Sunday, July 23, 2023
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Grand Central Parkway/Whitestone Expressway between 111 St. and College Point Blvd., Corona, NY 11368
Bhangra ambassador & SummerStage veteran DJ Rekha brings home the exuberance and energy of Basement Bhangra with a diverse array of artists for a Bacchanal edition to the world’s borough, Queens at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Joining DJ Rekha onstage is Punjabi music legend and King of Bhangra, Malkit Singh—and his live band; DJ Ana, Chutney Soca DJ mainstay and “Island Girl” of East Indian descent; Rolex Rasathy, a professionally trained Carnatic musician heavily influenced by jazz, R&B, and hip-hop; Param Singh, Punjabi singer who broke out with his 2016 hit “Daru Badnaam” with Kamal Kahlon, which has more than a billion views on YouTube; the self-taught dholki musician Dholi Anuradha, and The Shadow Notes, who draw haunting hooks and arcane beats from their homelands of Trinidad and Punjab.