Revelers kick off the holiday season at the annual Winter's Eve celebration in Lincoln Square (photo by Greenberg)
Broadway from 59th to 66th Sts.
Monday, November 30, free, 5:30
www.winterseve.org
The Lincoln Square Business Improvement District is celebrating its tenth year of presenting Winter’s Eve with another fun, frolicking holiday kickoff party along Broadway. The tree lighting itself — a twenty-five-foot Balsam Fir — will take place in Dante Park at 63rd Sts., hosted by Joy Behar. The great Brooklyn Afro-funk group Antibalas (Main Stage, 64th St., 6:30 & 7:45) headlines a slate of entertainment that also includes God’s Generation Choir (Dante Park, 5:30 & 6:00), the Flaming Idiots (Dante Park, 5:30 & 6:45), the Harlem Samba Band (Richard Tucker Park, 66th St., 6:00, 7:00, 8:00), the Andy Akiho Foundry Percussion Trio (Richard Tucker Park, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30), Alice Farley Dance Theater (Boradway & 65th St.), and Chinese Lion Dancers and the Hungry March Band, both of which will be marching all over the place. In addition, jazz composer and cellist Ben Allison will be playing two special sets at the American Folk Art Museum, “Songs from Think Free and Others” at 6:30 and a special Neil Young birthday tribute at 7:30. Other events are scheduled for the Time Warner Center and the local Barnes & Noble and Apple Store. There will also be ice sculpting demonstrations, AcroYoga, holiday singalongs, children’s activities, special discounts at area stores as well as $1-$5 food tastings from Asiate, Bar Boulud, Josephina, Landmarc, Picholine, Rosa Mexicano, Sushi a-go-go, and other restaurants. Be sure to bring a can of food to donate to the City Harvest truck at Dante Park to help others usher in the season.