Equal part storyteller, saxophonist and vocalist, Whalum blends soul, alternative jazz, hip hop, R&B, and blues. The Apollo’s intimate soundstage is the perfect setting to experience his hypnotic sounds and captivating intensity. Don’t miss this icon in the making who has performed alongside some of today’s most renowned artists including D’Angelo, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jay Z, Frank Ocean, Maxwell and Beyoncé.
Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, the Apollo Music Café series has served as a launching pad for numerous artists for more than 11 years, showcasing their unique artistry in an intimate nightclub setting. The series features diverse performances across a myriad of genres (R&B, hip hop, soul, jazz, pop, funk, and rock), and showcases artists drawn from the independent music scene who are making their mark in the industry. Doors open at 9pm; Showtime is 10pm.
Apollo Music Café: Kenneth Whalum is a continuation of the Apollo’s 2022-2023 season, The Next Movement, an exploration of what’s new, now and next in music, dance, art and ideas.
Please contact the Apollo Box office at [email protected] or (212) 531-5305 if any other special assistance is required for your visit. Learn more about our accessibility options here.
For the safety of our artists, audiences and staff, face coverings are optional but encouraged for all attendees while inside the theater. Click here for more information about our COVID safety policies.
Important Information:
For the safety of our artists, audiences and staff, face coverings are optional but encouraged for all attendees while inside the theater. Click here for more information about our COVID safety policies.
Equal part storyteller, saxophonist and vocalist, Whalum blends soul, alternative jazz, hip hop, R&B, and blues. The Apollo’s intimate soundstage is the perfect setting to experience his hypnotic sounds and captivating intensity. Don’t miss this icon in the making who has performed alongside some of today’s most renowned artists including D’Angelo, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jay Z, Frank Ocean, Maxwell and Beyoncé.
Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, the Apollo Music Café series has served as a launching pad for numerous artists for more than 11 years, showcasing their unique artistry in an intimate nightclub setting. The series features diverse performances across a myriad of genres (R&B, hip hop, soul, jazz, pop, funk, and rock), and showcases artists drawn from the independent music scene who are making their mark in the industry. Doors open at 9pm; Showtime is 10pm.
Apollo Music Café: Kenneth Whalum is a continuation of the Apollo’s 2022-2023 season, The Next Movement, an exploration of what’s new, now and next in music, dance, art and ideas.
Please contact the Apollo Box office at [email protected] or (212) 531-5305 if any other special assistance is required for your visit. Learn more about our accessibility options here.
For the safety of our artists, audiences and staff, face coverings are optional but encouraged for all attendees while inside the theater. Click here for more information about our COVID safety policies.
Important Information:
For the safety of our artists, audiences and staff, face coverings are optional but encouraged for all attendees while inside the theater. Click here for more information about our COVID safety policies.
This year’s event will explore the impact girls and young women are having on local and global policy making. As a new generation of activists steps into the political arena, issues surrounding gender, race, and the environment are moving up in priority and inspiring new social movements. WOW Teen Summit will provide a space to explore the issues at hand and the role girls and women are playing in shaping our world.
Hosted by Natalie Hernandez, our global forum will feature a wide range of activists, including: Imxn Abdul, Gabriela Cerezo, Lola Fayokun, Hebh Jamal, and Theresa Rose Sebastian. Tune in to meet them and learn how you can join their cause, or start your own. With special performances by Brianna Knight and Alyssa Martinez, this virtual summit will celebrate and empower young women and their allies.
WOW Apollo is presented in partnership with The WOW Foundation.
WOW Teen Summit is generously supported by BNY Mellon, Ellis L. Phillips Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, The Neuberger Berman Foundation, The Pinkerton Foundation and special support from public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
If you’re in need of technical assistance, please email [email protected]
We’ll send a reminder email with the link and instructions 24 hours before the event.
Questions? Check out the Viewing and Ticketing FAQs for the WOW Festival.
Want to learn more about our panelists’ causes? Follow the links they shared with us below and join!
Climate
Re Earth Initiative – co founded it in 2020. International youth led organization working on international campaigns and education.
https://reearthin.org/
Re Earth Initiative Instagram
Project 19 – international campaign facilitation group
Climate Science – international climate education organization
https://climate-science.com/
Climate Science Instagram
Voyagers – youth led business sustainability consultation group
https://www.bevoyagers.org/
Voyagers Instagram
UK Student Climate Network
https://www.ukscn.org
UK Student Climate Network Instagram
Teach the Future
COY16
Education Reform
Integrate NYC
http://integratenyc.org/
Integrate NYC Instagram
Integrate NYC Tik Tok
Integrate NYC Twitter
Social Justice
Strategy For Black Lives
https://www.strategyforblacklives.org/
Strategy for Black Lives Instagram
Strategy for Black Lives Twitter
New York Boricua Resistance
New York Boricua Resistance Instagram
New York Boricua Resistance Facebook
Women's Rights
Coronate Princesa
Coronate Princesa Facebook
Coronate Princesa Instagram
The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign (UNiTE campaign)
https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action
WOW Teen Summit Playlist WOW Teen Summit Spotify Playlist
Step behind the curtain of the world-famous Apollo Theater. Located at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria’s Laura & Frank Baker Gallery, Got To Be There: The Apollo, Its People, and Its Stories is a first of its kind exhibition curated by The Apollo Archives. This collection of rare photographs, video recordings, and artifacts offers a rare glimpse into The Apollo’s 91 year history.
Free and open to the public with select viewings and conversations throughout the season, this stunning exhibition offers a glimpse into the many roles that The Apollo has played and continues to play in service to the arts, the Harlem community, and global pop culture at large.
Open Daily 10am – 6pm & 2 hours before curtain during performances
Featuring PAULA "THE TROPHY WIFE" CLARKE, UNCLE G. & MARK GREGORY
HOSTED BY MEMPHIS WILL
Jumpstart your weekend with a fun night of laughter, drinks, and tasty bites with the best up and coming talent in comedy today. Curated by Bob Sumner (legendary producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire), The Apollo Comedy Club presents a night of comedic sets that will have you rolling in laughter.
Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, don’t miss your chance to heat up your Thursday with the hottest ticket in Harlem.
Singer and songwriter Du’Bois A’Keen and friends perform a mix of contemporary gospel in this spirt-lifting night of music. The concert includes excerpts from Du’Bois’ commissioned work with the dance company Alvin Ailey entitled “Sacred Songs”. A’Keen’s effortless range accompanied by guests vocalists creates an experience that is a salve for the soul.
Broadway’s acclaimed vocalist AYANA GEORGE JACKSON takes the stage to deliver a night of pop, soul and gospel. Ayana (fresh from MJ on Broadway) takes center stage for a powerful night of music and down-to-earth ‘sangin!
Straight from her Carnegie Hall headlining debut and the release of her 4th studio album Only Smoke, Shoshana Bean returns to The Apollo to continue her holiday tradition with an evening of Christmas favorites.
This time in the intimate café style setting of The Apollo Stages at The Victoria, don’t miss the opportunity to bring in the holiday season with this Grammy Award-winning, Tony-nominated powerhouse. Tickets will sell out, don’t wait!
Show Times:
Dec 15 - 7:30 PM (Sold Out)
Dec 16 - 7 PM & 9:30 PM
Bring in the holiday season with this very special edition of Amateur Night Holiday Special at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria. This family-friendly evening showcases talented alumni of the Apollo’s long-running signature series. The program captures the spirit of young performers all hoping to follow in the footsteps of Apollo Legends like Ella Fitzgerald and H.E.R., whose careers were launched on the stage of The Apollo.
Featuring ONIKA MCLEAN, MARK SIMMONS, STEPHON RAICKETT
HOSTED BY MUGGA
Jumpstart your weekend with a fun night of laughter, drinks, and tasty bites with the best up and coming talent in comedy today. Curated by Bob Sumner (legendary producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire), The Apollo Comedy Club presents a night of comedic sets that will have you rolling in laughter.
Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, don’t miss your chance to heat up your Thursday with the hottest ticket in Harlem. Doors open at 9pm; Showtime is 10pm. There is a $10 food/beverage minimum.
Apollo Comedy Club is part of The Apollo’s Winter/Spring 2026 season.
Singer, songwriter, pianist, and historian Nia Drummond moves fluidly through opera, jazz, soul, gospel, and spirituals — genres that form the living archive of Black musical expression. In this month of Black History and Love, join Nia for an evening of music that lives at the crossroads of tradition and transformation.
Featuring JOEY B., KHRISTIN Y.S.F. BROOKS, COMEDIAN BUDDY LOVE
HOSTED BY DREW FRASER
Jumpstart your weekend with a fun night of laughter, drinks, and tasty bites with the best up and coming talent in comedy today. Curated by Bob Sumner (legendary producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire), The Apollo Comedy Club presents a night of comedic sets that will have you rolling in laughter.
Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, don’t miss your chance to heat up your Thursday with the hottest ticket in Harlem. Doors open at 9pm; Showtime is 10pm. There is a $10 food/beverage minimum.
Apollo Comedy Club is part of The Apollo’s Winter/Spring 2026 season.
Turn down the lights and get ready for a night of Quiet Storm with singer and songwriter Alex Tyree. With lush vocals and unhurried melodies, Alex creates a night of music written in the sacred language of life and love.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with The Apollo and Harlem-based film collective Melanin Madness. After a sold-out 2025 Halloween-themed screening, we’re running it back, this time for the ladies. As always and in true Apollo fashion, the audience is a part of the experience so grab your crew and get ready to talk back, cheer and join the party in this evening of community, culture, and fun.
About Melanin Madness:
MELANIN MADNESS interactive screenings turn classic and cult films into full-on cultural celebrations! With props, character cards, and playful hosts, audiences shout lines, sip on keywords, and dive into the joy of cinema—loud, proud, and in community! Led by Obie-Award Winner Eric Lockley (The Movement Theatre Company, Harlem9), his team of multidisciplinary artists have been creating immersive theater collectively for over 5 years. Featuring: Jovany Andujar (NYC Educator), Dolores Pereira (Culture curator, Co-founder of Loud and Lyfted and DND:Two Queens Doing Things) and Jordon Waters (TheyGotTime Productions, creator of The Art of Killin’ It and Party Killer). Past partnerships include Maysles Cinema with screenings of Octavia Spencer’s villainous turn in MA, the hilarious Halle Berry cult-classic BAPS and the spectacular Jenifer Lewis’ Jackie’s Back as a tipsy sing-along. Come have a drink, laugh and engage!
Featuring SOFIA NEGRON, DEZZ WHITE, SHAWN HARVEY
HOSTED BY LARRY LANCASTER
Jumpstart your weekend with a fun night of laughter, drinks, and tasty bites with the best up and coming talent in comedy today. Curated by Bob Sumner (legendary producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire), The Apollo Comedy Club presents a night of comedic sets that will have you rolling in laughter.
Perfect for date night, or a night out with friends, don’t miss your chance to heat up your Thursday with the hottest ticket in Harlem. Doors open at 9pm; Showtime is 10pm. There is a $10 food/beverage minimum.
Apollo Comedy Club is part of The Apollo’s Winter/Spring 2026 season.
Accessibility
The Apollo is here for everyone. Artists, audiences, and all supporters should be able to experience The Apollo fully and in a way that is comfortable for them.
The Apollo has taken comprehensive steps to ensure that entrances, seating, restrooms, and more are as accessible and compliant as possible. Learn more about accessibility options and support services that might be right for you.
All persons and bags are subject to search. Bags that have passed inspection must fit comfortably under your seat. Oversized bags are prohibited.
No outside food or beverage. Accommodations are made for patrons with medical needs. Please email access@apollotheater.org or call the box office at (212) 531-5305 for assistance.
