Freelance Whales, tomorrow's BBQ Blowout DJs

You know, we were just thinking how awesome it would be to spend the summer at DJ’d parties sampling bbq recipes from Brooklyn’s top foodies. And, wait… wait… oh, look at that, there goes the iPod case. Tomorrow night, Jun. 16, at Good Company in Williamsburg, food blogger Cathy Erway and the chefs of Mrs. Kim’s will be grilling the meat for the summer’s second BBQ Blowout. The series of DJ’d bbq fests, presented by Finger on the Pulse and NY Mag, runs through August with four more nights of food from Fatty Cue, Sam Mason, Mile End Delicatessen and Frankies Spuntino (and a new DJ each night too). But tomorrow, the show’s all Erway and Freelance Whales. Plates are $5 and the rest of the night’s free, including iPhone and iPod cases from co-sponsor Incase. Food at 7, party til 11.

Good Company, 10 Hope St., between Roebling and Havemeyer, Williamsburg

Photo by bitchcakesny.

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