Underwater Sunshine Festival presented with Musician Treatment Foundation
November 21, 2025 @ 5:00PM — November 22, 2025 @ 11:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
The Cutting Room: 44 E 32nd St New York, NY 10016 Get Directions
Festival plus MTF Private Friends Prelude on Friday!
Underwater Sunshine Festival, created by Adam Duritz of Counting Crows and Barbara Garrett, is an energetic two-night music festival that creates community through music discovery. The festival showcases rising and established artists talent to a growing family of fans, fellow musicians, music industry professionals, sponsors, and supporters. Since 2018, over 100 artists have performed at the nonprofit Festival and discovered each others music, formed collaborations, gained new fans, and made industry connections. Musician Treatment Foundation is a nonprofit that helps eligible professional musicians suffering with shoulder, elbow, and hand injuries receive free orthopedic care to maintain their livelihoods and keep the music playing for us all. MTF was founded in 2017 by orthopedic surgeon Dr. O. Alton Barron and its distinguished Board of Directors includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Adam Duritz, Diana Krall, and John Leventhal. MTF and its nationwide Physicians for Musicians network have helped hundreds of musicians with surgical and nonsurgical care valued at over $3.5 million. MTF has been a long-time supporter of the festival and its beneficiaries have performed the Festival in recent few years as they will this year. The Cutting Room, created by co-owners Steve Walter and Chris Noth, has a decades long tradition of extraordinary performances and special moments. The rock club and lounge is as beautiful as the music it showcases, with a chandelier of 18 Fender guitars and a 46-foot mahogany wood bar evoking the shape of a Fender Stratocaster. MTF thanks VIP Festival Sponsors & Auction Donors: Atlantic Music Group, Gibson Gives, David Yurman, Soundwaves Art Foundation, Whiskey Thief Distilling Co. Please visit our auction page to see our fabulous offerings and register to bid. The auction items will be on view during the MTF Private Festival Prelude and closes at 7:00 PM when the Prelude ends.
Musician Treatment Foundation, as presenting partner of this year's festival, is pleased to host a private festival prelude and offer a limited number of MTF Friends Tickets which will admit you to both nights!
Friday, November 21 -- 5:00pm - 11:30pm
- 5:00pm early admission for MTF Private Festival Prelude
- 5:30pm MTF Superstar Friends Concert
- Elvis Costello
- Peter Criss
- John Leventhal
- Shawn Pelton
- Catherine Russell
- Paul Shaffer
- and guest superstar friends
- 7:00pm MTF Prelude Auction closes on the fabulous offerings donated by
- David Yurman
- Gibson Gives
- Soundwaves Art Foundation
- Whiskey Thief Distilling Co.
- 7:00pm doors open for general admission to Festival
- 7:30-11:30pm Festival featuring
- Somebody Someone
- Gina Chavez
- David Wimbish & The Collection
- Nakia & The Never Not Now
Saturday, November 22 -- 6:00pm - 11:30pm
- 6:00pm doors open for general admission to Festival
- 6:30pm Underwater Prince Hour with
- Adam Duritz
- James Campion (author of REVOLUTION: Prince, the Band, the Era), and
- Rob Sheffield (Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone)
- Fantastic Cat (special acoustic set)
- 7:30-11:30pm Festival featuring
- Brian Dunne
- Grace Bergere
- Grace Serene
- Fantastic Cat
A big thank you to our sponsors!
$10,000 VIP FESTIVAL SPONSOR
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$5,000 VIP FESTIVAL SPONSOR
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