Want to spend the summer in Prospect Park with New York City’s longest running free performing arts festival? Soak up the sun (or the moon beams) and all the free music, dance, theater and film you can take. All performances are rain or shine, except July 6. Tickets are free unless otherwise noted. For information, call (718) 855-7882 or visit www.celebratebrooklyn.org.
Thursday, June 14 at 8 pm. The Neville Brothers. Opening night gala, honoring MTV President Christina Norman, prior to free concert at 5:30 pm. Tickets, for $300 and up, include reserved seats, cocktails, dinner, and dancing. Call (718) 855-7882, x33.
Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 pm. Joan Osborne, the Jazz Passengers: the Supremes Project
Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 pm. The Richard Thompson Band, Ollabelle
Friday, June 22 at 7:30 pm. Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, James Reams & The Barnstormers
Tuesday, June 26 and Wednesday, June 27 at 6:30 pm. Benefit concerts to support “Celebrate Brooklyn” featuring Manu Chao & Radio Bemba Sound System. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com for $30.
Friday, June 29 at 7 pm. Groove Collective, Ravi Coltrane, Craig Harris
Saturday, June 30 at 7 pm. The Stills, Sam Roberts Band, Malajube
Thursday, July 5 at 7:30 pm. Isaac Delgado, Xiomara Laugart, Pistolera
Friday, July 6 at 7:30 pm (Rain Date: Saturday, July 7 at 7:30 pm). The American premiere of South African collaboration, REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony
Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 pm. Noche Flamenca, Andrew J. Nemr & CPD Plus, Darrah Carr Dance
Friday, July 13 at 7 pm. Zoe, the Pinker Tones, Chetes
Saturday, July 14 at 8 pm. Brooklyn Philharmonic with Music Director Michael Christie, guest artists Mark O’Connor and Maya Beiser
Sunday, July 15 at 4 pm. Frank London’s Yiddish Carnival featuring: Frank London, the Klezmatics, Fyvush Finkel, Wolf Krakowski, Roberto Rodriguez, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Maracatu New York, Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper, the Festival Latin Jewish Carnival Orchestra & Social Justice Sing
Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 pm. Benefit concert in support of “Celebrate Brooklyn” featuring Ani DiFranco. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com for $37.
Thursday, July 19 at 7:30 pm. Music & Movies Series: Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail” with Alloy Orchestra, Morley
Friday, July 20 at 7:30 pm. Bobby “Blue” Bland, Catherine Russell
Saturday, July 21 at 7 pm. Hal Willner’s Doc Pomus Project, featuring: Ben E. King, Teddy Thompson, Steven Bernstein, Joel Dorn, Peter Guralnick, Shannon McNally, and others
Sunday, July 22 at 5 pm. Dan Zanes & Friends (Special guests TBA)
Thursday, July 26 at 8 pm. Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane Dance Company performing “Another Evening: I Bow Down”
Friday, July 27 at 7:30 pm. Music & Movies Series: Laurel & Hardy with the Millennial Territory Orchestra, Ethan Lipton
Saturday, July 28 at 2 pm. Boricua Festival featuring Tito Rojas, Joe Cuba Sextet, Viento de Aqua and others
Thursday, August 2 at 8 pm. Brave New World Repertory Theatre performing Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” with violinist Jenny Scheinman
Friday, August 3 at 7:30 pm. Lyricist Lounge with KRS-One, Ladybug Mecca, Blitz, Beat Entertainment, Turntable Anihilists
Saturday, August 4 at 7:30 pm. Kassav, Bonga
Thursday, August 9 at 7 pm. The Hold Steady, the Big Sleep, the Teenage Prayers
Friday, August 10 at 7:30 pm. Music & Movies Series: Bollywood in Brooklyn: Bollywood classic, “Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin” with DJ Rekha’s Bollywood Disco
Saturday, August 11 from 2–9 pm. African Festival: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Sekouba Bambino, Stella Chiwese, Shiko Mawatu, Baye Kouyate et Les Tougarakes
