Bluesman David Bromberg brings his quartet to Madison Square Park on July 14
OVAL LAWN SERIES
Madison Square Park
23rd to 25th Sts. between Madison & Fifth Aves.
Wednesday nights at 6:00 or 7:00 from June 16 to August 4
Admission: free
www.madisonsquarepark.org
Every year the free music lineup at Madison Square Park gets better and better. This year, the Mad. Sq. Music series, held on the beautiful Oval Lawn, gets under way June 16 with Grammy nominee Ruthie Foster. Unlike other summer festivals, this one tends to not get overcrowded, so there’s usually room to spread out with a group of friends and have a great time. However, please remember that people are primarily there to listen to the music; if we see that large party again that comes to the park, sits in the middle of the crowd, and allows their kids to run wild while the men loudly discuss business and refuse to quiet down whether asked nicely or, eventually, not so nicely, we’re going to give them a piece of our mind. They were so loud that Ollabelle nearly said something from the stage last year. Enough of our rant; we love coming to Madison Square Park for any reason, and the music series is a damn good one. And if you feel like you’re being watched, you are; the park is surrounded by dozens of Antony Gormley’s “Event Horizon” statues, both on the ground and on rooftops. The series continues with Solas on June 23, the legendary Mose Allison on June 30, Alecia Nugent and the Farewell Drifters on July 7, the amazing David Bromberg Quartet on July 14, Somi and John Ellis & Double Wide on July 21, the Wailin’ Jennys on July 28, and the too-cool James Carter Trio on August 4.