Rakim and The Roots Among Star-Studded 2025 New York SummerStage Line-Ups

April 26, 2025 1

Rakim, The Roots, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force and more are among the big names hitting New York City’s SummerStage this year. According to FOX5 New York, the lineup for the 2025 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage series was announced Wednesday (April 23); 70 free and benefit concerts and performances held in Central Park and 13 other neighborhood parks across all of New York City this summer.

The festival will feature a wide array of performances, ranging from hip-hop and jazz to salsa, rock and reggae. Things begin June 4 with Tank and the Bangas, Marcus Miller, and the Soul Rebels — performing in association with the Blue Note Jazz Festival. The City Parks Foundation has also announced that this year will also feature artists as guest curators, including MIKE, Rhiannon Giddens, King Britt, NEMS, DJ Rekha and Funk Flex.

“I am thrilled to announce our 2025 SummerStage lineup, a stellar reflection of what makes our festival so unique and beloved,” Heather Lubov, executive director of City Parks Foundation, said in a statement. “The huge variety of artists we’re presenting and the parks where we’re located reflect our city’s demographic and cultural diversity, but they also serve to unite us as neighbors and as lovers of music, regardless of our differences.”

Soccer Mommy, Big Freedia, Camilo, Jessica Pratt and Frankie Negrón are also among this summer’s acts taking the stage.

Billboard reports that this summer’s shows will be in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, Herbert Von King Park and The Coney Island Amphitheater in Brooklyn, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, St. Mary’s Park and Crotona Park in the Bronx, Stapleton Waterfront Park on Staten Island, and SummerStage’s flagship venue, Rumsey Playfield in Central Park.

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