About this Event
Arts for Art Presents: InGardens FREE FALL FESTIVAL INSPIRE • COMMUNITY - 6 weekends of FREE Creative Improvisation in Music, Dance, & Poetry!
Arts for Art continues to grow younger with this year's annual FREE InGardens Festival, featuring 44 performances over 6 weekends in the Lower East Side. Join us for NYC’s diverse creative improvising community of artists in Joy and Resistance!
Location for This Week: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 in collaboration with Fall of FREEDOM
2:00 PM DoYeon Kim and Friends
DoYeon Kim - gayageum & vocals / gabby fluke-mogul - violin / T.J. Borden - cello
3:00 PM Janice Lowe Museoetry
Janice Lowe - voice/ Gregory Kage, bass & elec. / Warren "Trae" Crudup - drums
3:30 PM Aakash / Parker / Crudup
Aakash Mittal - reeds, etc. / William Parker - bass, ngoni / Trae Crudup - drums
4:30 PM Open Drum and Dance Circle
William Parker / Juan Pablo Carlettii / Dance led by Djassi DaCosta Johnson - bring your drum or dance and join us!
Sunday, October 4th, 2026 in collaboration with Fall of FREEDOM
2:00 PM Endless Season Trio
Ayumi Ishito - sax & electronics / Daniel Carter - reeds & trumpet / Yuko Togami - drums
3:00 PM Berman / Oliver
Eli Berman, Bonita Oliver - vocals & homemade instruments
3:45 PM Colon / Easter
Alfredo Colon - tenor & percussion / Ryan Easter - trumpet
4:30 PM Yarrow Array
Che Chen - guitar, homemade Instru / Lesley Mok, Todd Capp - drums
About Arts for Art: Founded in 1996, Arts for Art (AFA) is a NYC-based nonprofit dedicated to the promotion and advancement of FreeJazz—combining music, dance, poetry, and visual arts rooted in Black and multicultural creativity.
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First Street Green Art Park, 31 East 1st Street, New York, United States
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