PS21’s Free Performance Festival: Commonground

Commonground is PS21’s annual free festival of large-scale contemporary performance and spectacle. A family-friendly celebration of the end of summer, Commonground welcomes the community to PS21 for performances from renowned international artists across the PS21 landscape. This year’s festival takes place September 4–7, and features the world premiere of SUPERDRUM X, a work featuring 100 self-playing drums by Dutch musical collective Touki Delphine featuring a different local drummer each night. Plus: the world premiere of FIELD, a new PS21-commissioned performance by OBIE award-winning director, writer, and electronics artist Andrew Schneider, that gently removes reality from its normal and turns it inside out. Sayer Mansfield’s DIVE BARN showcase of local artists rounds out the lineup. Each day, we’ll have field day activities for the family leading up the performances: food trucks, free ice cream, apple picking, lawn games, and more. Join us. Friday, September 4 5:00 pm: Field day activities begin 6:00 pm: Andrew Schneider, FIELD 7:30 pm: Touki Delphine, SUPERDRUM X with guest drummer Lesley Mok Saturday, September 5 5:00 pm: Field day activities begin 6:00 pm: Andrew Schneider, FIELD 7:30 pm: Touki Delphine, SUPERDRUM X with guest drummer Brian Chase Sunday, September 6 4:00 pm: Sayer Mansfield, DIVE BARN 5:00 pm: Field day activities begin 6:00 pm: Andrew Schneider, FIELD 7:30 pm: Touki Delphine, SUPERDRUM X with guest drummer Brian Chase Monday, September 7 [rain date for DIVE BARN and FIELD] 7:30 pm: Touki Delphine, SUPERDRUM X with guest drummer Booker Stardrum