Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

Porches will play at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this Saturday. Photo courtesy of Celebrate Brooklyn.

Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can listen to an evening of jazz at Kettle & Thread, eat tacos and drink beer to support small business at Sycamore, go rowing for free in Prospect Park, and lots more. If you have events you’d like added to the calendar, let us know! Email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com.

And add your events, plus check out more happenings in our neighborhood, on our community calendar!

Thursday, July 23

Arborio King serves up their tasty eats at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 6-10:30pm.
Benjamin Cartel performs at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Friday, July 24

• Join the drop-in sing-along with Lucy Kalantari at Lark Café, 10am.
• Get in shape at Shape Up NYC’s free cardio toning class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark Cafe, 1pm.
• Make your own monster at the Teen Club at Kettle & Thread, 3-5pm.
Johnny Lupiani’s Awesome BBQ is dishing up food at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4-11pm.
Happy hour with babies and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm.
• Listen to pianist Albert Marques perform at Kettle & Thread, 5:30-7pm.
• Free wine tasting at Kings County Wines, every Friday from 6-8pm.
• Get your heart rate up and explore the neighborhood with Ditmas Rides, meeting in front of the Cortelyou Library at 7pm.
• Listen to an evening of jazz at Kettle & Thread, 7:30-9pm.
• Jason Isbell and Dawn Landes perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm.
• Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco is at Prospect Park’s Lakeside ($18, buy tickets here), 7:30-10pm.
Youth & Vanity play their rock and horns and fund at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Rahlou is at Sycamore, 10pm.

Saturday, July 25

• Check out all the veggies, fruit & more at the Flatbush Junction Youthmarket, 8:30am-3pm.
• Lavender Blues Sing-Along at Lark Cafe, 9:30 & 10:30am.
Go rowing for free at Prospect Park Lake, 12-4pm.
• The Brooklyn Bird Club leads an intro to birdwatching class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-5pm.
Burma Noodle Bar whips up their culinary creations at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4-11pm.
• Enjoy DJs, cocktails and more at this roller skating party at Prospect Park’s Lakeside ($8 without skate rentals, get tickets here), 5-9pm.
Sylvan Esso and Porches perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm.
Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts perform at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Sunday, July 26

• Check out all the fresh veggies, fruit, and more at the Cortelyou Greenmarket and the new Parkside Greenmarket, 8am-3pm.
• Sing-along with Amy Miles at Lark Café, 10am.
• Support small businesses at a taco & beer party at Sycamore, 2-8pm.
Wig Doctor spins a mix of old Jamaican, funk and soul tunes every Sunday at Coffee Mob, 2-5pm.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-5pm.
• Lend a hand at Q Gardens’ workday, during which volunteers will continue sprucing up the new garden, 3pm.
• Cortelyou Jazz Jam at Bar Chord, 9pm.