Below you'll find the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn! schedule, with a line-up that includes performers ranging from They Might be Giants to Los Amigos Invisibles. All events are free unless noted.
Celebrate Brooklyn! takes place in the Prospect Park Bandshell, which is located in Prospect Park, at Prospect Park West and 9th Street. For more information, call (718) 855-7882 x45.
Celebrate Brooklyn! 2009 Schedule:
Monday, June 8
David Byrne
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 8pm
Thursday, June 11
Goran Bregoviæ & His Weddings & Funerals Orchestra
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Friday, June 19
David Rudder + Samantha Thornhill
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Saturday, June 20
Ethel + Gutbucket
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Thursday, June 25
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force + Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Friday, June, 26
Blonde Redhead
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Saturday, June 27
Dr. Dog + Phosphorescent + These United States
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 1
Benefit Concert: MGMT
SOLD OUT
Thursday, July 2
Obie Juan Bermudez + Cucu Diamantes + Rebel Diaz
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Thursday, July 9
STREB: Invisible Forces (dance)
Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 8:00pm
Friday, July 10
Los Amigos Invisibles + Aterciopelados
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Saturday, July 11
A Very Special Family Show with They Might Be Giants + a Reading of Keats' Classic Stories by Claudia Marshall of WFUV
Doors: 3:00pm | Show: 4:00pm
Thursday, July 16
Kronos Quartet+ Luminescent Orchestrii
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Friday, July 17
The Robert Cray Band + the Sweet Divines
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Saturday, July 18
All-Day African Festival With King Sunny Adé + Freshly Ground + The Mandingo Ambassadors + Cheikh M’Baye & Sing Sing + Abena Koomson + Yasser Darwish
Doors: 1:00pm | Show: 2:00pm – 9:00pm
Tuesday, July 21
Benefit Concert: Jackson Browne
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Thursday, July 23
Stephen Petronio Company (dance)
Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 8:00pm
Friday, July 24
Buckwheat Zydeco + the Holmes Brothers
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Saturday, July 25
Kailash Kher + Electro Morocco
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Thursday, July 30
Burning Spear + Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Friday, July 31
The Royal Family: Soulive’S 10Th Anniversary Celebration With Special Guests John Scofield and Christian Scott + Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Saturday, August 1
Dean & Britta: 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests + Crystal Stilts
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Thursday, August 6
Purple Rain Sing-A-Long With Escort
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Friday, August 7
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals + Deer Tick + The London Souls
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Saturday, August 8
Big Daddy Kane + Plus Screening of BDK: the Big Daddy Kane Story + Others TBA
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Tuesday, August 11
Benefit Concert: TV on the Radio
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Wednesday, August 12
Benefit Concert: Bonnie Raitt + Taj Mahal
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Friday, August 14
Benefit Concert: Animal Collective
SOLD OUT
Saturday, August 15
Benefit Concert: Animal Collective
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