BROADWAY2BATTERY: THE BATTERY 4th OF JULY CONCERT AND FAMILY FESTIVAL
Battery Park
State St. & Battery Pl.
Sunday, July 4, free, 2:00
www.rivertorivernyc.com
www.danzanes.com
One of the leaders of 1980s alternative band the Del Fuegos, Dan Zanes has found a second career playing music for kids in his group Dan Zanes and Friends. His latest album, 76 TROMBONES (Festival Five, November 2009), consists of Broadway songs owned by Paul McCartney, including “Hello, Dolly,” “I Can Do That,” “I Won’t Grow Up,” and the title track. Zanes has earned the coveted spot of headlining the annual July 4 concert in Battery Park, which in recent years has gone to Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Dr. John, and the New Pornographers. Zanes will be joined downtown by such friends as Stew (PASSING STRANGE), Caridad De La Luz (La Bruja), and Joan Osborne, with La Cumbiamba eNeYe starting the party at 2:00. There will also be jugglers, stilt walkers, and other buskers as well as a parade of seventy-six trombones that anyone can join, so bring your instrument if you want to march.