The first-ever West Side Fest is bringing free admission to more than a dozen museums, parks, and arts and cultural institutions in the west side of Manhattan on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
Max Touhey
The first-ever West Side Fest is bringing free admission to museums, parks, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions in the west side of Manhattan for one day on Saturday, Sept. 30.
The West Side Cultural Network, comprised of a group of more than 20 institutions located in the Chelsea and Meatpacking neighborhoods, is presenting the all-day inaugural festival for all ages to invite New Yorkers to enjoy their cultural village and destination along the waterfront.
The institutions that are participating in West Side Fest and opening its doors include the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Rubin Museum of Art, Little Island, the High Line, The Shed, Poster House, Westbeth Artists Housing, West Village Rehearsal Co-Op, the New York City AIDS Memorial Park, and the Center for Art, Research and Alliances.
There will be free admission to museums, neighborhood tours, open exhibitions, art making activities, live music, open rehearsal, a film festival, poetry reading, a puppet show, a marine science festival, and an evening block party.
Tamara McCaw, chief civic program officer at The Shed, stated West Side Fest was a culmination of four years of “deep, organic collaboration” between the West Side Cultural Network.
“Our cross-institution community building groundwork has seeded a strong foundation to reimagine new, more equitable, joyful, and nourishing ways of engagement, serving our local neighbors, and all New Yorkers,” McCaw said. “With West Side Fest, the Network’s first public event, we are thrilled to open ourselves and our doors to New York.”
The West Side neighborhood includes both newer and long-standing organizations that are on the west side of Manhattan, including the new Gansevoort Peninsula in Hudson River Park, which…
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