Charlie Parker Arts Festival in New York City
Enjoy poetry, art, music and more. They're featured all August at the 13th Annual Charlie Parker Birthday Festival.
If you'll be in New York City in August, make a trip to the Lower East Side to enjoy the 13th Annual Charlie Parker Birthday Festival. This month long celebration of the jazz great's legacy-from August 3 until the 31-features an art exhibition of local and international artists, a block party with live jazz, a poetry reading, a book signing, a concert with Billy Bang, and much more.
The annual festival is presented by A Gathering of the Tribes-a group that produces a literary and cultural magazine, art exhibits, poetry books and readings, music, and other arts related events.
The August-long art exhibit opens on August 3 with music by The Richard Clements Quartet. August 12, will feature evening poetry readings ending with a Billy Bang performance.
On the evening of August 27 meet renowned author Ishmael Reed and prize-winning poet Victor Hernandez Cruz when A Gathering of the Tribes will have a book release party for them.
Most of the events will take place in or around the neighborhood of 285 East 3rd Street in Manhattan.
For more information, you can reach A Gathering of the Tribes at:
P.O. Box 20693, Tompkins Square Station, New York, NY 10009 or email
