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Garden Vibes: Rez Abbasi

Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 6 p.m., East Lawn

Guitarist and Composer Rez Abbasi is one of the most original voices on the current scene. Abbasi is a Guggenheim Fellow (2021), was voted #1 Rising-Star Guitarist in the 2013 DownBeat Critics Poll, and subsequently placed in the “Top-Ten Guitarists” alongside luminaries Bill Frisell and Pat Metheny.

Show your Garden Vibes wristband at the Dryden Theatre box office to receive a $2 discount on regular price admission to the screening of Royal Wedding (1951) at 8 p.m. (immediately following the concert)!

Gates open at 5 p.m.; Concert begins at 6 p.m.
No rain date. Look to the website and social media for cancellation information.

Please note that, due to road resurfacing, parking on University Ave may not be available.

Cash Bar! Sorry, no BYOB due to New York State liquor laws.

 

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