There’s no other place with a greater reputation of being a hipster paradise, Brooklyn. Brooklyn is so hot it’s a wonder they let anyone in. The college set have taken it over and made it THE place to be. New music venues are everywhere and if you’re not reading about it you’re watching it on new television shows. Let’s face it it’s the demographic. Fresh out of school with gobs of student debt there’s no way to live in Manhattan, so Brooklyn it is and with great public transportation it works. Save a few bucks and say you live in NYC. But now it’s actually more cool to say you live in Brooklyn. This aint the Patty Duke Show anymore.
That being said when you have a borough full of artists and young thought you get a fabulous atmosphere filled with the spirit of adventure and the thought provoking magic that only art can provide. Bringing us to Celebrate Brooklyn! presented by performing arts nonprofit BRIC and running June through August, many of the concerts are held at the Prospect Park Bandshell and free although five will be ticketed events. The admission charges for the handful of concerts help underwrite the free shows. Pretty sweet deal for a summers worth of fabulous music in ‘the place to be’. Pay-for events include The Roots / Jim James (June 18), Belle and Sebastian (July 11), Robert Plant Presents The Sensational Space Shifters (July 27), Barenaked Ladies / Ben Folds Five / Guster (July 30), and Beck (Aug. 4).
Here’s the schedule:
June 5 – Patty Griffin
June 8 – (for kids) Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Jun 13 – Grouplove / Alpine
June 14 – Mavis Staples / Cody Chesnutt
June 15 – Calexico / Susana Baca / Radio Jarocho & Okoko Nante Ensemble
June 18 – The Roots & Jim James
June 20 – Big Boi / Phony Ppl / D-Nice
June 21 – Amadou & Mariam / Bombino
June 27 – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
June 28 – Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Aurelio Martinez
June 29 – Os Mutantes / Javelin / Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang
July 6 – Theophilus London / Les Nubians / Aabaraki
July 11 – Belle & Sebastian
July 12 – Nortec Collective Presents Bostich & Fussible / Mexican Institute Of Sound / Mariachi Flor de Toloache
July 18 – Tiger Lillies / Cynthia Hopkins
July 19 – The Waterboys / Alasdair Roberts
July 20 – The Lone Bellow / The Low Anthem / Joe Purdy
July 25 – BeBe Winans / Alicia Olatuja
July 26 – Trampled By Turtles / The Devil Makes Three / Brown Bird
July 27 – Robert Plant Presents The Sensational Space Shifters
July 30 – Barenaked Ladies / Ben Folds Five / Guster
Aug. 1 – Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal
Aug. 2 – Jamie Lidell / Dan Deacon / The Stepkids
Aug. 3 – Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra / Banda Magda
Aug. 4 – Beck
Aug. 9 – Shaggy / TK Wonder
Aug. 10 – They Might Be Giants