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The lack of shade due to limited, or rather, no trees around the ‘new’ Garibaldi Plaza stage area (compounded by the fact that the previously nearby Linden tree is now gone) makes performing in the summer … Read more…
Except for five years — three in the 60s, one later related to budget issues, and one year a few years ago due to park reconstruction — the Washington Square Music Festival has brought “world … Read more…
On Tuesday (7/31), this post appeared on this blog: Washington Square Music Festival Dramatically Scaled Back Performances at Washington Square Park This Year Due to Park Redesign; Final Concert of 54th Season Tonight. Washington Square Music … Read more…
Updated-There is a story behind the scaled back number of concerts the Washington Square Music Festival is performing this year at Washington Square Park. Traditionally, the Festival, which has performed in its namesake park for … Read more…
There are two great opportunities for high caliber music and fun this Sunday, May 20th. One is the Greenwich Village Orchestra’s final concert of the season at Washington Irving Auditorium with a discounted rate – … Read more…
Today’s New York Times features a review, Unusual Sounds to Play in a Park,” of this week’s concert by the Washington Square Music Festival (it was the second performance of the season): The programming at … Read more…
Updated 5:30 p.m. – The Washington Square Music Festival’s new season begins at the Park on Tuesday, July 12th with four free performances. It’ll be the festival’s first season performing on the new Garibaldi Stage … Read more…
Washington Square Music Festival will perform a free concert “Strings, Winds and Piano” featuring Clarinetists Stanley Drucker, formerly of the New York Philharmonic, and Naomi Drucker with the Washington Square Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. The … Read more…
Peggy Friedman, long-time executive director of the Washington Square Music Festival, sent in this photo from the final performance of this season with this note: “On July 29, members of the world-famed Charles Mingus Orchestra … Read more…
The New York Times review (July 18th) of last week’s concert of the Washington Square Music Festival at Washington Square Park included some history, commentary on the Park and festival audience: Perhaps it’s an illusion … Read more…
The Washington Square Music Festival was founded in 1953 by violinist Alexander Schneider of the famed Budapest String Quartet (and a Greenwich Village resident) and the Washington Square Association, which still sponsors the event. It … Read more…
+ Photos from 2024’s Festival The Hare Krishna Festival returns to Washington Square Park Saturday, June 14th from 12 noon to 7 p.m. The Festival has been an annual tradition at the park for years … Read more…
The Washington Square Park Folk Festival first took place in 2011 and is approaching its 14th year this coming Sunday. Now an annual event, it was the brainchild of former WSP Administrator Rebecca Ferguson (three … Read more…
I’m delayed in writing about the 36 foot American Elm tree that was axed on the eastern end of the park at Garibaldi Plaza in late May. I mentioned it in my Washington Square Park … Read more…
The Hare Krishna Festival arrives at Washington Square Park on Saturday, June 8th from 12-7 p.m. This festive event has been an annual tradition at the park for many years now. A parade beginning at … Read more…