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VIDEO OF THE DAY: “VACATION” BY THE GO-GO’S

Once upon a time, Coney Island was one of the most popular go-to vacation destinations in New York. On August 1, people will be flocking to West Twenty-First St. and Surf Ave. for a different kind of vacation. On Thursday night, one of the most popular bands of the 1980s will be playing a free show, as the Go-Go’s take the stage as part of Brooklyn’s Seaside Summer Concert Series. Fans can expect Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, and Jane Wiedlin to play all their hits, including “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Cool Jerk,” “Head Over Heels,” and, of course, “Vacation,” throwing an outdoor dance party that is sure to be hot. The ’80s celebration actually gets going with the Tom Tom Club, consisting of former Talking Heads husband-and-wife duo Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, who scored with such cutting-edge singles as “Wordy Rappinghood” and “Genius of Love.” The concert series, hosted by borough president Marty Markowitz, continues with Huey Lewis and the News on August 15 paying tribute to the thirtieth anniversary of their Sports album and concludes August 21 with Chicago.

Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Go’s didn’t let a little rain spoil the party in Coney Island (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Go’s didn’t let a little rain spoil the party in Coney Island (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Update: With the rain coming down, threatening to cancel the free Go-Go’s concert in Coney Island on August 1, lead singer Belinda Carlisle took the stage wearing a blue poncho, promising the small but dedicated crowd that the band was determined to go on once things let up. Shortly thereafter, rain still falling, guitarists Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin and drummer Gina Schock walked into the audience, posing for photographs and signing autographs as a way to thank everyone for sticking it out. Eventually, after a two-and-a-half-hour delay, “the most successful all female rock band of all time” hit the stage, tearing through an abbreviated but stellar forty-five-minute set that focused on their most popular songs from the ’80s, along with some rip-roaring covers. Clearly happy that the fans, young and old alike, had waited out the rain and were now ready to dance their soaking-wet hearts out, the Go-Go’s played such innately infectious favorites as “Vacation,” “How Much More,” “Head Over Heels,” “Cool Jerk,” Carlisle’s solo song “Mad About You,” Wiedlin’s Sparks cover “Cool Places,” and “Our Lips Are Sealed,” adding hot versions of the Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” and KISS’s “Rock and Roll All Night” worked into “We Got the Beat” before paying tribute in the encore to the group that made them want to start a band in the first place, the Ramones, closing out the show with “I Wanna Be Sedated.” Unfortunately, opening act Tom Tom Club didn’t get to play, but the Go-Go’s were in top form, seemingly enjoying themselves nearly as much as the audience. (For pix, go here.)

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2013

Mission of Burma will headline NYU Strawberry Festival on May 10 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Mission of Burma will headline NYU Strawberry Festival on May 10 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

The free summer music season gets under way this month, as concerts start popping up all over the place, from such familiar festivals as SummerStage, River to River, and Celebrate Brooklyn! to smaller shows in parks and plazas and on street corners. Keep watching this space as we add more shows as they’re announced.

Friday, May 10
NYU Strawberry Festival, with Mission of Burma, Merchandise, Library Time, La Guardia Pl. between West Third St. & Washington Pl., 12:30 – 4:30

Fab Friday, with the Fort Greene Blues Band, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 6:00

Thursday, May 16
Celebrate Brooklyn! Old School Funk and Hip-Hop Dance Party with Zapp, DJ D-Nice, and dance lesson by Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, first 500 people who give password “Brooklyn Bridge Park” get in free, the Bell House, 8:00

Sunday, May 19
Summer on the Hudson: Tenth Annual Mamapalooza Outdoor Extravaganza, Pier 1, Riverside Park, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Thursday, May 23
Celebrate Brooklyn! Old School Funk & Hip-Hop Dance Party, with Zapp and D-Nuice, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Friday, May 24
Good Morning America Concert Series: Mariah Carey, advance free tickets needed, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Fun., Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Monday, May 27
Memorial Day Concert at St. John the Divine, New York Philharmonic: Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, tickets handing out at 6:00, concert at 8:00

Friday, May 31
Good Morning America Concert Series: Pitbull, advance free tickets needed, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Fun Friday, with Rolie Polie Guacamole, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 10:00 am

Saturday, June 1
Red Hook Fest: Brown Rice Family, Gangstagrass, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Avenida B, Nicholas Leichter Dance, the Hungry March Band, Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park & Pier, 12 noon – 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2
Howl! Festival, Tompkins Square Park, 1:00 – 5:00

Sunday, June 2
American Jamboree at the Open Air Street Fair: Stephanie Coleman, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey (12 noon), the Whiskeyhickon Boys (1:00), Odetta Hartman (2:00), and the Rad Trads (3:00), Crosby St. off Houston

Tuesday, June 4
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Dave Davies, City Winery backyard, 5:00

Stars of Tomorrow: Students from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 6:30

SummerStage: Flatbush Zombies, the Underachievers, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 5
SummerStage: Rakim, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (for Kids) with Wynton Marsalis, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Thursday, June 6
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Mint Condition, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: Fuzz, Ex-Cult, DJ set by Jonathan Toubin, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Friday, June 7
Good Morning America Concert Series: Little Mix and Emblem3, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Lionel Richie, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Seaport Music Festival: Oblivians, Ex-Cult, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Saturday, June 8
Crest Fest, featuring Pitckblak Brass, Band, Aabaraki, Cold Fronts, Osekre & the Lucky Bastards, and See Through, with DJs Petey Complex, Krunk Pony, Rok One, Mama Dom, Lucas Walters, Peter Hale, Gerald Hammill, and Chuck Buckett, Crest Hardware, 558 Metropolitan Ave., 1:00 – 8:00

Big Apple BBQ, with the Spampinato Brothers (1:00), Barrence Whitfield & the Savages (2:45), and Marcia Ball (4:30), Madison Square Park

Sunday, June 9
Big Apple BBQ, with the Myles Mancuso Band (1:00), Elizabeth Cook (2:45), and the Dirty Guv’nahs (4:30), Madison Square Park

Tuesday, June 11
Jazz in the Square: Francesco Fratini, Union Square Park, 12 noon

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Los Straitjackets, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: Rayvon, Red Fox, Golden Child, RSNY, hosted by Shaggy, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Wednesday June 12
SummerStage: Big Daddy Kane, DJ set by DJ Scratch, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 13
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Bobby Rush, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Jazz in the Square: Daniel Dor, Union Square Park, 12 noon

Celebrate Brooklyn! Grouplove and Alpine, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

SummerStage: Chubb Rock, Rob Base, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Friday, June 14
Good Morning America Concert Series: Carly Rae Jepsen, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Maroon 5, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Seaport Music Festival: White Fence and PAWS, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: The Bay Soda Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Mavis Staples and Cody ChesnuTT, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

The Zombies are back for a live show and panel discussion this summer

The Zombies are back for a live show and panel discussion this summer

Saturday June 15
Northside Festival: Converse Rubber Tracks Live with the Walkmen, Phosphorescent, Friend Roulette, Abadabad, McCarren Park, advance RSVP required, 3:00

SummerStage: “The British Invasion” panel discussion with Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of the Zombies and filmmaker Jonathan Demme, 3:00

SummerStage: The Zombies, Django Django, Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, DJ sets by Modest P, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Sunday, June 16
River to River: Bang on a Can Marathon, with Hans Abrahamsen, Derek Bermel, Jeffrey Brooks, Caleb Burhans, Peter Evans, Michael Gordon, John King, David Lang, Lukas Ligeti, Annea Lockwood, Nico Muhly, Tamar Muskal, Angélica Negron, Charlie Piper, Kendall Williams, Julia Wolfe, Shara Worden, Tatsuya Yoshida, Tom Ze, and others, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 1:00 – 10:00

Northside Festival: Converse Rubber Tracks Live with Solange, Petite Noir, Cable, My Midnight Heart, McCarren Park, advance RSVP required, 3:00

SummerStage: Brooklyn Family Day, with Shine & the Moonbeams, Something Positive Afro Caribbean Dance Theater, DJ set by Hard Hittin Harry, Herbert Von King Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Dead Prez, screening of Soul Food Junkies, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Calexico, Susana Baca, Radio Jarocho & Akoko Nante Ensemble, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

SummerStage: Eleventh Brazilian Film Festival of NY, featuring Preta Gil, DJ sets by Just Marcelo, screening of Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 18
Jazz in the Square: Albert Baliwas, Union Square Park, 12 noon

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: the English Beat, City Winery backyard, 5:00

River to River: Dana Leong Trio, Brookfield Place Plaza, 5:30

Stars of Tomorrow: Students from Mannes College, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 6:30

SummerStage: The Airborne Toxic Event featuring the Calder Quartet with Orchestra, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Dana Dane, Grand Puba, hosted by Chubb Rock, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 18, and Wednesday, June 19
River to River: An Evening with Laurie Anderson and Guests, with Laurie Anderson, Gerry Leonard, Doug Wieselman, Eyvind Kang, Steve Buscemi, Young Jean Lee, and others, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 19
SummerStage: Hezekiah Walker, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: Suzanne Vega, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 20
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Zozo Afrobeat Orchestra, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Jazz in the Square: Or Bareket, Union Square Park, 12 noon

SummerStage: Jon B, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Big Boi, Phony Ppl, D-Nice, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

River to River: An Evening of Live Music and Cinema with Sam Green, the Quavers, and yMusic, East River Esplanade, Pier 15, 9:00

Friday, June 21
Good Morning America Concert Series: John Legend, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Hunter Hayes, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

River to River: The Jazz Saxophone, Brookfield Place Plaza, One New York Plaza, Zuccotti Park, 12 noon, 12:30, 1:00

Fab Friday, with live music TBA, Cuyler-Gore Park, 3:00 – 8:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Seaport Music Festival: Fear of Men, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

SummerStage: Fête De La Musique, with IAM and special guest Rakim, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Amadou & Mariam, Bombino, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 22
SummerStage: “Make a Joyful Noise,” a Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, with Joshua Nelson, the Prince of Kosher Gospel, and special guest Della Reese, and screening of Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Sunday, June 23
SummerStage: Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Sinkane, DJ set by King Britt, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

River to River: JG Thirlwell — The Manorexia Project, Dinoflagellate Blooms, Pauline Oliveros: Along the Way, Susie Ibarra & Robert Rodriguez, New York Electronic Art Festival, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30

James Maddock will play a pair of River to River shows, on June 25 and June 27

James Maddock will play a pair of River to River shows, on June 25 and June 27

Tuesday, June 25
Jazz in the Square: Sam Neufeld, Union Square Park, 12 noon

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Ben Taylor, City Winery backyard, 5:00

River to River: James Maddock, Brookfield Place Plaza, 5:30

Stars of Tomorrow: Students from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 6:30

SummerStage: Tribute to Ismael Rivera with Moncho Rivera, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

River to River: Angelique Kidjo, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 26
River to River: 1959, with Terri Lyne Carrington, Antonio Hart, Gregoire Maret, Jeremy Pelt, Chris Potter, and others playing music by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Billie Holiday, and Sidney Bechet, with spoken-word pieces from the Beat generation, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Tribute to Hector Lavoe, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: Anat Cohen Quartet, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 27
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Stooges Brass Band, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Jazz in the Square: Dida Pelled, Union Square Park, 12 noon

River to River: James Maddock, One New York Plaza, 12:30

SummerStage: Sammy Garcia y Sabor de Puerto Rico, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Friday, June 28
Good Morning America Concert Series: Demi Lovato, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Philip Phillips, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Fun Friday, with Roderick Jackson and Palms Down Percussion Ensemble, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 10:00 am

Seaport Music Festival: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Aurelio Martinez, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 29
4Knots Music Festival: Kurt Vile & the Violators, the Men, Parquet Courts, White Lung, Marnie Stern, Reigning Sound, the Babies, Fat Tony, Heliotropes, South Street Seaport, 1:00 – 8:00

SummerStage: Joel Plaskett, Spirit of the West, Brasstronaut, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Os Mutantes, Javelin, Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30
River to River: Ecstatic Summer 2013, Brookfield Place Plaza, 5:00

Sunday, June 30
River to River: Two-Headed Calf & Yarn/Wire: You, My Mother: A Chamber Opera in Two Parts, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, advance RSVP required, 3:00 & 8:30

SummerStage: Big Star’s Third: An Orchestrated Live Performance of the Legendary Album, featuring Mike Mills, Jody Stephens, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney, and others, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

River to River: Juraj Kojs and Carlota Pradera: Dinoflagellate Blooms, Marco Donnarumma: Ominous, Mari Kimura & Tomoyuki Kato: One, New York Electronic Art Festival, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30

Tuesday, July 2
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: the Pietasters, City Winery backyard, 5:00

River to River: Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys, Brookfield Place Plaza, 5:30

SummerStage: The Freedom Dance Party with special guest Cameo, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Joe Bataan, Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Soundview Park, 6:00

River to River: Pedrito Martinez, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

River to River: Two-Headed Calf & Yarn/Wire: You, My Mother: A Chamber Opera in Two Parts, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, advance RSVP required, 8:30

Wednesday, July 3
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Avery*Sunshine, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

River to River: Two-Headed Calf & Yarn/Wire: You, My Mother: A Chamber Opera in Two Parts, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, advance RSVP required, 3:00

SummerStage: George Lamond, DJ set by DJ Lucho, Soundview Park, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: The Grascals, Joy Kills Sorrow, Madison Square Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Blink Your Eyes: Sekou Sundiata Revisited — longstoryshort: Remixed featuring Nona Hendryx, Sandra St. Victor, Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely, Faybiene Miranda, Lenelle Moise, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Friday, July 5
Good Morning America Concert Series: Imagine Dragons, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: John Mayer, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Saturday, July 6
Celebrate Brooklyn! Theophilus London, Les Nubians, Aabaraki, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

On Stage at Kingsborough Presents Hot Summer Nights: Brooklyn Community Wind Ensemble conducted by Ray Wheeler, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., 8:00

River to River: Control Voltage 2013, 8:00 pm – 12 midnight

Sunday, July 7
Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays Presents Bella’s Bartok, Pier 1, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Sunday, July 7, and Wednesday, July 10
SummerStage: Global Family Day featuring the Carpetbag Brigade & Nemcatacoa Teatro, Elizabeth Mitchell, Natural Expression, Rhythm Band, ASE Dance Theater Collective, Ifetayo Youth Ensemble, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Tuesday, July 9
River to River: Clyne, Dufallo, Kauffman, and Dorman: “Ex-Situ Series: The Violin,” with violinists Cornelius Dufallo and Amy Kauffman and visuals by Josh Dorman, advance RSVP required

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Eilen Jewell with the End of America, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: Tego Calderón, RVSB, Crotona Park, 7:00

River to River: La Excelencia, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Leon Russell will be in Rockefeller Park on July 10

Leon Russell will be in Rockefeller Park on July 10

Wednesday, July 10
Summer of Music: I Want My Name Back (Roger Paradiso, 2012), with DJ Tedsmooth’s Old School Jam at 5:30, a live performance of “Rapper’s Delight” by MCs Wonder Mike, Master Gee, and Grandmaster Caz and special guests Melle Mell, Dana Dana, DJ Wiz, Grandmaster Dee, Keith LeBlanc, Vernon Reid, and Doug Winbish at 7:30, film screening at 8:30, moved to Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church, 16-20 Mount Morris Park West, southwest corner of 122nd St.

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: B. B. King, the James Hunter Six, Brookfield Place Plaza, 6:00

SummerStage: Tego Calderón, Cuarto Poder, Los Rakas, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

River to River: Leon Russell, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

SummerStage: DJ Kool Herc, Crotona Park, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: René Marie’s “Experiment in Truth,” Madison Square Park, 7:00

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Prospect Park, 8:00

Thursday, July 11
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Sly & Robbie, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Stomp, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Pippin, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, iLuminate: Artist of Light, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

River to River: Hungry March Band, One New York Plaza, 12:30

SummerStage: Lila Downs, Natalia Clavier, Pamela Rodriguez, DJ sets by Raul Campos, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

RiverRocks: Generationals and Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Pier 84, 6:00

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Alejandro Escovedo, Brookfield Place Plaza, 6:00

River to River: Hauschka, Koseminen, and Zeigler, “Ex-Situ Series,” with pianist-composer Hauschka, percussionist Samuli Kosminen, and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, East River Esplanada, Pier 15, 7:45

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Cunningham Park, 8:00

River to River: JG Thirlwell — The Manorexia Project, Dinoflagellate Blooms, Tribeca Cinemas, advance RSVP required, 10:00

Friday, July 12
Good Morning America Concert Series: OneRepublic, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Ed Sheehan, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Fab Friday, with ArinMaya and Djibril Toure and the People’s Express, Fowler Sq., 6:00

Sunset on the Hudson: The Bay Soda Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

SummerStage: WAR, DJ set by DJ Afro, Crotona Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Nortec Collective Presents Bostich & Fussible, Mexican Institute of Sound, Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, July 13
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Bang on a Can All Stars, Colonels Row, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

SummerStage: Julieta Venegas, Carla Morrison, Alex Anwandter, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

River to River: Brasslands screening with live performances by Zlatne Uste, Slavic Soul Party!, and Raya Brass Band, Brookfield Place Plaza, 6:30

SummerStage: The Ghetto Brothers, screening of From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale, Crotona Park, 7:00

River to River: So Percussion and the Joshua Light Show, Amid the Noise, Imaginary City, and Where (we) Live, with Grey Mcmurray, Angelica Negron, Kaoru Watanabe, and others, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 7:30

On Stage at Kingsborough Presents Hot Summer Nights: the George Gee Swing Orchestra featuring vocalists Hilary Gardner and John Dokes and special guests Lindy Hoppers, Samantha Siegel, and Brian Lawton, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., 8:00

Dracula with the Philip Glass Ensemble, Kishi Bashi, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, location and program to be announced, 8:00

Sunday, July 14
MoonDance: Swing with George Gee, Pier 84, dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00

SummerStage: Fanfare Ciocarlia, Red Baraat, DJ sets by Joro-Boro, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays Presents Drums and Dance of India, Pier 1, Riverside Park South, 7:00

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, College of Staten Island, 8:00

Monday, July 15
New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Great Lawn, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, July 16
SummerStage: Mambo to Hip-Hop Part 3: The Graffiti Movement and the Media It Inspires, the Point CDC, 12 noon – 6:00 pm

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Tim O’Brien, City Winery backyard, 5:00

Stars of Tomorrow: Students from Mannes College, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 6:30

New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Van Cortlandt Park, 8:00

SummerStage: Meli’sa Morgan, Marley Marl, hosted by Bob Lee, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with soprano Erin Morley, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, and tenor Stephen Costello, with pianist Bradley Moore, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 17
SummerStage: Force MDs, Horace Brown, Jeff Redd, Marley Marl, hosted by Bob Lee, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 18
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Fatoumata Diawara, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, F#%king Up Everything, Sistas the Musical, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: Ben Sollee, Madison Square Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Black Sheep, Das EFX, Marley Marl, hosted by Bob Lee, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Tiger Lillies: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Cynthia Hopkins, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concert Series: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Coney Island, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., 7:30

Friday, July 19
Good Morning America Concert Series: Jennifer Lopez, advance free tickets needed, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Fall Out Boy, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Waterboys, Alasdair Roberts, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with soprano Erin Morley, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, and tenor Stephen Costello, with pianist Bradley Moore, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00

Saturday, July 20
SummerStage: Planet Hemp, Gaby Amarantos Emicida, DJ sets by Greg Caz, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Lone Bellow, the Low Anthem, Joe Purdy, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

On Stage at Kingsborough Presents Hot Summer Nights: the Hot Sardines, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., 8:00

Sunday, July 21
SummerStage: Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits, Fatoumata Diawara, Krar Collective, DJ set by DJ Sirak, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Queens Family Day, featuring Invincible: A Tribute to the King of Pop, with PitchBlak Brass Band, Little Club Heads, DJ set by Chris Love “the Mixologist,” Queensbridge Park, 4:00

MoonDance: Salsa with Los Hermanos Colon, Pier 84, dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00

SummerStage: DJ D-Nice and twenty-fifth anniversary screening of I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Monday, July 22
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Old School Night, with Rakim, Whodini, Big Daddy Kane, and Chubb Rock, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, July 23
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Tulipa Ruiz, City Winery backyard, 5:00

Stars of Tomorrow: Students from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 6:30

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with soprano Ying Fang, tenor Mario Chang, and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel, with pianist Bradley Moore, Crotona Park, 7:00

Kronos Quartet celebrate fortieth anniversary with series of outdoor shows at Lincoln Center

Kronos Quartet celebrate fortieth anniversary with series of outdoor shows at Lincoln Center

Wednesday, July 24
Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: Dafnis Prieto Sextet, Yosvany Terry Quintet, Madison Square Park, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Red Hot + Fela Live! featuring Tony Allen and Superhuman Happiness with Tunde Adebimpe, Baloji, Abena Koomson, Kronos Quartet, Kyp Malone, Sahr Ngaujah, Sinkane and Kalmia Traver of Rubblebucket, and musical director Stuart Bogie, and Superhuman Happiness: Music from How to Survive a Plague, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, July 25
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Bombino, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Avenue Q, Rock of Ages, Soul Doctor, Murder Ballad, Gazillion Bubble Show, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

RiverRocks: Foxygen and Thao & the Get Down, Stay Down, Pier 84, 6:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with soprano Ying Fang, tenor Mario Chang, and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel, with pianist Bradley Moore, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! BeBe Winans, Alicia Olatuja, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concert Series: Smokey Robinson, Coney Island, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, with My Brightest Diamond; Emily Wells; and Kronos Quartet performing world premiere of Chernobyl.The Harvest with special guest Mariana Sadovska, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 26
Good Morning America Concert Series: Selena Gomez, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Train, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Fun Friday, with Lou Gallo, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 10:00 am

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40: Chinese American Art Council presents Romance of the Iron Bow, Hearst Plaza, 6:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Trampled by Turtles, the Devil Makes Three, Brown Bird, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, featuring Magda Giannikou, Josie Robertson Plaza, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, Kronos Quartet with Magda Giannikou performing world premiere of “Strophe in Antistrophe,” Kronos Quartet performing East Coast debut of collaboration with Vân-Ánh Võ, and a performance by the Gloaming, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 26, through Sunday, July 28
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40: Found Sound Nation, Josie Robertson Plaza, 11:30, 3:30, 4:30

Saturday, July 27
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, with Brooklyn Youth Chorus, “Play Along Chorus” with Kronos Quartet and Craig Woodson, Face the Music’s Pannonia Quartet, and Elena Moon Park & Friends performing “Rabbit Days & Dumplings,” Hearst Plaza, 12 noon

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, Family Day with OzoKidz and Dan Zanes & Friends performing a tribute to Lead Belly, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00

SummerStage: Lianne La Havas, LP, Quadron, DJ sets by DJ Center, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, Family Day with Ozomatli, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 8:00

On Stage at Kingsborough Presents Hot Summer Nights: David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Band, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., 8:00

Sunday, July 28
SummerStage: Rock Steady Crew thirty-sixth anniversary concert featuring Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth and special guests, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, Parades: Jacob Garchik’s the Heavens and Asphalt Orchestra, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, Kronos Quartet performing works by Amon Tobin, Dan Deacon, Jherek Bischoff, Yuri Boguinia, Bryce Dessner, and others with special guest appearances by Bischoff and Deacon, Asphalt Orchestra performing the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, and Jacob Garchik’s the Heavens, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:30

MoonDance: Salsa With Nu’ Dlux, Pier 84, dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00

Monday, July 29
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Scott Kettner, “Maracatu de Baque Virado: A Living and Changing Tradition,” Bruno Walter Auditorium, 6:30

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Annual Gospel Night, with Marvin Sapp, Israel Houghton and the New Breed, and the Christian Cultural Center Choir, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, July 30
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Rasputina, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with soprano Ying Fang, tenor Mario Chang, and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel, with pianist Bradley Moore, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Motown Revue, Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Tappen Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 31
Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: Erin McKeown, Lake Street Dive, Madison Square Park, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Festival au Désert — Caravan for Peace: Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa, Imharhan / Tartit, Mamadou Kelly, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:30

SummerStage: The Persuasions, Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Tappen Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 1
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Sheila E, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Kinky Boots, Big Fish, Let It Be, First Date, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: “A Tale of Two Nations,” open rehearsal with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante and Nation Beat, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with soprano Ying Fang, tenor Mario Chang, and bass-baritone Brandon Cedel, with pianist Bradley Moore, Socrates Sculpture Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Johnny Ray & Salsa con Clase, Tappen Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kyle Abraham & Abraham.in.Motion: Pavement and the Living Word Project: Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s Word Becomes Flesh, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concert Series: the Go-Go’s and Tom Tom Club, Coney Island, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, August 2
Good Morning America Concert Series: Ne-Yo, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: the Band Perry, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: “A Tale of Two Nations,” with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante and Nation Beat, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Jamie Lidell, Dan Deacon, the Stepkids, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 3
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, live music by Bocafloja, Cheikh Hamala Diabate, Danys Pérez & Oyu Oro, Bodoma Garifuna Culture Band, and Soema Montenegro and poetry by Carl Hancock Rux, David Alonso Rivera, Elizabeth Acevedo, Irma Pineda, Janet Rogers, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, John S. Blake, Lynn Hill, Nolan Eskeets, and Zora Howard, Damrosch Park, 12 noon

SummerStage: WLIB sixth annual Gospel Explosion, with Shirley Caesar, Ricky Dillard, James Fortune & F.I.Y.A., Donald Lawrence, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: El Gusto, ZviDance: Dabke, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, Banda Magda, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, August 4
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday: The S(e)OUL of Korea, Josie Robertson Plaza, 1:00

SummerStage: WBLS fifth annual R&B Fest, with Raheem DeVaughn, Lyfe Jennings, and special guests, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, live music by Bocafloja, Cheikh Hamala Diabate, Danys Pérez & Oyu Oro, Bodoma Garifuna Culture Band, and Soema Montenegro and poetry by Carl Hancock Rux, David Alonso Rivera, Elizabeth Acevedo, Irma Pineda, Janet Rogers, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, John S. Blake, Lynn Hill, Nolan Eskeets, and Zora Howard, Teatro Pregones, 3:00

MoonDance: Tango with Hector Del Curto’s Eternal Tango Orchestra, Pier 84, dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Sacred Drums, featuring Silvercloud Singers, Manuela Arciniegas & the Legacy Circle, Pandit Samir Chatterjee & Friends, Silva Dance Company, Something Positive Dance Company, Kaoru Watanabe Ne-O Ensemble, Roman Diaz & Omi Odara, Ousmane Sall & Yakar Roots and Rhythms, Neil Clarke, Kimati Dinizulu & Adam Rudolph, and Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Will Calhoun, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Monday, August 5
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Annual Caribbean Night, with Morgan Heritage, Kes the Band, and the Mighty Sparrow, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 6
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Early Elton: A Tribute to Elton John, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: Jungle Brothers, Zhigge, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 7
SummerStage: Bilal, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series: Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Rubén Blades, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Titus Andronicus will headline RiverRocks on August 8 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Titus Andronicus will headline RiverRocks on August 8 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Thursday, August 8
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Shuggie Otis, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Annie the Musical, Wicked, Cougar the Musical, The Fantasticks, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

RiverRocks: Titus Andronicus with Ducktails, Pier 84, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: No BS! Brass Band, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:30

SummerStage: Tye Tribbett, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dance Heginbotham with the Raymond Scott Orchestrette (Manhattan Research, Twin and throwaway), and Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Live score to Beasts of the Southern Wild by Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin, & the Wordless Music Orchestra, with Slavic Soul Party, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, August 9
Good Morning America Concert Series: Kenny Chesney, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Michael Bublé , Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Fab Friday, with Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Vau de Vire Society, Hungry March Band, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:30

Sunset on the Hudson: The Bay Soda Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Shaggy, TK Wonder, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra, Rosin Coven, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 10
SummerStage: Fortieth anniversary of hip-hop culture with DJ Kool Herc and special guests, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 1:00

Rite of Summer Music Festival: Ljova and the Kontraband & Fireworks Ensemble, homage to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Colonels Row, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Thirtieth Annual Roots of American Music, with Hurray for the Riff Raff, Martha Redbone Roots Project, and Trixie Whitley, Hearst Plaza, 1:30

SummerStage: “Hip-Hop Turns 40” panel discussion with DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, moderated by Jeff Chang, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Thirtieth Annual Roots of American Music, with Nick Lowe, the Crickets: The Farewell Show, and Jason Isbell, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! They Might Be Giants, Moon Hooch, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, August 11
SummerStage: Shuggie Otis, José James, Hiatus Kaiyote, DJ set by OP! (I Love Vinyl), Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Harlem Family Day featuring Illstyle & Peace Productions, Robbi K, DJ set by Stormin’ Norman, Sweet Billy & the Zooloos, 4:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Bobby Rush, Allen Toussaint, Brian and Eddie Holland moderated by Harry Weinger, and Como Mamas, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00

SummerStage: Back to the Roots – Kool Herc at 5POINTZ celebrating the fortieth anniversary of hip-hop, 5POINTZ, 5:00

SummerStage: A Soul Train Tribute to Stevie Wonder, featuring DJ Spinna, Mika, Gloria Ryann, Asa Lovechild, Darien, Mike Hammond, Chris Robb, Vivian Sessoms, and Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle and a screening of 1981 BBC documentary Hotter Than July, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

MoonDance: Swing with David Berger’s Jazz Orchestra, Pier 84, dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00

Monday, August 12
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Toni Braxton, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 13
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: 1st Annual String Festival, with Cynthia Sayer, Tony Trischka, Andy Statman, and Michael Daves, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: Toby Love, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 14
SummerStage: Andy Andy, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Seminal film celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with special free program

Seminal film celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with special free program

Thursday, August 15
Broadway in Bryant Park: Motown the Musical, Once, Mamma Mia!, Forever Tango, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

SummerStage: Bachata Heightz, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Seaside Summer Concert Series: Huey Lewis and the News Sports 30th Anniversary Tour, Coney Island, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., 7:30

Friday, August 16
Good Morning America Concert Series: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Luke Bryan, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

Saturday, August 17
SummerStage: “Speak,” featuring live music by Marla Mase and Tomás Doncker, book and lyrics by Marla Mase, choreography by Adrienne Hurd, directed by: Sara Berg, East River Park, 7:00

Sunday, August 18
SummerStage: La Mega sixth annual Tropical Fest, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Monday, August 19
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Gladys Knight, the O’Jays, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 20
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Lost Bayou Ramblers, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: Bobby McFerrin, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 21
Seaside Summer Concert Series: An Evening with Chicago, Coney Island, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., 7:30

Friday, August 23
Good Morning America Concert Series: The Wanted, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: One Direction, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Fun Friday, with the Good Ms Padgett, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 10:00 am

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45 at Christopher St., 7:00

SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: World Premiere of “Bird Is the Word” by Jimmy Heath, performed by Jimmy Heath Big Band, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 24
Blues BBQ, with Kaki King, Tracy Nelson, Heritage Blues Orchestra, Nikki Hill, Lucky Peterson featuring Tamara Peterson, Brother Jimmy’s, and Dinosaur BBQ, Pier 84, 2:00

SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with Kenny Garrett, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kim Thompson, Jaleel Shaw, Marcus Garvey Park, 3:00

Sunday, August 25
SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with Lee Konitz Quartet, Sheila Jordan, Christian Scott ,Warren Wolf, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

Monday, August 26
SummerStage: Wild Style Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration, East River Park, 6:00

Tuesday, August 27
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Carolyn Wonderland with Sasha Dobson, City Winery backyard, 5:00

SummerStage: Pete Rock vs. DJ Premier, East River Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 28
SummerStage: Mac DeMarco, East River Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 29
SummerStage: Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends Band, DJ set by DJ Lucho, East River Park, 7:00

Friday, August 30
Good Morning America Concert Series: Alicia Keys, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Chris Brown, Rockefeller Center, 7:00 am

Sunday, September 1
Rite of Summer Music Festival presents Rite a Thon, with Theo Bleckmann, Blair McMillen, Pam Goldberg, TIGUE & Classical Jam, Colonels Row, Governors Island, 12 noon – 5:00 pm

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2012

Jimmy Cliff will open 2012 Celebrate Brooklyn! season with free show June 5

Wednesday, May 30
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Friday, June 1 Piano in the Park: Terry Waldo, protégé of the late Eubie Blake, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, 12:30

Tuesday, May 30 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Khalil Madyun, One Liberty Plaza lobby, 160 Broadway, 12:30

Friday, June 1 BAM Presents: Andre Lassalle and Premonition, Albee Square on Fulton Mall, 5:30

Saturday, June 2 Howl! Festival: Disco Monkeys, Bowery Tones, Waldos, TriBattery Pops, more, Tompkins Square Park, 1:00 – 7:00

Sunday, June 3 Howl! Festival: Deans of Discipline, the Sic Fucks, and Bear 54, Danny Hartig, Jack Skuller, more, Tompkins Square Park, 1:00 – 7:00

Monday, June 4
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Friday, June 8 Piano in the Park: Armen Donelian, international pianist, composer, and bandleader, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, 12:30

Tuesday, June 5 Summer on the Plaza: Bob Stillman Trio, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, June 5 Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Concert with Jimmy Cliff, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Wednesday, June 6 SummerStage: Midnite and DJ Carter Van Pelt, hosted by Dahved Levy, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 7 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Larry Graham and Graham Central Station, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, June 7 Tropical Night at the Seaport: Chris Alfinez and His Orchestra, Jose Alberto “El Canario” and His Orchestra, and La Comision, hosted by DJ Ralph Mercardo III, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 5:00 – 9:00

Thursday, June 7 City Parks Foundation: Buckshot, Smif n Wessun, Sean Price of the Boot Camp Clik, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Friday, June 8 GMA Summer Concert Series: Counting Crows, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, June 8 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Chris Brown, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 8 Fab Fridays: Heritage OP & ArinMaya, Plaza @ Fowler Square, Fulton St., 5:00

Friday, June 8 Fab Fridays: Viva and Her Power Trio & Mais Um, Fulton @ Vanderbilt, 5:00

Friday, June 8 Fab Fridays: Djibril Toure, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 5:00

Friday, June 8 City Parks Foundation: JJ Hairston and Jessica Reedy, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 9 Tenth annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, with Jon Langford (1:00), JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound (2:45), Southern Culture on the Skids (4:30), Madison Square Park

Saturday, June 9 Celebrate Brooklyn! AfroCubism, Alsarah & the Nubatones, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, June 10 Tenth annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, with Roadside Graves (1:00), the Revelations featuring Tre Williams (2:45), Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys (4:30), Madison Square Park

Sunday, June 10 Summer on the Oval: Dan Zanes & Friends, Bari Koral Band, Peter Cooper Village / Stuyvesant Town, 3:00

Sunday, June 10 City Parks Foundation: FELA Queens, performer from the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, DJ Stomrin’ Norman, Herbert Von King Park, 4:00

Sunday, June 10 City Parks Foundation: Talib Kweli with band and screening of Brooklyn Boheme, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Monday, June 11
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Friday, June 15 Piano in the Park: Russ Kassoff, trio and solo jazz, Broadway conductor, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, 12:30

Tuesday, June 12 Summer on the Plaza: Greg August Quartet, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, June 12 City Parks Foundation: Bushman, NiyoRah, DJ Soul Selector, hosted by Dahved Levy, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 12 SummerStage: The New York Pops with Ozomatli, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00

Wednesday, June 13 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Gregory Douglass, One Liberty Plaza lobby, 160 Broadway, 12:30

Wednesday, June 13 City Parks Foundation: J. Holiday, Eric Roberson, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 14 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, June 14 Celebrate Brooklyn! Laura Marling, Michael Kiwanuka, Willy Mason, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Thursday, June 14 City Parks Foundation: EPMD, DJ Scratch, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Friday, June 15 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Justin Bieber, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 15 GMA Summer Concert Series: The Beach Boys, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, June 15 Celebrate Brooklyn! Geri Allen & Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade to Black, with Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lizz Wright, Patrice Rushen, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, June 15 SummerStage: Joey Arias, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00

Saturday, June 16 Northside Festival: Red Baraat, Dean & Britta, Mas Ysa, Hume, McCarren Park, 3:15

Saturday, June 16 Celebrate Brooklyn! Balkan Beat Box, Chico Trujillo, Nation Beat, Prospect Park Bandshell, 6:30

Kurt Vile and the Violators will be at SummerStage on June 16

Saturday, June 16 SummerStage: Dawes, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Sunday, June 17 River to River Festival: Bang on a Can Marathon, with Maya Beiser, Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening Band, Alvin Lucier, Kaki King, and many more, World Financial Center Winter Garden, 12 noon – 12 midnight

Sunday, June 17 SummerStage: The Blue Note Jazz Festival featuring Groove Theory, Soulive, Riq and Rah with Strings (Black Thought + Rahzel), DJ ?uestlove, Rumsey Playfield, 6:00

Monday, June 18
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Friday, June 22 Piano in the Park: Luiz Simas, Brazilian and American genres of jazz, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, 12:30

Tuesday, June 19 Summer on the Plaza: Edmar Castaneda Trio, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, June 19 City Parks Foundation: Das Racist, Action Bronson, and Trouble Andrew, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 19 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra plays Rossini’s “Overture: Il Signor Bruschino,” Grieg’s “Holberg Suite,” Opus 40, Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 in A major, K 201, and Bartók’s “Romanian Folk Dances,” Historic Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, June 20 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: James Braddock and Band, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday June 20 River to River Festival — Philip Glass Ensemble: A Retrospective, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 20 City Parks Foundation: Lyricist Lounge Twenty-Year Anniversary with Brand Nubian and Game Rebellion, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 21 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Ky-Mani Marley, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, June 21 Summer on the Plaza: Make Music New York, with Simon Mulligan: The Gershwin Hour, Grace Building Plaza, 43rd St. at Sixth Ave., 12:30

Thursday, June 21 Summer on the Plaza: Make Music New York, with Edmar Castaneda, One New York Plaza, Water & Broad Sts., 5:00

Thursday June 21 River to River Festival / Make Music New York: Kun by Wendy Mae Chambers, Piers 15&16, 4:30 – 8:31

Thursday, June 21 City Parks Foundation: Deer Tick, Jonny Corndawg, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Thursday June 21 River to River Festival: Eddie Palmieri, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 21 Celebrate Brooklyn! Mary Mary, Latice Crawford, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, June 22 GMA Summer Concert Series: Mary J. Blige, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, June 22 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Kenny Chesney, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 22 Celebrate Brooklyn! Keb’ Mo’, Natalia Zukerman, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, June 22 River to River Festival: The Miracles Club, Pier 17, 8:00

Saturday, June 23 Summer on the Oval: The Wood Brothers, Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, Peter Cooper Village / Stuyvesant Town, 3:00

Saturday, June 23 Celebrate Brooklyn! Lyricist Lounge Twentieth Anniversary featuring Ghostface Killah, Camp Lo, Astro, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 23 River to River Festival: Chico Mann, Pier 17, 8:00

Sunday, June 24 SummerStage: Alabama Shakes, Diamond Rugs, Robert Ellis, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Sunday, June 24 River to River Festival — Sundays at St. Paul’s: Manado, Manila and Manhattan, St. Paul’s Chapel, 7:30

Monday, June 25 River to River Festival: Oceanic Verses by Paola Prestini and Donna Di Novelli, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 3 Spruce St., 7:30

Monday, June 25
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Friday, June 29 Piano in the Park: Joel Forrester, contemporary, boogie-woogie, trance, and stride, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, 12:30

Tuesday, June 26 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Angela M Trio, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, June 26 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Portland Cello Project, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Suzanne Vega will team up with Gabriel Kahane for Poetic City on June 26

Tuesday, June 26 River to River Festival: Poets House’s Poetic City with Suzanne Vega & Gabriel Kahane, featuring poets Tina Chang and Paolo Javier, Rockefeller Park, 6:00

Tuesday, June 26 SummerStage: Workmen’s Circle Yiddishfest 2012: Singing for a Better World featuring the Klezmatics, SoCalled, Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, Joshua Nelson NYT-Folksbiene’s “Soul to Soul,” Yiddish Princess, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Tuesday, June 26 City Parks Foundation: Cano Estremera, Soundview Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 27 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Emily Elbert, One Liberty Plaza lobby, 160 Broadway, 12:30

Wednesday, June 27 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: Gretchen Parlato and Gregory Porter, Madison Square Park, 6:30

Wednesday, June 27 River to River Festival: Third World, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 27 City Parks Foundation: Safire, Lisette Melendez, DJ Lucho, Soundview Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 28 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Fishbone, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, June 28 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Angelo M Trio, One New York Plaza, Water & Broad Sts., 12:30

Thursday, June 28 River to River Festival — Source of Uncertainty I: Music of the Buchla Synthesizer & the Control Voltage Faire, @Seaport, 210 Front St., fair begins at 3:00,

Thursday, June 28 City Parks Foundation: Our Latin Thing: A Tribute to the Fania All Stars with Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Soundview Park, 7:00

Friday, June 29 GMA Summer Concert Series: LMFAO, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, June 29 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Maroon 5, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday June 29 River to River Festival: Veronica Falls with the People’s Temple, Pier 17, the Seaport, 7:00

Friday June 29 River to River Festival — EcstaticTM Summer: Roomful of Teeth with Merrill Garbus & William Brittelle and Judd Greenstein’s The Yehudim, World Financial Center Plaza, 7:00

Friday, June 29 Celebrate Brooklyn! Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, the Brooklyn Steppers, Dayna Kurtz, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 30 Crest Fest: Crest Hardware Art Show with PitchBlak Brass Band, Aabaraki, Workout, Hard Nips, Grey Sky Appeal, and DJ sets by Petey Complex, King Cut, Lucas Walters, Peter Hale, Dom Leon, Krunk Pony, 558 Metropolitan Ave., 1:00 – 7:00

Saturday, June 30 Summer on the Oval: Garland Jeffreys, Shamekia Copeland, Peter Cooper Village / Stuyvesant Town, 3:00

Saturday, June 30 City Parks Foundation: Legendary House of Ninja, KR3TS, Milteri Tucker and special guests, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 30 Celebrate Brooklyn! Angélique Kidjo’s Women Waging Peace with special guests Laurie Anderson, Sibongile Khumalo, and Somi, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, July 1 River to River Festival: Sundays At St. Paul’s: Composer Portrait: The Choral Music of Nico Muhly, Trinity Choir, conducted by Julian Wachner, St. Paul’s Chapel, 8:30pm

Monday, July 2 River to River Festival: Inverted Sky, Kite Project 2012 by Erika Harrsch and Julian Wachner, Rockefeller Park, 4:00

Monday, July 2 River to River Festival: The Bridge to Broadway starring Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Gretchen Parlato, Sachal Vasandani, and Tia Fuller, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 3 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Brother Joscephus with Betty, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 3 City Parks Foundation: José “El Canario” Alberto, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 3 River to River Festival: Arieb Azhar, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 7:30

Wednesday, July 4 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: Noam Pikelny and Friends, the Sweetback Sisters, and Spuyten Duyvil, Madison Square Park, 3:00

Thursday, July 5 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Van Hunt, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 5 River to River Festival: Burtt & the Cure for Love, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Thursday, July 5 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Megan Burtt & the Cure for Love, One New York Plaza, Water & Broad Sts., 12:30

Thursday, July 5 City Parks Foundation: 8 y Más presents a Tribute to Tito Puente, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Friday, July 6 GMA Summer Concert Series: Demi Lovato, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, July 6 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Flo Rida, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 6 Passport Fridays: Haiti, with dance by ASE Dance Theatre Collective, music by DJA-Rara, and screening of When the Drum Is Beating (Whitney Dow, 2011), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 6 River to River Festival: Patrick Watson with Loney Dear, Pier 17, the Seaport, 7:00

Saturday, July 7 CBGB Festival: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Hold Steady, Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Superchunk, Glint, Upper West, Zulu Wave, Times Square, 12 noon – 6:00 pm

Saturday, July 7 Rite of Summer Classical Music Festival featuring Ljova and the Kontraband, Governors Island, free, 1:00 & 3:00

Saturday, July 7 SummerStage: CBGB Festival with Guided by Voices, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Cloud Nothings, and more, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, July 7 Celebrate Brooklyn! Souad Massi, Simon Shaheen, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 7 River to River Festival: Source of Uncertainty II featuring Morton Subotnick’s “Energy Shapes” and excerpts from “Silver Apples of the Moon” and Richard Lainhart’s “Orchestra of the Damned,” Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 7:30

Sunday, July 8 SummerStage Kids Family Day with Justin Roberts and the Not So Ready for Naptime Players, Ill Style & Peace Productions, the New York Chinese Cultural Center, and the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Sunday, July 8 Celebrate Brooklyn! Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Sunday, July 8 City Parks Foundation: Frankie Negron, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Sunday, July 8 River to River Festival: Sundays at St. Paul’s: synesthetic engines featuring Taylor Deupree, Blake Carrington, and Daniel Iglesia, St. Paul’s Chapel, 7:30

Tuesday, July 10 Summer on the Plaza: Locos por Juana, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 10 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Marco Benevento, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 10 River to River Festival: La India with Aurora & Zon del Barrio, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 10 Live at the Gantries: Latin Jazz Coalition, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 10 City Parks Foundation: Chubb Rock, Kurtis Blow, DJ Bent Roc, Crotona Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 10 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: the Knights play Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll,” Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129, Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” Adès’s “Three Studies from Couperin,” and Jacobsen/Abbas’s “Ascending Bird,” hosted by Midge Woolsey, Historic Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 11 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Ian Link, One Liberty Plaza lobby, 160 Broadway, 12:30

Wednesday, July 11 Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan, and John Mayall, World Financial Center Plaza, 6:00

Wednesday, July 11 SummerStage: Latin Alternative Music Conference w/ Mala Rodríguez, Profetas, Ximena Sariñana, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 11 City Parks Foundation: Nice and Smooth, Ed O.G., the Awesome 2, Crotona Park, 7:00 PM

Wednesday, July 11 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: Nellie McKay, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 11 River to River Festival: Missy Mazzoli & Victoire with Matt Mehlan and Skeletons, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 3 Spruce St., 7:30

Wednesday, July 11 Concerts in the Park: New York Philharmonic plays Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome” and “Pines of Rome,” conducted by Alan Gilbert, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Thursday, July 12 City Parks Foundation: Robbi K, Morningside Park, 10:30 am

Thursday, July 12 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Shemekia Copeland and NRBQ, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 12 Summer on the Plaza: Dana Leong Trio, One New York Plaza, Water & Broad Sts., 12:30

Thursday, July 12 RiverRocks: Dan Deacon, John Maus, Pier 84 at West 44th St., 6:00

Thursday, July 12 Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: Neko Case, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, World Financial Center Plaza, 6:00

Thursday, July 12 George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 12 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Disco Night / Last Dance, a Tribute to Donna Summer, with Gloria Gaynor, the Village People, the Trammps, and Rose Royce, West 21st St. & Surf Ave. in Coney Island, 7:30

Thursday, July 12 Concerts in the Park: New York Philharmonic plays Lyadov’s “Polonaise in Memory of A.S. Pushkin,” Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, conducted by Andrey Boreyko, Cunningham Park, 8:00

Friday, July 13 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Zac Brown Band, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 13 City Parks Foundation: Andes Manta, Crotona Park, 10:30 am

Friday, July 13 City Parks Foundation: Marika Hughes and Bottom Heavy, Brower Park, 10:30 am

Friday, July 13 Fab Fridays: Joy Kelly and Velez Moore, Plaza @ Fowler Square, Fulton St., 5:00

Friday, July 13 Fab Fridays: Demolition Crew DJs, Fulton @ Vanderbilt, 5:00

Friday, July 13 Fab Fridays: Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Quartet, Putnam Triangle Plaza, 5:00

Friday, July 13 Passport Fridays: México, with music by Las Cafeteras and screening of Alamar (Pedro González-Rubio, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 13 River to River Festival: Eleanor Friedberger and Ex Cops, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Friday, July 13 Celebrate Brooklyn! Calle 13, Ana Tijoux, Ritmo Machine, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, July 13 Concerts in the Park: New York Philharmonic plays Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome” and “Pines of Rome,” conducted by Alan Gilbert, Central Park, 8:00

Archers of Loaf are back together and playing the 4Knots Music Festival on July 14

Saturday, July 14 Village Voice 4Knots Music Festival, with Archers of Loaf, Team Spirit, Doldrums, Devin, the Drums, Crocodiles, Hospitality, Bleached, Nick Waterhouse, South Street Seaport Piers 16 & 17, 1:00 – 8:00

Saturday, July 14 SummerStage: Latin Alternative Music Conference with Kinky, Los Auténticos Decadentes, 3Ball MTY, and DJ Raff, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, July 14 Live Music on the Oval: Roots & Rock Sessions with Blitzen Trapper and Ben Kweller, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 3:00

Saturday, July 14 River to River Festival: EcstaticTM Summer: A Far Cry Orchestra with Daniel Lopatin and David Lang, World Financial Center Winter Garden, 7:00

Saturday, July 14 Celebrate Brooklyn! Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, 1977) and Tragedy, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, July 15 River to River Festival: CHERYL: On the Waterfront, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, 4:00 – 10:00

Sunday, July 15 SummerStage: A Guthrie Family Reunion: Celebrating Woody Guthrie’s 100 Birthday with Arlo Guthrie, Abe Guthrie, Cathy Guthrie, Annie Guthrie, and Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Sunday, July 15 City Parks Foundation: Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue and Blue Magic, Crotona Park, 7:00

Sunday, July 15 River to River Festival: Alarm Will Sound performing John Cage’s Song Books, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 7:30

Monday, July 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Bootsy Collins and S.O.S. Band, Wingate Field, 7:30

Monday, July 16 Concerts in the Park: New York Philharmonic plays Lyadov’s “Polonaise in Memory of A.S. Pushkin,” Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, conducted by Andrey Boreyko, with violinist James Ehnes, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, July 17 Summer on the Plaza: Thomas “the Lion of Zimbabwe” Mapfumo, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 17 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Sam Moore, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 17 City Parks Foundation: The Chi-Lites and Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 17 Live at the Gantries: The Ebony Hillbillies, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 17 Concerts in the Park: New York Philharmonic plays Lyadov’s “Polonaise in Memory of A.S. Pushkin,” Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, conducted by Andrey Boreyko, with violinist James Ehnes, Van Cortlandt Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 18 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Clarence Bucaro, Grace Building Plaza, 43rd St. at Sixth Ave., 12:30

Wednesday, July 18 City Parks Foundation: Big Daddy Kane and Marley Marl, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 18 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: Jeff “Tain” Watts Quartet, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 18 The Sway Machinery and Morning Musuko, the Paper Box, 17 Meadow St. between Waterbury and Bogart, 9:00

Thursday, July 19 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 19 Lacoste Live Concert Series: Pretty Good Friends with Eugene Mirman and OK Go, Williamsburg Park

Thursday, July 19 City Parks Foundation: WAR and Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Friday, July 20 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Hot Chelle Rae, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 20 City Parks Foundation: Tony Vacca’s World Rhythms, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, 10:30 am

Friday, July 20 City Parks Foundation: Griots in Concert, Crotona Park, 10:30 am

Friday, July 20 Passport Fridays: Cuba, with dance and music by Oyu Oro and screening of Suite Habana (Fernando Pérez, 2003), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 20 Celebrate Brooklyn! Machel Montano, BélO, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 20 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Squeeze and the Romantics, West 21st St. & Surf Ave. in Coney Island, 7:30

Saturday, July 21 Live Music on the Oval: Roots & Rock Sessions with Eilen Jewell and Mark Erelli, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 3:00

Saturday, July 21 SummerStage: Bebel Gilberto, Criolo, Flávio Renegado, and DJ Béco Dranoff, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, July 21 Celebrate Brooklyn! Arturo Sandoval, Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, July 22 SummerStage: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, SMOD, Bibi Tanga and the Selenites, and DJ Chief Boima, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Monday, July 23 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, annual Caribbean Night with Bunji Garlin & Asylum and the Mighty Sparrow, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, July 24 Summer on the Plaza: Les Chauds Lapins, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 24 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Brazil Fest with Luisa Maria, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 24 City Parks Foundation: Full Force, Johnny Kemp of Force MD’s, Jeff Redd, and Meli’sa Morgan, Springfield Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 24 Live at the Gantries: Tahuantinsuyo Music of the Andes, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 24 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: the Knights play Reich’s “Duet,” Purcell’s “Airs and Dances,” a world premiere by Matt Herskowitz, Milhaud’s “La création du monde,” Op. 81a, Copland’s “Quiet City,” and Haydn’s Symphony No. 8, “Le Soir,” hosted by Midge Woolsey, Historic Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 25 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song, with Sarah Donner, Grace Building Plaza, 43rd St. at Sixth Ave., 12:30

Wednesday, July 25 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: Regina Carter’s “Reverse Thread,” Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 25 City Parks Foundation: Le’Andria Johnson, Trin-I-Tee 5:7, Brian Courtney Wilson, and Amber Bullock, Springfield Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 25 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Nile Rodgers & the CHIC Organization, DJ KS*360 aka Kwikstep presents Behind the Groove, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Wednesday, July 25 Summer Recital Series: Met Opera in the Parks Danielle de Niese, Dimitri Pittas, John Del Carlo, and pianist Dan Saunders, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00

Thursday, July 26 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Pedrito Martinez, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 26 RiverRocks: Oberhofer, the Soft Pack, Pier 84 at West 44th St., 6:00

Thursday, July 26 City Parks Foundation: Tamia, Springfield Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 26 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: G.R.U.B.B. (Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats), the Stooges Brass Band, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, July 26 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Annual Latino Music by the Sea, with Oscar De Leon, Luis Enrique, and N’Klabe, West 21st St. & Surf Ave. in Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, July 27 GMA Summer Concert Series: No Doubt, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, July 27 City Parks Foundation: Shine and the Moonbeams, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, 10:30 am

Friday, July 27 Passport Fridays: Egypt, with dance and music by Egyptian Celebration Company and screening of Microphone (Ahmad AbdallahmadAbdalla, 2010), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 27 Summer Recital Series: Met Opera in the Parks Danielle de Niese, Dimitri Pittas, John Del Carlo, and pianist Dan Saunders, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Friday, July 27 Celebrate Brooklyn! The Head and the Heart, Lost in the Trees, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 27 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Los Irreales de Ondatrópica featuring Michi Sarmiento, Alfredito Linares, Pedro Ramayá Beltran, Markitos Micolta, & Wilson Viveros and Wil-Dog el Gavachillo featuring Banda Sol de Santa Cruz, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 28 Live Music on the Oval: Roots & Rock Sessions with Alejandro Escovedo and Kat Edmonson, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 3:00

Saturday, July 28 SummerStage: Gary Clark Jr. and Givers, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, July 28 Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: The Muppet Movie (Frank Oz, 1979) and Loser’s Lounge, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 28 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Istanbulive presents Selda Bağcan, Ilhan Erşahin’s Wonderland featuring Hüsnü Senlendirici, and the Secret Trio, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, July 29 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: “OurLand”: Celebrating Irish Culture in America! The Music, the Bards, the Magic, Hearst Plaza Stage, 2:00

Sunday, July 29 SummerStage: Héctor “El Torito” Acosta, DJ Lobo, and Alex Sensation, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Sunday, July 29 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: “OurLand”: Celebrating Irish Culture in America! The Music, the Bards, the Magic, Josie Robertson Plaza, 5:00

Sunday, July 29 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: “OurLand”: Celebrating Irish Culture in America! The Music, the Bards, the Magic, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:00

Sunday, July 29 City Parks Foundation: Taj Weekes & Adowa, Shine & the Moonbeams, Randolph Matthews, screening of Africa United, Springfield Park, 7:00

Monday, July 30 City Parks Foundation: Shine and the Moonbeams, Coffey Park, 10:30 am

Monday, July 30 City Parks Foundation: Randolph Matthews, Rochdale Park, 10:30 am

Monday, July 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Public Enemy and Salt-n-Pepa, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, July 31 Summer on the Plaza: Maria de Barros, World Financial Center Plaza, 220 Vesey St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 31 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Ollabelle, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, July 31 Summer Recital Series: Met Opera in the Parks with Edward Parks, Deanna Breiwick, Alexander Lewis, and pianist Vlad Iftinca, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Tuesday, July 31 City Parks Foundation: Keith Murray, the Beatnuts, Tappen Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 31 Live at the Gantries: Blue Pipa Trio, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 1 Summer on the Plaza: Michael Pemberton, Grace Building Plaza, 43rd St. at Sixth Ave., 12:30

Wednesday, August 1 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: An evening with Suzzy and Maggie Roche, Sloan Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche, Madison Square Park, 6:30

Wednesday, August 1 The Concerts for City Greens: Love Will Keep Us Together, celebrating the songs of Neil Sedaka, with Neil Sedaka, Carole Demas, Holland Grossman, Marquee Five, Jim Van Slyke, Terese Genecco, Sean Harkness, and Bill Zeffiro, hosted by Raissa Katona Bennett, Tudor City Greens, 6:30

Wednesday, August 1 City Parks Foundation: Rob Base, Tappen Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 1 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Yemen Blues, Khaira Arby, UkanDanZ, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Thursday, August 2 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Blitz the Ambassador, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, August 2 City Parks Foundation: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 2 City Parks Foundation: GQ and Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, Tappen Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 2 Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli, 1968) and the Love Show, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 2 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: On Sacred Ground: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, arranged and performed by the Bad Plus, and Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 2 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx, Lou Gramm: The Voice of Foreigner, and Bobby Kimball: Original Lead Singer of Toto, West 21st St. & Surf Ave. in Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, August 3 Passport Fridays: West Indies, with dance by Something Positive, music by Village Drums of Freedom, and screening of Fire in Babylon (Stevan Riley, 2011), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 3 Celebrate Brooklyn! Wild Flag, Mission of Burma, Ted Leo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

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Saturday, August 4 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kimmo Pohjonen & Helsinki Nelson: Accordion Wrestling, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 8:30

Saturday, August 4 Parked! A Food Truck Festival, with Ulysses Cannon, Liza Colby Sound, the Juggs, Johnnie Lee Jordan & the Boys, the Loom, and John Hammond, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm

Saturday, August 4 Rite of Summer Classical Music Festival featuring the Jack Quartet, Governors Island, free, 1:00 & 3:00

Saturday, August 4 SummerStage: Amadou & Mariam, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, August 4 Celebrate Brooklyn! The Del McCoury Band, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Spirit Family Reunion, Prospect Park Bandshell, 6:30

Sunday, August 5 SummerStage: Fifth annual Gospel Explosion featuring Hezekiah Walker and Friends, Vashawn Mitchell, Le’Andria Johnson, and James Fortune & F.I.Y.A., Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 4:00

Sunday, August 5 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday: Ayiti Rasanble! Featuring Feet of Rhythm, Kongo featuring Peniel Guerrier, La Troupe Makandal, and Raram, Hearst Plaza, 1:00–6:00

Sunday, August 5 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Las Caras Lindas de Mi Gente Negra—Homenja a Tite Curet Alonso featuring Grupo Esencia de Ponce, Puerto Rico, and Viento de Agua, with special guest Lalo Rodríguez, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Monday, August 6 City Parks Foundation: Sidi Touré, the Pedrito Martinez Group, Wouter Kellerman, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Monday, August 6 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Heads of State featuring Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 7 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Ryan Montbleau Band, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, August 7 City Parks Foundation: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 7 Live at the Gantries: York College Summer Big Band, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 7 City Parks Foundation: Robert Glasper Experience with special guests, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 7 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Lara St. John, Pablo Ziegler & Friends Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Astor Piazzolla’s 1987 Central Park Concert, Historic Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 8 Summer on the Plaza: Sherita, Grace Building Plaza, 43rd St. at Sixth Ave., 12:30

Wednesday, August 8 Mad Sq. Music Oval Lawn Series: Bettye LaVette, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 8 City Parks Foundation: Smokie Norful, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 8 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dr. L. Subramaniam—Global Fusion featuring Kavita Krishnamurthi Subramaniam, Larry Coryell, Corky Siegel, Bindu Subramaniam, and Ambi Subramaniam, and the Alaev Family, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 9 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Aloe Blacc, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, August 9 RiverRocks: Wild Nothing, Grimes, Pier 84 at West 44th St., 6:00

Thursday, August 9 City Parks Foundation: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, Socrates Sculpture Garden, 7:00

Thursday, August 9 City Parks Foundation: Jon B, Jagged Edge, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 9 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: !!! and Lenny Williams, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 9 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, West 21st St. & Surf Ave. in Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, August 10 Passport Fridays: Taiwan, with dance by Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, music by Taiwanese Music Ensemble of New York, and screening of Fishing Luck (Wen-chen Tseng, 2005), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 10 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Valerie Simpson and Friends: Tribute to Nick Ashford, with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, August 10 Celebrate Brooklyn! Little Dragon, Frankie Rose, Voices of Black, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 11 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, featuring poetry and spoken word performances by Abiodun Oyewole, Aneta Brodski & Tahani, Briceida Cuevas, Charlie Chin, Gypsee Yo, Intikana, Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, Peggy Robles–Alvarado, and Rachel McKibbens and musical performances by Gerard Edery, KiT (Kuenta I Tambú), Mireya Ramos & 809 Ladies Band, Tulali, and Said Damir, with MC Simply Rob, Hearst Plaza, 12 noon

Saturday, August 11 SummerStage: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Buckwheat Zydeco, Abigail Washburn, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, August 11 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: twenty-ninth Annual Roots of American Music Festival with Otis Clay & the Platinum Band; Soulful Songwriters Circle: William Bell, Teenie Hodges, and Dann Penn; the Triple Goddess Twilight Revue — Celebrating the Music of Laura Nyro featuring Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash, Melissa Manchester, Desmond Child & Rouge, and Kate Ferber; and the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls All-Stars: Sister Songwriters, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00

Saturday, August 11 Celebrate Brooklyn! Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group, Aoife O’Donovan, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, August 12 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-ninth annual Roots of American Music Festival, with Erin McKeown and Her Fine Parade, Taylor Mac, Tom Paxton, Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird, and Pura Fé Trio, Hearst Plaza, 12 noon – 5:30

Sunday, August 12 Sound Bites: Eternal Summers, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 3:00

Sunday, August 12 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: twenty-ninth Annual Roots of American Music Festival with Otis Clay & the Platinum Band; Soulful Songwriters Circle: William Bell, Teenie Hodges, and Dann Penn; the Triple Goddess Twilight Revue — Celebrating the Music of Laura Nyro featuring Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash, Melissa Manchester, Desmond Child & Rouge, and Kate Ferber; and the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls All-Stars: Sister Songwriters, Teatro Pregones, 3:00 – 8:00

Sunday, August 12 SummerStage: The Fourth Annual R&B Fest featuring Eric Benét and others, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 4:00

Sunday, August 12 City Parks Foundation: SummerStage Kids Uptown Family Day with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People on Tour, Little Club Heads, Double Dutch Dreamz, Marcus Garvey Park, 4:00

Sunday, August 12 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-ninth annual Roots of American Music Festival, Pardon Our Analysis: An All-Star Gathering for Gil Scott-Heron, performed by Black Rock Coalition Orchestra & Guests featuring Brian Jackson, Sapphire, Martha Redbone, Abiodun Oyewole, Sandra St. Victor, Carl Hancock Rux, A. Van Jordan, Gordon Voidwell, Hanifah Walidah, and Willie Perdomo, with Aloe Blacc and Swamp Dogg, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:00

Sunday, August 12 City Parks Foundation: Yerba Buena, DJ Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love, Doin’ It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC (Bobbito Garcia & Kevin Couliau, 2012), Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 14 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Marshall Crenshaw, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Monday, August 13 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Ledisi, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 14 SummerStage: Goapele, Yolanda Zama, Come Back Africa (Lionel Rogosin, 1959), Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 14 City Parks Foundation: Toby Love, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 14 Live at the Gantries: Christel Rice, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 15 City Parks Foundation: Henry Santos, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 16 City Parks Foundation: 24 Horas, K Rose, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 16 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Gladys Knight and the Commodores, West 21st St. & Surf Ave. in Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, August 17 GMA Summer Concert Series: Neon Trees, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, August 17 Passport Fridays: Dominican Republic, with music by Irka & the Women of Fire and Los Calientes and screening of Louis Vargas: Santo Domingo Blues (Alex Wolfe, 2004), Queens Museum, 6:30

Saturday, August 18 SummerStage: Australia Day featuring Megan Washington, Emma Donavan, DJ Ashley Feraude with Jonty Hall, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Saturday, August 18 Lacoste Live Concert Series: Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Antibalas, and the Menahan Street Band, Williamsburg Park

Sunday, August 19 Sound Bites: Caged Animals, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 3:00

Sunday, August 19 SummerStage: Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebration featuring Inner Circle, Israel Vibration, the Mighty Diamonds, DJ Carter Van Pelt, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Monday, August 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Annual Gospel Night, with Cissy Houston (featuring a tribute to her daughter Whitney Houston) and Vickie Winans, Wingate Field, 7:30

Monday, August 20 City Parks Foundation: Araabmuzik, Flosstradamus, Teengirl Fantasy, and Nick Hook, East River Park, 6:00

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Thursday, August 23 Summer on the Plaza: Pastures of Plenty — A Celebration of Song: Debussy 150, One Liberty Plaza lobby, 160 Broadway, 11:30 am – 2:00 pm

Tuesday, August 21 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Toubab Crew, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Tuesday, August 21 City Parks Foundation: José Alberto “El Canario,” 8 y Más, DJ Polito Vega, East River Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 22 City Parks Foundation: Lyricist Lounge Twenty-year Anniversary w/ Pete Rock vs. DJ Premier, East River Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 23 Two Boots Twenty-fifth Anniversary Concert, East River Park, 7:00

Friday, August 24 GMA Summer Concert Series: The Wanted, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00 am

Friday, August 24 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Train, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, August 24 Passport Fridays: Puerto Rico, with dance by Bombazo Dance Company, music by Orquesta Rovira, and screening of Cayo (Vicente Juarbe, 2005), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 24 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival with Bird with Strings with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and special guests, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 25 Afropunk Festival: Erykah Badu featuring the Cannibanoids, Gym Class Heroes, Janelle Monae, Das Racist, Skindred, Toro y Moi, Reggie Watts, Spank Rock, Ninjasonik, Toshi Reagon, Straight Line Stitch, the Memorials, Bad Rabbits, Gordon Voidwell, the London Souls, Cerebral Ballzy, Phony Ppl, Body Language, and others, Commodore Barry Park, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm

Saturday, August 25 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival with Roy Haynes, Rene Marie’s “Experiment in Truth,” Derrick Hodge, and ERIMAJ, Marcus Garvey Park, 3:00

Sunday, August 26 Sound Bites: Ski Lodge, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 3:00

Saturday, August 26 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival with Gregory Porter, Andy Milne and Dapp Theory, and Sullivan Fortner, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

Tuesday, August 28 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Poundcake, City Winery courtyard, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Friday, August 31 Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Jason Mraz with special guest Christina Perri, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Monday, September 3 Rite of Summer Classical Music Festival featuring Todd Reynolds, Governors Island, free, 1:00 & 3:00

Friday, September 7 Lacoste Live Concert Series: Bob Mould Plays Copper Blue and Silver Age, along with Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and Mould Solo Classics, Williamsburg Park

SEASIDE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will strut her impressive stuff at free Seaside Summer Concert Series in Coney Island on Thursday night

West 21st St. & Surf Ave.
Thursday, July 14, free, 7:30
Series continues Thursday nights through August 18
718-222-0600
www.brooklynconcerts.com
www.joanjett.com

Since she was a teenager in Maryland, Joan Jett has been showing how much she loves rock and roll, turning her Suzi Quatro obsession into a nearly forty-year career that has featured some of pop and punk’s most endearing classics. First with the Runaways and then with the Blackhearts, Jett has powered her way through a memorable collection of originals and covers, from “Cherry Bomb” and “Bad Reputation” to “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)” and “Crimson and Clover,” from “Fake Friends” and “Everyday People” to “Little Liar” and “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” from “Light of Day” and “Love Is Pain” to “Bits and Pieces” and “Change the World.” Live she’s a bundle of furious energy, sweating it up in a bikini top that reveals her taut figure. Although she’s released only one studio album since 1995, the 2006 record Sinner, which included such tracks as “Naked” and “Androgynous” (and several collaborations with riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna), she never feels like a mere retro act, giving it all she’s got night after night. One of the legendary women of rock, Jett will be kicking off Marty Markowitz’s free Seaside Summer Concert Series this Thursday night with Girl in a Coma at 7:30 at West 21st St. & Surf Ave., next to the Brooklyn Cyclones’ MCU Park in Coney Island. The series, which has moved from its previous location in Brighton Beach’s Asser Levy Park because of problems with the local community, continues through August 18 with such groups as the Monkees, the Spinners, and Cheap Trick.

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2011

Florence + the Machine will be playing a free morning show and a benefit evening show June 23 in Rumsey Playfield

Once again twi-ny is putting together the easiest-to-use day-by-day calendar listings for this summer’s free concerts in New York City. This year’s shows include SummerStage, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Mad. Sq. Music, the BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the River to River Festival, the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in Central Park, events in Hudson River Park and Bryant Park, the Beach Party series at the Seaport, Good Morning America and Today show concerts, the Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, the On Stage series at Kingsborough Community College, the Washington Square Music Festival, and special programs on Governors Island, with more dates and locations to be added nearly every day.

Thursday, May 26
Celebrate Brooklyn! Bridge Dance Party: Epic Bhangra Masters Red Baraat and DJ Rekha, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Friday, May 27
Good Morning America Concert Series: Lady Gaga, ticketed event, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Wednesday, June 1
Bryant Park After Work: Paul Dempsey, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Thursday, June 2
BAM R&B Festival: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, MetroTech, 12 noon

Friday, June 3
Good Morning America Concert Series: the Go-Go’s, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Saturday, June 4
Red Hook Festival: Inspirit, La Roka RPM and Full Circle, Paul Josephs and Metrosonics, Tato Torres y Yerba Buena, the Famous Accordion Orchestra, and Aurora & Zon del Barrio, Louis J. Valentino Park & Pier, 11:00 – 7:00

Howl! Festival: International Street Cannibals, Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space, Timbila, Emily XYZ, the Living Theater, LJ Murphy, John S. Hall & Musicians, Church of Betty, Bina Shariff, Vangeline Theater, Ed Sanders & Steven Taylor, Tyler Burba, Arthur’s Landing, 2:00 – 7:00

Tuesday, June 7
SummerStage Music: Night at the Caravanserai: Tales of Wonder featuring Yo-Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble, and Silk Road Connect Students and Friends, Rumsey Playfield, 6:30

CityParks Concerts: Salute to Hip-Hop featuring EPMD / Funkmaster Flex, Betsy Head Memorial Playground, 7:00

Wednesday, June 8
Bryant Park After Work: Andrew Atkinson Quartet, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

CityParks Concerts: Special Ed, Betsy Head Memorial Playground, 7:00

Thursday, June 9
BAM R&B Festival: Dionne Farris, MetroTech, 12 noon

Tropical Music Night: A Musical Tribute to Three Cultures . . . One Music (Salsa, Bachata, Merengue), with Domingo Quinones, Milly Quesada, 24 Horas, Plena Libre, Chris Alfinez, Miguel Cotto, DJ JI Starr, DJ Wreck, and more, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 5:00 – 9:00

CityParks Concerts: B.T. Express / Rhythm Revue with Felix Hernandez, Betsy Head Memorial Playground, 7:00

Union Hall Street Thursdays: DJ Dubmaster Chris, Union Hall St. between Jamaica & Archer Aves., 6:00

Friday, June 10
Good Morning America Concert Series: Jennifer Hudson, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: The Script, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Celebrate Brooklyn! Andrew Bird, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Saturday, June 11
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, with Bambi Kino (1:00), Guitar Shorty (2:45), and Dale Watson (4:30), Madison Square Park

Coheed and Cambria with Adrian Belew Power Trio and Tigers Jaw, Williamsburg Waterfront, East River State Park, 5:30

SummerStage Music: Blue Note Jazz Festival: Medeski Martin & Wood, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Shlank Squad / Elite Force / Ladies of Hip-Hop / MAWU, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Sunday, June 12
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, with Doug Wamble (1:00), Those Darlins (2:45), and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears (4:30), Madison Square Park

Tuesday, June 14
Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concert: The Decemberists and Best Coast, Prospect Park Bandshell, $35, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Tye Tribbett, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Laurie Anderson will team up with Bill Laswell at Castle Clinton on June 30 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Wednesday, June 15
Bryant Park After Work: David Berkeley, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

CityParks Concerts: Nice and Smooth / The Awesome 2, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 16
BAM R&B Festival: Geri Allen and Timeline, MetroTech, 12 noon

Union Hall Street Thursdays: Mambo Negro, Union Hall St. between Jamaica & Archer Aves., 6:00

CityParks Concerts: Jon B / Olivia, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Hal Willner’s Freedom Riders Project, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, June 17
Good Morning America Concert Series: Selena Gomez, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Kenny Chesney, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18CityParks Concerts: “Indomitable: James Brown” featuring Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber / Brandon Victor Dixon, Herbert Von King Park, 8:00

Saturday, June 18
Crest Fest ’11: Crest Hardware Art Show presents the Suzan, Gunfight!, Emefe, and Little Victory, with DJs Dom Rocket, King Cut, Nick Catchdubs, Peter Hale, Lucas Walters, Krunk Pony, Synapse, Rok One, and Fat & EZ, 558 Metropolitan Ave., 1:00 – 7:00

Sunday, June 19
River to River: Bang on a Can Marathon, with Philip Glass, Bryce Dessner, Glenn Branca, Sun Ra Arkestra, the Asphalt Orchestra, Signal, WFC, 12 noon – 12 midnight

CityParks Concerts: Brooklyn Teen Family Day Featuring: Black Girls Rock! / Phony PPL / Bed Stuy Veterans / Urban Word NYN / Brooklyn Steppers, Herbert Von King Park, 3:00

Monday, June 20
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Tuesday, June 21
River to River: Group, New York Stock Exchange, Wall St. at Broad St., 12:30

River to River: Ivan & Alyosha, acoustic, One New York Plaza, 12:30

River to River: Hoketus, with members of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Federal Hall, Wall St., 1:00

River to River: Ivan & Alyosha, full band, WFC Plaza, 5:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with Mike Doughty, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

CityParks Concerts: Talib Kweli, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Rosanne Cash will take part in a special tribute to the Bottom Line on June 22 in Rockefeller Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Wednesday, June 22
River to River: Rebecca Jordan, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Bryant Park After Work: Yvonnick Prene Quintet, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

River to River: Bottom Line — NY on My Mind, with Rosanne Cash, Marshall Crenshaw, Willie Nile, Martin Rivas, Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche, Loudon Wainwright III, Dar Williams, music director John Leventhal, and house band Mojo Mancini, with New York City stories read by Christine Lavin and Vin Scelsa, hosted by Meg Griffin, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Tift Merritt, Madison Square Park, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Ozomatli, Red Hook Park, 7:00

SummerStage Music: Reggie Watts and Natasha Leggero, Rumsey Playfield, 7:30

Thursday, June 23
BAM R&B Festival: A Day in Treme: The Musical Majesty of New Orleans, MetroTech, 12 noon

Union Hall Street Thursdays: York College Blue Notes, Union Hall St. between Jamaica & Archer Aves., 6:00

River to River: Vijay Iyer, Castle Clinton, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: We Are Scientists / Milagres, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Ledisi and Anthony David, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, June 24
Good Morning America Concert Series: Florence & the Machine, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Bruno Mars, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

SummerStage Music Benefit: Florence & the Machine, Rumsey Playfield, $35, 6:30

River to River: The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Reggie Watts / DJ Stormin’ Norman, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Roy Hargrove Quintet, the Badwagon featuring Jason Moran’s Bandwagon & the Bad Plus, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 25
Fort Greene Festival: Mos Def, Sophia Urista, Paperdoll, Game Rebellion, Navegante, Res, Mariella, Medina Green, and Clarke, Fort Greene Park, 12 noon – 10:00 pm

SummerStage Music: Lee Fields & the Expressions and Fitz & the Tantrums, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! the Heavy, the London Souls, and Superhuman Happiness, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, June 26
River to River: Sound Bites Summer Series with My Teenage Stride, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 2:00

SummerStage Music: Hugh Masekela, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Tuesday, June 28
River to River: Emmet Cohen, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with the New York Gypsy All-Stars, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

River to River: New York City Opera — Rufus Wainwright Goes to the Opera!, with New York City Opera singers and pianist Kevin Murphy premiering songs from his upcoming opera, Prima Donna, WFC Winter Garden, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: “Salute to Hip-Hop” featuring Funkmaster Flex and special guests, Soundview Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 29
River to River: Eric Walton: Esoterica, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Bryant Park After Work: Danica Dora, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Dale Ann Bradley, the Steel Wheels, Madison Square Park, 6:00

River to River: Chrisette Michele, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends Band, Soundview Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 30
BAM R&B Festival: Bobbi Humphrey, MetroTech, 12 noon

River to River: Emmet Cohen, WFC Plaza, 5:30

Music in the Square: Metermaids, Union Square Park, Million Dollar Quartet, 4:30, and the Aviation Orange, 6:00

CityParks Concerts: Hector Tricoche / Chris Alfinez, Soundview Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Justin Townes Earle, Punch Brothers, the Hackensaw Boys, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

River to River: Laurie Anderson and Bill Laswell, Castle Clinton, 7:00

Central Astoria Independence Celebration: Astoria Symphony and Grucci fireworks, Astoria Park, 7:30

Fourth of July Fireworks Concert: Alive N Kickin’, Orchard Beach, 8:00

Lower Dens will headline a River to River show at the South Street Seaport on July 1 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Friday, July 1
Good Morning America Concert Series: Beyonce, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Pitbull featuring T-Pain and Ne-Yo, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

River to River: Lower Dens and Dirty Beaches, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Steel Pulse and Natural Expression Rhythm Band, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 2
River to River: Running of the Stocks, Broad & Wall Sts., 1:00

Rite of Summer Music Festival: Terry Riley’s “In C,” with more than forty musicians led by piano impresario Jed Distler, Colonel’s Row, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

River to River: TriBattery Pops: Independence Day Weekend Celebration, Zuccotti Park, 2:00

Hot Summer Nights: Brooklyn Community Wind Ensemble & Concert Band, Stars and Stripes Forever Concert, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, 8:00

Sunday, July 3
River to River: Sound Bites Summer Series with the Hairs, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 2:00

Tuesday, July 5
River to River: Sarlin Levine Ganz, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with the Holmes Brothers, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30


Wednesday, July 6
River to River: Michael Pemberton, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Bryant Park After Work: ZigZag Quartet, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Lionel Loueke Trio, Edmar Castaneda Trio plus special guest Andrea Tierra, Madison Square Park, 6:00

SummerStage Music: Jarabe de Palo, Ely Guerra, Novalima, and Mr. Pauer, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Summer of Music: Harlem Outdoor Music and Screening Series, with music by DJ Laylo & Eli Efi and screening of Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer (Charlie Ahearn, 2011), Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

River to River: Poets House featuring Jose James & Bobbi Humphrey, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 7
BAM R&B Festival: RAM, MetroTech, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Stomp, Baby It’s You, Sister Act, Zarkana, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30 pm

River to River: Ellio Villafranca: Cuban Roots Cuban Soul, WFC Plaza, 5:30

Music in the Square: Sandel, Union Square Park, 6:00

River to River: My Brightest Diamond with yMusic, Castle Clinton, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Court Yard Hounds and the Abrams Brothers, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 8
Good Morning America Concert Series: Miranda Lambert, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Blake Shelton, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Ecuador, with dance by Ayezamana, music by Sal y Mileto, and screening of Prometeo Deportado (Fernando Mieles, 2010), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

River to River: The Wake and Weekend, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Los Lobos, Hello Seahorse! and Zigmat, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, July 9
Rockbeach: Penguin Prison, Wild Yaks, Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, and Monogold, Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn, advance registration required for show and $20 shuttle bus, 2:00 – 8:00

SummerStage Music: ChocQuibTown, Rita Indiana, Ursula 1000, and Que Bajo?!, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

4Knots Kickoff Show: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists play The Tyranny of Distance, with Screaming Females, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Lyricist Lounge featuring Raekwon, Smif-N-Wessun, Joell Ortiz, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Hot Summer Nights: The Danny Repole Swing Band, Seaside Swing Concert, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, 8:00

Sunday, July 10
River to River: Sound Bites Summer Series with pow wow!, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 2:00

Beach Party: Cheeseburger, Beekman Beer Garden, Northside Pier 17, Beekman at South St., 3:00

MoonDance: David Berger Jazz Orchestra, swing dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00, Hudson River Park, Pier 84, West 44th St.

Monday, July 11
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Wingate Field, 7:30

Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Angela Meade, soprano; Dimitri Pittas, tenor; Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Bradley Moore, pianist, Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00

Tuesday, July 12
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with Vernon Reid, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Washington Square Music Festival: Opera in the Park, with Festival Chamber Orchestra performing Mozart’s “The Impresario” and Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony,” conducted by Michael Spierman, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concert: Animal Collective, Prospect Park Bandshell, $35, 6:30

Wednesday, July 13
River to River: Extraordinary Moves: Third Rail Projects: Looking Glass, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Madison Square Park, 6:00

Bryant Park After Work: Shenandoah and the Night, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

River to River: All in Good Time: A Celebration for Jonathan Schwartz, hosted by and starring John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Angela Meade, soprano; Dimitri Pittas, tenor; Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Bradley Moore, pianist, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 14
BAM R&B Festival: Swamp Dogg, MetroTech, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Chicago, Million Dollar Quartet, Catch Me If You Can, Newsical, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30 pm

Music in the Square: Ava Luna, Union Square Park, 6:00

River to River: Patti Smith and her band, Castle Clinton, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Frankie Gavin & De Dannan, Liam Ó Maonlaí, and McPeake, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

RiverRocks: tune-yArDs and Austra, Pier 54, Hudson River Park, West 14th St., 7:00

Seaside Summer Concerts: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Girl in a Coma, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, July 15
Good Morning America Concert Series: Brad Paisley, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Chris Brown, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Africa, with dance and music by Ballet African International and screening of Africa United (Debs Gardner-Paterson, 2010), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

River to River: The Radio Dept. and Asobi Seksu, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Shirley Caesar and Vy Higgensen’s Gospel for Teens Choir, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 15, and Saturday, July 16
SummerStage Music: Special Commission Dance & Music with Vijay Iyer, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00

Saturday, July 16
River to River: Field Day, Governors Island, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

River to River: MP3 Experiment, secret location, 1:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert with Dan Zanes and the Brooklyn Youth Orchestra & Bed Stuy Veterans, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Village Voice 4 Knots Music Festival: Eleanor Friedberger, the Black Angels, Davila 666, Oberhofer, Titus Andronicus, and more, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 1:00 – 8:00

Hot Summer Nights: Chestnut Brass Company, Opening Night Concert,, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, 8:00

Sunday, July 17
River to River: Sound Bites Summer Series with Hospitality, Fulton Stall Market, South Street Seaport, 2:00

Beach Party: Xray Eyeballs, Frankie Rose, Woven Bones, and Davila 666 (DJ set), Beekman Beer Garden, Northside Pier 17, Beekman at South St., 3:00

MoonDance: Los Hermanos Colon, salsa dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00, Hudson River Park, Pier 84, West 44th St.

SummerStage Music: Pink Martini, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Monday, July 18
SummerStage Music Benefit: Levon Helm Band and Emmylou Harris with Special Guest Hayes Carll, Rumsey Playfield, $40-$50, 6;00

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Annual Gospel Night with Mary Mary, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, July 19
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

El Club de Protesta: Popular protest songs updated by Pablo Helguera, Carlo Nicolau, Eleanor Dubinsky, and Sebastian Cruz, Tenth Ave. Square on the High Line, 6:30

Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Layla Claire, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Bradley Moore, pianist, Crotona Park, Bronx, 7:00

Washington Square Music Festival: The Joy of Unfamiliar Music, with Festival Chamber Ensemble and soloists performing Emmanuel Sejourne’s Concerto for Marimba and Strings, Luciano Berio’s Opus Number Zoo for speaker and wind quintet, and Corrado Maria Saglietti’s Suite for Alto Trombone and String Quartet, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 20
Bryant Park After Work: Columbia Summer Winds, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Red Horse with Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 21
BAM R&B Festival: Urban Guerilla Orchestra with special guest Miles Jaye, MetroTech, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: The Addams Family, Billy Elliot, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Voca People, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30 pm

Music in the Square: Grooms, Union Square Park, 6:00

Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Layla Claire, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Bradley Moore, pianist, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, 7:00

Seaside Summer Concerts: An Evening with the Monkees with special guest MC Jay Black, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! West Side Story Sing- & Dance-a-long, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, July 22
Good Morning America Concert Series: Goo Goo Dolls, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Cee Lo Green, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Haiti, with dance by the Legros Cultural Arts Dance Project, music by Jocelyne Dorismé, and screening of Children of Haiti (Alexandria Hammond, 2010), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and Faaji Agba, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 23
New Village Music Festival: Corona, El Pueblo, Alma Mia, Rob the Rockstar, Mitchell Grey, Papito Sur4, Lu Fly, Daso y El Grupo Cemi, Marlex y Denzel, Tompkins Square Park, 12 noon – 6:00 pm

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Feelies, Real Estate, and Times New Viking, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Hot Summer Nights: The Birdland Big Band, Around the World in Jazz, with guest violinist Ali Bello, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, 8:00

Sunday, July 24
Rockbeach: Death Grips, Bass Drum of Death, Miracles Club, Night Manager, Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn, advance registration required for show and $20 shuttle bus, 2:00 – 8:00

Beach Party: Swirlies, Psychedelic Horseshit, Beekman Beer Garden, Northside Pier 17, Beekman at South St., 3:00

MoonDance: Octavio Brunetti’s Apeadero Sur Tango Orchestra, tango dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00, Hudson River Park, Pier 84, West 44th St.

Monday, July 25
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Charlie Wilson and Eric Benét, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, July 26
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with Forro in the Dark, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Layla Claire, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Bradley Moore, pianist, Socrates Sculpture Park, 7:00

Washington Square Music Festival: Music Making by the Master, with clarinetist Stanley Drucker performing Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K.581, Astor Piazzolla’s Four for Tango, and Anton Arensky’s String Quartet op 35 in A minor, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Matt Herskowitz Trio, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 27
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Billy Bragg: The Big Brusk, multiple locations

Bryant Park After Work: Erin and Her Cello, Fountain Terrace, 6:00
SummerStage Music: Wanda Jackson and Imelda May, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — David Wax Museum, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Billy Bragg: The Big Brusk, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Wednesday, July 27, through Sunday, July 31
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Eiko & Koma: Water, Paul Millstein Pool, Hearst Plaza, 9:30

Metronomy will be at Pier 54 with Class Actress on June 28 for one of three RiverRocks shows this summer

Thursday, July 28
BAM R&B Festival: José James, MetroTech, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Anything Goes, The Phantom of the Opera, The Fantasticks, Hair, Traces, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30 pm

Music in the Square: The Vanguard, Union Square Park, 6:00

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: Taj Mahal Trio, Amy Lavere, Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue, World Financial Center Plaza, 6:00

RiverRocks: Metronomy and Class Actress, Pier 54, Hudson River Park, West 14th St., 7:00

Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Layla Claire, soprano; Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Bradley Moore, pianist, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 3 Pianos / Taylor Made: A Jazzmobile Tribute to Dr. Billy Taylor — Barry Harris, Eric Reed, Christian Sands, with Winard Harper on drums, Chip Jackson on bass, musical director Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet, Tia Fuller on saxophones; Craig Harris on trombone; and Melba Joyce on vocals, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concerts: Mary Wilson and the Spinners, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Mark Morris Dance Group with the Brooklyn Philharmonic & the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, July 29
Good Morning America Concert Series: Debbie Gibson & Tiffany, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Journey, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Eugene Mirman and Pretty Good Friends, with Todd Barry, Patton Oswalt, Kristen Schaal, and They Might Be Giants, Williamsburg Waterfront, 5:30

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: James Blood Ulmer and the Memphis Blood Blues featuring Vernon Reid, the Growlers, and the Beauties, World Financial Center Plaza, 6:00

Passport Fridays: Taiwan, with dance by H. T. Chen & Dancers, music by Drum Spirit of China, and screening of Kung Fu Dunk (Gōngfū Guànlán) (Yen-ping Chu, 2008), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Oumou Sangare and Bassam Saba, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Don Byron New Gospel Quintet, Burnt Sugar / Danz: Conduction #6: The Trojan Rumba Suite, creative direction by Gabri Christa, Greg Tate and Germaul Barnes, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 30
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: The Ponderosa Stomp: Girl Talk symposium, moderated by Sheryl Farber, Alison Fensterstock and Lauren Onkey, David Rubenstein Atrium, 1:00 – 4:00

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra and Henry Butler featuring Dean Bowman and Sandra St. Victor, with Hazmat Modine, Ryan Shaw, Danny Kalb, and Citigrass, World Financial Center Plaza, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Double Dutch Divas, Josie Robertson Plaza, 4:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: The Ponderosa Stomp: She’s Got the Power! A Girl Group Extravaganza including a Tribute to Ellie Greenwich, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00 – 10:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Dr. John & the Lower 911, Chuck Brown, and Red Baraat, Prospect Park Bandshell, 6:30

Sunday, July 31
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Family Day, with Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre, Abadá-Capoeira, KR3T’S, and Full Circle Souljahs at 2:00, Stax Music Academy at 3:30, and Vy Higgensen’s Gospel for Teens at 5:30, Hearst Plaza

Beach Party: The Raveonettes, Eternal Summers, Beekman Beer Garden, Northside Pier 17, Beekman at South St., 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Mavis Staples, the Relatives, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

MoonDance: Nu D’Lux Funky Guajiro CD Release Party, salsa dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00, Hudson River Park, Pier 84, West 44th St.

Monday, August 1
SummerStage Music Benefit: Lykke Li, Rumsey Playfield, $30-$35, 6:30

Tuesday, August 2
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with CCB Reggae All-Stars, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concert: Sufjan Stevens, Prospect Park Bandshell, $35, 7:00

Washington Square Music Festival: The Charles Mingus Orchestra, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Wednesday, August 3
Bryant Park After Work: Joe Baione Trio, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Asphalt Orchestra, Lincoln Center plazas, 6:30

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Pedrito Martinez Group plus special guest Brian Lynch, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) & Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 4
BAM R&B Festival: Maxi Priest, MetroTech, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Rent, Wicked, Death Takes a Holiday, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30 pm

Music in the Square: The Shondes, Union Square Park, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Raya Brass Band, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Complete Metropolis with Alloy Orchestra, Marika Hughes, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Malkit Singh, Dengue Fever, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concerts: An Evening with Aretha Franklin, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, August 5
Good Morning America Concert Series: Nicki Minaj, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Today Show Toyota Concert Series: Maroon 5, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Dominican Republic, with dance by Ballet Folklorico Group of the Father Billini Association, music by Chepe & su conjunto tipico, and screening of Sugar (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, 2009), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Ra Ra Riot, Delicate Steve, and Buke & Gass, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Mujeres de Agua by Javier Limon featuring BUIKA, La Shica, Sandra Carrasco, Bassam Saba & the New York Arabic Orchestra, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 6
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, with Ash(Æ), Bodoma and the Garifuna Culture Band, Douglas Kearney, Enriqueta Lunez, Felipe Luciano, Flying Words Project: Peter Cook & Kenny Lerner, Gowri K, Joaquin Zihuatanejo, Justin Long-Moton, Mayda del Valle, Mikael Mutti & Percussivo Mundo Novo, Oba Ire, Phil Kaye, Sophia Rei, Staceyann Chin, and MC Rich Villar, Hearst Plaza, 12 noon

Brews Blues & BBQ: Guitar Pete, the Beach at Governors Island, 1:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Natural Expression Rhythm Band, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquiño and François Ladrezo & Alka Omeka, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Ailey II: Revelations, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, August 7
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday, Desconocido: El Otro Lado del Colombia / Unknown: The Other Side of Colombia, with Sexteto Tabalá, Diego Obregón y Grupo Chonta, Paíto y Los Gaiteros de Punta Brava, and Rebolu, Hearts Plaza, 1:00

Rock Yard: The Growlers, Japanther, the Death Set, Cerebral Ballzy, the So So Glos, and CSC Funk Band, the Morgan, 25 Bogart St., 2:00 – 8:00

Beach Party: Mission of Burma, Beekman Beer Garden, Northside Pier 17, Beekman at South St., 3:00

MoonDance: George Gee Swing Orchestra, swing dance lessons at 6:30, concert at 7:00, Hudson River Park, Pier 84, West 44th St.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Live from the Continent, with Blitz the Ambassador, Spoek Mathambo, and Iyadede, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Monday, August 8
SummerStage Music Benefit: Guster and Jack’s Mannequin, Rumsey Playfield, $35, 6:00

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Men of Soul starring Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, and Freddie Jackson, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 9
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with Nicole Atkins, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

CityParks Concerts: Salute to Hip-Hop, with Rob Base and Funkmaster Flex, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 10
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Spike’s Side Show, with Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Chris McDaniel, Christine Lavin, Data the Robot and Heather Knight of Marilyn Monrobot, Jonathan Nosan, Matthew Holtzclaw, Miss Saturn aka Jenny McGowan, and Stephanie Monseu & Keith Nelson of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, plazas throughout Lincoln Center, 6:00

Bryant Park After Work: The Spring Standards, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music: The Oval Lawn Series — Davell Crawford Tribute to Ray Charles, Madison Square Park, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Vashawn Mitchell, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Laurie Anderson and Friends and Todd Reynolds with Sxip Shirey, Adam Matta and Strings, with Caleb Burhans, Conrad Harris, Pauline Kim Harris, Yuki Numata, Courtney Orlando, and Ben Russell, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 11
Broadway in Bryant Park: Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, Avenue Q, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30 pm

Music in the Square: ARMS, Union Square Park, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: MarchFourth Marching Band, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concert: Cut Copy, Foster the People, and Midnight Magic, Prospect Park Bandshell, $35, 6:30

RiverRocks: Deer Tick and DOM, Pier 54, Hudson River Park, West 14th St., 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: David Dorfman Dance featuring the Family Stone: Prophets of Funk — Concert Edition, Debo Band with special guests Fendika, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

CityParks Concerts: Ryan Leslie, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Seaside Summer Concerts: Latino Music by the Sea, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, August 12
Good Morning America Concert Series: American Idol Top 11, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Egypt, with dance and music by Zikrayat and screening of Heliopolis (Ahmad Abdalla, 2009), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Tan Dun conducting the Metropolis Ensemble: The Martial Arts Trilogy, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 13
Rite of Summer Music Festival: ETHEL, Colonel’s Row, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

Brews Blues & BBQ: Danny Toan, the Beach at Governors Island, 1:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-eighth Annual Roots of American Music Festival, with Abigail Washburn, Sid Selvidge and Sons of Mud Boy, and Sun Records artist oral histories, hosted by Spike Barkin, Hearst Plaza Stage, 2:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-eighth Annual Roots of American Music Festival, with Ebony Hillbillies, Josie Robertson Plaza, 5:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-eighth Annual Roots of American Music Festival, with Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Tribute to Sun Records with Sonny Burgess & the Legendary Pacers, Cowboy Jack Clement, Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell, and Hayden Thompson, and Dailey and Vincent, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:00

Sunday, August 14
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-eighth Annual Roots of American Music Festival, Dixie Fried — The Life & Music of Jim Dickinson, panel discussion with Sid Selvidge, and Cody and Luther Dickinson, David Rubenstein Atrium, 2:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Twenty-eighth Annual Roots of American Music Festival, featuring Steve Cropper and Friends: Tribute to the “5” Royales with Bettye Lavette, Ellis Hooks & Dylan LeBlanc; the Bar-Kays; North Mississippi Allstars Duo; and Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00

Monday, August 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: An Evening with Queen Latifah, with Mary Mary, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 16
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Backyard After Work Party with the Wood Brothers, City Winery Back Parking Lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

CityParks Concerts: Bachata Heightz, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 17
Bryant Park After Work: East West Quintet, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

CityParks Concerts: Henry Santos, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 18
CityParks Concerts: Andy Andy, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Seaside Summer Concerts: Cheap Trick and the Rattlers, West 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, August 19
Good Morning America Concert Series: Taio Cruz, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Colombia, with dance by Estampas Negras, music by Pablo Mayor & Ensemble, and screening of The Accordion Kings (Alan Tomlinson, 2008), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

Sunday, August 21

Rock Yard: Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Maffew Ragazino, Delicate Steve, Party Supplies, Count Macula, Ducky, Jon Connor, the Morgan, 25 Bogart St., 2:00 – 8:00

Blues BBQ, with Marquise Knox, Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley, Walter Trout, Shakura S’Aida, and Bonerama, Pier 54, Hudson River Park, 2:00 – 9:00

Monday, August 22
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Annual Caribbean Night with Beres Hammond, Shaggy, and the Mighty Sparrow, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 23
CityParks Concerts: Tito Rojas, Lower East Salsa, East River Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 24
Bryant Park After Work: Kaylin Lee Clinton, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

CityParks Concerts: The Cold Crush Brothers, East River Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 25
CityParks Concerts: Wavves and Dum Dum Girls, East River Park, 7:00

Friday, August 26
Good Morning America Concert Series: Stevie Nicks, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Passport Fridays: Venezuela, with music by Los crema paraiso and Big Mandrake! and screening of Libertador Morales, el justiero (Efterpi Charalambidis, 2009), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30

Saturday, August 27
Canceled: The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Toots Thielemans, James Carter, Tia Fuller, and Cécile McLorin Salvant, Marcus Garvey Park, 3:00

Saturday, August 27, and Sunday, August 28
Canceled: Afro-Punk Festival, with Cee-Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae, Fishbone, Jay Electronica, Toro Y Moi, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Gordon Voidwell, Reggie Watts, Res, Joi, Rocky Business, Straight Line Stitch, and more to be announced, Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn

Sunday, August 28
Canceled: The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Archie Shepp Quartet, Madeline Peyroux, Anat Cohen, and the Gerald Clayton Trio, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

Wednesday, August 31
Bryant Park After Work: John Farnsworth Quintet, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Friday, September 2
Good Morning America Concert Series: Mary J. Blige, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Saturday, September 3
Rock Yard: Pictureplane, White Hills, Psychic Paramount, Wise Blood, Realness, the Morgan, 25 Bogart St., 2:00 – 8:00

Sunday, September 4
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Labor Day in the Sun, with codirectors Pam Goldberg and Blair McMillen collaborating with violinists Nurit Pacht and Miranda Cuckson, Colonel’s Row, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

Saturday, September 10
Brews Blues & BBQ: Joe Vadala and Jersey Shore Blues, the Beach at Governors Island, 1:30

Rock Yard: bands TBA, the Morgan, 25 Bogart St., 2:00 – 8:00

Saturday, September 17
Brews Blues & BBQ: Billy Hector, the Beach at Governors Island, 1:30

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2010

Outdoor concert experts Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth will be celebrating in Brooklyn this summer (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Nearly every day, another new free outdoor music festival is announced for the summer season, including such mainstays as SummerStage, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Mad. Sq. Music, and River to River as well as such lesser-known quantities as Music on the Oval, the Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival, and the BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival. Keep watching this space as we continue to add more free shows as they’re announced!

Monday, May 17   After Work Music with Bill McGlaughlin and Friends: Karrin Allyson Quartet, Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Friday, May 21 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, Camp Rock 2, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, May 21 Today Concert Series: The Script, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Sunday, May 23    Summer on the Hudson: Seventh Annual Mamapalooza Outdoor Extravaganza, with Swingset Mamas, KORE, AudraRox and Moey’s Music Party, Catholic Girls, Jump with Jill, Skye “the Soul Poet,” Nancy Lombardo “Momedy” MC, and more, Pier I at 70th St., 12 noon – 5:00 pm

Monday, May 24 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: The Backstreet Boys, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Monday, May 24    After Work Music with Bill McGlaughlin and Friends: Orion String Quartet, Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Tuesday, May 25 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: Jewel, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, May 28 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Sugarland, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, May 28 Today Concert Series: OneRepublic, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Sunday, May 30   Sound Bites Lunchtime Series: North Highlands, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 12 noon

Monday, May 31   The Seaport Presents: Dexter Lake Club Band, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 3:00

Monday, May 31   After Work Music with Bill McGlaughlin and Friends: An Evening of Strings with Mark O’Connor, Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Tuesday, June 1   SummerStage: Melody Gardot and the New York Pops, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Tuesday, June 1   CityParks Concerts: Jay Electronica , Red Hook Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 1   CityParks Concerts: Roy Ayers with DJ Jon Quick , Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 2   CityParks Concerts: Doug E. Fresh and DJ Dee Wiz, Von King Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 3    Today Concert Series: AMERICAN IDOL winner and runner-up, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Thursday, June 3    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Jennifer Holliday, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Friday, June 4    Today Concert Series: Justin Bieber, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 4   Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Diddy, Dirty Money, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, June 4    Red Hook Fest – Back to Front: La Excelencia, Joseph Webb & Beautiful Fire, decadancetheatre, Cora Dance, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., and more, Coffey Park, 6:00

Friday, June 4    CityParks Concerts: Akim Funk Buddha’s Flying Boom Box and Organic Magnetics, Von King Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 5    Red Hook Fest – Back to Front: La Excelencia, Joseph Webb & Beautiful Fire, decadancetheatre, Cora Dance, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., and more, Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park and pier, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 5 Pathmark MultiCultural Festival: Casym Steel Drums, Sunrise Chinese Dancers, Niall O’Leary Irish Step Dancers, Samba Novo, and Zon del Barrio, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 12 noon – 4:00

Saturday, June 5    SummerStage: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Black Rock Coalition, with Living Colour, Ebony Bones!, Pillow Theory and CX KiDTRONiK, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, June 5 CityParks Dance: Tamboula and Julio Jean Haitian American Dance Theater present a Tribute to Haiti, Von King Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 5 Gone to Governors: Yeasayer, Keepaway, and Delicate Steve, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Sunday, June 6   Downstairs in the Vault: Camera Obscura, Brooklyn Flea, One Hanson Pl., 2:00

Sunday, June 6   SummerStage: Los Van Van. Jose Conde, and A DJ Tribute to Fania Records with DJ Bobbito Garcia, DJ Laylo, and DJ SAKE-1, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Monday, June 7   After Work Music with Bill McGlaughlin and Friends: Imani Winds, Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, 6:00

John Dwyer and Thee Oh Sees will happily greet audiences at the South Street Seaport on July 16 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Tuesday, June 8 Today Concert Series: Christina Aguilera, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Tuesday, June 8 Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Brass Trio, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, June 8 Museum Mile Festival: Paul Labarbera and Rockbeat, Quarteto Rodriguez Cuban Jewish Allstars, and the Hayes Greenfield Jazz Duo, Fifth Ave. between 82nd & 105th Sts., 6:00 – 9:00

Tuesday, June 8    CityParks Concerts: Frankie Negron, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 9 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: Christina Aguilera, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Wednesday, June 9    CityParks Concerts: Nice and Smooth and the Awesome 2, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 10    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Bernie Worrell’s SociaLybrium, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, June 10   CityParks Concerts: Hezekiah Walker, Von King Park, 7:00

Friday, June 11 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Norah Jones and Sarah McLachlan, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, June 11 Today Concert Series: Rascal Flatts, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Saturday, June 12 Centennial Bee-Day Party: Hiten Marimba Duo, Mecca Bodega, Stephane Wrembel: the Django Experiment, the Persuasions, Paul Mueller, and the Sweet Divines with the Legendary Maxine Brown, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 12 noon – 6:00 pm

Saturday, June 12 Big Apple Barbecue: Secret Country, Carolyn Wonderland, and Bob Schneider, Madison Square Park, 1:00 – 6:00 pm

Saturday, June 12   CityParks: The eighth annual Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil Screening, OSCAR NIEMEYER – LIFE IS A BREATH OF AIR, featuring live performances from Os Paralamas Do Sucesso and Maria Gadu, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Saturday, June 12    Celebrate Brooklyn!: NEA Influences — Allen Toussaint, Davell Crawford, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, June 13 Big Apple Barbecue: the Derailers, Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band, and Nick Curran & the Lowlifes, Madison Square Park, 1:00 – 6:00 pm

Monday, June 14   After Work Music with Bill McGlaughlin and Friends: Tara Helen O’Connor, Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Monday, June 14   Clinton Concert Series: Roosevelt Dime, Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Monday, June 14    SummerStage: Baaba Maal and Playing for Change, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Tuesday, June 15 Stars of Tomorrow: Thomas Finn Quartet, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, June 15    CityParks Concerts: Dan Deacon, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 16  Music on the Oval: Tony Allen, DJ Sal P, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 6:00

Wednesday, June 16   CityParks Concerts: Big Daddy Kane with DJ Jon Quick, Von King Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 16   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: Ruthie Foster, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 17    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Tony Allen, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, June 17 Music in the Square: Triangulo Tango, 4:00, and M.E.L. Musuc Equals Love, 6:00, Union Square Park

Thursday, June 17  The Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 17    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Eugene Mirman & Pretty Good Friends, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, June 18 Today Concert Series: James Taylor & Carole King, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 18 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Miley Cyrus, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, June 18 Pop-up Show: Band of Horses, Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall, 6:30

Friday, June 18    Celebrate Brooklyn!: JG Thirwell’s Steroid Maximus, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 19 Crest Fest ’10: The Crest Hardware Art Show, with Deluka, Sundelles, Motel Notel, Oberhofer, Zongo Junction, Darlings, and Wizardry, 559 Metropolitan Ave., 12 noon – 11:00 pm

Saturday, June 19   SummerStage: NYC Pride Rally featuring Me’shell Ndegéocello, Martha Wash, the New York Gay Men’s Chorus, Vickie Shaw, Billie Myers, Bruce Vilanch, and more, Rumsey Playfield, 4:00

Saturday, June 19   Celebrate Brooklyn!: Bitches Brew Revisited with Graham Haynes, James Blood Ulmer, DJ Logic, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 19 Gone to Governors: the Morning Benders, Freelance Whales, and Wild Nothing, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Sunday, June 20 Make Music New York: Punk Island, with more than one hundred bands, Governors Island, Water Taxi Beach Stage ($15 return ferry ticket needed if you stay past 6:00 pm), 10:00 am – 2:00 am

Sunday, June 20 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Source with Abdulaye Diabate, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, June 20   SummerStage: Fête De La Musique / Make Music NY Celebration featuring Salif Keita, Tabou Combo and Lo’o, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Monday, June 21 Vision Festival: Little Huey’s Sextet and the Roy Campbell Trio, Campos Plaza Playground, 13t St. between Aves. B & C, 5:00

Monday, June 21 Make Music New York — Neighborhood Concert: Folklore Urbano, DreamYard Art Center, 1085 Washington Ave., Bronx, 6:30

Tuesday, June 22   Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Woodwinds Trio, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

St. Vincent hits SummerStage on August 1 with tUne-yArDs and Basia Bulat (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Tuesday, June 22    River to River: Summer Stars: Bright New Talent in Classical Music and Beyond, with the Eroica Trio, World Financial Center Winter Garden, 7:00

Tuesday, June 22   CityParks Concerts: Eddie Palmieri y la Perfecta II, Soundview Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 22 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: the Knights, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, June 23    River to River — Sound Bites Lunchtime Series: the Beets, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 12 noon

Wednesday, June 23    Music on the Oval: Juana Molina, Treehouse DJs, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 6:00

Wednesday, June 23   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: Solas, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 23    River to River: Steve Hackett and Renaissance, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 23    SummerStage: George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival with the McCoy Tyner Quartet, featuring Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding, and Francisco Mela, and the Stanley Clarke Band, featuring Hiromi, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Wednesday, June 23    CityParks Concerts: Brand Nubian, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 24 Music in the Square: Hank and Cupcakes, Union Square Park, 6:00

Thursday, June 24    CityParks Concerts: Conjunto Clásico, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 24 Summer Nights: Chico Mann, El Rufo, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, June 24    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo / Nelida Tirado, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, June 24    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Victor Wooten, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Friday, June 25 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: Alicia Keys, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 25 Today Concert Series: Maxwell, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, June 25 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Alicia Keys, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, June 25    CityParks Concerts: Rennie Harris Rhas and Le Soul Afrique with special guest Akim Funk Buddha, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Friday, June 25   Celebrate Brooklyn!: Kid Koala: Short Attention Span Theater vs. the Slew / Hess Is More, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 26    River to River: Children’s Day & Fireworks, with Gordon from SESAME STREET, Angelina Ballerina, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George, Madeline, and the Apples in Stereo featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and fireworks, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 12 noon

Saturday, June 26: Fort Greene Festival, with Dakota Grey, Gordon Chambers, Soul Mafia, Soulive, and Common, 12 noon – 10:00 pm

Saturday, June 26   SummerStage: Tinariwen, Omar Souleyman, and Toubab Krewe, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, June 26 River to River — Seaport Music: the Apples in Stereo, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 7:00

Saturday, June 26   Celebrate Brooklyn!: Texas Tornados, Red Clay Ramblers, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, June 27   Bronx Family Day: Jose Ortiz & BombaYo with special guest Dan Zanes, 12 noon

Sunday, June 27    River to River Festival: Bang on a Can Marathon, featuring the U.S. premiere of Fausto Romitelli’s Professor Bad Trip performed by Talea Ensemble, a Bang on a Can All-Stars’ premiere with Mira Calix; Burkina Electric; Balinese Gamelan; music from Kyrgyzstan; and more, World Financial Center Winter Garden, 12 noon – 12 midnight

Sunday, June 27 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Cynthia Holiday, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, June 27 Alpha Women Attack the Lower East Side, with Dethrace, Rubber Room Rats, Neoangin, Jessica Delfino, Rachel Trachtenburg & the Oh My God Girls, Our Lady of the Perpetual OMS, Killer Killy, Jennifer Blowdryer, Michelle Leona, Sarah B, Rachel Cleary, Rosie Rebel, the women’s summer clothing swap, and more, Tompkins Square Park, 2:00 – 6:00

Sunday, June 27   SummerStage: Gil Scott-Heron and special guests, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Monday, June 28   Clinton Concert Series: NYCity Slickers, Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Tuesday, June 29    Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Al Kooper, 5:00

Tuesday, June 29 Stars of Tomorrow: Darrel Smith Quartet, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, June 29   SummerStage: Definitely Poetry, with Daniel Bernard Roumain, Emeline Michel, and Erol Josué and Cave Canem poets Gina Dorcely, Gregory Pardlo, and Mervyn Taylor, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Tuesday, June 29   CityParks Concerts: Papa San, Soundview Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 30    River to River — Sound Bites Lunchtime Series: Toys and Tiny Instruments Band, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 12 noon

Wednesday, June 30    Music on the Oval: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos with La Cumbiamba eNeYe, DJ Uproot Andy, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 6:00

Wednesday, June 30    River to River Festival: Beth Orton, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 30   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: Mose Allison, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 30   SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Café, with Miguel Algarin, Sandra Maria Estevez, Lois Griffith, Edwin Torres, Carlos Andres Gomez, Mariposa, Helena D. Lewis, Tahani Salah, Jive Poetic, Vanessa Hidary and La Bruja, hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and featuring music by Annette Aguilar and Carlos Cuestas and Wilson “Chembo” Corniel Jr., Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Wednesday, June 30   CityParks Concerts: DJ Kool Herc, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 1    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Tabout Combo, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 1 Music in the Square: Triangulo Tango, 4:00, and Evan Watson, 6:00, Union Square Park

Thursday, July 1   CityParks Concerts: La Orquesta de aa Gente under the musical direction of Gilberto “Pulpo” Colon Jr. and 8 y Más present a Tribute to Héctor Lavoe, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 1 Summer Nights: Karla Lara, El Teatro, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, July 1
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Monday, July 5    River to River: Texas on Tour, South Street Seaport, Pier 17

Friday, July 2    Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Mary J. Blige, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, July 2    Today Concert Series: Maroon 5, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 2   Celebrate Brooklyn!: Fab 5, Uzalo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 2    River to River — Seaport Music: Yellowfever (canceled), Woven Bones, and Beach Fossils, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Saturday, July 3   SummerStage: Istanbulive II: the Sounds & Colors of Turkey, featuring Kenan Dogulu, mor ve otesi, Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions with special guests Burhan Ocal and Tulug Tirpan, Sukriye Tutkun and DJ Salih Saka, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, July 3 Hot Summer Nights: Patriotic Pops with the Brooklyn Community Wind Ensemble & Concert Band, Kingsborough Performing Arts Center, 8:00

Saturday, July 3 Gone to Governors: Portugal. The Man and Alberta Cross, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Sunday, July 4    Trinity Wall Street presents singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash, Governors Island, 2:00

Sunday, July 4    Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Zon del Barrio, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, July 4 Gone to Governors: She & Him and Oakley Hall, the Beach at Governors Island, 4:00

Sunday, July 4   River to River Festival: The Battery 4th of July Concert and Family Festival, with Dan Zanes Jam & Jubilee, La Cumiamba eNeYé 2:00, Dan Zanes and Friends 3:00, 76 Trombones 4:30

Sunday, July 4   River to River Festival: Texas on Tour with the Old 97s, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 7:00

Tuesday, July 6   Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Brass Trio, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, July 6   CityParks Concerts: the Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review Soundview Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 6 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 7    River to River: Left on Red, featuring Liah Alonso and Kelly Halloran, Zuccotti Park; 12:30

Beth Orton will be in Rockefeller Park on June 30 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Wednesday, July 7     Music on the Oval: Delorean, DJ Brennan Green, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 6:00

Wednesday, July 7   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: Alecia Nugent / the Farewell Drifters, Madison Square Park, 6:00

Wednesday, July 7    River to River: Poets House Celebrates the Poetry and Music of Haiti, with special guest L’Orchestre Septentrional, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 7   SummerStage: Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible, El Guincho and Anita Tijoux, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Wednesday, July 7   CityParks Concerts: Hector Tricoche and Chris Alfinez, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 8    Summer on the Hudson Children’s Performance Series: Bossy Frog Band, Pier I at 70th St., 10:30 am

Thursday, July 8    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Mighty Sparrow, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 8 Music in the Square: the Stephen Beasley Project, Union Square Park, 6:00

Thursday, July 8 Summer Starz: kids hour with the French Embassy at 6:00, live music by Marie Martin at 7:00, AZUR & ASMUR (Michel Ocelot, 2006) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 8   CityParks Concerts: TKA, Corina, and Noel present a tribute to the thirtieth anniversary of Fever Records, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 8   RiverRocks: Phosphorescent and Dawes, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 8 Summer Nights: King Changó and Pacha Massive, El Rufo, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, July 8 Summer of Music: the Maysles Institute presents Afro-Haitian jazz with Buyu Ambroise, 7:00, and I BRING WHAT I LOVE (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2008), 8:30, Morningside Park lower lawn

Thursday, July 8    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Itutu: Armitage Gone! Dance featuring Burkina Electric, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, July 9 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: To Be Announced, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, July 9 Today Concert Series: Lady Gaga, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 9 River to River: Seaport Music, with Bear in Heaven and Zola Jesus, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Friday, July 9 Passport Fridays: South Africa (World Cup Edition), with dance by S.A.G.A., live music by Tuelo Minah, and screening of STREETBALL (Demetrius Wren, 2010), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 9    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Ozomatli, Fidel Nadal / Toy Selectah, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Saturday, July 10 Roosevelt Live: Albert Ayler Jazz Festival, Record Fair & Musical Celebration, featuring the New Atlantis Sextet with Marshall Allen, William Hooker, Charles Gayle, Gunter Hampel, Giuseppi Logan, and more, Roosevelt Island, 2:00 – 10:00

Saturday, July 10   SummerStage: Profetas, Maldita Vecindad, and the Pinker Tones, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, July 10 Gone to Governors: Lucero, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Saturday, July 10 Hot Summer Nights: Ragtime with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Kingsborough Performing Arts Center, 8:00

Sunday, July 11 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Retumba, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, July 11 Pool Parties: Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof play Joy Division’s UNKNOWN PLEASURES, Why?, Fang Island, Picture Plane, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, July 11   SummerStage: Jimmy Cliff, Trevor Hall, and Victor Démé, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Sunday, July 11    Celebrate Brooklyn!: OkayAfrica with the Roots, Talib Kweli, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Monday, July 11   MoonDance: David Berger Jazz Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Sunday, July 11    Summer on the Hudson Acoustic Sundays: Liony Parra Y La Mega Mafia Tipico, Pier I at 70th St., 7:00

Monday, July 12   Clinton Concert Series: Cocomama Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Monday, July 12 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic and the Ohio Players, Wingate Field, 7:30

Monday, July 12 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: Black Sheep, 7:30, and GOOD HAIR (Jeff Stilson, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Monday, July 12    The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Nathan Gunn, Susanna Phillips, and Michael Fabiano, Central Park, 8:00

Monday, July 12
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Thursday, July 15    River to River: Deganit Shemy: 2 kilo sea, John Street United Methodist Church, 12:30

Tuesday, July 13 Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: DeLeon and J Viewz, 5:00

Tuesday, July 13    Stars of Tomorrow: Sarah Elizabeth Charles Quintet, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, July 13   CityParks Concerts: Force M.D’s., Tappen Park, 7:00

Nashville duo Jeff the Brotherhood will tear up the Williamsburg Waterfront at the July 18 Pool Party (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Wednesday, July 14 Free Summer Concerts: We Got the Beat, with Najib Bahri, Peter Joseph Paul, and SisterMonk, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Wednesday, July 14    River to River: the Dan Martin/Nick Russo Duo, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Wednesday, July 14    Music on the Oval: Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens, DJ Greg Caz, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 6:00

Wednesday, July 14 Summerscreen: live music with Mirror Mirror and Light Asylum, 6:15, followed by LABYRINTH (Jim Henson, 1986), McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Wednesday, July 14   River to River: Jimmy Webb with Martin Rivas, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 14   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: David Bromberg Quartet, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 14   CityParks Concerts: Ryan Leslie, Springfield Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 14 Summer of Music: the Maysles Institute presents the National Jazz Museum All-Stars, 7:00, and NINA SIMONE GREAT PERFORMANCES: COLLEGE CONCERTS AND INTERVIEWS (Andy Stroud, 2009), Marcus Garvey Park lawn

Thursday, July 15    Summer on the Hudson Children’s Performance Series: Improv 4 Kids, Pier I at 70th St., 10:30 am

Thursday, July 15    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 15    River to River: Emmet Cohen, World Financial Center Plaza, 12:30

Thursday, July 15 Music in the Square: the Lightyears, 4:00, and Dani Elliott, 6:00, Union Square Park

Thursday, July 15 Summer Starz: kids hour with the Brooklyn Children’s Museum at 6:00, live music by the Click Clack Boom at 7:00, BOLT (Byron Howard & Chris Williams, 2008) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 15    River to River — Music at Castle Clinton: Duncan Sheik, 7:00

Thursday, July 15 Summer Nights: Yerason Charanga Orquestra, El Teatro, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, July 15   CityParks Concerts: EPMD and Funkmaster Flex, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 15    The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Monica Yunus, Matthew Plenk, and Donovan Singletary, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 15 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Neil Sedaka and Brenda Lee, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Thursday, July 15 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: Jeremy Jones, 7:30, and STILL BILL (Damani Baker & Alex Vlack, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Friday, July 16 Today Concert Series: Enrique Iglesias, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 16 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: the Go-Go’s, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, July 16 River to River: Emmet Cohen, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Friday, July 16 River to River — Seaport Music: Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, and So Cow, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Friday, July 16 Passport Fridays: Colombia & Ecuador, with dance by Estampas Negras, live music by GeoPro and ACES and Diego Obregon & Grupo Chonta, and screenings of WE PAINT HOUSES, WITH PAINT! (Celectivo El Deposito & Juan Zabala, 2008), THE HOUSE OF THE STIFF CAT (Nancy Burneo Salazar, 2009), and FREKUENCIA KOLOMBIA (Vanessa Goksch, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 16 Gone to Governors: Caribou, Phantogram, and the Chain Gang of 1974, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Saturday, July 17    Siren Festival, with Matt and Kim, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Surfer Blood, Holy Fuck, Ponytail, DOM, Apache Beat, Harlem, the Night Marchers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Earl Greyhound, Screaming Females, Wye Oak, and many more to be announced, Coney Island, 12 noon – 9:00

Saturday, July 17    Celebrate Brooklyn!: African Festival with Konono No. 1, Omar Pene, Super Diamono, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 2:00 – 9:00

Saturday, July 17 SummerStage: A Celebration of Giant Step’s Twentieth Anniversary, with Raphael Saadiq and Aloe Blacc, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, July 17 Gone to Governors: Dr. Dog, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Sunday, July 18 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, July 18 Pool Parties: Murder City Devils, Obits, Jeff the Brotherhood, Silverghost, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, July 18 Roosevelt Live: Mardi Gras Meets Carnivale! with Brother Jocephus and the Love Revival Orchestra and Nationbeat, Roosevelt Island, 3:00

Sunday, July 18 SummerStage: Global Family Day with Ralph’s World, Bethany and Rufus, and Cirque-Tacular Entertainment, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Sunday, July 18 River to River: An Evening of Broadway Blockbusters, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, 5:00

Monday, July 18   MoonDance: Los Hermanos Colon, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Sunday, July 18    Summer on the Hudson Acoustic Sundays: Meta and the Cornerstones, Pier I at 70th St., 7:00

Monday, July 19 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: Nokie Henry, 7:30, and FREEDOM RIDERS (Stanley Nelson, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Monday, July 19 Opera on Tap: BARBER OF SEVILLE, Old Stone House, Washington Park, JJ Byrne Playground, 8:00

Tuesday, July 20    Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, 5:00

Tuesday, July 20    Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Woodwinds Trio, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, July 20    The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Susanna Phillips and Michael Fabiano, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 20 CityParks Concerts: Lisa Lisa, Tappen Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 20 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Boilermaker Jazz Band, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Los Straitjackets are part of Lincoln Center Roots of American Music lineup on August 1 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Tuesday, July 20 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Time for Three, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 21 Free Summer Concerts: Street to Bayou, with Galdort Gumbo, Irving Louis Lattin, and Tin Pan, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Wednesday, July 21 River to River: Gimagua, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Wednesday, July 21  Music on the Oval: Easy Star All-Stars, DJ Wrong Tom, Stuyvesant Town Oval, 6:00

Wednesday, July 21   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: SOMI / John Ellis & Double-Wide, Madison Square Park, 6:00

Wednesday, July 21 CityParks Concerts: Pharoahe Monche, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 21 Music Under the Stars: Kaissa, Waterside Plaza, East River, 7:00

Wednesday, July 21 River to River Festival: Burning Spear, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 21 SummerStage: THE DAILY SHOW and Friends, with John Oliver, Rob Riggle, Wyatt Cenac, Adam Lowitt, and Rory Albanese, hosted by Lewis Black, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00

Thursday, July 22    Summer on the Hudson Children’s Performance Series: Buccaneer Bindlestiff’s Swashbuckling Cirkus, Pier I at 70th St., 10:30 am

Thursday, July 22    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Bilal, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 22 River to River: KJ Denhert, World Financial Center Plaza, 12:30

Thursday, July 22 Music in the Square: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, 4:30, and Danni Rosner, 6:00, Union Square Park

Thursday, July 22 Summer Starz: kids hour with the New York Road Runners at 6:00, live music by the Backroad at 7:00, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (Shawn Levy, 2006) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 22   RiverRocks: the Antlers and Dinosaur Feathers, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 22 CityParks Concerts: Smokie Norful, Springfield Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 22 Summer Nights: Nina Sky, El Teatro, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, July 22 River to River — Music at Castle Clinton: Antibalas: Broadway2Battery, Battery Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 22    The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Monica Yunus, Matthew Plenk, and Donovan Singletary, Tappen Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 22    Celebrate Brooklyn!: The Chaplin Mutuals with Carl Davis / the Two Man Gentlemen Band, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, July 22 Seaside Summer Concert Series: the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Monkees’ Mickey Dolenz, and Paul Revere & the Raiders’ Mark Lindsay, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Friday, July 23 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Sheryl Crow, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, July 23 Today Concert Series: John Mayer, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 23 River to River: KJ Denhart, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Friday, July 23 River to River — Seaport Music: Free Energy and Best Coast with Loose Limbs, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Friday, July 23 Passport Fridays: South Korea, with dance byVongKu’s Traditional Korean Drum & dance Troupe, live music by the Blue & White, and screening of CASTAWAY ON THE MOON (Lee Hae-jun, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 23      Celebrate Brooklyn!: Bomba Estero, La Secta Allstar / Rita Indiana, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, July 23 CityParks Concerts: the Main Ingredient, Rochdale Park, 7:00

Saturday, July 24    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Field of Dreams (Un Mundo Nuevo), with Andres Levin & the Bruce High Quality Foundation, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Saturday, July 24 Hot Summer Nights: Swing and . . . with the Danny Repole Swing Band, Kingsborough Performing Arts Center, 8:00

Sunday, July 25 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Vanderlei Pereira and Blindfold Test, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, July 25 Pool Parties: Cap’n Jazz, Lightning Bolt, No Age, the Death Set, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, July 25 Stanton Street Summer Sundays: Jessica Delfino (2:15), Lily Sparks (3:00), and Jamie Bendell (3:45), Stanton St. between Allen & Ludlow Sts.

Sunday, July 25 SummerStage: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool’s Gold, and DJ Frank of Voodoo Funk, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Sunday, July 25   MoonDance: Nu D’Lux, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Sunday, July 25    Summer on the Hudson Acoustic Sundays: Michael Powers Frequency with Angel Rose, Pier I at 70th St., 7:00

Monday, July 26   Clinton Concert Series: Cumbiagra, Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Monday, July 26 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: live music tba, 7:30, and EL ESPIRITU DE LA SALSA (Francisco Bello & Tim Sternberg, 2010), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Monday, July 26 Opera on Tap: CARMEN, Old Stone House, Washington Park, JJ Byrne Playground, 8:00

Tuesday, July 27   Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, 5:00

Tuesday, July 27    Stars of Tomorrow: Alon Albagli Quartet, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, July 27    The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Monica Yunus, Matthew Plenk, and Donovan Singletary, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 27 CityParks Concerts: Blue Magic, Tappen Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 28 Free Summer Concerts: Classic Lunch, with Shogo Kubo, Luellen and Jim, and the Hopkins Entertainment Group, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Wednesday, July 28 River to River: Jason Green, Zuccotti Park, 12:30

Wednesday, July 28    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: No Snakes in the Grass, Barclays Capital Grove, 6:30

Wednesday, July 28   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: the Wailin’ Jennys, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 28 CityParks Concerts: Olu Dara, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 28 Music Under the Stars: George Gee Swing Orchestra, Waterside Plaza, East River, 7:00

Wednesday, July 28 River to River: Plena Libre, Wagner Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 28 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: ETHEL Fair: The Songwriters, with special guests Adam Schlesinger with Mike Viola, Dayna Kurtz, Juana Molina, and Tom Verlaine with Patrick Derivaz, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Wednesday, July 28 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: DJA-RARA, 7:30, and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER (Jeremy Robins, 2008), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Thursday, July 29    Summer on the Hudson Children’s Performance Series: Robbi K & Friends, Pier I at 70th St., 10:30 am

Thursday, July 29 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Vieux Farka Touré, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, July 29 River to River: Chris Velan, World Financial Center Plaza, 12:30

Thursday, July 29 Music in the Square: ROCK OF AGES, 4:30, and the Hiptones, 6:00, Union Square Park

Thursday, July 29 Summer Starz: kids hour with El Puente at 6:00, live music by New York’s Finest Jazz Ensemble at 7:00, FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, 2003) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 29    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: DJA-Rara, Josie Robertson Plaza, 7:00

Thursday, July 29 CityParks Concerts: Jon B, Springfield Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 29 River & Blues: Alexis P. Suter Band, Wagner Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 29 Summer Nights: Johnny Ray & Salsa con Clase, El Teatro, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, July 29 The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Monica Yunus, Matthew Plenk, and Donovan Singletary, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 29    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Ansanm (In Love We Stand), Emeline Michel, Beethova Obas, BélO, Zili Misik, and Peniel Guerrier in collaboration with the Mikerline Dance Company Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, July 29 Seaside Summer Concert Series: George Thorogood & the Destroyers and Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Thursday, July 29 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: DJ Cool Gee, 7:30, and THE PRINCESS & THE FROG (Ron Clements, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Thursday, July 29    Celebrate Brooklyn!: MI21: Mother India 21st Century Remix with DJ Tigerstyle / Falu, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, July 30 Today Concert Series: Carrie Underwood, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, July 30 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Black Eyed Peas, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, July 30 River to River: Chris Velan, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Friday, July 30 River to River — Seaport Music: Avi Buffalo and Chad Vangaalen, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Friday, July 30 Passport Fridays: Taiwan, with dance by Sun Son Theater, live music by the Formosa Chamber Music Society, and screening of ORZBOYZ! (Ya-che Yang, 2008), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 30    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Audio Tutu, Broadway Plaza, 7:00

Friday, July 30 CityParks Concerts: Total Praise, Rochdale Park, 7:00

Friday, July 30    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Nona Hendryx, nicholas leichter dance with Monstah Black: THE WHIZ: OBAMALAND, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 30     Celebrate Brooklyn!: the Swell Season, the Low Anthem, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 31    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 27th Annual Roots of American Music: Ponderosa Stomp presents the Detroit Breakdown, with the Gories, Motor City Soul Revue featuring Dennis Coffey, Melvin Davis, Spyder Turner, and the Velvelettes with the Party Stompers, and Eddie Kirkland, Hearst Plaza/ Barclays Capital Grove, 2:00

Saturday, July 31 SummerStage: Jovanotti, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Natalie LaFourcade, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, July 31    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 27th Annual Roots of American Music: Ponderosa Stomp presents the Detroit Breakdown with Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, ? & the Mysterians, and Death, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:30

Saturday, July 31    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Sonic Youth, Grass Widow / Talk Normal, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, July 31 Hot Summer Nights: Fire-eating Opera Singers with Vagabond Opera, Kingsborough Performing Arts Center, 8:00

Sunday, August 1 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Susan Pereira and Sabor Brasil, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, August 1    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 27th Annual Roots of American Music, with Dig: Their Royal Hipness, Asylum Street Spankers, Los Straitjackets, the World Famous Pontani Sisters, Etran Finatawa, Hearst Plaza/Barclays Capital Grove, 2:00

Sunday, August 1 SummerStage: St. Vincent, tune-yArDs, Basia Bulat, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Sunday, August 1    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: 27th Annual Roots of American Music, with Dig: Their Royal Hipness, David Johansen, Melvin Van Peebles: Hamlet: The Street Chant by Shel Silverstein, Steve Cuiffo as Lenny Bruce, Rod Harrison as Lord Buckley, and surprise artist TBA, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:00

Sunday, August 1   MoonDance: Hector Del Curto’s Eternal Tango Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Sunday, August 1    Summer on the Hudson Acoustic Sundays: Xylos, Pier I at 70th St., 7:00

Monday, August 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Salt-n-Pepa, Naughty by Nature, and Slick Rick, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 3    Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Popa Chubby, 5:00

Tuesday, August 3    Stars of Tomorrow: Petr Gazarov Quartet, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, August 3   George Lamond, Judy Torres and DJ Lucho, East River Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 3 CityParks Concerts: Elvis Martinez, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 3 Music for a Better World: the Klezmatics, Adrienne Cooper, Michael Winograd & Friends, Boston’s Besere Velt Community Chorus, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, 7:00

Tuesday, August 3 Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: the Knights, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 4 Free Summer Concerts: Andes to the Pampas, with Gimagua, Flamenco y Sol, and Raices, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Wednesday, August 4 CityParks Concerts: George Lamond, Judy Torres, and DJ Lucho, East River Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 4   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Asphalt Orchestra, Broadway Plaza, 7:00

Wednesday, August 4   Mad. Sq. Music — Oval Lawn Series 2010: the James Carter Organ Trio, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 4 River to River: Conjunto Imagen, Wagner Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 4   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Robert Glasper Experiment with special guests Q-Tip and Bilal / José James’ Blackmagic, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 5    Summer on the Hudson Children’s Performance Series: Erin Lee & Marci, Pier I at 70th St., 10:30 am

Thursday, August 5    BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival: Mykal Rose of Black Uhuru, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Thursday, August 5 Music in the Square: Andy Mac, Union Square Park, 6:00

Thursday, August 5 Summer Starz: kids hour with Rock City Theatrics at 6:00, live music by Opus Ditty at 7:00, ALADDIN (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992) at sunset, East River State Park

Emily Haines will lead Metric into Prospect Park on August 5 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Thursday, August 5    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Metric, Joan as Police Woman, and Holly Miranda, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Thursday, August 5 CityParks Concerts: Gil Scott-Heron, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 5 Summer Nights: Sweet Electra, El Rufo, El Museo del Barrio, RSVP required, 7:00

Thursday, August 5   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Asphalt Orchestra, Hearst Plaza, 7:00

Thursday, August 5 Seaside Summer Concert Series: John Legend, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Thursday, August 5 River to River: Tremenda Rumbai Tiemp Libre with Roman Diaz, Rockefeller Park, 7:00

Friday, August 6 Today Concert Series: Train, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, August 6 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: To Be Announced, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, August 6 River to River — Seaport Music: Yacht, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Friday, August 6 Passport Fridays: Middle East, with dance by Sramzi El-Edlibi Dabke Dance Group, live music by Salaam Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, and screening of AMREEKA (Cherien Debis), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 6   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Asphalt Orchestra, Josie Robertson Plaza, 7:00

Friday, August 6    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Hallogallo 2010: Michael Rother & Friends perform the music of NEU! / Hermeto Pascoal, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 6    Celebrate Brooklyn!: House of Usher: Marco Benevento, White Magic, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 7 SummerStage: the Clark Sisters, Kierra Kiki Sheard, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Saturday, August 7   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Asphalt Orchestra, Hearst Plaza, 6:00

Saturday, August 7   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Balkan Beat Box, Mucca Pazza, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, August 7    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Budos Band, and more, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, August 8 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Something Positive, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, August 8   Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday, with Yuri Yunakov, Zikrayat, the Maeandros Ensemble, Hearst Plaza/Barclays Capital Grove, 2:00

Sunday, August 8 Pool Parties: Cut Copy, Memory Tapes, Glasser, Restless People, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, August 8    Celebrate Brooklyn!: Brady Rymer, Elizabeth Mitchell, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Sunday, August 8    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Asphalt Orchestra, Broadway Plaza, 6:00

Sunday, August 8   MoonDance: George Gee Swing Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Sunday, August 8 SummerStage: the XX, Chairlift, Jack Penate, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00

Sunday, August 8    Summer on the Hudson Acoustic Sundays: Slavic Soul Party, Pier I at 70th St., 7:00

Sunday, August 8    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: S.O.S. (Saving Our Soul) — From the Big Easy to the Big Apple, with Soul Rebels Brass Band, Wild Magnolias, Glen David Andrews, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, August 8 Gone to Governors: Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Justin Townes Earle, and Dawn Landes & the Hounds, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Monday, August 9   Clinton Concert Series: Old Silver Band, Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Canceled: Monday, August 9 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Aretha Franklin, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 10    Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew, 5:00

Tuesday, August 10    Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Brass Trio, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, August 10 Main Stage Music: Dam-Funk with DJ Spinna, Myrtle Lawn, Fort Greene Park, 6:30

Tuesday, August 10 CityParks Concerts: Bachata Heightz, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 10 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Bensen-Scott Big Band, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 11 Free Summer Concerts: Jazz World, with Jason Green, Maxidekalu, and Donald Malloy & Sight, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Wednesday, August 11    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Susana Baca, Aurelio Martinez & Garifuna Soul, Carlos Varela & His Band, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:30

Wednesday, August 11 River to River: Nino Segarra and His Orchestra, Wagner Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 11 Celebrating Our Yiddish Roots: Golem, Zalmen Mlotek, and Daniella Rabban, Cunningham Park, 7:00

Chromeo will turn up the heat in East River State Park on August 22 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Thursday, August 12 Music in the Square: Triangulo Tango, 4:00, and LaRue & the B.U.R.N. U Movement, 6:00, Union Square Park

Thursday, August 12   RiverRocks: Deerhunter and Real Estate, Hudson River Park, 6:00

Thursday, August 12 Summer Starz: kids hour with New York Creative Arts Therapists at 6:00, live music at 7:00, THE LION KING (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) at sunset, East River State Park

Wednesday, August 12 CityParks Concerts: Doug E. Fresh, DJ Dee Wiz, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 12   CityParks Concerts: White Rabbits, East River Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 12    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: International Body Music Festival, with Barbatuques, Slammin All-Body Band, Celina Kalluk and Lucie Idlout, Derique McGee, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 12 Breezy Point Cooperative Free Concert: Head Over Heels, Breezy Point Coop, 7:30

Canceled: Thursday, August 12 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Aretha Franklin, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Friday, August 13 Today Concert Series: Ke$ha, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, August 13 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, Camp Rock 2, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, August 13    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Gamelan Galak Tika: Kecak workshop and Belaganjur (marching gamelan), Broadway Plaza, 6:00

Friday, August 13 River to River — Seaport Music: the Wedding Present and Savoir Adore, South Street Seaport, Pier 17, 6:00

Friday, August 13 Passport Fridays: Brazil, with dance by Carioca Capoeira, live music by Quenia Ribeiro, and screening of THE MAN WHO BOTTLED THE CROWDS (Liro Ferreira, 2000), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 13    Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors: Kronos Quartet with Gamelan Galak Tika / Kenge Kenge, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 14    Lincoln Center Out of Doors: LA CASITA – 10th Anniversary: A Home for the Heart/Un Hogar para el Corazón, MC: La Bruja, featuring Aracelis Girmay, Ayisha Knight, Carvens Lissaint, Denizen Kane, Grace Nono, Jamila Lysicott, Kathy Yogi Collins, Kurtis Lamkin, Liza Garza, M.A.K.U., Mandingo Ambassadors, Natalio Hernandez, the Welfare Poets, Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales, Willie Perdomo, Yerbabuena, Hearst Plaza/Barclays Capital Grove, 12 noon

Saturday, August 14 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Larry Harlow’s La Raza Latina, A Salsa Suite, donducted by Larry Harlow, starring Rubén Blades, with guest vocalist Adonis Puentes / Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 14 Gone to Governors: Neon Indian, the Beach at Governors Island, 8:00

Sunday, August 15 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Sumba Swing, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, August 15 Pool Parties: !!!, Lee Fields, the Strange Boys, Future Islands, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, August 15 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Emilio “Buddha Stretch” Austin Jr., Adesola Osakalumi, and Gus Solomons jr, / Centrifugal Force: Hip Hop Generations @ Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza, community participation cipher at Broadway Plaza, 5:00

Sunday, August 15    Summer on the Hudson Acoustic Sundays: Los Soneros de Oriente, Pier I at 70th St., 7:00

Sunday, August 16 SummerStage: Public Enemy, 7th Octave, Blitz the Ambassador, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Tuesday, August 17 Stars of Tomorrow: Classical Woodwinds Trio, Hudson River Park Pier 45, 6:30

Tuesday, August 17 CityParks Concerts: Alexandra, Daniel Moncion, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 18 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: Keith Urban, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Wednesday, August 18 Free Summer Concerts: Dynamic Duos, with Heth & Jed, Dagmar, and You Bred Raptors?, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Wednesday, August 18 CityParks Concerts: Tye Tribbett, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 19 CityParks Concerts: A Tribute to the Fania All-Stars, Our Latin Thing with DJ Lucho, East River Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 12 Seaside Summer Concert Series: the B-52s and Belinda Carlisle, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Friday, August 20 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Rihanna, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, August 20 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: David Gray, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, August 20 Today Concert Series: Keith Urban, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Saturday, August 21 SummerStage: Chrisette Michele, Mario, Tamia, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Sunday, August 22 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Dja Rara, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, August 22   Blues BBQ: Smoking Joe Kubek and Bnois King Band, the Teeny Tucker Revue, and more, Hudson River Park Pier 54, 2:00 – 9:00

Sunday, August 22 Pool Parties: Chromeo, the Suzan, Telephoned, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, August 22 SummerStage: the Specials, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Small Change, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00

Monday, August 23   Clinton Concert Series: Stephen Beasley Project, Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Tuesday, August 24 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Kenny Vance & the Planotones, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 25 Free Summer Concerts: Lift Your Voice, with the Park Project, Nicola, and Select Blendz, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Thursday, August 26 Seaside Summer Concert Series: Salsa by the Sea, Asser Levy / Seaside Park, 7:30

Thursday, August 26 Breezy Point Cooperative Free Concert: the Bobby Byrne Show, Breezy Point Coop, 7:30

Friday, August 27 The Early Show Summer Concert Series: Katy Perry, CBS Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, August 27 Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Lady Antebellum, Rumsey Playfield, 7:00 am

Friday, August 27 Today Concert Series: Katy Perry, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Saturday, August 28 CityParks Concerts: the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with McCoy Tyner, Jason Moran, Jimmy Scott, Revive Da Live, and Charlie Parker Revisited, Marcus Garvey Park, 3:00

Sunday, August 29 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Cocomama, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, August 29 Canceled — Pool Parties: Delorean, Dominique Young Unique, and super special guests, East River State Park, Williamsburg Waterfront, 2:00

Sunday, August 29 CityParks Concerts: the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with James Moody, Catherine Russell, Vijay Iver, and the JD Allen Trio, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

Wednesday, September 1 Free Summer Concerts: Blues Finale, with El Street Cafe and Mississippi Delta Blues, Richard Tucker Park, Lincoln Square, 12 noon

Sunday, September 5 Harlem Meer Performance Festival: Sounds of Deliverance, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 2:00

Sunday, September 12 Roosevelt Live: So Long, Summer! BBQ, Roosevelt Island, 4:00 – 6:00

Monday, September 13   Clinton Concert Series: Soul Understated, Hudson River Park Pier 84, 6:00

Tuesday, September 14 Main Stage Music: Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens with DJ Johnny Stuart, Myrtle Lawn, Fort Greene Park, 6:30

Sunday, September 26 SummerStage: The Black Sea Roma Festival, with Mahala Rai Banda, Tecsoi Banda, Selim Sesler and the NY Gypsy Al-Stars, and the Uri Yunakov Ensemble, Rumsey Playfield, 3:00