SummerStage: Ultimate Breaks & Beats 40th Anniversary Celebration
Thu 30 Jul, 19:00 · SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan · New York
Details & booking — City Parks Foundation / SummerStage
via City Parks Foundation / SummerStage · Checked 29 Jul 2026
About this event
Forty years on from one of the most foundational compilation records in hip-hop, SummerStage assembles the people who lived it: BreakBeat Lou with Lord Finesse, Diamond D, Grand Puba, Sadat X, Nice & Smooth, Peter Gunz and DJ Boogie Blind. Expect a night built on the breaks that a generation of producers sampled, played loud in the middle of Central Park.
Why we picked it
A once-only anniversary reunion of hip-hop's crate-digging royalty, free in Central Park.
Free entry
Free admission, no ticket required; first-come, first-served entry.
Registration
None - first-come, first-served, expect long queues
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