Michael Dorf Presents’ 20th Annual Tribute Concert To Honor Patti Smith

Michael Dorf Presents 20th annual Music Of tribute concert set for March 26, 2025, at Carnegie Hall will celebrate the career of punk pioneer Patti Smith.

It will mark not only the 20th anniversary of the Music Of series from Dorf, but also the 50th anniversary of Smith’s seminal album Horses, regarded as one of punk’s formative recordings.

Dorf himself is nearing 40 years in the live business, since his beginnings with The Knitting Factory in 1986 and continuing through his creation of City Winery. Over the past two decades, the Music Of series has honored, among others, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Prince, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, REM and David Byrne.

Smith herself has participated as a performer in several of the previous tributes, including those for her friend Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M., and others.

All of the proceeds from the shows — $100,000 annually for a total of $2 million through the life of the series — are donated to a diverse group of music education non-profits, including include Music Will (formerly Little Kids Rock), Young Audiences NY, FIXS, Church Street School of Music, The Center for Arts Education, D’Addario Foundation, Sonic Arts for All, Save the Music, Midori & Friends, Grammy in the Schools, the Orchestra Now, and the Newport Jazz Kids.

VIP tickets for People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith are now on sale at musicof.org, with the concert lineup soon to be revealed.