As we gear up for this year’s historic 20th Anniversary celebration, we are looking back at the incredible sounds and massive communal energy of our 19th consecutive season. On Saturday, June 21, 2025, Make Music New York completely transformed the five boroughs into a unified, open-air music holiday. From experimental waterborne concerts to a nonstop 24-hour vocal marathon, musicians of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels stepped out onto our shared public spaces to fill New York City with free, live music.

2025 Program Highlights Included: The spectacular debut of Waterway Horns, a custom-outfitted tugboat broadcasting a new composition along the East River tidal estuary, completely integrated with live call-and-response brass performances from shorefront parks across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens • An extraordinary, first-ever 24-Hour Sing for the Earth circle singing program in Brooklyn, uniting international artists and local vocalists for a nonstop day-to-day marathon of improvisation and choral music games • An outdoor summer solstice presentation of Street Motet No. 1, which wove sophisticated polyphonic vocal lines through the pathways of the Upper West Side before culminating in a powerful, unified finale at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine • An afternoon of native New York piano compositions at Madison Square Park for Soundscape for the Garden, highlighting community student soloists alongside the artists of the Village Trip Festival • The high-energy returns of beloved annual staples, including the massive 12th annual Porch Stomp! folk festival on Governors Island, a six-stage DIY takeover for Punk Island on Randall’s Island, a pop-up Sousapalooza sight-reading session, a collaborative public performance of Mozart's Requiem, and giant Mass Appeal jam sessions for guitars, harmonicas, kalimbas, and cellos.