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Global Citizen Festival 2025 returns to Central Park's Great Lawn headlined by Cardi B and Shakira

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Thousands of music fans packed Central Park's Great Lawn on Saturday for the return for the Global Citizen Festival.The 13th installment of the Festival featured some of the most influential figures from the entertainment industry, leading policymakers, and passionate activists.This year's musical line-up is headlined by Cardi B and Shakira along with performances from Tyla, Ayra Starr, and Mariah the Scientist."I'm honored to headline the incredible Global Citizen Festival in Central Park this September. Music has always been my way of connecting with people and leaving a mark on the world. I can't wait to perform, unite, and inspire action," said Shakira."Central Park, I'm coming for you!!! I can't wait to be home in New York, and to bring my new songs and all the DRAMA to the Global Citizen Festival," said Cardi B. "This one's not like other music festivals - this one is about coming together to help children around the world, and I'm so proud to support such an important cause. New York City - see you Saturday. Let's get it!!!"The 2025 Global Citizen Festival campaign will focus on providing energy access for 1 million people across Africa, ensuring 30,000 children around the world can access a quality education and football, in partnership with FIFA, mobilizing $200 million to protect 30 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest, and registering 40,000 New Yorkers to volunteer across the city.Longtime host Hugh Jackman is passionate about the mission behind the music, ending extreme poverty, demanding equality and defending the plant."Ending extreme poverty is within our reach - but only if we come together to ensure governments and corporations deliver on their promises: scaling up renewable energy, protecting the Amazon, and investing in education for the next generation," said Hugh Evans, Co-Founder & CEO, Global Citizen. "The time to act is now - because every delay puts more lives and more futures at risk. This is about investment in our future, not about aid."Global Citizen was established in 2008. In the last decade alone, the organization has raised more than $43 billion, used to better the lives of nearly 1.3 billion people.※ Hugh Evans is the laureate of the 6th Sunhak Peace Prize.If you would like to learn more about his achievements in promoting peace, please click the link below for detailed information.→ http://sunhakpeaceprize.org/en/laureates/laureates_view.php?idx=971