Event
End the Week Right: Angélique Kidjo and Cimafunk in Central Park
A free Sunday night of Afrobeat, funk, and pure movement, as Angélique Kidjo returns to SummerStage with Cimafunk and DJ Freshy K.
End the Week With Angélique Kidjo and Cimafunk in Central Park
There are Sundays you spend recovering, and there are Sundays you spend dancing under the trees while a Grammy winner reminds you why music travels the way it does. This one is the latter.
On Sunday, August 23, from 7 to 10 PM, Central Park's SummerStage welcomes back Angélique Kidjo, the Beninese powerhouse whose voice has carried Afrobeat, pop, jazz, and reggae across borders for decades. She's joined by Cimafunk, the Cuban artist turning funk into something entirely his own, with DJ Freshy K keeping the night moving between sets.
And the best part: it's free.
Kidjo's sound doesn't sit still, and neither will you.
This is the kind of evening Coupian exists to point you toward. Not because it's rare to find live music in the city, but because it's rare to find an entire evening built around joy without a price tag, a dress code, or a reason beyond simply showing up.
What to expect
Kidjo's catalog spans continents and generations. She's the sort of performer who can move from a hushed ballad to a full-park singalong in the space of one song, pulling the crowd into rhythms that feel both ancient and completely current.
Cimafunk adds heat to the bill, bringing horn-heavy, hip-shaking Cuban funk that pairs naturally with Kidjo's genre-blurring catalog. Together, expect a set list that refuses to sit in one lane, and a crowd that won't either.
- Free admission
- Central Park's SummerStage
- Sunday, August 23, 7–10 PM
- Featuring Angélique Kidjo, Cimafunk, and DJ Freshy K
Why it fits the Coupian spirit
We built this platform around the idea that the city rewards curiosity. A free night of global music in the park is exactly the kind of low-barrier, high-reward outing that turns a routine weekend into something worth remembering.
Bring a blanket, arrive early enough to find your patch of grass, and let the night do the rest. Sundays rarely sound this good.
Coupian pick for global music, dancing, and closing out the week the right way.
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