Nimbus leads Jersey City and statewide audiences back to live performance with the first annual, star-studded, outdoor Nimbus Arts Festival, presented on the Harborside Campus with lead sponsorship by Mack-Cali. With a lineup of nationally-renowned and locally-loved performing artists including Nimbus Dance, Jersey City’s hometown dance company, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, co-presentations with Segunda Quimbamba Puerto Rican Folkloric Center, Riverview Jazz Festival and Hudson West Folk Festival, the Festival offers world-class arts in a laid-back and socially-distanced atmosphere, complete with food trucks, drink refreshments by CoolVines, and artisan vendors. 7 fully produced performances take place over 5 dates throughout the summer in Downtown Jersey City. Supported by Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, and the Office of Cultural Affairs.
Nimbus Dance returns to the stage in a celebratory performance, kicking off a summer long Arts Festival with monthly outdoor performances.
In Person and Outdoors!
Location: Harborside Campus 107 Morgan St. Jersey City, NJ
(Across from the Nimbus Arts Center)
Festival open at 1PM (Food Trucks & Art Vendors)
General Admission: Sliding Scale (Suggested Donation). Chair rental is available for $5 fee.
Make a day of it! Check out OFFLINE at 2pm, featuring a selection of Jersey City’s top choreographers.
7pm Drinks, Food, Arts Vendors
8pm Performance: Nimbus Dance’s First Live Performance in over a year!! Jersey City’s renowned contemporary dance company brings its remarkable dancers and innovative repertory to the outdoor stage. Performance features exciting and energetic repertory, including excerpts of PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION, a new work collectively created by Nimbus company dancers in collaboration with 10 Jersey City visual artists in response to the past year. Also featured: Principal Dancer Sarah Lane of American Ballet Theater in Empty Place, choreographed by Nimbus Artistic Director, Samuel Pott.
VIP Admission: $80 (Includes a 1 table, 2 chairs, wine tasting and more!)
Additional Sponsors of the Nimbus Arts Festival Include: Exchange Place Alliance, HK Organization.
Proceeds benefit the Nimbus Scholarship Fund, making access to the dance and arts available to all Jersey City youth.