<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Formed on the Upper East Side of New York City in 2011, City of the Sun initially consisted of guitarists John Pita and a vocalist who left the group soon after forming. Guitarist Avi Snow joined in 2012. The group is known to have created their signature sound while busking on the streets of New York and still will gather for impromptu public jam sessions in public squares and subway stations in New York City to this day. After being seen at one of their many public performances, the group were invited to perform at the 2013&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="TED (conference)">TED conference</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;and have since also performed at regional&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)#TEDx" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="TED (conference)">TEDx</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;conferences.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_the_Sun_(band)#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[1]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;Percussionist Zach Para joined the group in 2013, and in 2014 they released a live EP entitled, Live at the Factory. 2014 also saw the group play to sold out shows at such iconic New York City venues as Rockwood Music Hall, Mercury Lounge, and The Gramercy Theatre. City of the Sun has also opened for a wide array of diverse music artists such as punk rock icon&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Ramone" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Marky Ramone">Marky Ramone</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Allman" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Gregg Allman">Gregg Allman</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, Jewish reggae artist&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matisyahu" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Matisyahu">Matisyahu</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and bluegrass quintet&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensky_Bluegrass" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Greensky Bluegrass">Greensky Bluegrass</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></p>