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Big Umbrella Festival returns! Tickets on sale now
Annually each spring, the Big Umbrella Festival welcomes kids, teens, and adults for a dynamic series of programming, designed with and for neurodiverse audiences. The 2025 festival will span three weeks in April, offering distinct events and activations each weekend. Explore the calendar here »Upcoming events
March 26 at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché
Film Screening
March 26 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Featuring unseen archive material, this documentary follows Styrene's daughter across three continents to better understand Poly the icon and Poly the mother.
FILM
MUSIC
PUNK
March 27 at 7:30 pm
Pascuala Ilabaca
Lincoln Center Presents
March 27 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Global-touring, multiple award-winning singer Pascuala Ilabaca’s music is rooted in traditional Chilean sounds with shades of jazz, pop and rock.
POP
JAZZ
ROCK
March 27 at 7:30 pm
Boy Blue Presents Cycles
Lincoln Center Presents
March 27 at 7:30 pm
Rose Theater
The U.S. premiere of the UK’s most celebrated Hip-Hop dance theater company, Boy Blue, brings movement at its most fluid, distilled, and skilled.
DANCE
HIP-HOP
March 28 at 7:30 pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Tribute to Poly Styrene
March 28 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Feel the pulse of the still-beating heart of UK girl punk at this celebration of the seminal rock innovator Poly Styrene and her band X-Ray Spex.
PUNK
IN-PERSON
LIVESTREAM
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Be inspired by musicians who defy expectations
American Songbook: Singer Outsiders, curated in collaboration with Tamar-kali and Kathleen Hanna, uplifts women and nonbinary musicians who have shaped the modern landscape of music and continue to drive conversations on gender, identity, and empowerment. This spring series features a bold lineup of powerhouse voices from across the punk, pop, jazz, classical, R&B, and theater worlds—including Tarta Relena, Los Sara Fontan, and Cocanha; Gossip; Ana Tijoux; A Tribute to The Slits, and more—all for free or Choose-What-You-Pay.
Catch international premieres on the New York stage
In collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, Rubén Blades' large-scale musical work Maestra Vida—a soaring, genre-defying urban drama centered on the Latin American lived experience—will be presented in the U.S. for the very first time. The U.S. premiere of the UK’s most celebrated Hip-Hop dance theater company, Boy Blue, brings movement at its most fluid, distilled, and skilled with Cycles. A contemporary circus company celebrates human interconnectedness in the New York premiere of Backbone, a thrilling event for all ages!
Celebrate 15 years of FREE events at the Atrium
The David Rubenstein Atrium has offered 15 years of dynamic, free programming—opening our world to culture that addresses today’s most pressing issues and explores our common humanity. To celebrate the occasion, we're bringing back fan-favorites and welcoming Lincoln Center debuts to light up the stage this season! Featured events include: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché film screening, Pascuala Ilabaca, a Brooklyn Maqam and Haza Party, and comedy show and dance party Don't Text Your Ex.Be the first to know!
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Fast Track reservations open Mondays at noon
In addition to General Admission, we’re offering a FREE Fast Track option for most Lincoln Center Presents events—giving you priority access. Bookmark this page »Free at the Atrium
March 28
American Songbook
March 29
A Party in Celebration of Self Love
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