FREE Summer Concerts

Here's what we have so far for June / July 2010
(Also see our August / September schedule)
Music, theater, dance, poetry all over the 5 boroughs, listed by venue:

Summer 2010, Central Park - Rumsey Playfield

Closest entrance to the field - 72nd Street and 5th Avenue
Good Morning America Series 2010
Schedule: (Click Above for times, more details)
Friday July 16 • American Idol Top 10
Friday July 23 • Sheryl Crow
Friday July 30 • Black Eyed Peas

NYC SummerStage 2010
Schedule (Click Above for more Details):
Saturday July 3 - 3:00pm •ISTANBULIVE II:
The Sounds & Colors of Turkey featuring Kenan Dogulu, mor ve otesi,
Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions, Burhan Ocal Tulug Tirpan, Sukriye Tutkun, & DJ Salih Saka
Wednesday,  July 7 - 7:00pm •Nortec Collective Presents:
Bostich & Fussible,  El Guincho, Anita Tijoux. Presented in association with the 11th Annual LAMC
Saturday July 10 - 7:00pm •Maldita Vecindad, The Pinker Tones
Saturday July 17 - 3:00pm •Raphael Saadiq, and Special Guests
Sunday July 18 - 3:00pm •Global Family Day presented in ass. with Parents® House of Kids:
 Featuring Ralph’s World, Bethany and Rufus and Cirque-tacular Entertainment
Wednesday July 21 - 3:00pm - THEATER
• Comedy Central Park presents The Daily Show and Friends, hosted by Lewis Black
Sunday July 25  - 3:00pm •Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool’s Gold
Monday July 26 - 7:00pm • The Flaming Lips: Sold Out!
Tuesday, July 27 - 3:00pm • The Black Keys, The Morning Benders: Sold Out!
Wednesday  July 28 - 3:00pm •The Black Keys, The Morning Benders
Saturday July 31 - 3:00pm •Jovanatti, Los Amigos Invisibles, Natalia Lafourcade
See SUMMERSTAGE calendar for Details

Summer 2010, Central Park - Harlem Meer Festival

Dana Discovery Center, Central Park at 110th Street between 5th Avenue and Lenox Avenue
Sunday July 4   • Zon del Barrio - Latin
Sunday July 11 Retumba
- Caribbean
Sunday July 18 Harlem Blues and Jazz Band - Jazz & Blues
Sunday July 25Blindfold Test - Brazilian Jazz
Note: This show will be in the Conservatory Garden
• Complete Harlem Meer Festival Schedule •

Summer 2010, Central Park - Naumburg Bandshell Concerts

Mid-park, 72nd Street, just south of the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace
Tuesday July 6 - 7:30pm • Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Monday July 19 - 6:00pm • Columbia Summer Winds
Tuesday July 20 - 7:30pm • Time for Three

Summer 2010, Madison Square Park

5th Avenue to Madison Avenue - 23rd Street to 26th Street
MAD.SQ. MUSIC 2010 : Oval Lawn Series (Wednesday Evenings)
Wednesday July 7 - 6:00pm • Alecia Nugent, The Farewell Drifters - Bluegrass
Alecia Nugent - bluegrass and country that can tear the barn down, then bring you to tears.
The Farewell Drifters mix equal parts bluegrass and The Beach Boys.
Wednesday July 14 - 7:00pm • David Bromberg Quartet
Making his name with the radio hit The Hold-up,  co-written with Beatle George Harrison,
David boasts a long and varied career as a successful singer, songwriter, and session guitarist
Wednesday July 21 - 6:00pm • SOMI, John Ellis & Double-Wide
Often compared to Nina Simone and Diane Reeves, SOMI brings a magical, captivating
presence to the stage. John Ellis & Double Wide, a hip blend of unorthodox jazz
instrumentation for a carnival of high-flying tunes.
Wednesday July 28 - 7:00pm • The Wailin’ Jennys
Juno Award-winning roots band, The Wailin’ Jennys, combines elements of folk, classical,
and pop music, powered by spot on harmonies.
For Details See Oval Lawn Series Madison Square Park Calendar

MAD SQ KIDS Series 2010 (Performances: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10:30am)
Mainly for kids, but there are a few we'd like to see too…
Tuesday July 6  •The Deedle Deedle Dees
Thursday July 8 •Trout Fishing in America
Tuesday July 13  •Dog on Fleas
Thursday July 15 •Robbi K.
Tuesday July 20 •AudraRox
Thursday July 22 •Key Wilde and Mr Clarke
Tuesday July 27 •Hayes Greenfield’s Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
Thursday July 29 •The Suzi Shelton Band
For Details See the Mad Sq Kids Series  Calendar

Summer 2010 - Gone to Governers Concerts - Governers Island

The Beach @ Governors Island, off Manhattan's Southern tip: Free ferry available - Directions
Saturday July 3  • Portugal. The Man with Alberta Cross
Sunday July 4  • She & Him with Oakley Hall
Saturday July 10  • Lucero with J-Roddy Walston and The Business
 Friday July 16  • Caribou & Phantogram with The Chain Gang of 1974

Summer 2010, Prospect Park Band Shell, Brooklyn NY

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY - Inside the Park at Prospect Park West and 9th Street - Directions
Celebrate Brooklyn! Free, but a $3.00 donation is requested
Gates generally open 1 hour prior to performance:
Saturday July 8 - 4pm • Itutu: Armitage Gone! dance
Friday July 9 - 7pm • Ozomatli, Fidel Nadal and Toy Selectah -Latin/Caribbean fusion
Sunday July 11 - 4pm • OkayAfrica with The Roots and Talib Kweli -African diaspora
Saturday July 17  - 2pm- 9pm  African Festival, Konono No.1 -All Day Pan-African Festival
Saturday July 20 - 2pm-9pm Rufus Wainwright Benefit Show - NOT FREE; Click link for ticket info
Thursday July 22 - 2pm- 9pm •The Chaplin Mutuals; Carl Davis -Film/Orig Score
Friday July 23 - 7pm Bomba Estereo, La Secta Allstar and Rita Indiana -Pan-Latin
Saturday July 24 - 4pm  Field of Dreams (Un Mundo Nuevo) -A DIY world's fair-music & art
Tuesday July 27 - 7pm The National Benefit Show (Sold Out)
Thursday July 29 - 7pm  Mother India 21 Century Remix: DJ Tigerstyle,  Falu -Film/Orig Score
Friday July 30 -   7:30pm  The Swell Season and The Low Anthem - "Hot Irish Soul"
Saturday July 31  - 7:00pm  Sonic Youth, Grass Widow and Talk Normal - Alternative Rock
For Details See the Celebrate Brooklyn Calendar

Summer 2010, Other Venues, Neighborhood Parks

Note: Maps,  Locations, Directions to individual venues can be found on links below:
Manhattan - South Street Seaport, Fulton and South Streets, Pier 17
Friday July 23 - 6:00pm • Free Energy / Best Coast / Loose Limbs
Friday July 30 - 6:00pm • Avi Buffalo / Chad Vangaalen

Manhattan - Rockefeller Park, River Terrace and Warren Street
Wednesday July 14 - 7:00pm •Jimmy Webb with Martin Rivas
Wednesday July 21 - 7:00pm •Burning Spear

Manhattan - Zuccotti Park,  Liberty Street between Broadway and Church Street - Directions
Wednesday July 14 - 12:30pm • The Dan Martin/Nick Russo Duo
Wednesday July 21 - 12:30pm • Gimagua
Wednesday July 28 - 12:30pm • Jason Green

Manhattan - Battery Park,  Battery Place, State Street and Whitehall Street
Sunday July 4 -2:00pm • Dan Zanes Jam & Jubilee
4th of July Concert and Family Festival

Manhattan - Union Square Park - South Plaza - Broadway to 4 Avenue, East 14 Street to East 17 Street
Music in the Square; 
Thursday July 15 - 4:00 pm  • The Lightyears  -  6: 00 pm • Dani Elliott
Thursday July 22 - 4:30 pm  • Million Dollar Quartet  -  6: 00 pm • Danni Rosner
Thursday July 29 - 4:30 pm  • Rock of Ages  -  6: 00 pm • The Hipstones

Manhattan - Music on the Oval,  Stuyvesant Town Oval - Entrance at First Ave and 16th St
Wednesday July 14 -2:00pm • Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens  - w/ DJ Greg Caz
Wednesday July 21 -2:00pm • Easy Star All-Stars  - w/DJ Wrong Tom

Manhattan - Wagner  Park,  20 Battery Place
River & Blues Festival
Thursday July 15 - 7-8:30pm • Bill Sims, Jr. veteran blues singer-songwriter, sings with a warm baritone voice and a journeyman’s command of electric and acoustic guitar. Sims composed the music for August Wilson’s "Seven Guitars" and "Gem of the Ocean" and other plays and movies about American roots music.
Thursday July 22 - 7-8:30pm • Jim Campilongo creates music that fl oats from gritty blues rock to country twang and jazz, making a singular original musical sound on his trademark Telecaster ¨.
Thursday July 29 - 7-8:30pm • The Alexis P. Suter Band led by a rising star with a bass/baritone voice that beautifully weaves talent and raw emotion into powerful gospel-tinged blues.

Manhattan - Hudson River Park's Pier 84,  44th Street at Hudson River
Clinton Concert Series
Monday July 12 - 6:00pm-7:00pm • Cocomama
Monday July 26 - 6:00pm-7:00pm • Cumbiagra

Manhattan - Hudson River Park’s Clinton Cove Park,  Hudson River at 55th Street
Saturday July 24-1:00pm – 4:00pm  •Clinton Cove Festival
Kayaking, field races, arts & crafts, and live bluegrass and folk music by The Mercantillers

Manhattan - Riverside Park South,  Hudson River between 59th and 72nd Streets
Acoustic Sundays:
Sunday July 18 – 7:00pm  •Meta and the Cornerstones
Sunday July 25 – 7:00pm  •Michael Powers

Manhattan - Lincoln Center,  Damrosch Park- W. 62nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue
Saturday July 31 – 2:00pm  •Lincoln Center Out of Doors - Roots of American Music Ponderosa Stomp: The Detroit Breakdown
Saturday July 31 – 5:00pm  •Lincoln Center Out of Doors - Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels

Manhattan - Jackie Robinson Park,  Bradhurst & Edgecombe Avenues, West 145 to West 155 Street
Friday July 30- 7:00pmCreative Outlet Dance Theatre and Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion
Saturday July 31- 7:00pm •Earl Moseley's Institute of the Arts and Motion Theater Lab

Brooklyn - Red Hook Park, Otsego, Bay, Hicks, Lorraine, Court, Halleck Streets
Monday July 12 - 10:30am • BombaYo Bush Clinton Park (in Red Hook Park)

Brooklyn - Maria Hernandez Park - Knickerbocker Ave to Irving Ave, Starr Street to Suydam Street
Friday July 9- 3:00pm-4:00pm  • Afternoon Concert Series - Salsa, Caribbean, Latin Jazz and more 
Note: Repeats every 2 weeks: Friday July 23,  Friday August 6,  Friday August 20

Brooklyn - BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech -
MetroTech Commons,  Corner of Flatbush Avenue and Myrtle Avenue
Thursday July 22-12noon •Bilal
Thursday July 29-12noon •Vieux Farka Touré

Queens - 2010 Waterfront Concert Series, Astoria Park
Astoria Park Lawn-Shore Boulevard between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool
Thursday July 15-7:30pm–9:00pm•The Cab Calloway Orchestra-Big Band
-directed by Cab's grandson Calloway Brooks
Thursday July 22-7:30pm–9:00pm•The Lightyears-Pop/Rock
Thursday July 29-7:30pm–9:00pm•Country Music with The Nashville Attitude-Country

Queens - Queensbridge Park,  Fulton Avenue, Crotona Park North, South, East River
Saturday July 17 -7:00pm  •The Dance of Light Choreography

Bronx - Crotona Park, Fulton Avenue, Crotona Park North, South, East
Saturday July 10 - 8:00pm  •American Schemes by Radha Blank

Bronx - Soundview Park,  Bronx River, Lafayette, Metcalf, Bronx River Avenues
Tuesday July 6 -7:00pm •The Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review

Bronx - St. Mary’s Park,  St. Mary’s Street, St. Anns Avenue, East 149 Street, Jackson Avenues
Wednesday July 7- 8:00pm  •Hector Tricoche and Chris Alfinez

Still more to come…



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