Out Fest: Last Day At Nublu Classic at NuBlu Classic

OUTFESTIVAL 2025
A Love Letter from the Past : RESIST

We are ending the 7 day festival at the beloved NuBlu classic, located at the heart of Loisaida (The Lower East Side).

Location: 62 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY 10009
Time: 7:00

Get a ticket now!

7:30 Zekkereya El-magharbel band
Zekkereya – trombone / David Leon – reeds / Henry Fraser – bass /
Kweku Sumbry - drums

8:30 TBA

9PM Cosmic Lexi-Glass :
Alexis Marcelo – keys
Will Glass – drums
Jacquii Leveine – voice
Dave Ross – guitar, voice...

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OUTFESTIVAL 2025
A Love Letter from the Past : RESIST

We are ending the 7 day festival at the beloved NuBlu classic, located at the heart of Loisaida (The Lower East Side).

Location: 62 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY 10009
Time: 7:00

Get a ticket now!

7:30 Zekkereya El-magharbel band
Zekkereya – trombone / David Leon – reeds / Henry Fraser – bass /
Kweku Sumbry - drums

8:30 TBA

9PM Cosmic Lexi-Glass :
Alexis Marcelo – keys
Will Glass – drums
Jacquii Leveine – voice
Dave Ross – guitar, voice

10 Marc Ribot - guitar/ William Parker - bass, Gimbre




The OUT Fest tracks the history of FreeJazz development on the LES and surrounding areas. It was where the music and art developed in an intensely creative unbounded scene. We will celebrate and make space for this creativity to bring Light into these times with older and younger artists, as we build a future from the best of our past.

Arts for Art is PARTNERING to bring cutting edge Music and Art into the Future:
NuBlu Classic
Artists Space
Fridman Gallery


About Arts for Art
Founded in 1996, Arts for Art (AFA) is a New York City based nonprofit dedicated to the promotion and advancement of FreeJazz, which is recognized for its variety of highly developed and personalized improvisational languages. The music, dance, poetry and visual arts that AFA presents holds deep roots in Black and multicultural creativity. Moreover, it derives its energy from the tradition and power of free improvisation that was inspired by the Civil Rights struggle of the 1950’s and 60’s.

Facebook: facebook.com/artsforart / Twitter: twitter.com/artsforart / Instagram: instagram.com/artsforart

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