Global Citizen Festival returns to Central Park in New York City with a focus on ending extreme poverty [Video]

NEW YORK — Global Citizen Festival is back, returning to New York City’s Central Park’s Great Lawn on Saturday.

The 12th installment of the Global Citizen Festival features some of the most influential figures from the entertainment industry, leading policymakers, and passionate activists.

They will urge world leaders to take urgent action to End Extreme Poverty NOW.

This year’s musical line-up is headlined by Post Malone, Doja Cat, LISA, Jelly Roll, Rauw Alejandro, Benson Boone, and RAYE.

Global Citizen Ambassador, Hugh Jackman, returns to host the festival for the seventh time.

UN Messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall (founder of the Jane Goodall Institute) and Chris Martin of Coldplay, who is also the Global Citizen Festival Curator, will also make special appearances as speakers.

The inaugural Global Citizen Festival took place on September 29, 2012, with 60,000 people in attendance on the Great Lawn in New York’s iconic Central Park. The festival featured live performances by Neil Young with Crazy Horse, …