Entertainment

We've got an amazing show planned for the NYC Half! With 18 entertainment acts lining the course and a rockin' post-race festival, you're about to experience an NYC Half like never before. Here's the lineup (with more to come):

Start Line

U.S. National Anthem performed by Beauty Shop Quartet

Brooklyn-based a cappella group

 

 

 

• DJ by NY Event Sound
• NYRR Youth Programs Cheer Zone
  
  

Central Park - Mile 6 (near Start Line)

DJ by NY Event Sound

Central Park - 72nd Street Transverse at East Drive

Waiting for Bobby
Acoustic Rock Covers

 

 

 

 

Central Park - East Drive and Center Road

The Xylopholks
Costumed xylophone ragtime

 

 

 

 

 

Central Park - West Drive at 72nd Street and Strawberry Fields

Amos Wengler
Performing songs of The Beatles

 

 

 

 

Central Park - West Drive at 86th Street

Artist TBD

7th Avenue Acoustic Performers

Blue planet - Banjo duo, Between 57th and 56th Streets, West side sidewalk, opposite Carnegie Hall

Eli Bridges - Folksy acoustic artist, Between 54th and 53rd Streets

Hoop - Guitarist with NYC-centric songs (between 51st & 52nd)

Brian Follweiler (between 49th & 50th)

Seventh Avenue between 47th and 48th streets

Julian Peterson

Originally from Colorado, Julian is a soulful singer/songwriter based in NYC. Julian will be playing the NYC Half Marathon for the third time this spring.

 

 

 

West side of 44th St. and 7th Ave

NYRR presents the Times Square Sing-A-Long

For the fourth straight year, spectators and runners alike will have the opportunity to follow along with Broadway performers as they sing favorite classic songs. Don’t worry about forgetting the lyrics; they’ll be displayed on a giant video screen.

This is a must see (and Sing) experience!

42nd Street between 7th and 8th avenues

Live music from East River Blues Band. Gut-wrenching harmonica playing, howling whiskey ballads, and soul-filled blues guitar.

 

 

 

42nd Street between 8th and 9th avenues

Bop Monroe & Pocket Monster This poppy, punky, surf rock band are veterans of both the NYC Half-Marathon and ING New York City Marathon.

 

 

 

West Side Highway at 42nd Street in front of Circle Line Ferry

Samba NY

One of our more eclectic—and popular—acts is returning. Samba New York! Features a colorful display of traditional Brazilian costumes, dancing, and capoeira to spicy Samba music set to a backdrop of the Hudson River!

40th Street and West Side Highway

The Mondays. Power pop band.

 

 

 

 

34th Street and West Side Highway

Lady Southpaw Band

Modern rock about running!

 

 

 

 

 

26th Street and West Side Highway

Artist TBD

15th St. and West Side Highway

The Turn, Power Pop acoustic duo

West Side Highway "Corridor of Sound"

As runners make their final push to the finish, a “Corridor of Sound” on West Side Highway will feature four D.J. stations at the below cross-streets to motivate both runners and fans with a variety of New York City sounds.

Christopher Street - DJ and “Cheer NY” Cheer Squad

Houston Street

Canal Street

Vestry Street

DJs courtesy of On The Move Entertainment

Finish Line on West Side Highway, just north of Chambers Street

DJ courtesy of NY Event Sound

Cheer NY's Cheer Bear

Post-Race Festival at Battery Park City’s North Cove Marina

A Special Performance by the cast of Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet

 

 

 

 

• Opening act:  2U - "The world's second best U2 Show"
• Massage Therapy provided by The Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences