David Geffen Hall welcomes guests to experience the performing arts up close, with free workshops, participatory art-making, music, and dance. 

The schedule includes:

• <Broadway Storytime at Lincoln Center Theater — with actors and authors Gibson Fraiser (Stop and Smell the Cookies) and Jessica Love (Julián is a Mermaid)
• Hands-on artmaking stations, puppet-making, and more led by Lincoln Center Teaching Artists
• Costume Try-Ons with Lincoln Center Theater — inviting participants of all ages to invent their own characters with costumes and fabric, led by teaching artists from Lincoln Center Theater
• Collective Body — an immersive virtual reality experience that uses movement and technology to bridge worlds  
• Come & Sing — a joyful community choir led by 2025 Visionary Artist Jeanine Tesori and composer Ben Wexler, with special guests Ayodele Casel (tap dance), John Clancy (percussion). All ages and singing experiences welcome!  
• Who is Thelonious Monk? — a family concert exploring Monk’s legacy with warmth and humor, presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and hosted by DeWitt Fleming Jr. as part of the Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival  
• Our Echoes Be Bloom — an augmented reality installation and live poetry readings by Mahogany L. Browne  
• Green Feather Puppet Parade — a joyous community celebration featuring large-scale puppets, dancing flags, and live music from Funkrust Brass Band, with a centerpiece created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop  
• Cirque Kikasse: SANTÉ! — a gravity-defying mobile circus where daring acrobatics perform on and around a food truck on Hearst Plaza 
• Brown Girl Dreaming: A Beginning — Jacqueline Woodson’s award-winning memoir brought to life in David Geffen Hall’s Wu Tsai Theater through music, movement, and song 
• Children’s Workshop with artists and students from New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet — guiding participants in a ballet warm-up and playful movement combination (recommended for ages 12 and under)
• Opera-fy It! with The Metropolitan Opera — an operatic storytelling workshop for families
• Instrument Petting Zoo with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — where participants can try out instruments, ask questions, and discover the sounds and stories behind them

This event runs all day from 10:30am–6pm, and is General Admission, first-come first-served. Drop-in throughout the day and stay as long as you'd like!