Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America has announced its 2026 summer season, running May 28 through September 11. Here is a look at vocal offerings.

New York City Opera opens the season with an “American Classics” program.

Performance Date: May 29, 2026

Harlem-based chamber orchestra The Unsung Collective marks Juneteenth with a program of works by contemporary Black composers Jessie Montgomery and H. Leslie Adams.

Performance Date: June 19, 2026

New York City Opera returns with a special evening celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald, headlined by three-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Latonia Moore.

Performance Date: August 7, 2026

Bryant Park hosts its first-ever Choir Festival, highlighting the vocal ensembles of New York City and the tradition of communal song. Artists are to be announced at a later date.

Performance Date: August 21, 2026