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SUMMERSTAGE: AMADOU & MARIAM

Amadou & Mariam will lead their own unique celebration of world music in Central Park on August 4

Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
Saturday, August 4, free, 3:00
212-360-2777
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www.amadou-mariam.com

For more than thirty years, Amadou and Mariam, the Blind Couple from Mali, have been making beautiful music together, combining the personal with the political in singing about love, compassion, freedom, social change, and good times. Both born in Bamako, guitarist Amadou Bagayoko, who lost his sight when he was sixteen, and vocalist Mariam Doumbia, who lost hers when she was five, met at the Institute for the Blind and got married in 1980. They’ve recorded seven studio albums together since 1998, displaying their intoxicating take on world music and Afro-blues while compiling a growing list of international musicians who have recorded with them. Their latest album, Folila (Nonesuch, April 2012), which means “music,” was originally going to be two very different discs, one recorded in Bamako with traditional Mali musicians, the other in New York with indie superstars, but instead it merged into one stellar collection of twelve songs featuring such special guests as Santigold, Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, members of Antibalas, Ebony Bones, Abdallah Oumbadougou, Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, and Theophilus London, among others. They also collaborated on most of the record with controversial French musician Bertrand Cantat, the former leader of Noir Désir who killed his girlfriend, popular French actress Marie Trintignant, in 2003 and was paroled in 2007 after spending less than half of his eight-year sentence in prison. On the bluesy “Oh Amadou,” one of the three songs with prominent vocals from Cantat, they sing, “There are happy days / There are miserable days / There are moments of pleasure / There are moments of suffering.” Although they do get serious, they also know how to have plenty of fun. “We’re here to cheer people up and make them happy,” they explain on “Dougou Badia,” which features Santigold, continuing, “Life’s about having fun / It’s about joy and celebration.” It all comes together most fabulously on “C’est Pas Facile Pour Les Aigles,” with Amadou and Mariam joined by Ebony Bones for a rollicking song sung in multiple languages and taking on such topics as racism and immigration. The Mali duo will be headlining a free SummerStage show in Central Park on August 4 at 3:00, on a bill with funky Kenyan quartet Just a Band and Trinidad-born Brooklyn rapper London, who is likely to join Amadou and Mariam on their Folila collaboration, “Nebe Miri.”

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

HENRY V

Princess Katherine (Fedna Jacquet) and King Henry V (Ty Jones) are brought together in the shadow of war (photo by Ruth Sovronsky)

Classical Theatre of Harlem
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Center
3940 Broadway at 165th St.
Wednesday – Sunday through September 4, $20-$48
SummerStage: August 29, East River Park, free, 8:00 (August 27-28 canceled because of weather)
www.classicaltheatreofharlem.org
www.summerstage.org

Henry V is just the right play for the Classical Theatre of Harlem to take on as its first full-scale production since the November 2009 departure of the company’s founders, artistic director Alfred Preisser and executive director Christopher McElroen. Under new producing director Ty Jones, CTH, which was founded in 1999 with a mission to bring high-quality, professional theater to the Harlem community, faces an uphill (primarily financial) battle that in some ways is echoed by Shakespeare’s history play, in which the far-outnumbered English army prepares to fight French forces in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War. Jones, who won an OBIE for his performance in CTH’s The Blacks: A Clown Show, stars as King Henry, who has grown up since his days as Prince Hal. Now a firm, stalwart leader, the king is developing a confidence that rallies those around him, particularly after he deals with a trio of traitors and later gives one of the greatest locker-room talks ever, the St. Crispin’s Day Speech.

Directed by Jenny Bennett, this ninety-minute Henry V makes the audience, which is seated on three sides around the center of the action, feel like it’s part of the play. The actors, who are on floor level, regularly make solid eye contact with the audience, and they continually enter and exit up and down the aisles. There is actually a preshow choreographed number in which the performers sing and dance the rules of the house, building an intimate community right from the start. Rachel Dozier-Ezell’s costumes are a stylish mix of Mad Max and the Warriors, with lots of torn leather and chains, while Anka Lupes’s set design features an assembly of girders on which the characters often congregate. The acting ranges from solid to amateurish to scenery chewing; the highlights include the aforementioned St. Crispin’s speech (which could double as a dramatic pep talk to the theater company itself from its new producing director) and Carine Montbertrand’s expository tour de force as the Archbishop of Canterbury, but the comic relief offered by Nym and Pistol falls flat, and it is sometimes difficult to hear the dialogue when an actor is standing with their back directly to you. The battle scene is wonderfully choreographed as an exciting dance piece with the actors throwing forth red ribbons that represent bloody swords. All in all, Henry V signals a terrific start to the next generation of the Classical Theatre of Harlem. The play runs through September 4 at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Center, located within the historic Audubon Ballroom; there will also be a free outdoor 8:00 performance August 29 in East River Park on the Lower East Side as part of the annual SummerStage program. (The August 27-28 shows have been canceled because of Hurricane Irene.)

SUMMERSTAGE BENEFIT: LYKKE LI

Lykke Li will light up the night at Central Park SummerStage benefit on August 1 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
Monday, August 1, $30-$35, 6:30
212-360-2777
www.summerstage.org
www.myspace.com/lykkeli

We caught Swedish sensation Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson lighting up Webster Hall back in May, returning to New York City to celebrate the release of her long-awaited second album, Wounded Rhymes. An intoxicating blend of Stevie Nicks and Sinead O’Connor, the twenty-five-year-old Li and her band were all dressed in black, Li in a shawl covering a bodysuit, her hair tightly pulled back like one of Robert Palmer’s backup singers. On a stage with long black strips of filmy cloth hanging from the ceiling, smoke machines pouring out cloudy mists, and lights continually flashing, Li put on a dazzling seventy-five-minute set that included songs from Rhymes, 2008’s Youth Novels, and such singles as “Possibility,” from the New Moon soundtrack, music steeped in synthesizers and percussion. She played autoharp on the lovely “I Know Places” and added her own percussion to “Rich Kid Blues.” Although far from a melancholic evening, many of her songs deal with loneliness and heartbreak; “Sadness is a blessing / Sadness is a pearl / Sadness is my boyfriend / Oh, sadness, I’m your girl,” she opines on “Sadness Is a Blessing,” and in “Unrequited Love” she wails, “Oh my love, I’ve been denied it / Oh my love is unrequited.” But long before she tore into the set-closing “Get Some,” from the new record, she had the crowd wrapped around her finger like a lonely lover’s charm. Li is back in town on Monday night, August 1, playing a sold-out benefit show at SummerStage, with Montreal trio Timbre Timbre, touring behind its latest release, Creep on Creepin’ On.

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

JOHN LENNON 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

New York City will be celebrating what would have been John Lennon’s seventieth birthday with a plethora of events this week (photo © Bob Gruen)

Multiple venues
October 6-9 (and beyond)
www.johnlennon.com

It’s hard to believe that in December it’ll be thirty years since John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of the Dakota on Central Park West. On October 9, the cool Beatle, who had fallen in love with his adopted home of New York, would have turned seventy years old. The city will be celebrating that never-reached milestone with a series of events all over town this week. Starting today and running through December 31, the Paley Center will be presenting “This Boy . . . John Lennon in Liverpool,” comprising rare photographs from John’s early years. On Thursday night at 7:00, the Paley Center will screen the American Masters film LennonNYC (Michael Epstein, 2010) as part of DocFest 2010, followed by a panel discussion with Epstein, Susan Lacy, Dick Cavett, and Dennis Elsas. In addition, the Paley Center has scheduled showings of IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON, WHAT’S HAPPENING! THE BEATLES IN THE U.S.A., THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, and GIMME SOME TRUTH: THE MAKING OF JOHN LENNON’S IMAGINE ALBUM through the end of the year. On October 9, City Winery will be celebrating with “A John Lennon 70th Birthday Party,” featuring a VIP dinner and “Imagine Wine Flight” and performances by Kimya Dawson, Anais Mitchell, Freedy Johnston, Jesse Malin, the Chapin Sisters, Lisa Bouchelle, the Kennedys, and Tony Scherr; proceeds benefit the Food Bank of New York City. Also on October 9, LennonNYC will be screened for free at Central Park SummerStage at 7:00 (but you better get there a lot earlier). And finally, at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Bowery, Julian Lennon’s photographs are being displayed for the first time, through October 10. Happy birthday, John!

STANLEY CLARKE BAND FEATURING HIROMI

Hiromi and Stanley Clarke will team up again for a week at the Blue Note (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Blue Note
131 West Third St.
September 28 – October 3, $25-$45, 8:00 & 10:30
212-475-8592
www.bluenote.net
www.stanleyclarke.com
summerstage slideshow

Back in late June, the Stanley Clarke Band, joined by Japanese pianist wunderkind Hiromi, played an inspiring free show at SummerStage as part of the Carefusion Jazz Festival, with legendary promoter George Wein in attendance. Clarke was in great spirits, wandering across the stage from keyboardist Ruslan Sirota to drummer Ronald Bruner Jr. to Hiromi, part fan, part orchestra leader. Clarke moved from electric to stand-up bass effortlessly, playing the fusion that has made him one of the jazz world’s best for four decades. As on that beautiful night in Central Park (which was opened by the amazing McCoy Tyner), the quartet will be featuring songs from their latest album, simply titled THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND (Heads Up, June 2010), which includes such tracks as “Soldier,” “Fulani,” “Labyrinth,” and “How Is the Weather Up There?” The record also contains the superbly titled “Larry Has Traveled 11 Miles and Waited a Lifetime for the Return of Vishnu’s Report” and a horn-laden tribute to Sonny Rollins on the occasion of the saxophone colossus’s eightieth birthday. Clarke and his band will be at the Blue Note for twelve shows over six nights from September 28 through October 3, offering plenty of opportunities to catch this terrific group, sounding as good as ever.