Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment Announces JanArtsNYC 2025

Kicks Off with 20th Anniversary of Under the Radar Festival
Includes 52nd Year of APAP Conference in NYC
Features Two New Partners – Out Front Festival and PhysFest NYC
Full Calendar of Events Available at JanArtsNYC.org
Photos and Video Assets Available here

NEW YORK - The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) is proud to announce the full slate of programming for JanArtsNYC, the annual collection of world-class public performances and innovative industry gatherings taking place throughout the month of January at various NYC venues. For 12 years, JanArtsNYC has helped position January as "Performing Arts Month" in NYC, where the world's best come annually to premiere the newest works in theater, dance, opera, music and performance. Kicking off on January 4, 2025, with the opening night of the Under the Radar Festival, JanArtsNYC once again centers around the APAP|NYC Conference and leverages the global audience drawn to NYC every year to shine a spotlight on this city's performing arts community. To join the conversation, please follow the #JanArtsNYC hashtag on social media.

"We are so proud to once again present JanArtsNYC, a collection of best-in-class live performance events taking place this January throughout our beloved city," said Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner, Pat Swinney Kaufman. "For 12 years, JanArtsNYC has helped position January as "Performing Arts Month" in NYC, where the world's best come annually to premiere a vast unfolding of the newest works in theater, dance, opera, music and performance, centered around the annual APAP|NYC Conference."

Together with event partners, MOME welcomes back to NYC the more than 45,000 performing arts leaders, artists and enthusiasts from across the globe to participate in and enjoy the following events (listed in chronological order):

• Under the Radar Festival, January 4-19 – The United States' premier festival of experimental theater and performance art, UTR has been reimagined in its 20th annual season as a city-wide celebration that speaks to the current moment.
• Out-Front! Festival, January 7-13 – A high-visibility platform for radical choreographers and performing artists whose rigorous, playful, and fabulously outrageous creative practices speak to our community in new, unexpected, and beautiful ways, centering on LGBTQ+ and feminist emerging voices.
• Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz Congress and Unity Festival, January 8-11 – Experience the pinnacle of jazz culture at these two events, blending intellectual discourse and vibrant performances, geared to expanding the audience for jazz.
• Live Artery|New York Live Arts, January 8-18 – The dynamic festival features new and recent works by resident commissioned artists and curated guests while Live Artery provides a space for artists to network and share their work with presenters from around the world.
• NYC Winter Jazzfest, January 9-15 – Celebrating 21 years, NYC Winter Jazzfest is proud to continue highlighting artists deserving greater attention while nurturing an audience for Black American Music, and amplifying artists' messages of justice, wellness and progressive change on and off stage.
• PhysFestNYC, January 9-19 – A community-led festival that celebrates, enriches, and envisions the field of physical theater with over 50 unique events, including nightly performances, work-in-progress shares, diverse workshop offerings, panel discussions, and dance parties.
• PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now, January 9-19 – A co-production of Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, two trailblazers in the creation and presentation of multi-disciplinary opera-theatre and music-theatre works, this pioneering festival is the only one of its kind in NYC and a model emulated around the country.
• Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival, January 9-13 – Gather round the Guggenheim with Works & Process and celebrate NYC's extraordinary club, street, and social dance traditions.
• APAP|NYC Conference, January 10-14 – The world's premier gathering of the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry and the annual members conference of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals. Called by the Wall Street Journal "the spawning ground for the world-wide music and performing arts industries," the APAP conference has been the gravitational hub for the JanArtsNYC festivals and convenings for decades. In 2025, more than 3000 conference attendees—artists, agents, presenters, producers, venue operators, funders, and arts administrators—will convene for community, commerce, learning, and discovery, as well as the networking, inspiration, and opportunities that drive the live performing arts forward.
• globalFEST Annual Wavelengths Concert, January 10 – An annual gathering of a wide array of arts professionals including arts organizations, artists, venues, agents, managers, media, funders, activists, and others that are part of the global music community.
• globalFEST, January 12 – The annual festival, which has been promoting the world's greatest musical traditions for over 20 years, features an eclectic array of musical discoveries from today's hottest international sounds to styles born and bred in the U.S.
• International Society for the Performing Arts' (ISPA) 2025 New York Congress, January 14-16 – Welcoming 500 arts leaders from 50 regions to address leadership under Leading with Creativity.
• National Sawdust, January 14-16 – In its intimate venue equipped with a state-of-the-art spatial sound system, National Sawdust connects audiences to the performing arts' powers to inspire deep thinking, joy, and uphold human dignity.

"APAP, in its role as the national industry convener, is proud to have been a launch space for these vibrant and indispensable New York-based performing arts festivals," said APAP President and CEO, Lisa Richards Toney. "The performing arts are unifying. For 12 years now, JanArtsNYC has brought together people from various communities across New York City and the world to experience the transformational power of the arts! Audiences are hungry for inspiration, and it's our goal that they leave more uplifted than they arrived. The APAP Conference and all of JanArtsNYC represent the best of us all, our resilience as a field, and our promise to humanity." – Lisa Richards Toney, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)

"We're experiencing a profound shift in the nature of leadership, both from a generational perspective but also in terms of leadership models and approaches. I am excited about discussing these changes through a lens reflecting different regions of the world and the different perspectives therein. As a global leadership network, ISPA is uniquely placed to explore this theme." – David Baile, CEO, International Society of the Performing Arts (ISPA)

"The Out-FRONT! Festival is now in its third year and is here to stay! A high-visibility platform for dance and interdisciplinary artists whose rigorous, playful, and fabulously outrageous creative practices speak to our community in unexpected and beautiful ways. We engage known and lesser-known artists to shape a joyful space to celebrate queer art, and stories of vulnerability and inclusion. We are resilient and continue to be an accessible festival for artists and audiences alike." – Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte, Artistic Director, Out FRONT! Festival

"PhysFestNYC is thrilled to be invited as a guest festival in the JanArtsNYC community. The connection to the greater arts field is one that we value very highly, as physical theater uniquely centers a connection that we all have in common: the body. We believe our field should be an extension of this ethos of connection, and PhysFestNYC is a response to that need." – Mark Lonergan and Becky Baumwoll, Co-Executive Producers, PhysFestNYC

"The New York Live Arts spring season begins with the Live Artery Festival taking over our building as well as four offsite partner venues. It features an exciting roster of artists and the highly anticipated world premiere by Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist, Miguel Gutierrez. This festival, and our entire season, reaffirms our belief in the transformative power of art—the poetic rituals that inspire empathy, community, resilience, healing, love, and the courage to perform the act of living." – Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director & Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director, New York Live Arts/Live Artery

"The energy of New York City has inspired street, social, and club culture where we circle and dance together, so it is fitting that the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival will gather round the Guggenheim as part of JanArtsNYC. We're letting you in on the secret, the magic is in the process. At the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival, see in the theater at the Guggenheim a blend of artist discussions and performance highlights, then follow that up into the iconic museum rotunda with street and club dance events with a wine reception. Join us and embody the continuum of concert and social dance, spectating to participating, all featuring artists that have been supported each step from studio-to-stage with fully funded Works & Process residencies." – Duke Dang, Executive Director, Works & Process

"Now in our 20th year, the Under the Radar Festival is proud to be one of JanArtsNYC's premier festivals. January was always the dreariest month in New York until the artists in this city made it shine. If you want to see what is hot in New York and world culture, dive into the immersive world of JanArtsNYC." – Mark Russell, Founder and Festival Director, Under the Radar Festival

"As the country's leading festival of contemporary opera and music-theatre, we're proud to be a part of the vibrant JanArtsNYC community. We're thrilled to showcase the most innovative, groundbreaking, musically inventive work from across the country to New York audiences this January during our 12th season. " – Beth Morrison and Kristin Marting, Founding Co-Directors, PROTOTYPE Festival

"As National Sawdust celebrates its 10th Anniversary year, we are proud to reaffirm our commitment to supporting artists and the development of groundbreaking new work. We're thrilled to share these exciting creations with the public during JanArtsNYC, a vibrant celebration of the arts and culture that aligns beautifully with our mission." – LeeAnn Rossi, Senior Curator & Creative Producer, National Sawdust

"Celebrating the 21st Annual NYC Winter Jazzfest within the dynamic ecosystem of APAP with the support of JanArtsNYC is a powerful reminder of how the arts bring us together. In this city, jazz and culture are woven into the very fabric of our daily lives, offering a unique space for transformation, collaboration, and resilience. This festival embodies the spirit of New York — diverse, impactful, innovative, and ever-evolving — where artists from across the globe meet to create and inspire. We are honored to be part of a community that continues to define and redefine the future of art and performance." – Brice Rosenbloom, Executive Director, NYC Winter Jazzfest

"One of the first public festivals planned to orbit around the industry-focused APAP, globalFEST burst onto the scene 22 years ago with its signature celebration of world music. We're thrilled to see how the number of satellite events showcasing the wide range of the performing arts has grown exponentially, now known collectively as JanArtsNYC." – Bill Bragin, Isabel Soffer, and Shanta Thake, Co-founders, globalFEST