GOVBALL 2025

Earlier this month, we made our way to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the home 3-Day home of of Governors Ball, a music festival that brings various genres of music together to Queens to kick off the Summer as well as a number of culinary vendors that are some of the favorite eats to enjoy across the boroughs. In addition, there are activations with beauty, alcohol and tech brands that people can enjoy!

We made our way to the festival grounds as we were fortunate that the 3 acts that we came to see would be taking place on one day. Our first stop was heading over to Gotham Burger Social Gotham Burger Social Club which is located on the LES as well as Greenpoint, BK. They're known for their collaborative hamburgers that they do! As we love a great burger and fries, we have no idea how we have never had the chance to check them out. We can report that their Gotham Smash burgers were juicy and their fries hit the spot - we can't wait to check them out soon as we're already planning another Gotham Smash Double, Frickles, Loaded Tots, and Limone Spritz.

In addition to staying properly hydrated thanks to having stations populated throughout the grounds, a great meal ensures that your energy will remain high at whatever festival you may be attending. Our press passes gave us access to the VIP viewing areas to catch the acts as the sets we watched were on the Kiehl's Stage and the Governors Ball stage. It allowed us to go back and forth between the stages and even had food and beverage vendors so that we could stay there while we waited for the next act!

We have enjoyed seeing Tyla for the past few months between hearing her music, videos, and her appearances on Awards Shows and red carpets. So we were excited to see her on stage and she didn't disappoint. In addition to enjoying her music, she had great dancers and choreography, and she kept the crowd going without a dull moment in between each song. We can't wait to see future performances as she puts on a great show!

While Tyla brought the sultry vibes on a warm Summer day with her amapiano X pop X R&B X Afro Beats, T-Pain brought all of the classics throughout his 45mins set! Seeing the crowd singing along to each song across generations and the energy that he gave made you see how much his songs have impacted us!

As the golden hour took place, we were really excited to see Benson Boone. Of course we knew that we had songs that were on our playlist and that he has a penchant for flipping. From the time he hit the stage he set the vibe as he went through a number of songs as well as performed those that are on his latest album that he dropped. Of course he showed us how many ways and things he could flip on and even had heartfelt moments that let us get to know more about him.

Although there are a number of festivals to enjoy around the globe, we really love the kinds of acts that come to this show. As we also had time sitting in the press lounge, whatever acts we didn't catch on their respective stages, we saw them there and it was great to see them before and after their sets. In addition, watching the crowds in general and seeing how they were taking in the activations, sets, and just enjoying the grounds - it was a great weekend to disconnect from our typical days and to link in with the love of music and discovery.

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GOV BALL 2025

As we close out the month of May, we're looking ahead to June which is filled with a number of events that includes NY's 3-day music festival - Governors Ball (Jun 6th - 8th), Bar Convent Brooklyn a trade 2-day event that showcases the spirits and hospitality (Jun 10th + Jun 11th) as well as the Summer Fancy Food Show (Jun 29th - Jul 1st) - another trade event that allows us to connect and sample foods from brands that are new to market as well as those who we have enjoyed previously.

We have always enjoyed covering Governors Ball as this music festival takes place in NYC that kicks off the Summer in many ways. This festival takes place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. What makes this festival unique is that over the course of the 3 days, you have a number of genres of major acts such as Hozier, Olivia Rodrigo, T-Pain, and Benson Boone. But you will also find up and coming artists or those that are on the brink of being names to know that may be new to you!

With phenomenal music scheduled, it's also a great time to take in activations that are available as well as food and beverage vendors that give a depth of variety across dietary lifestyles. It's one of those events that you definitely feel the music community and there a number of memories that are built during this time of year. Last year [Editor's Note: you can check our our pre and post coverage], we enjoyed SZA who was the final act for this festival and we were mesmerized with her performance. We can't wait to see this year's acts and in our JUN ISSUE #114, we will share with you what we saw and will also share interviews with you as well.

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WHEN THE BALL DROPS!

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It has been quite a year and busy as ever!! We' always look forward to New Years Eve! This year, in addition to it being the day that our DEC ISSUE #108 will drop before the ball does, we also love planning whatever we’re going to do that night. There are a number of options whether it’s going out with friends to our favorite restaurant, a party, standing in Times Square or staying in - there are a number of ways to celebrate. A classic standard whatever we end up doing is watching Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest. This year, Rita Ora will also be hosting! The festivities begin at and we can’t wait for Teddy Swims, T-Pain, Alanis Morisette and more.

It’s always fun throughout New Years Eve to see celebrations that take place all over the world as they step into the New Year. Here in NYC, it’s fun to see what happens here, performances that talk place on this ABC show across the country and to stay up that much longer to ring it in with our friends in LA when it finally brings them into the New Year.

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