Back by popular demand! Put some soul into your holiday season by hoping on board the Solstice Soul Train and get ready to party! The “trains” consist of musicians that  circulate along the sidewalks of 125th Street between Fifth Avenue and Lexington Avenue, making stops along the way at popular shops and cultural organizations throughout the East Harlem neighborhood.

WHEN & WHERE: The “trains” run from 5:30pm through 7pm, starting at 125th Street from both Fifth Avenue and Lexington Avenue with multiple stops, music and activities all along the street. The parade culminates at the Uptown Grand Central community plaza underneath the Metro-North train tracks at 125th Street and Park Avenue.

HOW TO JOIN: Just come out to 125th Street in East Harlem to hop aboard the train, and bring a percussion instrument if you want to play along!

Make Music Winter, first launched in 2011, is a free, outdoor musical event each December 21st that turns audiences into music makers. Inspired by Phil Kline’s annual Unsilent Night, a boombox parade that has become an international tradition, Make Music Winter transforms New York’s cityscape with participatory musical parades on the winter solstice, running the gamut of musical genres.