This year, the festival is mounted with the theme “We will not be silenced, speak up for democracy.” The subject will be addressed in some of the playlets and acts written for the festival.

Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 30th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.

Indoor performances will take stage from 6:00 PM to midnight each day, utilizing two of TNC’s four theaters. From 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday, vendors and food sellers, including booths from nearby restaurants, will set up in the closed-off block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues.

Schedule:

SUNDAY EVENING IN THE JOHNSON – MAY 25:

6:00 PM – Oyu Oro
6:22 PM – Joan Reinmuth
6:34 PM – Toby Armour
6:46 PM – Zero Boy
6:58 PM – Tom Diriwachter
7:10 PM – Charles Kretzel (Federica Garcia Lorca)
7:22 PM – Alessandra Belloni
7:34 PM – Barbara Kahn
7:46 PM – Charly Wenzel
7:58 PM – Willieanne Gissendanner
8:10 PM – Melange
8:22 PM – David Mandelbaum
8:34 PM – Kanpai
8:58 PM – Pamela Enz
9:10 PM – Toni Renee Taylor
9:22 PM – Folksbiene
9:34 PM – Art Lillard Quartet
9:58 PM – Barbara Kahn
10:10 PM – Lily James Roberts
10:22 PM – Robert Gonzales Jr.
10:34 PM – Stephan Morrow
10:46 PM – Zen Mansley
10:58 PM – Rori Nogee
11:10 PM – Valery Oisteanu
11:22 PM – David Slone

SUNDAY EVENING IN THE CABARET – MAY 25:

6:30 PM – Burning City Orchestra
6:52 PM – Maude Lardner Burke
7:04 PM – LES Performing Arts
7:16 PM – Jasmine Hyman
7:28 PM – J Dolan Byrnes
7:40 PM – Richard Webber
7:52 PM – Joe Bendik
8:04 PM – Peter Welch
8:16 PM – Roman Primitivo
8:28 PM – Larry Litt
8:40 PM – Michael Sanders
8:52 PM – Beth Griffith
9:04 PM – Sarah Lilly
9:16 PM – Dante Jayce
9:28 PM – Thomas Goggans
9:40 PM – Randy Mchaney
9:52 PM – Justine Hall
10:04 PM – Anwar Suleiman
10:16 PM – Levi Frazier
10:28 PM – Adrian Tomby
10:40 PM – Luke Grande

Admission is free but donations will be gratefully accepted.