May 7, 2026 • City Winery, NYC

Get ready for good times — and get amped up — for the WFUV High Line Bash on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at City Winery at Pier 57 in New York City. On this very special night, toast the radio station with live sets from three great artists, indulge in a delish spread of culinary delights, imbibe via an open bar (with signature cocktails) — all with your fellow music fans and the FUV staff.

Playing City Winery's main stage for this year's Bash is a thrilling headliner, the acclaimed pedal steel guitar virtuoso and 2026 Grammy winner Robert Randolph. Supporting Randolph is Grammy-nominated R&B and pop marvel Emily King and charismatic rock crooner Tyler Ballgame. The VIP reception starts at 6:00 pm, and the main doors open at 7:00 pm.

Proceeds from this event help support WFUV's eclectic programming, building the station's growing music library, and powering New York City's radio home for music discovery. Tickets include access to all performances, food, and an open bar. Come dressed to impress (or just have fun) in creative cocktail or dressy casual attire.

Stay tuned in April for details about FUV's Silent Auction.

To purchase group tickets or sponsorships, please contact Theresa Lynch at (646) 868-4226.
To donate items to the silent auction, please contact Michael L'Abbate at (212) 903-2042.

About the Artists:

Robert Randolph

With last year's Preacher Kids winning a Grammy in February in the contemporary blues category, Robert Randolph raised the bar on what has been a  luminous career over two decades as one of the world's foremost pedal steel guitarists. A musician at ease in the intersection of rock, blues, gospel, soul, funk, and sheer artistic prowess, Randolph's intuitive combo of spirit and sincerity infuses his six albums (and multiple Grammy nominations) with Robert Randolph and The Family Band and stepping out solo with Preacher Kids. For the latter release, Randolph found fresh inspiration with producer Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Jaime Wyatt, Tanya Tucker).

Raised in Orange, New Jersey, Randolph began learning the pedal steel at the House of God Church as a teenager, inspired by the guitarists (and eventual mentors) in his congregation, all drawn to the "Sacred Steel" of instruments. The divinity of that early calling is what makes Randolph so special and he's long drawn on the push-and-pull of spiritual ebullience and a scorching intensity. That dichotomy is heard in the rollicking groove of his latest songs, like "Gravity" or the stormy howl of "When Will the Love Rain Down," featuring a blistering vocal by Judith Hill.

Randolph is joining the Tedeschi Trucks Band during their spring 2026 Beacon Theatre stand before heading off on his tour — returning locally to play FUV's High Line Bash in May for the first time.

Emily King

King has been a frequent guest at WFUV over the course of her career, breaking through in a big way with 2019's Scenery, her third album. (She's been nominated for a Grammy four times.) Most recently, King visited the Bronx for a 2023 FUV Live session and she spoke with remarkable candor about the challenging personal road to her heartbreaking beauty of a fifth, Grammy-nominated album, Special Occasion. That album marked an end to one chapter of her life— and a new beginning.

Since that release, King has toured with Norah Jones (the pair memorably did a stirring cover of Minnie Riperton's "Les Fleurs" together on their dates) and Robert Glasper. Last fall, King performed a sublime, soulful Tiny Desk concert for NPR Music which has amassed 180,000 YouTube views to date and is as sharp, charming, and muscular as one of King's studio albums.

A native New Yorker who now lives upstate in the Catskill Mountains, King is working in her home studio on her next album, to be released on her own Making Music Records.

Tyler Ballgame

The debut album of Los Angeles-based, Rhode Island-raised Tyler Ballgame, For the First Time, Again, landed at the end of January, a triumph of one man's vision for himself — with a little help from his friends and massive music industry buzz. Ballgame's full-throttle live shows have notably made the most of his free spirit — all burly, beatific stage presence and rowdy, radiant vocals.

Add in a gripping backstory of a guy who nearly gave up — but didn't — and Ballgame is one of music's feel-good stories of 2026. Produced by Jonathan Rado (Foxygen, The Killers, Miley Cyrus) and Ryan Pollie (Los Angeles Police Department), For the First Time, Again arrives as the bighearted introduction that Ballgame deserves.

Photos: Robert Randolph (by Julian Gross, PR), Emily King (Agatha Powa, PR), and Tyler Ballgame (courtesy of Rough Trade, PR)