we will host a rain date perfomance on october 19
ingardens
festival
2026
sep 5—oct 12
Arts For Art’s annual FREE InGardens Festival, features 44 performances over 6 weekends and 14 days in the Lower East Side. The festival features a creative improvising community of artists in Joy and Resistance. AFA is committed to creating spaces of caring where cutting edge artist’s commitment to human Rights. Because it is more important than ever, we seek to bring light and hope.
AFA partners with First Street Green Art Park, More Gardens, and Children’s Magical Garden.
event schedule
2:00pm
whit dickey – drum
rob brown – saxophone
3:00pm
John Hebert – bass
Nasheet Waits – drums
Marty Ehrlich -Saxophone and Clarinet
4:00pm
Michael Wimberly – drum
Baba Don Eaton – percussion
Juan Pablo Carletti – durm
2:00pm
Trae Crudup – drum
Craig Taborn – piano
3:00pm
Mara Rosenbloom – piano
Kyoko Kitamura – vocal
Claire de Brunner – bassoon
4:00pm
Anders Nilsson – guitar
Dan Kurfirst – drum
Ken Filiano – bass
2:00pm
Daniel Carter – reeds
Dave Sewelson – reeds
Dave Hofstra – tuba
Steve Moses – drums, trombone
3:00pm
4:00pm
Francesca H – saxophone
Chuck Roth – guitar
2:00pm
lee hooper- flute
Mobéy Lola Irizarry – congas/percussion
Dani Jimenez Ochoa – keys
3:00pm
TBA
3:30pm
Nathan Nakadagwa-Lee – woodwinds
Shinya Lin – electronics
Lulu West – voice and electronics
Kevin Murray – drums
2:00pm
Rob Brown – alto sax
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
3:00pm
4:00pm
Alexis Marcelo – keys, synth, melodica
Gervis Myles – bass,synth,
2:00pm
Caleb Smith – keyboard flute
Sophia Kickofel, George Rogers – sax
3:00pm
Joe Morris-bass
Mark Valdes-drums
Charlie Watson-trumpet
4:00pm
Baba Don Eaton, Juan Pablo Carletti & others – percussion
(bring your drum or dance and join us!
2:00pm
Celine Kang – guitar
Liam Summers – percussion
Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee – woodwinds
3:00pm
Kevin Eichenberger – bass
Jon Starks – drum
Alfredo Colon – saxophone
4:00pm
Sol Cabrini – poetry vocals
4:30pm
James Paul Nadien – Drums
Sabrina Salamone – Violin
2:00pm
Titan Choi – trumpet
Kaizen Connor – bass
3:00pm
Selendis (SSAJ) – vibes
Nico Daglio – synth
4:00pm
Michael Wimberly, Baba Don Eaton, Juan Pablo Carletti & others – percussion
(bring your drum or dance and join us!
2:00pm
Andrea Wolper, Ellen Christi – vocals
Ken Filiano – bass
TA Thompson – drum
3:00pm
Elen Christi – vocals
Patricia Nicholson – dance & text
TA Thompson – sound rhythm
4:00pm
Alfredo Colon – tenor sax, perc.
Ryan Easter – trumpet
2:00pm
DoYeon Kim – gayageum & vocals
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
T.J. Borden – cello
3:00pm
3:30pm
Aakash Mittal – saxophone
William Parker – bass
Trae Crudup – drum
4:30pm
William Parker & Juan Pablo Carlettii ..
(bring your drum or dance and join us!
2:00pm
Ayumi Ishiito – saxophone
Daniel Carter – saxophone
Yuko Togami – drum
3:00pm
Eli BERMAN – vocal
Bonita Oliver – performance
4:00pm
Yarrow Array Che Chen – gtr, homemade instrument
Lesley Mok, Todd Capp – drums
2:00pm
Buz Donald – drums
Greg Lapine – Sax
3:00pm
Jamal Moore-Reed’s/Percussion/Electronics
Warren Crudup III -Drums
4:00pm
William Parker & Juan Pablo Carlettii ..
(bring your drum or dance and join us!
2:00pm
Luisa Muhr – voice
Samantha Kochis – flute
3:00pm
No Land
4:00pm
William Parker – composition, conducting, double reeds, etc…
Aakash Mittal – alto
Devi Brahja Waldman – alto
Isaiah Barr – tenor
Dave Sewelson – baritone
Diego Hedez – Trumpet
Colin Babcock – trombone
Masahiko Kono – trombone
Colson Jimenez – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums, percussion
Hans Young Binter – keyboard
Ellen Christi – voice
Patricia Nicholson – voice, text, movement
2:00pm
William Parker – bass
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
3:00pm
Melissa Almaguer – tap dance
Eliana Fishbeyn – electronics
4:00pm
Features musical friends including Devin Brahja Waldman, No Land + others
5:00pm
Jam Session
