"Love was "In the Air Tonight" on Valentine's Day - just not the candlelit, chocolate-box kind. More than 100 people packed Greenpoint's Berry Park on Feb. 14 for the 2026 edition of Phil Collins Day, a February tradition that blends irony, fandom and fundraising. This year's event raised funds for Education Through Music, a nonprofit organization that provides curriculum-based music education to under-resourced New York City public schools."
""The whole idea of Phil Collins day started as an anti-Valentine's Day event where folkkswere just fed up with the sharing of heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, stuffed animals, bouquets and cards," organizer Dave Landesberg said. "And in that moment [organizers] thought, 'who embodies that spirit?' They then came upon [Collins] because he covers both heartbreak and love in his music.""
Phil Collins Day returned to Greenpoint's Berry Park on Feb. 14, drawing nearly 130 attendees from across the United States and abroad. The event raised funds for Education Through Music, which provides curriculum-based music education to under-resourced New York City public schools. The annual celebration, now in its 15th year, began as a tongue-in-cheek anti-Valentine's Day gathering and honors Phil Collins' catalog. Programming included a vinyl-only DJ set of Collins and Genesis tracks, a themed gallery called "Philustrations," and an air-drumming contest timed to the "In the Air Tonight" drum solo. Attendance has grown since 2019, and the event has become increasingly multigenerational.
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