Get ready to Boogie! On May 29, June 26, July 31, and August 28, 2016, the last Sundays of each month, the center lanes of the Grand Concourse starting at 162nd Street will be closed to cars and open to a world of fun with free music, art and fitness programs hosted by organizations from the Bronx and beyond.
Boogie on the Boulevard is made possible by New York City Department of Transportation’s Weekend Walks program, and organized by The Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Bronx Neighorhood Health Action Center of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, BronxWorks, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx Health REACH, New York Road Runners, and Transportation Alternatives, in partnership with a volunteer committee of Bronx residents.
Art-making activities for all ages
Biking
Bollywood classes
Button-making
Face painting
Henna tattoos
Interboro will be installing Ad-Bloc at Boogie on the Boulevard
Knitting classes
Live painting
Open mic – spoken word, poetry, storytelling
Open Studios at the Andrew Freedman Home
Performances by local artists
Picnic
Skating
Street games
Tours of the Grand Concourse
Yoga
Zumba
Come inside to taste a selection of snack offerings from local food vendors including:
Jhal
Morris Perk
The Empanada Times (truck – not inside)
Andrew Freedman Home
Apryl Cadabra Entertainment Agency
Artist & Craftsman Supply - Bronx
Board of Elections In The City of New York, Bronx County Office
Bobby Gonzalez
Bronx Children’s Museum
Bronx Health Link
Bronx Museum teaching artists
BronxWorks
BxArts Factory
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
Fire Department, City of New York Office of Community Affairs and Recruitment and Diversity
Fit 4 Life
Gigi’s Life Fitness
Humanistics Dance
Institute for Family Health/ Bronx Health REACH
Michele Brody
Mobile Mondays
Montefiore Medical Center
Mulally Bike Park
New York City Department of Design and Construction
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
New York City Department of Transportation
Partners for Parks
Recycle-a-Bicycle
Sam Goodman
Soh Nup Edu / Level Up Media Arts
St. Barnabas Health System
Transportation Alternatives
United Business Cooperative
Wheeling Forward
12:00pm to 4:00pm, between performances
Mobile Mondays DJs spinning 45's, House and 90s Dance DJ's Joey Carvello and Johnny D
The Andrew Freedman Home will host open studios
12:00pm Open mic hosted by Bobby Gonzalez
1:00pm Bharati Dance Academy of the Vishnu Mandir
1:00pm Tour of the Grand Concourse with Sam Goodman, Urban Planner with the office of the Bronx Borough President (starts at the Main Stage and moves down the Concourse)
2:00pm Join DJ SpazeCraft & the "Organic Orchestra" on a journey through sound using nothing but your voices! Become a BeatBox Rhythm Orchestra live on the main stage in this interactive participatory musical game!
2:30pm to 3:00pm Dance workshop with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
3:00pm Performance by Circa 95
3:30pm Janice Marie Robinson & Friends
Mobile Mondays! is NYC's all 45's vinyl night every Monday at The Bowery Electric, to save the music, preserve dj culture & keep the vibe & soul of NYC alive. We are Funk & Soul, Disco, Rock & Roll, House, Pop, Reggae, Rhythm & Blues, & anything else classic & danceable on 45 RPM singles. The MM All Stars include Operator Emz, Joey Carvello, Natasha Diggs, Just Blaze, Misbehaviour, $$$Mike Hosted by Brand Manager Rebecca Lynn.
Misbehaviour's career began in 1989 in London, where she made her mark at two MOBO Award-winning club nights at Hanover Grand and Sub Terrania. Moving to New York in 1999, she promoted her night, “Bubble and Squeak,” at APT. Misbehaviour has been DJ-ing for the world-famous Central Park Dance Skaters for 16 years and is a Mobile Mondays! resident.
Joey Carvello is a 1st Generation Disco Deejay starting in Boston in 1974. In 1978 he won a " Billboard Magazine Disco Deejay Of The Year Award ". Joey has opened for numerous acts including The O'Jays, The Trammps, The Village People and The Three Degrees. In 1979 Joey joined Warner / RFC as the Easy Coast Director of Dance Music where promoted, Change, Gino Soccio, Prince and many more. He has continued to execute and develop independent radio promotion campaigns via his Upstream Music Group.