This has to be one of the better Celebrate Brooklyn! lineups in years. The free summer concert series kicks off June 5 with Jimmy Cliff and runs a gamut of musical options that features Ghostface Killah, Keb Mo’, Grammy winner Esperenza Spalding and includes the surely awesome combo of Wild Flag and Mission of Burma. The movie singalongs and dance-alongs are ripe too: Saturday Night Fever and The Muppet Movie! For the more popular shows, you have to get there early of course, but your best bet is to make a day of it: picnic in the park with your friends and it won’t even feel like you’re waiting in line for three hours! See the full schedule below.
June 5
Jimmy Cliff
June 9
AfroCubism / Alsarah & The Nubatones
June 14
Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason
June 15
Geri Allen & Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade to Black with Esperanza Spalding / Terri Lyne Carrington / Lizz Wright / Patrice Rushen and more!
June 16
Balkan Beat Box / Chico Trujillo / Nation Beat
June 21
TBA / Latice Crawford
June 22
Keb’ Mo’ / Natalia Zukerman
June 23
Lyricist Lounge 20th Anniversary featuring Ghostface Killah / Camp Lo / Astro / & More
June 28
Ballet Hispanico
June 29
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / The Brooklyn Steppers / Dayna Kurtz
June 30
Angélique Kidjo’s Women Waging Peace with Special Guests Laurie Anderson / Sibongile Khumalo / Somi
July 7
Souad Massi / Simon Shaheen
July 8
Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert: Sweet Honey in The Rock
July 13
Calle 13 / Ana Tijoux / Ritmo Machine
July 14
Music & Movies: Saturday Night Fever / Tragedy
July 20
Machel Montano / BélO
July 21
Arturo Sandoval / Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
July 27
The Head and the Heart / Lost in the Trees
July 28
Music & Movies: The Muppet Movie Sing-A-Long / Loser’s Lounge
Aug. 2
Music & Movies: Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet / The Love Show
Aug. 3
Wild Flag / Mission of Burma
Aug. 4
The Del McCoury Band / Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Spirit Family Reunion
Aug. 9
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Aug. 10
Little Dragon / Frankie Rose / Voices of Black
Aug. 11
Lyle Lovett / Aoife O’Donovan
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Everyone check out The Head and the Heart July 27 they are super awesome.
are these showing held at dusk as well at Brooklyn Bridge Park?
the times on all these are different – check the celebrate brooklyn link for the official details.