Free Summer Music Calendar
For a list of free summer music events by venue, including addresses, phone numbers, and live links, visit http://twi-ny.com
Friday, May 16 Good Morning America Concert Series: Josh Groban, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Friday, May 23 Good Morning America Concert Series: Counting Crows, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Sunday, May 25 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Abdoulaye Diabate & Super Manden, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Monday, May 26 Today Show Concert Series: B-52s, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
Wednesday, May 28, through Friday, May 30
River to River Festival — SITELINES: Buglisi Dance Theatre, Under the Buttonwood Tree.Com, outside the New York Stock Exchange on Broad St., 12:30
Wednesday, May 28 River to River Festival — An Evening of Arias with soprano Leah Partridge and tenor Norman Reinhardt, South Cove, 7:30
River to River Festival: She Wolves from the Tiber to the Hudson, multimedia site-specific animations and music, South Cove, 9:00
Thursday, May 29 River to River Festival — Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck/Mirah and Spectratone International, Castle Clinton, 7:00
River to River Festival: She Wolves from the Tiber to the Hudson, Castle Clinton, 9:00
Friday, May 30 Good Morning America Concert Series: Usher, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Donna Summer, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
River to River Festival: Wire and Die! Die! Die!, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Colin Newman and Wire kicked off River to River with a great show (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
River to River Festival: She Wolves from the Tiber to the Hudson, South Street Seaport, 9:00
Saturday, May 31, 6:00 pm, through Sunday, June 1, 6:00 am
River to River Festival: bang on a can marathon, featuring Alarm Will Sound, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Hartt Basses, Caleb Burhans, Contact Contemporary Music, Crash Ensemble, Dan Deacon, Karsh Kale, Lisa Moore, Ensemble Nikel, Owen Pallett, Signal Ensemble, So Percussion, Marnie Stern, Toby Twining Music, Bora Yoon, Young People’s Chorus of NYC, and Pamela Z., World Financial Center
Sunday, June 1 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Harlem Renaissance Orchestra, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Tuesday, June 3 Spirit of Jazz Concert Series: Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Tourneau TimeMachine Atrium, 2:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Americana Family Jamboree, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Wednesday, June 4 River to River Festival: Domingo Quiñones y Orquesta, Wagner Park, 7:00
Thursday, June 5 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Lionel Loueke Trio with Somi, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Kate Jacobs & Tom Vincent’s Romance Commandos, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Friday, June 6, through Friday, August 22 Sunset on the Hudson: Guitar man David Ippolito, Pier 45 at Christopher St., Hudson River Park, Fridays at 7:00
Friday, June 6 Good Morning America Concert Series: Ashanti with special guest, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Chris Brown, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Drums of Thunder, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Saturday, June 7 Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: The Defibulators, 1:00; the Sweet Divines, 2:45; the Wild Magnolias, 4:30, Madison Square Park
King Khan’s first-ever gigs in NYC with the Shrines have been a blast (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
East River Music Project: Lucky Dragons, John Weise, Lexie Mountain Boys, Soiled Mattress and the Springs, and Animental, East River Amphitheater, FDR Dr. at Cherry St., 2:00
Library Rocks: Folklore Urbano and Mariachi Academy of New York, Brooklyn Central Library Plaza, 2:00
Sunday, June 8 Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: Alex Battles & the Whiskey Rebellion, 1:00; Eli “Paper Boy” Reed & the True Loves, 2:45; the Sadies, 4:30, Madison Square Park
Tuesday, June 10 Spirit of Jazz Concert Series: Houston Person Quartet, Tourneau TimeMachine Atrium, 2:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Princess Katie & Racer Steve, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Wednesday, June 11 River to River Festival: Otis Clay and Ryan Shaw, Rockefeller Park, 7:00
Thursday, June 12 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Otis Clay and Ryan Shaw, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
J&R Summerfest 2008: Kidz in the Hall, Ellis Marsalis Quartet, Regina Belle, City Hall Park, 5:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Ernie Contri, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
The Seaport Soul Series: ALMA NYC with DJ True and Miller Cruz, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, 8:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Isaac Hayes, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00
Friday, June 13 Good Morning America Concert Series: Cyndi Lauper, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Kenny Chesney, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
J&R Summerfest 2008: Casely, the Dey, Yung Bergm Tiffany Evans, Noel Gourdin, City Hall Park, 5:00
Central Park SummerStage: Mavis Staples, Stephanie McKay, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Sinatra Idol, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Saturday, June 14 River to River Festival: Children’s Day, with Gordon from SESAME STREET, costumed characters, live music, fireworks, and more, South Street Seaport, 12 noon
Library Rocks: DJ Kool Herc and Little Jackie, Brooklyn Central Library Plaza, 2:00
Central Park SummerStage: Vampire Weekend, Kid Sister, Ecstatic Sunshine, Rumsey Playfield, 4:00
J&R Summerfest 2008: Gerald Veasley, Danielia Cotton, Maino, Young Steff, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasym, the Drifters featuring Rick Sheppard, City Hall Park, 5:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Miriam Makeba / Bakithi Kumalo & Friends, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Sunday, June 15 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Los Soneros de Oriente, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Central Park SummerStage: Victor Manuelle and special guests, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Monday, June 16, through Thursday, June 26
River to River Festival — SITELINES: Doorknob Company, the Miracle Show, Bowling Green Park Cobblestone plaza at Broadway & Whitehall St.
Monday, June 16 The Movado Hour: chamber concert with vocalist Christina Courtin and Brooklyn Rider, Baryshnikov Arts Center, free but advance reservations required at 917-934-4966, 7:00
Tuesday, June 17 Spirit of Jazz Concert Series: Eric Reed Quartet, Tourneau TimeMachine Atrium, 2:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Hilby the Skinny German Juggle Boy, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Wednesday, June 18 Music on the Oval: DJ Rich Medina, Sugarman 3, Stuyvesant Town, 6:00
Mad Sq. Music: The Kennedys, Madison Square Park, 7:00
River to River Festival: Poets House celebration featuring special guest Jill Sobule, Rockefeller Park, 7:00
Thursday, June 19 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: The Skatalites, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Thursday, June 19 Music in the Square: JVC Jazz Festival and Downbeat Magazine Present Northern Illinois University, the University of the Arts, and Hartford Academy of the Arts, Union Square Park, 5:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Medeski Martin & Wood / Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog / Taylor McFerrin & the Cell Theory, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Reminic, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
The Seaport Soul Series: Soulgasm NYC Meets Soulgasm Hawaii, with DJ Brian Cox, FLX, and Manos, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, 8:00
Friday, June 20 Good Morning America Concert Series: Boyz II Men, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Rihanna, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
Met Summer Concert: Live in Prospect Park, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna performing works by Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Massenet, Catalani, and others, conducted by Ion Marin, Prospect Park ball-field area, Long Meadow, 8:00
Central Park SummerStage — Comedy Central Park: Stephen Lynch and Mike Birbiglia, hosted by Julian McCullough, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Saturday, June 21 Make Music New York: Third annual URB ALT festival, Harlem Stage Gatehouse Terrace, 12 noon – 7:00
Make Music New York: Rosy Nolan (12 noon), Richie Aufrichtig (1:00), Young Man About Town (2:00), Batter Recharger (3:00), Linda Draper (4:00), the Shivers (5:00), Cuomo! (6:00), Like the Spice Gallery, 224 Roebling St., Williamsburg
Make Music New York: North Sixth St. Block Party, with papercranes (12:45), Lissy Trullie (1:45), Wakey! Wakey! (2:30), the Antlers (3:30), Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears (4:30), the Shackeltons (5:30), and the Forms (6:30), 70 North Sixth St., Williamsburg
Make Music New York: Punk Island!, featuring dozens of bands on thirteen stages, including Reagan Youth, the Blame, the Choke, the Baby Sandwiches, Kulture Shock, the Pigs, Nihilistics, Buddha Heroes, Iconicide, Yankee Doodle Blitzkrieg, Crackula, and many more, Governors Island, 12 noon - 6:00 pm
River to River Festival: American Ballroom Theater, Colors of the Rainbow Team Match, World Financial Center, 1:00 and 4:00
Third Annual Children’s Music Festival: Harmony’s Happening! with Midori & Friends and special guests Arturo O’Farrill and Eugene Friesen, Teatro Heckscher of El Museo Del Barrio, 3:00
Make Music New York: Hungry March Band, Grand Army Plaza, Central Park, 4:00
Make Music New York: Three Pints Shy, Michael Packer Blues Band, Pork Chop Willie, Washington Square, 5:00 – 7:00
Central Park SummerStage: Definitely Poetry, featuring Kokayi, Lemon, La Bruja, Will Power, JLove Calderon, Rumsey Playfield, 7:30
Sunday, June 22 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Sarah MacLawler, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Salif Keita / Haale, Prospect Park Bandshell, 6:00
Central Park SummerStage: Yael Naim, David Donatien, Piers Faccini, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Tuesday, June 24 Spirit of Jazz Concert Series: Steve Turre Quintet, Tourneau TimeMachine Atrium, 2:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Yosi, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Brooklyn Philharmonic, Tim Fain, violin: Works by Stravinsky, Mozart, and Beethoven, conducted by George Garrett Keast, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, Italian, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, and selected Sousa marches, conducted by Bramwell Tovey, Great Lawn, Central Park, 8:00
River to River Festival: Ulrich Schnauss, Dorit Chrysler / Chiaki Watanabe, World Financial Center, 9:00
Wednesday, June 25 Music on the Oval: DJ Sean Holland, Tortured Soul, Stuyvesant Town, 6:00
River to River Festival: Orchestra Baobab, Rockefeller Park, 7:00
Mad Sq. Music: Raul Midon, Madison Square Park, 7:00
Thursday, June 26 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Orchestra Baobab, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Kids in the Square: Moey’s Music Party, Union Square Park, 12:30
Music in the Square: JVC Jazz Festival Presents the New School Jazz Ensemble, Union Square Park, 5:30
Citysol 2008: Care Bears on Fire, A-OK Collective, Apollo Heights, and Slim Dixon and friends, Solar One, 23rd St. & the East River, 6:00 – 10:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Red Molly, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! The Carolina Chocolate Drops / the Dixie Hummingbirds, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
The Seaport Soul Series: In2Deep: Celebrating Gay Pride, with Carlos Sanchez and Charo, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, 8:00
Friday, June 27 Good Morning America Concert Series: Maroon 5, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Coldplay, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
Celebrate Brooklyn! Cold War Kids / Elvis Perkins in Dearland / Sam Champion, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
River to River Festival: A Place to Bury Strangers, King Khan and the Shrines, Black Acid, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Brooklyn’s a Place to Bury Strangers played fierce set at Seaport (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Saturday, June 28 Citysol 2008: MC Ant Marshall and So Percussion premiere their new work “16 Words,” Dirty Projectors, Burkina Electric, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, No Surrender, Ecstatic Sunshine, and Selan and Blitz the Ambassador, with installation art from Tova Carlin, Adam Eckstrom, Eve Mosher, Kerry O’Connor, Aurora Robson, Evan Wheller, and Brian Zeeger, Solar One, 23rd St. & the East River, 12 noon – 10:00 pm
East River Music Project: Titus Andronicus, Obits, Emperor X, Blood City, East River Amphitheater, FDR Dr. at Cherry St., 2:00
Central Park SummerStage: Vieux Farka Toure, Fallou Dieng, Kaleta & ZoZo Afrobeat, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Concert in the Park: Nicole Atkins and the Sea, Socrates Sculpture Park, 4:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Crooklyn Dodgers Reunion with O.C. / Jeru the Damaja / Chubb Rock / EMC featuring Masta Ace / DJ Premier / Ali Shaheed Mohaamad, hosted by Buckshot of Black Moon and Special Ed, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
Sunday, June 29 Pool Parties: The Hold Steady, the Loved Ones, J Roddy and the Business, McCarren Park Pool, 12 noon
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Frankie Morales & Mambo of the Times Orq., Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Central Park SummerStage: Mosh Ben Ari, Rupa and the April Fishes, Y-Love, DJ Diwon, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Tuesday, July 1 River to River Festival: kode 9 / juakali / dubwar / eyewash, World Financial Center, 9:00
Wednesday, July 2Lunchtime Music at Zuccotti Park: Sean McCaul, Zuccotti Park, 12:30
Music on the Oval: DJ Pocketknife, High Places, Stuyvesant Town, 6:00
Mad Sq. Music: Cherryholmes, Madison Square Park, 7:00
Thursday, July 3 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Oleta Adams, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Kids in the Square: Astrograss, Union Square Park, 12:30
Music in the Square: Jennie Arnau, Union Square Park, 5:30
CityParks Concerts: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review, Von King Park, 7:00
Friday, July 4 Good Morning America Concert Series: Chaka Kahn, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Ashlee Simpson, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
River to River Festival: Sonic Youth / the Feelies, Battery Park, 3:30
Thurston Moore let loose in Sonic Youth’s July 4 show in Battery Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Saturday, July 5 Folks on the Island! A Governors Island Music Festival: Janis Ian, Governors Island, 1:30
Central Park SummerStage: Rachid Taha, Dengue Fever, Apollo Heights, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Rachid Taha (above) was oh-so-cool at SummerStage, smoking cigarettes, wearing great hats, grabbing the mic stand, and even draping himself in the Algerian flag, playing to a devoted crowd that sang along with every one of the French-Algerian rock star’s songs, culminating in his version of the Clash’s "Rock the Casbah." He was preceded by L.A.’s Dengue Fever, who played a groovy set of Cambodian rock, led by singer Chhom Nimol and guitarist Zac Holtzman. Apollo Heights opened the show, but the shreaking sound system was so annoying it was hard to listen to them. (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Celebrate Brooklyn! Michael Stuart / William Cepeda’s Grupo Esencia / Zemog El Gallo Bueno, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
Sunday, July 6Pool Parties: Ronnie Spector, the Rabbit Factory Soul Revue, McCarren Park Pool, 12 noon
Central Park SummerStage: Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Afrika Bambaataa, Love Trio with U-Roy, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: James Spaulding Ensemble, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Monday, July 7, through Tuesday, July 15
River to River Festival — SITELINES: Risa Jaroslow & Dancers 311, Municipal Building at Chambers St. near food kiosks
Monday, July 7 River to River Festival: José Franch-Ballester, clarinet, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30
Tuesday, July 8 Family Nights at Shipyard Park: The Fuzzy Lemons, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
The Movado Hour: chamber concert with the Brentano String Quartet, Baryshnikov Arts Center, free but advance reservations required at 917-934-4966, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Orquestra Broadway/DJ Louie JR, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Ani Aznavoorian, cello: Works by Hofmann, Bruch, and Haydn, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, K.125a, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring violinists Sheryl Staples and Michelle Kim, conducted by Xian Zhang, Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Staten Island, 8:00
Washington Square Music Festival: Festival Ensemble, Gerald Ranck, harpsichord soloist, performing Vivaldi, Tigran Mansurian, Zelenka, de Falla, Bach, Washington Square Park, 8:00
Wednesday, July 9 Lunchtime Music at Zuccotti Park: The Defibulators, Zuccotti Park, 12:30
Music on the Oval: DJ Busquelo, Slavic Soul Party, Stuyvesant Town, 6:00
Music at the Bridge Welcomes Barbes, with Las Rubias Del Norte, the Parker String Quartet, and the Mandingo Ambassadors, Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton State Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6:30
River to River Festival: The Avett Brothers, Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers St., 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Brand Nubian, Brower Park, 7:00
Mad Sq. Music: Ollabelle, Madison Square Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Johnny Pacheco y Su Tumboa/DJ Louie JR, Crotona Park, 7:00
Central Park SummerStage — Music & Film: LA LUPE QUEEN OF LATIN SOUL (Ela Troyano), BRAGGING RIGHTS: STICKBALL STORIES (Sonia N. Gonzalez), Cucu Diamentes, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, K.125a, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring violinists Sheryl Staples and Michelle Kim, conducted by Xian Zhang, PNC Bank Arts Center, New Jersey, 8:00
Thursday, July 10 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Leela James, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Kids in the Square: Hot Peas 'N Butter, Union Square Park, 12:30
Broadway in Bryant Park: CHICAGO | MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT | CRY-BABY| [TITLE OF SHOW] | STOMP, Bryant Park Stage, 12:30
River to River Festival: Jovino Santos Neto, World Financial Center, 12:30
Music in the Square: TheaterMania.com Presents an Off-Broadway Review, Union Square Park, 5:30
RiverRocks: Latin Celebracion with Yerba Buena featuring CuCu Diamantes, Si*Se, and DJ Nicodemus, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:00
CityParks Concerts: Whodini, Von King Park, 7:00
Summer Soul Nights: Jeff Fox Band, Algebra, South Street Seaport, 7:00
River to River Festival: St. Vincent, Castle Clinton, 7:00
Annie Clark played it cool at Castle Clinton (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
River & Blues: John Hammond, Wagner Park, 7:00
Central Park SummerStage — Music & Film: THE HARDER THEY COME (Perry Henzell, 1972) and I-Wayne, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Freddie McGregor / Soul Steps, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Seaside Summer Concerts: An Evening with Michael Bolton, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, K.125a, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring violinists Sheryl Staples and Michelle Kim, conducted by Xian Zhang, Cunningham Park, Queens, 8:00
Friday, July 11 Good Morning America Concert Series: Artist TBA, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Rascal Flatts, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
River to River Festival — Phillippe BadenPowell, One New York Plaza at Water & Whitehall Sts., 12:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Brazilian Girls / Miranda! / Ticklah, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
River to River Festival: No Age, Telepathe, Abe Vigoda, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Tropical punk practitioners Abe Vigoda — one of our favorite band names ever— had an auspicious beginning to their July 12 free show at the South Street Seaport, as guitarist Juan Velazquez broke some strings on the first song and had to go backstage and borrow a guitar from No Age, friends of theirs from the downtown L.A. Smell scene. Battling nerves, the band, which also features Michael Vidal on guitar and lead vocals, Reggie Guerrero on drums, and David Reichart, wearing a No Age T-shirt, on bass, played a short set highlighting songs from their new disc, the excellent SKELETON, which had been released earlier that week. (By the way, for those of you old enough to remember BARNEY MILLER, Abe Vigoda himself is still alive, at the ripe old age of eighty-seven.) Abe Vigoda was followed by the droning Telepathe, from Brooklyn, and then No Age, who steamrolled through songs as security guards struggled to keep the barricades from coming down because of the force of the crowd. (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Central Park SummerStage: Rennie Harris / Pure Movement, Francesca Harper Project, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Music Under the Stars: Twist & Shout — the Rock & Roll Generation, with Michael Butler and Stone Love, Flushing Town Hall Garden, dance lessons at 7:15, concert at 8:00
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, K.125a, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring violinists Sheryl Staples and Michelle Kim, conducted by Xian Zhang, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, 8:00
Saturday, July 12Folks on the Island! A Governors Island Music Festival: Slaid Cleaves, Governors Island, 1:30
Central Park SummerStage: Julieta Venegas, Plastilina Mosh, DJ Bitman, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Beth Orton / Matt Munisteri, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Beth Orton played a beautiful show on a beautiful night in Prospect Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, K.125a, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring violinists Sheryl Staples and Michelle Kim, conducted by Xian Zhang, Heckscher State Park, East Islip, Long Island, 8:00
River to River Festival — Brazilian Connection Quintet, World Financial Center, 8:00
Sunday, July 13 Pool Parties: The Breeders, Matt & Kim, the Whip, McCarren Park Pool, 2:00
Matt & Kim put on a crazed, inspired show at McCarren Park Pool (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Central Park SummerStage: Global Family Day! Big Nazo, Baby Loves Salsa featuring Jose Conde, Cinderella Samba, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Raquel Lima, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
MoonDance: Swing with David Berger and the Sultans of Swing, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:30
Monday, July 14 River to River Festival: José Feghali, piano, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Sweet Summer Soul, starring the O’Jays and featuring the Manhattans, with Gerald Alston and Blue Lovett, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, and Sibelius’s Finlandia, featuring violinists Sheryl Staples and Michelle Kim, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, followed by fireworks, 8:00
Tuesday, July 15 Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Chris McDaniels, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Ray Castro y Su Cojunto Classico/DJ Louie JR, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review, Queensbridge Park, 7:00
New York Philharmonic: Concerts in the Parks — Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, and Sibelius’s Finlandia, featuring Lang Lang on piano, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Great Lawn, Central Park, followed by fireworks, 8:00
Washington Square Music Festival: Festival Ensemble, Lutz Rath, cello soloist, Stephanie Houtzeel, mezzo-soprano, performing Massenet, Wagenseil, and other composers, Washington Square Park, 8:00
River to River Festival: Fennesz / Sakamoto, World Financial Center, 9:00
Wednesday, July 16 Lunchtime Music at Zuccotti Park: Jason Green, Zuccotti Park, 12:30
Music on the Oval: DJ Duane Harriott, Easy Star All-Stars, Stuyvesant Town, 6:00
Music at the Bridge Welcomes Zebulon, with Sharon Van Etten, Colin Stetson, Charles Gayle Trio, and Stuart Bogie/Supherhuman Happiness, Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton State Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6:30
Mad Sq. Music: Robert Glasper Trio, Madison Square Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Richie Spice, Brower Park, 7:00
River to River Festival: Steel Pulse, Rockefeller Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Lovebug Starski & Friends, Crotona Park, 7:00
Thursday, July 17 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Phoebe Snow, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
River to River Festival: Junior Mance, World Financial Center, 12:30
Kids in the Square: Princess Katie and Racer Steve, Union Square Park, 12:30
Broadway in Bryant Park: AVENUE Q | THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | MAMMA MIA! | IN THE HEIGHTS | PURE COUNTRY, Bryant Park Stage, 12:30
Music in the Square: The John Malino Band, Union Square Park, 5:30
Chinese Theatre Works presents LEGEND OF WHITE SNAKE, Solar One, 23rd St. & the East River, 6:00
CityParks Concerts: The Fiery Furnaces, East River Park, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Family Square Dance featuring Blue Harvest, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
River & Blues: Duke Robillard, Wagner Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: 21:03 / Kurt Carr, Von King Park, 7:00
Summer Soul Nights: Jeff Redd, Horace Brown, South Street Seaport, 7:00
River to River Festival: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Castle Clinton, 7:00
Ted Leo sweats through hot set at Castle Clinton (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Central Park SummerStage: Junot Diaz, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Jerry Douglas / the Holmes Brothers, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Seaside Summer Concerts: An Evening with Brian Wilson, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
Friday, July 18 Good Morning America Concert Series: Miley Cyrus, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Natasha Bedingfield, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
River to River Festival: Junior Mance, One New York Plaza at Water & Whitehall Sts., 12:30
Central Park SummerStage: Video Music Box 25th Anniversary Concert, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
River to River Festival: Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, Nouvellas, the Lost Crusaders, South Street Seaport, 6:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Deerhoof / Metropolis Ensemble: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Saturday, July 19 Village Voice Siren Festival, featuring Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Broken Social Scene, the Helio Sequence, Beach House, Times New Viking, Jaguar Love, the Dodos, Annuals, Film School, Parts & Labor, Dragons of Zynth, These Are Powers, and more, Coney Island boardwalk, 12 noon - 9:00 pm
Since 2001, the Siren Festival has brought some of the best up-and-coming bands to Coney Island — as well as a handful of established indie stars and punk legends — including Guided by Voices, Yea Yeah Yeahs, Sleater-Kinney, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, !!!, Death Cab for Cutie, TV on the Radio, Spoon, M.I.A., and the New York Dolls. On July 19, more than 100,000 fans ran between two stages, one on West Tenth St., the other on Stillwell Ave., trying to catch as many shows as they could at the eighth annual event. Groups such as Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor, Raleigh, North Carolina’s Annuals, San Francisco’s the Dodos, and Columbus, Ohio’s Times New Viking got things going with brief but hot sets in the midday heat, playing in the shadows of the Cyclone. Syracuse’s Ra Ra Riot, touring shortly before the release of their first full-length album, THE RHUMB LINE, played a strong, heartfelt set. (Their original drummer, John Ryan Pike, died in a tragic drowning accident the previous year.) Nicholas Thorburn led Montreal’s Islands to the Main Stage wearing a silver garbage can over his head and what appeared to be a bloodstained shirt. They were followed by headliners Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, with Toronto’s Broken Social Scene closing the night on the Stillwell Stage with a wild show that included bringing up a female fan to sing a song. With Coney Island’s future in doubt, this might have been the last such Siren Festival; if so, it went out on an extremely high note. (photo of Ra Ra Riot’s Wesley Miles by twi-ny/mdr)
Folks on the Island! A Governors Island Music Festival: Bearfoot, Governors Island, 1:30
Central Park SummerStage — Gospel Day: Donald Lawrence, Hezekiah Walker, Dave Holister, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Enter the Dragon with Karsh Kale / Soh Daiko, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Sunday, July 20Pool Parties: Liars, F*&k Buttons, Team Robespierre, McCarren Park Pool, 12 noon
LES Live! Street Concert: Morningwood and Ghost Ghost, Orchard St. at Stanton St., 2:00
Central Park SummerStage: Santogold, Diplo, Plastic Little, A-Trak, Kid Cudi, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Flamenco Vivo Carlotta Santana II, the Conservatory Garden, 4:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Golem / Sway Machinery / Michael Showalter / Deleon / Soulico, and special guests, Prospect Park Bandshell, 6:00
MoonDance: Salsa with Los Hermanos Colon, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:30
Monday, July 21, through Wednesday, July 30
River to River Festival — SITELINES: 360º Dance Company, MAKTUB, South Street Seaport, 12:00 noon and 1:00
Monday, July 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Mystery Night: A Legend Performs in Brooklyn, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
Tuesday, July 22 CityParks Concerts: Naughty by Nature, Queensbridge Park, 7:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Music Together, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Frankie Morales & His Mambo of the Times Orchestra/DJ Louie JR, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Sandra Rivers and Flamenco San Juan, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30
Washington Square Music Festival: Festival Ensemble, David Oei, piano soloist, performing Dohnányi, Satie, Lou Harrison: Double Concerto for violin, cello, and gamelan orchestra with Gamelan Son of Lion, Washington Square Park, 8:00
River to River Festival: Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, World Financial Center, 9:00
Wednesday, July 23 Lunchtime Music at Zuccotti Park: Nylon Wound, Zuccotti Park, 12:30
Music at the Bridge Welcomes Jalopy, with the Otis Brothers, the Wiyos, Rob Reddy’s Tenfold, and Al Duvall, Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton State Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6:30
Mad Sq. Music: Phoebe Snow: One of a Kind, Madison Square Park, 7:00
River to River Festival: The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Rockefeller Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Bahamadia, Brower Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Tony Touch & Brenda K Starr, Crotona Park, 7:00
Thursday, July 24 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Alice Smith, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Broadway in Bryant Park: THE LION KING | PASSING STRANGE | HAIRSPRAY | GODSPELL | A CATERED AFFAIR, Bryant Park Stage, 12:30
Kids in the Square: Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Union Square Park, 12:30
River to River Festival: Ollabelle, World Financial Center, 12:30
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Ollabelle have been all over town this summer
Music in the Square: The Nashville Attitude, Union Square Park, 5:30
River to River Festival: Akron/Family, World Financial Center, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: KRS-ONE, East River Park, 7:00
Summer Soul Nights: Monte, Jordan, Christopher Williams, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Guitar Bar All Stars, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
River & Blues: Guy Davis, Wagner Park, 7:00
Seaside Summer Concerts: Smokey Robinson and Russell Thompkins Jr. & the New Stylistics, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Brave New World Repertory Theatre: FAHRENHEIT 451, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00
Friday, July 25 Good Morning America Concert Series: Feist, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Miley Cyrus, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
River to River Festival: Ollabelle, One New York Plaza at Water & Whitehall Sts., 12:30
River to River Festival — Atlas Sound, El Guincho, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! The Philip Glass Ensemble, Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Marta Topferov, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Music Under the Stars: Elwood Bunn’s Country Jubilee, Flushing Town Hall Garden, dance lessons at 7:15, concert at 8:00
Saturday, July 26 Folks on the Island! A Governors Island Music Festival: Eric Bibb, Governors Island, 1:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Ghostland Observatory / Jealous Girlfriends / Bear Hands, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
River to River Festival — The Big River Project: The Music of Johnny Cash, with Ollabelle, Benevento/Russo Duo, Laura Cantrell, Catherine Russell, the Persuasions, and more, World Financial Center, 8:00
Central Park SummerStage: Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, PeepDance, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Sunday, July 27 Pool Parties: MGMT, Black Moth Super Rainbow, the Ting Tings, McCarren Park Pool, 12 noon
Central Park SummerStage: Skatalites, Taj Majal, Los Pinguos, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: ZonaVibe, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
MoonDance: Tango with Eternal Tango, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:30
Monday, July 28 River to River Festival: Jennifer Stumm, viola, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Annual Gospel Night, with Mary Mary, Tye Tribbett and Greater Anointing, and Ricky Dillard & New Generation, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
Tuesday, July 29 Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Mother Goose, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: The Delfonics, Queensbridge Park, 7:00
Washington Square Music Festival: Charles Mingus Orchestra, performing Music by the Master, Washington Square Park, 8:00
Wednesday, July 30 Lunchtime Music at Zuccotti Park: Newsville Washington with Lisa Lost and Frankie Monroe
Music at the Bridge Welcomes ISSUE Project, with Theremin Society, John Zorn’s Cobra, and Jonathan Kane’s February, Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton State Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6:30
Mad Sq. Music: Trio Da Paz Jazz, Madison Square Park, 7:00
River to River Festival: Patti Austin’s “Avant Gershwin,” Rockefeller Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: The Delfonics, Mahoney Playground, 7:00
Thursday, July 31 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Meshell Ndegeocello, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Kids in the Square: JUMP Presents Carnival of the Animals, Union Square Park, 12:30
Broadway in Bryant Park: THE LITTLE MERMAID | ALTAR BOYZ | CIRQUE DREAMS| JUMP | A TALE OF TWO CITIES, Bryant Park Stage, 12:30
River to River Festival: The Persuasions, World Financial Center, 12:30
Music in the Square: Jukebox the Ghost, Union Square Park, 5:30
RiverRocks: Flogging Molly, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Ray Medina, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Summer Soul Nights: Dwele, Chauncey Black, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Central Park SummerStage: Richard Price, Charles Bock, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Marvin Sapp, Springfield Park, 7:00
River to River Festival: The Long Winters, Castle Clinton, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Willie Colón, East River Park, 7:00
River & Blues: Chris Bergson Band, Wagner Park, 7:00
Seaside Summer Concerts: Classic Rock Night with Mystery Guest and Starship starring Mickey Thomas, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Mark Morris Dance Group, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00
Friday, August 1 Good Morning America Concert Series: Cast of Broadway’s RENT, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Today Show Concert Series: Sheryl Crow, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
River to River Festival: The Persuasions, One New York Plaza at Water & Whitehall Sts., 12:30
River to River Festival: Brother Ali, the Rub, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Carl Davis: the Charlie Chaplin Mutuals, with the Knights / Christina Courtin, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30
Central Park SummerStage: DanceBrazil, Max Pollak and RumbaTap, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Saturday, August 2 Folks on the Island! A Governors Island Music Festival: Ronny Cox, Governors Island, 1:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Father Goose / the Sippy Cups / Sonia Manzano / James McDaniel, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00
Central Park SummerStage: Roy Hargrove Big Band and special guests, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Sunday, August 3 Pool Parties: Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan and the Shrines, Tall Firs, McCarren Park Pool, 12 noon
Bizarre things happened when Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan and the Shrines, and Tall Firs got together at McCarren Park Pool, the best show of the summer so far (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Celebrate Brooklyn! African Guitar Festival with Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits / Habib Koité & Bamada / Daby Touré / Yossi Fine & African Bass / Extra Golden, Prospect Park Bandshell, 2:00—9:00
Central Park SummerStage: Janelle Monae, Little Jackie, Jose James, Gilles Peterson, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Jonathan Blake Quintet, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
MoonDance: Salsa with Nu Guajiro, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:30
Monday, August 4 River to River Festival — Wu Man, pipa, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: An Evening with Erykah Badu, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
Monday, August 4, through Thursday, August 14
River to River Festival — SITELINES: Monica Bill Barnes, GAME FACE, Wagner Park, 12 noon and 1:00
Tuesday, August 5 Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Patience Moore, the Cowboy Girl, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Jungle Brothers, Red Hook, 7:00
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Naumburg Orchestra: Works by Bartok, Dvorak, Ibert, Piazzolla, and Demersseman, conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30
Wednesday, August 6 Music at the Bridge Welcomes Union Hall, live music and comedy with French Kicks, Headlights, Tiny Masters of Today, Secret Science Club, and Dave Hill, Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton State Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 6:30
Mad Sq. Music: Ryan Shaw, Madison Square Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: The Chi-Lites, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Chubb Rock, Mahoney Playground, 7:00
Thursday, August 7 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Richie Havens with special guest Marcus Carl Franklin, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon
Broadway in Bryant Park: SPRING AWAKENING | GYPSY | XANADU | MARY POPPINS | WICKED, Bryant Park Stage, 12:30
Kids in the Square: Suzi Shelton, Union Square Park, 12:30
Music in the Square: Virgin Presents World Music Night, Union Square Park, 5:30
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Stephane Wrembel, Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, Bandshell, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: TBA, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: The Gordys, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: The Chi-Lites, Springfield Park, 7:00
River to River Festival — Terence Blanchard, Castle Clinton, 7:00
Seaside Summer Concerts: An Evening with Liza Minnelli, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
Celebrate Brooklyn! Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00
Friday, August 8 Good Morning America Concert Series: The Jonas Brothers, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Celebrate Brooklyn! Lila Downs / the Villa-Lobos Brothers / Grupo Norteño, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Armitage Gone! Dance with Burkina Electric: Summer of Love, Ronald K. Brown \ Evidence, A Dance Company: High Life; Upside Down, Bandshell, 7:30
Central Park SummerStage: Jennifer Muller / The Works, Erica Essner Performance Co-Op, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Music Under the Stars: Goin to a Go-Go: From Hullabalou to Shindig, with James Jones, Flushing Town Hall Garden, dance lessons at 7:15, concert at 8:00
88BoaDrum, featuring 88 drummers playing for 88 minutes starting at 8:08 pm on 8/8/08, led by Gang Gang Dance, Williamsburg waterfront, free tickets required in advance (video by twi-ny/mdr)
Saturday, August 9 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: LA CASITA: A HOME FOR THE HEART / UN HOGAR PARA EL CORAZÓN, with Martha Redbone, Pamela Sneed, El Grito de Poetas, Marlon Unas Esguerra, Vishal Vaid, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Myronn Hardy, Taiyo Na, Linda Susan Jackson, Mahina Movement, Grupo Kalunga Neg Mawon, South Plaza, 2:00
Central Park SummerStage: Mexican Heritage Day: Kinky, Alejandro Escovedo with Strings, Pistolera, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Celebrate Brooklyn! Hal Willner’s Bill Withers Project, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dulsori, Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey, with special guest DJ Logic, Carlos Darci, and Anat Cohen, Bandshell, 7:00
Sunday, August 10 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: LA CASITA: A HOME FOR THE HEART / UN HOGAR PARA EL CORAZÓN, with Pipestone, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Francisco Hernandez, Javier Sanchez, Abeer Alzinaty (aka Sabreena DaWitch), Anthony Flores, Vanessa Hidary , Al Young, Smadar, Chris Abani, Colin Channer, Radmilla Cody, Venezuelan Music Project, South Plaza, 2:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
MoonDance: Swing with George Gee’s Jump, Jivin’ Wailers, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:30
Central Park SummerStage — CineFest Brasil: The House of Tom — Mundo, Monde, Mondo, directed by Ana Jobin, Maria Rita, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Regina Carter, Simone with the Rob Stoneback Big Band with special guest Bob Belden, Bandshell, 7:00
Monday, August 11 River to River Festival — Monica Yunus, soprano, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Jill Scott and Estelle, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
Tuesday, August 12 CityParks Concerts: Toby Love, Highbridge Park, 7:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Americana Family Jamboree, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: BT Express, Red Hook, 7:00
Wednesday, August 13 River to River Festival — Jimmy Delgado y Orquesta featuring Renzo Padilla, Wagner Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Slick Rick, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Keep a Light in the Window: An Homage to Joel Dorn, with Dr. John, Roberta Flack, Les McCann, Mocean Worker, Jane Monheit, David “Fathead” Newman, Janis Siegel, Bandshell, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Barbara Mason, Mahoney Playground, 7:00
Thursday, August 14 Broadway in Bryant Park: GREASE | YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN | LEGALLY BLONDE | 13 | RENT, Bryant Park Stage, 12:30
Kids in the Square: The Daryl Roth Theatres Present Children’s Fall Preview, Union Square Park, 12:30
Music in the Square: Virgin Presents World Music Night, Union Square Park, 5:30
RiverRocks: Blonde Redhead, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 6:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Fernando Otero, Ahn Trio, East Village Opera Company, Bandshell, 7:00
Central Park SummerStage: Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Big Daddy Kane, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Skanatra, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding, Sr., Springfield Park, 7:00
Seaside Summer Concerts: Salsa by the Sea, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
Friday, August 15 Good Morning America Concert Series: Artist TBA, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
River to River Festival: Dirty Projectors, White Williams, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Central Park SummerStage: Bajofondo, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00
Saturday, August 16 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Damrosch Park Family Day — Puppet Pageant: Evangeline, Evil, and Dancing in the Street, 2:00; Doug Elkins & Friends, 3:00
Battles will throw a dance party in Central Park on August 16
Central Park SummerStage: Battles, Black Dice, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Stepping with Step Afrika! Fraulein Maria, Bandshell, 4:30
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Step Afrika!, Doug Elkins & Friends, Fraulein Maria, Bandshell, 7:00
Sunday, August 17 Pool Parties: Aesop Rock, Panther, McCarren Park Pool, 12 noon
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Ologundê, Bonga & the Vodou Drums of Haiti, Kotchegna Dance Company, Bandshell, 2:00
Central Park SummerStage: Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Menahan Street Band, Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00
Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Pucci Amanda Jhones, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday: 93rd Birthday Tribute to Graciela, with Jose Alberto “el Canario” y su Orquesta, with special guests, Xiomara Laugart and David Oquendo, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios y Nueva Generación, and a special appearance by Graciela Perez-Grillo, Bandshell, 7:30
Monday, August 18, through Monday, August 25
River to River Festival — SITELINES: Richard Move and MoveOpolis!, HOSTILE TAKEOVER, 210 Front St., 8:00
Monday, August 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Caribbean Night, with Beres Hammond, the Mighty Sparrow, and Bunji Garlin & Asylum, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
Tuesday, August 19 CityParks Concerts: Shino Aguakate, Highbridge Park, 7:00
Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Polka Dot Pals, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Michael Stuart, Red Hook, 7:00
Wednesday, August 20 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Extra Golden, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alèmayèhu Eshèté with the Either/Orchestra, Gétatchèw Mèkurya with the Ex, Bandshell, 6:00
River to River Festival: La Excelencia, Wagner Park, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Donald Lawrence / DeWayne Woods / the Murrills, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00
Thursday, August 21 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely with Bernice Johnson Reagon, David Dorfman Dance, Underground, Bandshell, 7:00
Summer Enchanted Evenings: Julio Fernandez, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: TBA, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00
Seaside Summer Concerts: Huey Lewis & the News and Paul Thorn, Asser Levy Seaside Park, Brighton Beach, 7:30
Friday, August 22 Good Morning America Concert Series: Artist TBA, Bryant Park Upper Terrace, 7:00 am
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Spam Allstars — Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brown, with Fred Ross and Wunmi, vocals; Charles McNeil, alto sax; Reggie Ward, guitar; Peter Madsen, keys; Eric Herman, bass; and John Mader, drums; and special guests Cheikh Lô and Vieux Farka Touré, Bandshell, 7:00
Music Under the Stars: Besame Mucho, with Deborah Resto, Flushing Town Hall Garden, dance lessons at 7:15, concert at 8:00
Saturday, August 23 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival: Battle of the Brass, with the Pinettes Brass Band and the Hot 8 Brass Band, South Plaza, 4:00
Sunday, August 24 Blues BBQ: ninth annual event, with live music, barbecue from local restaurants, and more, Pier 54 at West 14th St., Hudson River Park, 2:00-9:00
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival: Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Alabama Slim, Adolphus Bell, Dr. G. B. Burt, Capt. Luke, Boo Hanks, Macavine Hayes and Big Ron Hunter, the Knitters: John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, DJ Bonebrake, Jonny Ray Bartel, Haden Family Singers Labor of Love featuring Charlie Haden, Ruth Cameron, Petra, Tanya, Rachel and Josh Haden, with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Bryan Sutton, Dan Tyminski, and special guests Patti Smith and her band, Bandshell, 4:00 – 10:00
Monday, August 25 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Charles Moore Dance Theatre, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: An Evening with Patti LaBelle, Wingate Field, Brooklyn, 7:30
Tuesday, August 26 Family Nights at Shipyard Park: Star Fish, Shipyard Park, Hoboken, 7:00
CityParks Concerts: Tulile, Highbridge Park, 7:00
Wednesday, August 27 River to River Festival: Ray Martinez Sabor Criollo, Wagner Park, 7:00
Thursday, August 28 Summer Enchanted Evenings: Swingadelic, Sinatra Park, Hoboken, 7:00
Friday, August 29 Today Show Concert Series: Paula Abdul, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am
Sunday, August 31 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Zon Del Barrio, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Modern Sky Festival: New Pants, Rebuilding the Rights of Statues, Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark, and other Chinese bands, film screenings, performance art, and more, South Street Seaport, 7:00
Wednesday, September 3 River to River Festival: The Latin Giants of Jazz, Wagner Park, 7:00
Sunday, September 7 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Genovis Albright, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Sunday, September 14 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Bertha Hope Trio, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Sunday, September 21 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: I.S. 143 Performance Ensemble, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
Sunday, September 28 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Riverside Church Inspirational Choir, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00
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