Tomorrow begins this year’s season of Broadway Buskers, the annual outdoor concert series in Times Square that celebrates musical theater singer-songwriters. Curated and hosted by Ben Cameron, the free concerts will continue through October 1 every Friday at 6 p.m. in Broadway Plaza, between 43rd and 44th streets in Manhattan. For a taste of tomorrow’s concert, below is the official video of “Sing You to Sleep” by Bandits on the Run.
All of this summer’s concerts will also be live streamed on the Times Square NYC YouTube channel, where you can also watch the Broadway Buskers 2020 playlist. Visit TimesSquareNYC.org for more information. The lineup for the 2021 series is as follows.
July 9: Gerard Canonico, Bandits on the Run (Adrian Blake Enscoe, Regina Strayhorn, Sydney Torin Shepherd);
July 16: Burgandy Williams, F. Michael Haynie;
July 23: Josh Breckenridge, Aaron LaVigne;
July 30: “Plain” Austen Bohmer, Ryan Scott Oliver;
Aug. 6: Sky-Pony (Kyle Jarrow, Lauren Worsham), Starbird & The Phoenix (Courtney Bassett, Andrew Swackhamer);
Aug. 13: Dru Serkes, Christian Thompson, Jaime Cepero;
Aug. 20: Masi Asare. Joel Waggoner;
Aug. 27: Damon Daunno, Rona Siddiqui;
Sep. 3: Jen Sánchez, Baby Chemist (Katie Lee Hill, Travis Artz);
Sep. 10: Jasmine Forsberg, Matt Doyle & Will Van Dyke;
Sep. 17: Ethan Slater, J. Robert Spencer;
Sep. 24: Christy Altomare, Jerusha Cavazos; and
Oct. 1: Zack Zadek, Alice Lee, Nora Schell.