Kids Can Shake It!
Performance: 11am, Lenoir Nature Preserve
Joyful singing and moving with 4-7 year olds and their families. With Susan Harris and special guest Adam Hart
Yonkers
The McCarron Brothers featuring Suzanne Mueller
Performance: 1pm & 2pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
The McCarron Brothers featuring Suzanne Mueller bring an atmospheric blend of Brazil, Classical music, blustery swing, and moody rock to their live performances, channeled through their eclectic lineup of guitar, cello, saxophone, bass, and drums. The band has released two albums, Way Down in Brooklyn in 2009, and No Moon Train in 2012, and are set to release their latest recording, Before All This, in 2023.
New York Jazz Force
Performance: 2pm, Lang Studio Stage, 40 Curry Road, Hastings & 4pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
Soul/Jazz Classics and Originals
The Battle Brothers started out playing in Blues clubs in Greenwich Village and have been working in the R&B and Jazz field including a stint in the 1990s in the original R&B group ‘Nuance’. Since then, The Battle Brothers have been creating their own original sound.
Kaya Nicole
Performance: 1pm, 40 Curry Road, Hastings & 3pm, Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers
Kaya Nicole is a vocalist, guitarist and composer originally from New York City. Influenced by her proximity to jazz and hip hop in the city that never sleeps, Kaya is a lover of a groove with a rhythmic and sultry vocal style. Recipient of the Arts Alive grant and participant of the New York Foundation of the Arts fiscally sponsored program, Kaya continues her legacy of storytelling through her debut original project: “Magnolias,” going into production in 2023.
Jared Pauley Group
Performance: 12-1pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
Jazz, Funk, Latin Fusion
The Jared Pauley Group is a loose collective of musicians from NYC and Westchester County that plays a mix of original jazz, funk, Latin, and fusion songs. The Group and its members perform regularly throughout the tri-state area.
Charlie Rhyner Group
Performance: 3pm, Boyce Thompson Center, Yonkers
Original, modern, lyrical guitar-based jazz
Charlie Rhyner has assembled a stellar quartet of local musicians who will be bringing his modern, yet lyrical compositions to life. The interplay of the saxophone and the guitar are at the forefront while the structure of the writing, which stays in the jazz idiom, provides a springboard for improvisational sparks to fly. Charlie’s compositions are derived from an internal spark from the connection between his heart and ears, influenced by his life as a teacher, father, and musician.
Tapi Tapi
Performance: 1pm, Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers
Saturday Only
Mbira music of Zimbabwe and beyond
New York based Afrodelic Mbira music of Zimbabwe.
Universal Drum Sounds/Yonkers Drums
Interactive Drum Circle: 2pm, Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers
Saturday Only
Feel the power of the drums!
