Must-See ... and Free!
Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 11:50 AM
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Bettye LaVette (Bryan Ledgard/flickr)
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Bettye LaVette is just one of the many acts performing free concerts in the New York area this summer. Maura Johnston, editor of the music blog Idolator, weighs in on today's Soundcheck with this top-10 list of free summer concerts:
June 11
Allen Toussaint at MetroTech [info]
June 24
Easy Star All-Stars at Stuy Town Oval [info]
July 10
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at South Street Seaport [info]
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
July 17
Superchunk at South Street Seaport [info]
July 18
Siren Festival at Coney Island with Built To Spill, Micachu, & The Raveonettes [info]
July 24
Bettye LaVette and Budos Band at Central Park SummerStage [info]
July 31
Kelly Clarkson performs on Good Morning America [info]
Polvo at South Street Seaport [info]
Aug. 8
Rhys Chatham's 'A Crimson Grail For 200 Guitars' with Liquid Liquid at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park Bandshell [info]
Aug. 9
Jazmine Sullivan with Chrisette Michele: Central Park SummerStage [info]
Jazmine Sulluivan
Aug. 16
Dinosaur Jr. at Central Park SummerStage [info]
J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr (photo: Forklift)
Comments [6]
June 27th
Summerstage The Turkish music festival!!!
Don't forget about the Charley Parker Festival....weekend end of August. sATURDAY @ Marcus Garvey Park. Sunday @ Thompkins Square Park. All free!
"Let's give 'em something to talk about" Wednesday, August 12, Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal in Prospect Park (Celebrate Brooklyn)
Liz
Brooklyn, NY
David Byrne at Celebrate Brooklyn June 8th
Not free but REALLY looking forward to 311 & Ziggy Marley at SummerStage in June!!!
Alex Battles and the Whiskey Rebellion at Roosevelt Island this Saturday
Later on at Celebrate Brooklyn - Robert Cray, but my big attraction is our own Sweet Divines!
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