Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium ticket office is one of New York’s great democratic spaces — world-class performances, free admission, no tickets required. This summer, the Atrium anchors a season at Lincoln Center that puts Latin and Afro-Caribbean artistry front and center.
Latin Concerts at David Rubenstein Atrium
Sauljaljui
Indigenous Paiwan Taiwanese singer
Taiwanese alternative
Summer for the City festival
Fri, July 10, 2026 | 7:30pm
FREE
She’s not Latin, but preserves and updates some of Taiwan’s many Indigenous traditions, so we can connect to that. Coincidentally, some of her rhythms would not be out of place among many of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. People do similar things around the world because we are all human.
Sauljaljui mostly plays a Yueqin (Moon Lute). She plays it percussively with her community’s tribal dance rhythms. Mexicans did the same thing with Spanish guitars. She also plays the Paiwan double-barrel nose flute, a rare Indigenous flute played through the nose.
Her Indigenous community has a call and response tradition. Again, people do similar things. She often teaches her audience a few words and gets them in the song. Some of her songs have the feel of flamenco, some of Chinese pop. Some of her vocals sound Native American.
Artists like Sauljaljui don’t just make nice music. They are preserving their culture and native languages. The video for her song “Like It Used to Be” shows how similar we are. No matter where you are from, we still gather around the fire with family and friends, share food and drink, sing, dance, love, and tell stories. We are all Indigenous somewhere.
Brazil Day: Alici
Brazilian MPB
Though she is Música Popular Brasileira, her bossa nova is sweet
Summer for the City Festival with Brasil Summerfest
Thu, July 9, 2026 | 7:30pm
FREE
Alici’s breathy vocals make you dream of falling in love.
Louis Armstrong at 125, America at 250
Jazz tribute led by early jazz specialist Sam Chess
Summer for the City festival co-produced with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Sun, July 5, 2026 | 6pm
FREE
Trombonist Sam Chess (grandson of Chess Records founder) celebrates the man who changed popular music forever. There is music before and after Louis Armstrong. He made music flow naturally. Armstrong celebrated his birthday on July 4. You may want to visit the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens.
Carolina Mama
Argentine-born Latin alternative singer
With Argentine folk to rap influences
Summer for the City festival
Thu, July 2, 2026 | 7:30pm
FREE
Love her Argentine Castellano accent.
Orestes Gómez
Venezuelan-born Latin alternative drummer
Summer for the City festival
Fri, June 26, 2026 | 7pm
FREE
Blending jazz harmonies, Hip-Hop grooves, and forward-thinking production, Orestes Gómez is a dynamic performer creating music in the creative space where rhythm can evolve. The Venezuelan-born producer-drummer reimagines traditional Afro-Caribbean sound through a modern lens of pop, jazz, and Hip-Hop.
This is exactly the kind of artist the Atrium was built for: a musician operating at the intersection of tradition and innovation, rooted in the African and Caribbean foundations of Venezuelan music and pushing them somewhere entirely new. Gómez brings together the drum as both ancestral instrument and studio tool, making this one of the more conceptually interesting shows of the summer.
There is something about the drum that only drummers, priests, and perhaps dancers understand. It’s something you can’t fully describe, but you can feel it. Rhythm is the heartbeat of the universe. Gómez puts his heart into all kinds of music ~ centered on the drum. The drum kit extending Venezuelan tambores traditions places Oreste in the Latin alternative frame, but his beats are all over urbano Latino.
The Atrium’s intimate setting — under that 42-foot media wall, with vertical gardens flanking the stage — is the ideal room for this kind of performance. Come early for General Admission.
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Shows are free. Just show up. But do show up at least an hour (or two) early.