HARLEM MUSIC FESTIVAL
HARLEM MUSIC FESTIVAL
Our Musical Legacy

WELCOME TO THE
HARLEM MUSIC
FESTIVAL

Ray Chew
Executive Music Producer

August 2 - 21, 2022

Presented by

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2022 LIVE & VIRTUAL events

“JOINTS ‘R JUMPIN’” • GOSPEL PERFORMANCES • HARLEM WEEK FLASHBACK CONCERTS • DANCE PERFORMANCES • BROADWAY THEATER PERFORMANCES • HARLEM WEEK/ FILM FESTIVAL • AT HOME DANCE PARTY • SPOKEN WORD

RECENT SPECIAL APPEARANCES + ARTISTS TALKS

Doug E Fresh & Stevie Wonder ★ Janet Jackson ★ Alicia Keys ★ Melba Moore ★ Stephanie Mills ★ The Hamiltones ★ Ledisi ★ Nat Adderley, Jr. & Alyson Williams Musical Tribute to Phyllis Hyman (premier) ★ Wynton Marsalis introducing “Abyssinian Mass” 200th Anniversary of Abyssinian Baptist ★ Girl From The North County Broadway Musical Performance by Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Score by Bob Dylan ★ Premiere of Lincoln Center’s podcast, Langston Hughes’ "The Black Clown”, The Harlem Music Festival All-Star Band led by Ray Chew ★ “Soul at Home” Closing Concert with The Dramatics, The Stylistics, and The Blue Notes

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RECENT jazz

“Great Jazz on the Great Hill” with Alyson Williams, Jeremy Pelt, George Gee Swing Band (The Director’s Edition)

INTERNATIONAL ARTZ, ROOTZ, & RHYTHM

Oyu Oro (Cuba) ★ Chakanaka Watch (Zimbabwe–Afro-pop) ★ IMPACT Repertory Theater with Tsidii Leloka – (South Africa – Tribute to Miriam Makeba) ★ Pepper Solana (Spain) ★ Skip Martin (Italy) ★ Nobuntu (Zimbabwe) ★ Mwenso & The Shakes  (South Africa)

With Bishop Hezekiah Walker and Choir & Erica Campbell

With Bishop Hezekiah Walker and Choir & Erica Campbell

RECENT SPECIAL EVENTS

★ Daily DJ Music Slams featuring seven famous DJ’s spinning a broad spectrum of music
★ Hon. Charles B. Rangel Racism and Social Justice Summit
★ The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color

2020 PARTNER EVENTS

APOLLO THEATER–Teen Takeover-Artist & Music Talk ★ West Harlem Artists: Queen Esther & Terri Davis  ★  NY City Center – 5 Musical performances  ★  NJPAC – Daily Virtual Dance Classes  ★  MTA Music Under NY (MUNY Artists): Lorenzo LaRoc, Petula Beckles, Afrikumba)  ★ Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society   ★ Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater   

2020 GOSPEL

Performances by Bishop Hezekiah Walker and Choir  ★ Erica Campbell ★ Donnie McClurkin  ★ Vy Higginsen’s “ Sing Harlem” Choir 

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About The Harlem
Music Festival

 
The historic Minton’s Playhouse.

The historic Minton’s Playhouse.

Harlem, the world-renowned cultural capital of Black and Hispanic America, deserves to have a first-class music festival. Harlem’s reputation in music is known throughout the world and its local musical history has definitely created a global impact. The festival is Executive Produced by Ray Chew.

The 2020 Harlem Music Festival featured virtual concerts from Harlem and internationally. Details about the 2022 Festival, returning in August, are coming soon!

It is highly anticipated that the Harlem Music Festival will in upcoming years, attract hundreds of thousands to New York City in general, and to Harlem in particular, as the word of this incredible cultural experience carries throughout the region, the nation, and beyond.

The festival is proudly co-presented by HARLEM WEEK and West Harlem Development Corporation.