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Brady Block Parties are FREE outdoor community events where all are welcome! Enjoy music and art activations, activities for all ages, giveaways and a variety of FREE food options from neighborhood vendors and food trucks, plus a popcorn and cotton candy machine. You are welcome to pack your own picnic, or get a free food ticket at the CSO Booth!
Saturday, June 13, 2026 6:30 PM (concert starts at 8:00 PM)
Evanston Playground
3558 Evanston Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
Molly Turner conductor
Rick VanMatre alto and soprano saxophone
DJ Boywife block party DJ
Karen Arnold and Laverne Rutledge ASL Interpreters
Overture to Candide — Leonard Bernstein
Suite from Disney’s New Classics — Alan Menken
“A Whole New World” from Aladdin
“Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid
“Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast
“Beauty and the Beast” from Beauty and the Beast
“Circle of Life” from The Lion King
L’oiseau de feu ("The Firebird") Suite — Igor Stravinsky
IV. Infernal Dance of King Katschei
VI. Finale
“Walking the Dog” from Shall We Dance? — George Gershwin
“Humor: Animato,” from Symphony No. 1, Afro-American Symphony — William Grant Still
“Andante: His resignation and faith,” from Ethiopia’s Shadow in America — Florence Price
“Summertime" from Porgy and Bess — George Gershwin
“Martin Luther King,” from Three Black Kings — Duke Ellington
“Introduction and Subway Journey,” from Harlem Symphony — James P. Johnson
Brady Block Parties are financially assisted by the Fifth Third Foundation. The CSO is grateful to Presenting Sponsor Procter & Gamble Company, Show Sponsors Metro, Interact For Health, and Medical Mutual and Partner Sponsors Visit Cincy and Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA Foundation.
Brady Block Parties are funded in part by a grant from the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
We hope you are enjoying the Brady Block Party. If you are, consider making a tax-deductible gift to the Orchestra to support this community event and concert. You can do so online at our website here.
