Saturday, August 11th: Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group / Aoife O’Donovan – Last Free Celebrate Brooklyn! Show of the Season
Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group / Aoife O’Donovan Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free LYLE LOVETT’s wry wit and omnivorous musical palate embrace everything from country and folk to big-band swing and traditional pop, and his live performances feel “like the best kind of soul-stirring church service, full of joy, solemnity, reverence, and [...]
Friday, August 10th: Little Dragon / Frankie Rose / Voices of Black
Little Dragon / Frankie Rose / Voices of Black Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free The Swedish electro-soul outfit LITTLE DRAGON, fronted by the enchanting vocalist Yukimi Nagano, plays “richly textured and highly vibe-y electronic music that could soundtrack both the dance party and the chill-out room.” (Rolling Stone) After recording a handful of [...]
Thursday, August 9th: Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 8pm Free Inspired by artistic directors Dwight Rhoden, “one of the most sought out choreographers of the day,” (NY Times) and Desmond Richardson, “one of the great modern dancers of his time,” (NY Times) and their pronounced appreciation for the multicultural, COMPLEXIONS’ unique mix of methods, styles, and [...]
Saturday, August 4th: The Del McCoury Band / Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Spirit Family Reunion
The Del McCoury Band / Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Spirit Family Reunion Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm Free For 50 years, DEL McCOURY music has defined bluegrass authenticity. With his sons in the band, McCoury conjures an authentic high lonesome sound that prompted Dirty Linen to declare, “There’s no voice in bluegrass quite [...]
Friday, August 3rd: Wild Flag / Misson Of Burma / Ted Leo – Free Show
Wild Flag / Misson Of Burma / Ted Leo Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 7pm Free WILD FLAG has risen from the ashes of a number of storied bands: it’s fronted by Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney (and recently of Portlandia fame) and Mary Timony of Helium, and includes Sleater-Kinney’s Janet Weiss and The Minders’ Rebecca Cole. [...]
Thursday, August 2nd: Franco Zeffirelli’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ / The Love Show
Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet / The Love Show Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn pm Free With a Nino Rota score, Oscars for cinematography and costume design (and a host of nominations including Best Picture), and scandalous star turns by teenage beauties Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of ROMEO & JULIET is [...]
Saturday, July 28th: ‘The Muppet Movie’ Sing-A-Long
The Muppet Movie Sing-A-Long Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Friday, July 27th: The Head and the Heart / Lost in the Trees – Free Show
The Head and the Heart / Lost in the Trees Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 7:30pm Free Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Saturday, July 21st: Arturo Sandoval / Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Arturo Sandoval / Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free A night of red hot Latin jazz with two Grammy winners. ARTURO SANDOVAL can burn through an Afro-Cuban groove, tear up a bebop tune, or soar over a Mozart concerto with equal power and grace. A protégé [...]
Saturday, July 14th: ‘Saturday Night Fever’ + Free Disco Yoga
Saturday Night Fever / Tragedy Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6pm doors, 6:30pm yoga Free The film that catapulted John Travolta to stardom and sent disco and the Gibb brothers into the stratosphere has some of the greatest dance scenes ever committed to celluloid, but it’s also a moving coming of age drama and a gritty, [...]
Saturday, July 7th: Souad Massi / Simon Shaheen
Souad Massi / Simon Shaheen Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Saturday, June 30th: Angélique Kidjo’s Women Waging Peace with Special Guests Laurie Anderson / Sibongile Khumalo / Somi
Angélique Kidjo’s Women Waging Peace with Special Guests Laurie Anderson / Sibongile Khumalo / Somi Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 7:30pm Free World music superstar ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO, named one of the “World’s 100 Most Inspiring Women” by the Guardian UK, curates this very special commissioned tribute to Wangari Maathai, the late Nobel Peace Prize winner and [...]
Friday, June 29th: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / The Brooklyn Steppers / Dayna Kurtz
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / The Brooklyn Steppers / Dayna Kurtz Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free Troy “TROMBONE SHORTY” Andrews, “New Orleans’ brightest new star in a generation,” (SF Chronicle) and his untouchable band whip up “a near-deafening, funk-charged blast of percussion, brass, reeds and guitar distortion” (Washington Post) that unites the [...]
Thursday, June 28th: Ballet Hispanico
Ballet Hispanico Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 7pm doors Free The leading representative of Hispanic culture in American dance, BALLET HISPANICO’s innovative repertory fuses ballet, modern, and Latin forms into a spirited image of the contemporary Latino diaspora. Founded in 1970 by Tina Ramirez, the company has performed at The John F. Kennedy Center, Houston’s Wortham [...]
Saturday, June 23rd: Ghostface Killah / Camp Lo / Astro / & More
Ghostface Killah / Camp Lo / Astro / & More Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free Many of the greatest names in the game have passed through the legendary Lyricist Lounge, and what began 20 years ago as an open mic night in a studio apartment on the LES has become one of the [...]
Friday, June 22nd: Free Keb’ Mo’ / Natalia Zukerman Show
Keb’ Mo’ / Natalia Zukerman Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Thursday, June 21st: Mary Mary / Latice Crawford
Mary Mary / Latice Crawford Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm Free MARY MARY brings a heavenly dose of urban contemporary gospel to the Bandshell. The Grammy-winning sisters Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell blazed a trail in the last decade by introducing soul, hip-hop, funk, and jazz into the genre. Their pioneering crossover hit Shackles (Praise [...]
Saturday, June 16th: Balkan Beat Box / Chico Trujillo / Nation Beat
Balkan Beat Box / Chico Trujillo / Nation Beat Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free An ecstatic melting pot of a dance party for all the citizens of the planet to call their own, where BALKAN BEAT BOX’s transcendent pan-Mediterranean bacchanal collides with the Chilean ska-punk-new cumbia of “world-class party band” (NY Times) CHICO [...]
Friday, June 15th: Geri Allen & Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade to Black with Esperanza Spalding / Terri Lyne Carrington / Lizz Wright / Patrice Rushen
Geri Allen & Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade to Black with Esperanza Spalding / Terri Lyne Carrington / Lizz Wright / Patrice Rushen Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 8pm Free The great pianist GERI ALLEN and the world-renowned photographer and video artist CARRIE MAE WEEMS team up for this special world premiere commission. SLOW FADE TO [...]
Thursday, June 14th: Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason
Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 7-10pm Free Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Saturday, June 9th: AfroCubism / Alsarah & The Nubatones
AfroCubism / Alsarah & The Nubatones Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free AFROCUBISM is the all-star collaboration between Malian and Cuban musicians that famously never happened. In 1996, a group of Mali’s finest musicians were due to fly into Havana for a speculative collaboration with some of Cuba’s most brilliant singers and instrumentalists. For [...]
Tuesday, June 5th: Jimmy Cliff – First Free Celebrate Brooklyn! Show of the Season
Jimmy Cliff Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 6:30pm doors Free With a decades-long career, reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is one of the great shapers of modern music. His catalog continues to influence and reflect global culture, tracing its roots to the Jamaica of his youth. For his socially conscious work, Jimmy is the only living musician [...]
Thursday, May 24th: Celebrate Brooklyn! Zydeco/Cajun Dance Party + Free Dance Lessons
Celebrate Brooklyn! Zydeco/Cajun Dance Party Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn 7-10pm Free Jesse Lége and Bayou Brew will start this Fais do-do with their traditional Cajun dance hall music. Free two-step dance lessons by Somebody Scream NY. Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Thursday, May 17th: Celebrate Brooklyn! Brazilian Dance Party + Free Dance Lessons
Celebrate Brooklyn! Brazilian Dance Party Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn 7-10pm Free Seamlessly fusing Brazilian and Gulf Coast musical traditions, Brooklyn’s own Nation Beat will rock the stage with their bold and colorful sounds—something like Carnival and Mardi Gras rolled into one. The evening will also feature the thunderous drumming of Maracatu New York. [...]
