Celebrate Brooklyn Schedule Released – Make Plans!
It would not be summer in Brooklyn without the free Celebrate Brooklyn concerts in Prospect Park. The schedule was released today, so start making plans:
June:
- Lake Street Dive, June 7, 2017 · 8:15PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · Free · A modern day quartet known for their unique, rollicking mix of R&B, jazz, soul, and 60s-era rock.
Alice Smith / Bilal / Kris Bowers, June 10, 2017 · 7:00PM @Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Alice Smith’s voice is a rare and deeply expressive instrument, anchoring her R&B-meets-jazz songwriting with a treasure trove of memorable, personal lyrics
Benefit Concert: The Shins, June 15, 2017 · 7:00PM @Prospect Park Bandshell · $40
Lisa Loeb with The Knights, June 17, 2017 · 3:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE· In our annual children’s concert, Lisa Loeb will bring us an afternoon of fun-loving, sing-along-able numbers, joined by the Brooklyn-based orchestra The Knights.
Yeasayer / Poliça / Cymbals Eat Guitars, June 22, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · The illustrious experimental rock trio Yeasayer makes their bandshell debut, alongside Poliça and Cymbals Eat Guitars.
Pharoah Sanders / Brooklyn Raga Massive: Coltrane Tribute, June 23, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · AMERICAN EXPRESS SERIES
Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders takes to the bandshell, after Brooklyn Raga Massive tips their cap to Sanders with a tribute to the music of Coltrane.
The Soul Rebels featuring Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch & Kirk Knight / Goapele / Natasha Diggs, June 24, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE ·BUD LIGHT MUSIC SERIES
New Orleans’ most beloved brass ensemble The Soul Rebels brings the spirit of the bayou to the bandshell for an evening, joined by special guests Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, and Kirk Knight.
Lila Downs / Orkesta Mendoza, June 29, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Lila Downs is one of today’s great ambassadors of Mexican folk music, while Orkesta Mendoza specializes in cumbia, merengue and ranchera through a psychedelic prism.
- Garth Fagan Dance, June 30, 2017 · 8:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Garth Fagan Dance celebrates its 45th season at the bandshell, having changed the landscape of movement with its innovative blend of modern dance, ballet and Afro-Caribbean dance.
July:
- Pilobolus, July 6, 2017 · 8:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · In this playful, topsy-turvy evening-length program, limbs will tangle and bodies will morph.
Musiq Soulchild / People’s Champs, July 7, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · With twelve GRAMMY nominations under his belt, two platinum records and two gold records, Musiq Soulchild visits the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival with a goldmine of timeless hooks, and a hot-as-embers band.
Chronixx / Chop and Quench / Laolu NYC, July 8, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE·BUD LIGHT MUSIC SERIES Chronixx, whose style recalls the Rastafarian golden age of the 1970s with uplifting, consciousness-raising lyrics set to deep, swooning rhythms, is joined by New York’s all-star ensemble Chop and Quench, and Laolu NYC.
Robert Randolph & the Family Band / Eric Krasno, July 13, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE ·BUD LIGHT MUSIC SERIES· Robert Randolph & the Family Band will fill the park with mellifluous sounds, and GRAMMY-winning artist Eric Krasno, best known as the guitarist in Soulive and Lettuce, begins the evening.
Quantic (Live) / Tei Shi / Alex Anwandter, July 14, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE· BUD LIGHT MUSIC SERIES
British producer Quantic has traveled the world synthesizing the sounds of dance, and this summer he comes to Brooklyn, with Tei Shi and Alex Anwandter, presented in association with the Latin Alternative Music Conference.
Ben L’Oncle Soul / Sweet Crude, July 15, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Ben L’Oncle Soul, a French songwriter with an uncanny knack for the sounds and sights of Stax-era soul, is joined by an exciting new group, Sweet Crude.
Benefit Concert: Planetarium, July 18, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · $50 advance / $55 day of show With Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister
Benefit Concert: Conor Oberst w/ special guests Hop Along / Big Thief, July 20, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · $40.50 advance / $46 day of show
Amadou & Mariam / Innov Gnawa / Ahmed Gallab DJ Set, July 21, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Amadou & Mariam’s music sparkles with the Afro-blues sound that has made this blind husband-and-wife duo one of West Africa’s finest musical exports.
Mashrou’ Leila / Dawn of Midi / DJ Khatir, July 22, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Beirut-based indie rockers Mashrou’ Leila are breaking boundaries and courting controversy in their home country with lyrics that are by turns satirical and sexual, crooned by frontman Hamed Sinno.
Benefit Concert: Sylvan Esso, July 26, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · $35
MACISTE ALL’INFERNO with live score by Sexmob / Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir, July 27, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Sexmob, globetrotting stalwarts of NYC’s downtown jazz scene led by trumpeter Steven Bernstein, performs their original score to Maciste All’inferno, a seminal work of the Italian silent era.
Andrew Bird / Esperanza Spalding, July 28, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · AMERICAN EXPRESS SERIES
Classically inspired, whistling, violin-wielding songwriter Andrew Bird returns after his unforgettable opening night performance in 2011, with a new record in tow.
Admiral T / Tabou Combo / DJ Spike T.I., July 29, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Admiral T is one of the most celebrated dancehall artists of the French-speaking world, bringing his trademark radiance and positivity to every performance, including this one at the bandshell.
August:
Benefit Concert: Fleet Foxes, August 1, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · $50.50 advance / $55 day of show
Benefit Concert: Fleet Foxes, August 2, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · $50.50 advance / $55 day of show
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones / Nellie McKay, August 3, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · AMERICAN EXPRESS SERIES
Banjo trailblazer Béla Fleck has done it all: spawned a generation of “newgrassers” as a member of New Grass Revival, penned the first-ever Banjo Concerto, and won a GRAMMY in the World Music category. This summer, he comes to the bandshell.
CREED with live score by Wordless Music Orchestra / Frank Haye & the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir, August 4, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Brooklyn collective Wordless Music Orchestra, conducted onstage by the score’s composer, Ludwig Goransson, provides the live score for Creed, a story of underdogs and redemption.
Nels Cline: LOVERS / Sam Amidon, August 5, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · On his latest album, Lovers, Nels Cline tackles a combination of originals and American Songbook standards in a big-band jazz setting, which he’ll perform live at the bandshell.
SELMA with live score by Jason Moran and the Wordless Music Orchestra / Brooklyn United Marching Band, August 10, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · MacArthur “genius” and jazz luminary Jason Moran joins Wordless Music Orchestra to provide an original live score for 2014’s Selma.
Whitney / Weyes Blood, August 11, 2017 · 7:00PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · Whitney burst into indie stardom with one of 2016’s most acclaimed debuts, Light Upon the Lake, and they’ll come to the bandshell along with Weyes Blood.
Youssou N’Dour / Yacouba Sissoko, August 12, 2017 · 7:30PM@Prospect Park Bandshell · FREE · We close our season in majestic fashion with one of the great artists of our time, Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour.
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