6th Annual Festival Set For July 9
The Village Voice is proud to announce the return of4Knots Music Festival as a free, all ages festival in its original home at the South Street Seaport. The 6th annual festival will be held on July 9.
The Voice is thrilled to announce it is returning to our roots with a free festival this year as part of the re-established Voice mission to bring music, art and culture to New Yorkers under the new ownership of Peter Barbey.
"In line with the Voice's role as a tentpole of the cultural community in New York, we felt it was essential to continue our music legacy by producing a fantastic, free summer festival again," Barbey said.4Knots will continue the Voice's successful 16-year run of showcasing emerging artists and indie rock bands in New York City.
From 1 p.m.-8 p.m., the festival will take over the Seaport and Pier 16 for a day full with more than a dozen artists performing for more than 10,000 music fans.
"We're thrilled to have 4Knots back at the Seaport Museum. Our East River piers with historic ships are a great venue and the 4Knots festival brings great music and new visitors to this New York gem," Captain Jonathan Boulware, Executive Director, South Street Seaport Museum, said.
"As we move closer the opening of the new Seaport, with Jean-Georges' Food Market, and McNally Jackson in 2017 we are so proud to welcome back the 4Knots Music Festival and showcase the Seaport District as a home of great, live entertainment in an unparalleled river front setting," Phillip St. Pierre, Senior General Manager of Seaport District & Howard Hughes Corporation, said.Lineup announcements for 4Knots are set to be announced in the coming weeks. The festival prides itself on presenting audiences with the best up-and-coming artists breaking through today. Past performers have included: Dinosaur Jr., Super Furry Animals, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mac DeMarco, Twin Peaks, Mikal Cronin, Those Darlins, Screaming Females, Happyness, Meatbodies, Nude Beach, Viet Cong, Juan Wauters, Speedy Ortiz, Radkey, Dead Stars, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Men, Parquet Courts, Fat Tony, The Black Angels, The Drums, Dan Deacon, Oberhofer, Titus Andronicus, Crocodiles, Nick Waterhouse, Bleached, Archers of Loaf, Delicate Steve, Hospitality, Devin, Eleanor Friedberger, Team Spirit and more.
This year's 4Knots art was commissioned by Brooklyn based artists Jeremyville.
For further updates and announcements please visit villagevoice4knots.com/4knots.
Review clips from last year's festival, featured on New York Magazine, Stereogum, Gothamist, People Magazine and more.
About The Village Voice
Founded in 1955 by a small group that included Norman Mailer, The Village Voice was the nation's first alternative newsweekly. Over the years it has been a home to a wide range of writers and artists, from e.e. Cummings and Katherine Anne Porter to Ezra Pound, James Baldwin, photographer Sylvia Plachy, cartoonist Lynda Barry, investigative journalists Wayne Barrett and Tom Robbins, music writer Robert Christgau, and film writer J. Hoberman, among many others. The Voice, which has won three Pulitzers, has always been an aggressive interrogator of the powers that be, as well as a force for finding and promoting cutting edge arts and culture. We believe that both of those functions may be more important now than they have ever been.
Under new ownership and editorial leadership in 2016, The Village Voice is rededicating itself to being an indispensable resource for progressive New Yorkers of all sorts. This year, the Voice will be unveiling an updated design for the paper, new world-class writing and editing talent, and a state of the art digital platform. Our current portfolio of products includes the print paper (90,000 circulation and growing), a robust website, independently produced lifestyle events, plus many specialty inserts focused on arts, food, fashion, culture, music, and more. We consider that to be just the beginning for this global brand.
About South Street Seaport Museum
South Street Seaport Museum is a non-profit educational and cultural institution located in the heart of the historic South Street Seaport district-the original port-in New York City. Founded in 1967, the South Street Seaport Museum preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city.
Designated by Congress as America's National Maritime Museum, the Museum houses galleries and performance spaces, working nineteenth century print shops, a maritime library, a maritime craft center, and a fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of "Where New York Begins."
About The Howard Hughes Corporation
The Howard Hughes Corporation's mission is to be the preeminent developer and operator of master planned communities and mixed-use properties. We create timeless places and extraordinary experiences that inspire people while driving sustainable, long-term growth and value for our shareholders.
We own, manage and develop commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the country. Our company is comprised of master planned communities, operating properties, development opportunities and other unique assets spanning 16 states from New York to Hawaii.
