Celebrate Brooklyn Festival
Ticket Information, Directions & Schedule
Usually June thru August each year
Prospect Park Band Shell | Prospect Park
West & 9th Street | Park Slope | Brooklyn
to Grand Army Plaza |
to 7th Avenue & 9th Street |
to 7th & Flatbush Avenues
Info 718-855-7882 |
Celebrate Brooklyn
Tickets $3 suggested contribution | Benefit concerts higher
Enjoy this great celebration of the peoples and many different cultures
of the people of Brooklyn. Music offerings include hard driving
rock and blues, funk, salsa, reggae, ska, Afro-Cuban beats, jazz,
soul, hip hop and more. See special screenings of classic films
with scores performed live; open a new window on the world of dance;
enjoy the annual Boruca and African festivals and much more
June 2006
Thursday June 15th
8:00P Maceo Parker
Friday June 16th
7:00P Tiemp Libre, Javier Garcia, Cuban Cowboys
Saturday June 17th
7:30P Laurie Anderson, Chirgilchin
Thursday June 22nd
7:30P Los Lonely boys, James Hunter
Friday June 23rd
7:30P Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, Natalie Hass, Susan McKeown,
Jimmy Rankin
Saturday June 24th
7:30P Savion Glover, Robert Glasper (in conjunction
with the JVC Jazz
Festival)
Friday June 30th
6:30P TV on the Radio, Matt Pond PA, VoxTrot
July 2006
Saturday July 1st
7:00P Angelique Kidjo, Vusi Mahlasela
Friday July 7th
7:30P Barrington Levy, Patrick Junior
Saturday July 8th
7:30P Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Juca
Sunday July 9th
5:00P Ralph's World, Ezra Jack Keats Reading with Rita Houston
Thursday July 13th
7:30P Yo La Tengo: The Sounds of Science, Samara Lubelski
Friday July 14th
8:00P Brooklyn Philharmonic
Saturday July 15th
7:30P Nortec Collective, Beto & Richie Grupo Sonador
Thursday July 20th
8:00P Brave New World Repertory Theatre The Great White Hope
Friday July 21st
7:30P Blackmail (1929 Hitchcock film) with score by Alloy
Orchestra, Morley
Saturday July 22nd
8:00P Ronald K Brown/Evidence
Thursday July 27th
7:30P Dracula (1931 film) with score by Philip Glass & the Kronos
Quartet, Slavic Soul Pary
Friday July 28th
7:30 Leela James | BFE Sound System
Saturday July 29th
2:00P to 9:00P Boricua Festival with Sonora Poncena | Joe Bataan
| Grupo Latino Vibe | Tato Torres' Yerba Buena | The Camacho Brothers
| Starlight Dance Studio
August 2006
Thursday August 3rd
7:30P Bill Frisell takes on Keaton, Morrison & Woodring | The
Moonlighters
Friday August 4th
7:00P Los Amigos Invisibles | Bellanova | Los Tres
Saturday August 5th
2:00P to 9:00P African Festival with Kekele | Lagbaja | Razia
| African Underground All Stars | Martino Atangana & the African
Blue Note
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