Showdown Chinatown is back! Come challenge our 8 invited masters in 1V1 breaking or join in on the rocking Apache line and become our 2nd Showdown Chinatown Grand Master! Will you be there?? Breaking, Rocking, Live DJs, Graffiti, Lion Dancing, Wushu Demonstration, All Ages 2025 DJs and Judges! DJs: Skee (Beijing), Natural (NYC), Bijan (Berlin), […]
A day-long festival of NYC’s Asian-American Arts & Food Scene, featuring performance artists, creators, musicians/DJs, chefs, and artisans. ALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. The Mid-Autumn Fest is the culmination of an 8-week fundraiser for Meals for Unity. If you cannot attend, please consider donating directly here. Proceeds also go to making the festival a reality. Our […]
Join OMNY Taiko for an unforgettable evening of powerful rhythm, heartfelt storytelling, and communal spirit. Hiyoku: Wings That Fly Together | TAIKO CONCERT Discount code "potluckasianamerica" for 15% off tickets. In Chinese and Japanese poetry and art, the mythical hiyoku bird has just one wing—it can only fly when it finds its other half and […]
Presented by The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York (JFDINY), FUN FEST JAPAN celebrates Japan and NYC with an all day Japanese cultural festival, featuring traditional performing arts and fun cultural activities for the whole family! Enjoy performances by JFDINY’s own Minbuza (Japanese Folk Dance), Samurai Sword Soul (Traditional Sword Fighting), and Taiko Masala […]
Presented by the Korean American Diaspora Foundation, this concert offers a powerful musical reflection on resilience, memory, and collective hope. The program includes Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, followed by the Emperor Piano Concerto performed by the distinguished pianist HaeSun Paik. The evening culminates in the world premiere of The Grass Still Grows by Texu Kim, a […]
Started playing the piano in early childhood, Akiko made her solo debut in 1976 with “JAPANESE GIRL” which she recorded in LA with Lowell George and other members of Little Feat. With its creative sound that fused Japanese scales, folk songs, instruments with the pop, rock, jazz and contemporary music, it had a huge impact […]
2025 HABIBI FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AND LINEUP Wed, Oct 8: Maii Waleed + Layale Chaker Thur, Oct 9: Maii Waleed + Rasha Nahas Fri, Oct 10: Mohamed Abozekry Sextet + TBA […]
Otaku Choir presents: Otaku Oratorio: I Got Hit by a Bus and Now My Love Triangle of Friends are RPG Fantasy Heroes at The DiMenna Center! Otaku Oratorio: DiMenna Center […]
An evening of listening to music from the Chinatown Records archive, and a special screening of “Memories from Golden Song 金曲回憶” music video Think!Chinatown hosts Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 in our living room for a very special listening event with superstar aunties from Chinatown’s Knickerbocker Village Naturally Occurring Retirement Community. Bringing together music and oral history, […]
Multi-disciplinary artist, ayo ohs, debuts her first album, A Minor Relief, with a site-specific night of music, dance, and theater. Through this site-specific journey, ayo guides the audience through life experiences in identity and freedom in a rapidly-changing world. Personal and relatable, ayo’s lyrics explore silence and agency, in an effort to find voice. Both […]
“24 hours of uninterrupted, absolutely incredible music performances” - The New York Times Pioneer Works is excited to present the 14th annual Ragas Live Festival featuring 24 hours of transcendent music in the Pioneer Works Main Hall. The entire program will be broadcast live on video at Pioneer Works' Youtube & WKCR 89.9 FM in […]
Festival Finale: live music, Victor Lin & Taiyo Na, and the MOONSquare art opening with a reception at Think!Chinatown. An evening of musical performances and a reception for the Moonsquare exhibition opening. It’s the Festival Finale! Enjoy four musical performances selected for this showcase plus special performances from Victor Lin & Taiyo Na. Listen to […]
Japanese amateur chorus in NYC will present its 21st annual concert. With their diverse repertoire, including classical, Japanese folk, Japanese pop, barbershop, and spiritual songs, they create a unique form of entertainment through harmony. We, the New York Mixed Chorus (NYMC), have been bringing music to our community for over 20 years. Based in the […]
From Indie to Raga is a public event hosted by Devi Majeske, A4’s 2025 Van Lier Fellow in Music Performance. This event marks the culmination of her fellowship and features a preview of new songs from her upcoming debut album “How You Know You’re Alive.” Devi (vocals, sitar, guitar) will present four of her original […]
Celebrate the season with members of The Metropolitan Opera Chorus Artists and Asian drag artist Jasmine Rice LaBeija––a Juilliard-trained tenor and 2025 Britain’s Got Talent finalist. As part of a beloved annual Works & Process tradition, the singers bring the museum’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda to life with the joyous sound of holiday music. […]
Musician and comedian Charlene Kaye presents GOLDEN HOUR FEST, an annual variety show and holiday party celebrating the AAPI community! DOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 7:30PM Musician and comedian Charlene Kaye presents GOLDEN HOUR FEST, an annual variety show and holiday party uplifting musicians of AAPI descent. Rolling Stone recently profiled Kaye with the headline “Why […]