The Village Trip organization has announced further details and events for their sixth-annual festival of arts and activism taking place across lower-Manhattan September 14th – 28th, 2024.
First is the NYC premiere of the acclaimed documentary Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll, which has been confirmed to screen September 15 at the City Winery Loft followed by a conversation between Alvin Singh, who is Lead Belly’s great nephew, and Anna Canoni, who is Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter.
Second is an event honoring the 70th anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park with a concert featuring selections of the music composed for the long running series by David Amram, who will be sharing the stage with Gail Papp (widow of founder Joseph Papp) and a host of singers and actors.
Overall, the two-week festival will kick off September 14 and feature concerts, readings, film screenings, children’s events, walking tours, an art show and more. The Village Trip at West 4th St., is an opening block party on “New York’s Left Bank,” centered around the historic Music Inn, a Village fixture for more than half a century, and a regular stop for the likes of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and George Harrison.
Throughout the following two weeks will be a full slate of events including:
New York premiere of the documentary Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll at The Loft at City Winery
Latin Jazz with Bobby Sanabria Ascensión at Teatro Latea at The Clemente.
James Baldwin in Words & Music – centennial celebration at Judson Memorial Church directed by actor and playwright Daniel Carlton
David Amram’s music for Shakespeare in the Park with Amram and Gail Papp at Joe’s Pub
The Village Trip GuitarFest – headlined by John Schneider
Launch of Rolling Stone editor David Browne’s new book Talkin’ Greenwich Village – The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Scene
The Village Trip Lecture: Black Women Entertainers in the Civil Rights Movement given by Professor Ruth Feldstein
The Parting Glass – a celebration of Irish music at The Bitter End
Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keefe, and Jackson Pollock: A Celebration in Music – new works by Victoria Bond, John Musto and others at The Salmagundi Club
From the Courtyard – a concert conjuring the sounds of an 1890s LES tenement courtyard, with its distinctive mix of cultures and music
Framing the Village – the annual art show at The Moshava Gallery
The festival will culminate with The Village Trip’s signature event, a free concert in Washington Square Park, featuring indie rock trio BETTY, New York legends Tish & Snooky and Americana singer-songwriter Janie Barnett.
“The Village Trip not only honors the legacy of downtown Manhattan but also highlights the ongoing creativity that makes these neighborhoods so crucial to New York’s cultural life,” said Joint Artistic Directors Liz Thomson and Cliff Pearson. “The festival’s goal is to celebrate the intersection of arts and social activism.”
A full schedule of events will be released in coming weeks. For more information head here.
