Central Park's Summerstage and More in 2015

New York City's Summerstage is set to announce its 30th anniversary lineup of mostly free performances at Central Park's 5000-capacity Rumsey Playfield (among other locations thorughout the five boroughs) this Wednesday. 

Below, we've put together a list of the top-billed acts at shows we anticipate at Summerstage and elsewhere in Central park this Summer (with by-admission benefit shows marked $). Note the potentially huge June 22nd gala, and read down to the end for possibly the biggest event of all.

[Updated 4/7-8]

5/18 Tedeschi Trucks Band

5/19 Mastodon $

6/6 Blue Note Jazz Festival featuring Me'shell Ndegeocello and Roy Hargrove

6/7 Emmanuel Jal

6/12? NPR's Ask Me Another

6/13 Soul Rebels Brass Band

6/13 New York Mississippi Picnic (on Dead Road between the Meadow and Bandshell)

6/14 John Prine?

6/15 Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series

6/?? Ibeyi? and Hollie Cook?

6/17 Lindsey Stirling $ 

6/17 New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert, with Joshua Bell (on the Great Lawn)

6/17 New York Philharmonic conducted by Charles Dutoit, with Renaud Capucon (on the Great Lawn)

6/20 or 7/26 Caribou 

6/21 Fete de la Musique/Make Music NY (throughout the park)

6/22 City Parks Foundation gala tribute concert (potentially featuring Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and many more) $

6/23 The Knights (at the Bandshell)

6/24 The Kooks with Atlas Genius $

6/?? BattleFest Nation and screening of Flex is Kings

6/27? The Felice Brothers with the Barr Brothers

6/28 Lucinda Williams?

6/29 Ingrid Michaelson with Jukebox the Ghost $

6/30 Ensemble LPR and Simone Dinnerstein (at the Bandshell)

7/2 Laurie M. Taylor/Soul Movement

7/5 or 12? Body/Head, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger 

7/7-11 Latin Alternative Music Conference presents Systema Solar, Nacao Zumbi, and more

7/14 Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players (at the Bandshell)

7/15 George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic

7/18? New York City Ballet?

7/19? Lake Street Dive, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn?

7/21 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (at the Bandshell)

7/22 Milky Chance with X Ambassadors $

7/25 Bombino

7/26? Rock Steady Crew anniversary featuring Masta Ace?

7/27 Dawes, First AId Kit $
7/28 Rise Against $

7/29 Philadanco, TU Dance

8/1 Dr. John

8/2 Brasil Summerfest

8/4 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center? (at the Bandshell)

8/5 Father John Misty with Angel Olson $

8/8 Gilles Peterson, Afrika Bambaataa

8/8 Great Jazz (on the Great Hill) 

8/?? Elvis Costello?

8?/?? Common?

8/15 or 16 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings?

9/24 Walk the Moon $

9/26 Global Citizen Festival feat. Coldplay, Pearl Jam? and more (on the Great Lawn)