Alea
With a welcoming sound that embraces cumbia, vallenato, rancheras, pop and jazz, the singer-songwriter Alea moves her audiences with messages of the spirit, calls for social change and free-flowing love. Originally from La Guajira, Colombia, Alea’s performance encompasses an entire generation of ethno-futuristic and folkloric music accentuated by buttery vocals, deep-rooted grooves and uplifting guitar.
Her latest album, 2021’s Alborotá, was shortlisted as among the Best Latin Music of the year by both Rolling Stone and NPR.
Akoko Nante
Akoko Nante Ensemble harvests folkloric music from the sons & daughters of Africa; of the continent and dispersed throughout the world.
Liftoff Brass
Liftoff Brass Band incorporates New York’s current generation of musicians who are revitalizing the brass-band sound. Liftoff ranges freely across the New Orleans landscape without losing grip of the New York groove.
Fogo Azul
Fogo Azul NYC is New York City’s best and most powerful performance group. The New York City-based all-women, trans, and non-binary Brazilian Samba Reggae drum line Fogo Azul (Blue Fire) was born at the intersection of a passion for Samba Reggae, a deep respect for its cultural roots as a music of protest and resistance, and activism in support of gender equality and a sense of civic duty in the current environment to publicly awaken and inspire people to resist oppression and exercise their power to uplift society —loudly.
Yacouba Sissoko Trio
Yacouba Sissoko, is a Master kora player from the djely tradition. He has devoted his musical gift to expand the awareness of West African history and culture, spread the word of peace and empower his listeners to take charge and realize their imagined futures.
Pinkie Special
Pinkie Special is a NYC based hula hoop performer, burlesque artist and musician.
Pinkie has been performing on stages across the world, gaining attention for her unique energy, skill and humour. “The Monty Python of Burlesque”
Malini & Ensemble
Malini Srinivasan is a third-generation Bharatanatyam artist and the disciple of world-renowned artist Sri C.V. Chandrasekhar. Based in Queens, NY, Malini is committed to spreading a deep understanding of Indian classical traditions through teaching.
Somer Suarez
Uruguayan singer-songwriter Somer Suárez returns to QUIP (7 years and counting!) for another electric dose of his unique mixture of EDM, folk-melodies, and synth-driven South American pop.
Brown Rice Family
Brown Rice Family is a fresh world roots band jamming towards global solidarity. Brown Rice Family provides the masses with distinctively organic global music, which encompasses reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, Afrobeat, jazz stylings, rock, Brazilian, Latin, and funk.
Brooklyn Raga Massive
Hailed as "Leaders of the Raga Renaissance", Brooklyn Raga Massive curates and presents concerts annually around the world with their unique fusion of jazz and Indian classical music.
The Melting Pot
An all-star collective of jazz, funk, and hip-hop musicians from around the five boroughs, The Melting Pot is led by Arthur “The Geniuses” Lewis, co-creator of the Tony award-winning Freestyle Love Supreme.
Mantra Percussion
Mantra Percussion is a future-focused sextet committed to a lasting influence on percussion music through the creation of new works by living composers and creators from across the social spectrum. At QUIP, the group performs an outdoor/acoustic version of Michael Gordon’s 60-minute, kaleidoscopic tour-de-force, Timber.
Los Aliens
Los Aliens radiate heat gathered from their planet's tropic taking their listeners' minds to the unknown while using the power of their beats to make bodies move unceasingly.
Somer Suarez
Uruguayan singer-songwriter Somer Suárez returns to QUIP (5 years and counting!) for another electric dose of his unique mixture of EDM, folk-melodies, and synth-driven South American pop.
Miss Maybell
Miss Maybell is a NYC-based band playing a large repertoire of early Jazz and Blues from the 1900's – 30's.
Conjunto Guantánamo
“Sizzling Ambassadors of Cuban Folklore”, Conjunto Guantánamo combines the deep roots and rhythmic precision of traditional Cuban forms like son montuno and rumba with the raw power of nuyorican salsa.
Brooklyn Raga Massive
Hailed as "Leaders of the Raga Renaissance", Brooklyn Raga Massive curates and presents concerts annually around the world with their unique fusion of jazz and Indian classical music.
The Melting Pot NYC
An all-star collective of jazz, funk, and hip-hop musicians from around the five boroughs, Melting Pot NYC is led by Arthur “The Geniuses” Lewis, co-creator of the Tony award-winning Freestyle Love Supreme
The Lowers
Sunnyside’s favorite neighborhood rock’n’roll cover band, The Lowers perform deep classic rock from the 1960s-1980s.
Kakande Band
Featuring legendary balafon master Famoro Dioubate, Kakande Band brings the dance music of Mali to Queens for an intense and soulful experience like no other.
Gamelan Yowana Sari
A traditional Balinese Gamelan in residence at Queens College Aaron Copland School of Music, Gamelan Yowana Sari has performed throughout the US and Indonesia.
Somer Suarez
Uruguayan singer-songwriter Somer Suárez returns to QUIP (5 years and counting!) for another electric dose of his unique mixture of EDM, folk-melodies, and synth-driven South American pop.
The Good Ms. Padgett
Anna Padgett sings wise, wild, and wonderfully absurd songs for children, babies, and their grownups with the help of her family: partner Miggy Littleton and seven-year-old daughter Penelope Littleton, as well as many special guests.