The Washington Square Music Festival
Music Director Lutz Rath has announced the 65th season of the Washington Square Music Festival taking place in the center of Washington Square on the Main Stage. All concerts are free. The Festival is under the auspices of the Washington Square Association, Inc. Seating is first come, first served.
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The Festival was founded in 1953 by violinist and neighbor Alexander Schneider, member of the famed Budapest String Quartet, and the Washington Square Association. Over the years the concerts have become a venerable summer tradition, shaped by Peggy Friedman, executive director, the late music director Henry Schuman, and the current music director, Lutz Rath, as well as countless patrons, volunteers and neighborhood agencies that make the Festival such a popular evening event.
Peggy Friedman, Executive Director
Laima Hood, chair, Board of Directors
Suzette Jacobs, Associate Music Director
Lutz Rath, Artistic Director
Eric Carlsen, Stage Manager
The sole activity of The Washington Square Music Festival is to present free concerts. New York has other free outdoor classical concert series, but only the Washington Square Music Festival is sponsored by a local civic organization—the Washington Square Association, Inc.
To make a donation for the Washington Square Music Festival, please send a check to WASHINGTON SQUARE ASSOCIATION MUSIC FUND,
Washington Square Music Festival
PO Box 1066, Village Station
New York, NY 10014-0706
The Washington Square Music Festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with the City Council. Generous grants from The Earle K. & Katherine F. Moore Trust The Washington Square Association, The Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust, New York University Community Affairs & NYU Community Fund, Salamon-Abrams Family Fund, Washington Square Park Conservancy, The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation, Con Edison, Greenwich House Music School, Lamia’s Fish Market, and the Washington Square Hotel are deeply appreciated.