Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

This weekend features three concerts at Celebrate Brooklyn (four if you got Beck tickets already), activities for kids, music on Cortelyou, and more. Check back on Monday for next week’s events.

Thursday, August 1

• Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal dances the night away at Celebrate Brooklyn, 8pm.
• Sign up to for at open mic night 8-8:30pm at 773 Lounge, or watch at 9pm.
• Sean Coleman and the Quasars are at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Friday, August 2

• Water thirsty street trees with neighbor Maria Newsom Fahey at the PS 217 schoolyard, 10am.
• Shape Up NYC hosts a free introductory pilates class, Prospect Park, 12pm.
• Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark, 1pm.
• Kids make nature journals and more at Blooming Naturalists, Prospect Park, 2pm.
• Nature on the Go! is at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park, 3pm.
• Happy hour with babies at Lark, 4-5:30pm.
• Jamie Lidell, Dan Deacon, and The Stepkids play Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm.
• Mr DJXZ plays Bar Chord, 9pm.
• DJ Slim Hug spins it at Sycamore, 9pm-4am.

Saturday, August 3

• Get caffeinated with your canine at FIDO-sponsored Coffee Bark, Prospect Park, 7-9am.
• The Lavender Blues Singalong is at Lark, 10-11am.
• Visit Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden, 10am-2pm (compost til 12pm).
• The Ready, Set, Kindergarten! is at the Cortelyou Library, 11am.
• Yoga at the Prospect Park Peristyle, 11am; kids-only class, 12pm.
• Alex Levin and guests play jazz at Purple Yam, 12-2:30pm.
• Kids can play board games at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-4m.
• Adults: learn some bookmaking skills at the Cortelyou Library, 2pm.
• Honey, Dear plays vintage jazz at Lark, 4pm.
• The Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra and Banda Magda play Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm.
• The John Pinamonti Trio is at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Names You Can Trust hosts their weekly party at Sycamore, 10pm.
• Richie and Friends plays 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Sunday, August 4

• Meditate for free at at Jaya Yoga East, 8:30am.
• Toddlers can play and sing at Toddler Time with Mary Jo, Lark, 10am.
• Ezra Jack Keats Story Hour at the Imagination Playground, Prospect Park, 2pm.
• Stay cool for free with a screening of Eight Below, St. Rose of Lima Church, 4pm.