuing her singing
career. At the club, Jesse finds himself attracted to her, and after the
show, they lament about how things were when they were kids, how they were
led to believe by everyone that they were special, that fate had great
things in store for them, but they now know that life is much more
complicated than that. The Bitter End seamlessly transforms into the
Sidewalk Café back in Venice Beach where they join the old gang who have all
come together again. Only now, it is two years later, June 2012, and The
Boys, Kenny, Marika have come together for Jesse and Emily’s wedding to
occur on Venice Beach the following day. Joe the Pastor officiates the
wedding. He urges them to enjoy life and love while they can, but work to
make it last. At the ceremony, The Boys once again express their angst over
what’s next, for they still don’t know for sure what the future holds for
them. But they have come to understand that they must simply continue on
doing the best they can to learn, to live, to love, to work, and to grow.

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The Montauk Music Festival is a four day musical celebration featuring talented up-and-coming independent artists, set against the back-drop of one of the most idyllic beach communities on the east coast – Montauk, NY.Over 100 artists boasting a wide variety of musical styles.  www.montaukmusicfestival.com

(from alternative, rock, folk, pop, Americana, reggae, blues, jazz, bluegrass, to flamenco, rap, hip-hop, country, metal, and more), will be performing for free in the spirit of sharing original music with audiences and fellow musicians. In its third year of production, the festival has cultivated an atmosphere of goodwill promoting local charities, connecting local New York “island” musicians with those from as far away as Vermont and California. Music lovers and performers alike are drawn to the beautiful oceanside playground of Montauk to promote and share art.

The business community has welcome the one-hundred and eighty performances spread throughout the town, set in different intimate venues, each with its own unique flavor, including a two day showcase stage set on the village green. This makes the event appealing to all musical tastes.

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