Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson.
Photograph courtesy Workplace of Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on Saturday joined co-founder of Bronx Evening Market, Marco Shalma of MASC Hospitality Group (MHG), in kicking off the Annual Bronx Summer time Live performance Collection.
Gibson, whose father hails from Trinidad and Tobago, advised Caribbean Life on Monday that Saturday’s occasion at Fordham Plaza, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. was “an unforgettable, fun-filled night of reside performers that included DJ Riddim; energetic dance routines by The Kips Bay Boys and Women Membership, Youngsters Breaking League; the soulful sounds of Ayanna; and the vigorous rhythms of Johnny Mambo & Mates salsa music.”
She mentioned Saturday’s live performance concluded with the spectacular sounds of reggae music filling Fordham Plaza’s Bronx Evening Market courtesy of Ricardo & The Fusion Band.
Historically held on the Orchard Seaside Pavilion, The Bronx Summer time Live performance Collection, for the second yr in a row, can be featured at places all through the Bronx, Gibson mentioned.
She mentioned the normal web site is present process a US$87 million renovation mission to revive the 140,000 sq. foot boathouse, as soon as thought of the crown jewel of Pelham Bay Park, to its “former glory.”
“We’re excited this summer time for the return of our Bronx Summer time Live performance Collection,” Gibson mentioned. “Our residents and households may have the chance to get pleasure from free performances and leisure whereas safely recreating at our native parks.
“I wish to thank Marco Shalma and our sponsors for his or her partnership on making our kickoff successful, and we sit up for seeing everybody as we journey throughout the borough,” she added. The next is an entire itemizing of dates places and occasions for the Bronx Summer time Live performance Collection 2024: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Soundview Park, Morrison & Lafayette Avenues); Sunday, July 28, 2024, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Van Cortlandt Park, Occasions Garden North of Broadway & 242nd Road, #1 Practice); and Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. (Bronx Evening Market, 1 Fordham Plaza).
The opposite are: Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Bronx Park East, Bronx Park East & Lydig Avenue); Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (St. Mary’s Park, 146th St. & St. Ann’s Avenue); Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Ferry Level Park (10 Hutchinson River Parkway); and Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Co-Op Metropolis, 120 Erskine Place – Part 5).
