Celebrate Brooklyn!, the popular concert series, just gets better every year. Known for its eclectic programming, great music, spirited local audiences and $3 admission fee (and that's just "recommended"), it's one of the best things to do in a New York Summer. Bring a picnic or grab a beer or wine and food from the on-site vendors. Meet your neighbors! It's a party!
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In 2012, Celebrate Brooklyn!, brings over two dozen different shows to the Prospect Park Bandshell. All are FREE with $3 suggested contribution.
Here's the June schedule:
Tuesday, June 5, 8 P.M. Opening night concert with Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend. Celebrate Brooklyn!’s Opening Night Gala starts at 5:30 P.M $325 and up, patrons get dinner, cocktails and reserved seats with post-concert dancing under a huge tent.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 7:30 P.M AFROCUBISM An all-star collaboration between musicians from Cuba and Mali.
FREE with $3 suggested contribution.
THURSDAY JUNE 14, 7 P.M LAURA MARLING with MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND WILLY MASON
Eclectic British musicians with rave reviews from the Times of London.
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 8 P.M WORLD PREMIERE of GERI ALLEN AND CARRIE MAE WEEMS
Combine the work of a famed pianist and a world class photographer and video artist, plus the Howard University vocal group Afro Blue, tap dancer Maurice Chestnut and more.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 6:30 P.M. BALKAN BEAT BOX with CHICO TRUJILLO NATION BEAT, GLOBAL DANCE PARTY MUSIC
Who can beat "pan-Mediterranean bacchanal" colliding with Chilean spa-punk-new cumbia?"
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 7:30 P.M MARY MARY and LATICE CRAWFORD
A "heavenly dose" of Grammy-winning urban gospel.
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 7:30 P.M KEB' MO' AND NATALIA ZUKERMAN
Keb Mo's Delta blues meets Brooklyn talent.
SATURDAY JUNE 23, 7:30 P.M LYRICIST LOUNGE 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH GHOSTFACE KILLAH
Come for a hip hop showcase event, an anniversary treat.
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 8 P.M BALLET HISPANICO
A dynamic program with innovative choreography; high energy.
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 7:30 P.M TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, THE BROOKLYN STEPPERS AND DAYNA KURTZ
New Orleans great with two fabulous preliminary acts.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 7:30 P.M ANGELIQUE KIDJOS "WOMEN WAGING PEACE" WITH LAURIE ANDERSON O
"World music superstar" Kidjo presents a tribute to Wangari Maathai, the late Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize activist, with opening by world music mavin Somi and the inestimable Laurie Anderson. Note other events include a film screening at the Brooklyn Public Library, and a peace tree planting ceremony. Where: Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and 3rd Street
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Celebrate Brooklyn!is the flagship performing arts program of the borough's cultural arm, called BRIC Arts | Media.
