Forest Hills Stadium Unveils 100th Anniversary Concert Lineup: Boygenius, Strokes, Duran Duran, Many More
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music Editor The legendary New York outdoor venue Forest Hills Stadium has unveiled its 2023 season, marking the 100th anniversary of the stadium and the ten-year anniversary of its renovation.
The new season will feature around 30 music and comedy acts including Boygenius, the Strokes, Duran Duran, Dave Matthews Band, LCD Soundsystem, Fall Out Boy, Zach Bryan, Kevin Hart, Maggie Rogers, Weezer, Lane 8, The Smile, Arctic Monkeys, Jungle, plus the inaugural Head In The Clouds New York Music & Arts Festival and the return of Rock the Bells Festival, celebrating the 50th year of hip hop.
Additionally, The New York Pops – the 78-musician independent pop orchestra will perform with Jason Mraz. The full lineup to date appears below; more shows will be announced in the coming weeks.
Forest Hills is one of the city’s most iconic music venues — in the 1960s alone, it hosted concerts by the Beatles (who landed their helicopter on the grass courts), the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan (immediately following his controversial appearance at the Newport Folk Festival).
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