2004 Celebrate Brooklyn Performance Schedule
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PLEASE NOTE: All performers, dates and times subject to change.
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Wednesday, June 16
8:00pm
LOS LOBOS
The great LA-based roots rockers - on tour promoting their newest release, The Ride - kick off our 26th season.
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OPENING NIGHT GALA
5:30PM
For RESERVED concert seats, cocktails, dinner & dancing, see the performance as a supporter.
Tickets $250 and up.
Buy now at no additional charge.
More information: (718) 855-7882 x12.
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Friday, June 18
7:30pm
THE SUBDUDES
TERRENCE SIMIEN & THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE
Described by Stereophile as "one part folk-rock, one part soul revival, one part New Orleans jam band, and a healthy final dollop of gospel fervor," THE SUBDUDES make a stop at Celebrate Brooklyn on their reunion tour, sharing the bill with the red-hot zydeco accordionist TERRANCE SIMIEN.
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Saturday, June 19
7:30pm
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
VUSI MAHLASELA
In celebration of the ten year anniversary of a free South Africa, the peerless vocal group LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO, who came to the world's attention in the 1980s with Paul Simon's Graceland album, share the evening with fellow countryman VUSI MAHLASELA, a guitarist and singer of surpassing beauty. Presented with major support from the South African Consulate General in New York, South African Tourism Company and Fleur Du Cap wines.
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Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn pre-concert reception. Click here --> for details.
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Thursday, June 24
7:30pm
BURNING SPEAR
OLIVER LAKE STEEL QUARTET
The roots reggae legend BURNING SPEAR returns to Celebrate Brooklyn for a gathering of the faithful, sharing the bill with NY's own OLIVER LAKE.
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Independence Community Bank Series
Saturday, June 26
7:30pm
HAL WILLNER'S NEIL YOUNG PROJECT featuring
(in order of appearance)
ANTONY / STAN RIDGWAY & PIETRA WEXSTUN / JANE SIBERRY / TEDDY THOMPSON / RON SEXSMITH / IRON & WINE / PETER STAMPFEL & JOHN KRUTH / JENNI MULDAUR / CAT POWER / SHAWN AMOS / ED HARCOURT / JAMES BLOOD ULMER / SUN KIL MOON / THE BE GOOD TANYAS / ADAM DORN / KEMBRA PFAHLER / JOAN WASSER / BONFIRE MADIGAN / ELLIOTT SHARP / ERIC MINGUS / AMBROSIA PARSLEY
Following up last season's monumental homage to Leonard Cohen - one of Time Out NY's Top Ten Live Performances of the Year - visionary producer HAL WILLNER explores the oeuvre of NEIL YOUNG with a sparkling lineup of guest artists. Presented with major support from the Canadian Consulate General in New York.
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Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn pre-concert reception. Click here --> for details.
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Thursday, July 1
7:30pm
THE UNITY SESSIONS: A MUSICAL COLLISION OF ROOTS AND CULTURE
Some of Israel's leading hip-hop artists, including Mooke, Segol 59, Hasidic beatboxer Matisyahu, and Palestinian MC TN (a.k.a. Tamer from DAM) join Yoel Ben Simhon and his Sultana Ensemble, Kenny Muhammad (the Human Orchestra), oud virtuoso George Mgrdichian and other excellent local Middle Eastern musicians to showcase a creative fusion of melody, rhythm and rhyme. Produced by JDub Records, The Storahtelling Co., and Aliza Rabinoff.
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Budweiser Latin Music Series
Saturday, July 3
7:30pm
BACILOS
CABAS
RADIO MUNDIAL
A dazzling pan-Latin triple bill! Grammy-winning BACILOS's core members come from Colombia, Brazil, and Puerto Rico, and the band's inclusive folk rock sound reflects its wide-ranging tropical origins. Colombian sensation CABAS is being hailed as the next great Latin pop star on the strength of his diverse 2003 album Contacto. Rounding out the evening is Brooklyn's RADIO MUNDIAL, whose infectious funk and roll melds influences from all over the Latin spectrum in a raucous neighborhood block party.
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Budweiser Latin Music Series
Friday, July 9
7:30pm
NATALIA LAFOURCADE
CONTROL MACHETE
An all-Mexican double: Triple threat (singer/songwriter/producer) prodigy NATALIA LAFOURCADE won a Best Pop Album Latin Grammy nomination for her self-titled 2004 debut and is on the verge of international superstardom. Alt-rap heroes CONTROL MACHETE come armed with a new album, Uno, Dos: Bandera (featuring Lafourcade), and an arsenal of south of the border rhymes. Travel support provided by AeroMexico, the Mexican Cultural Institute and MexAm Cultural Foundation.
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Independence Community Bank Series
Saturday, July 10
8pm
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC: "Ellis Island - The Dream of America"
featuring Barbara Barrie and Barry Bostwick
In composer/conductor Peter Boyer's most ambitious work to date, the Brooklyn Philharmonic celebrates the American immigrant experience and the American dream in a multi-media program featuring projected images from the Ellis Island Archive and actors Barbara Barrie and Barry Bostwick. The Brooklyn Philharmonic has become "essential...to the cultural life of greater New York." - NY Times.
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Music & Movies Series
Thursday, July 15
7:30pm
THE GENERAL with ALLOY ORCHESTRA
INVERT
The renowned ALLOY ORCHESTRA performs its newest original score to THE GENERAL (1927), a wild train chase/love story starring Buster Keaton set during Civil War that is one of the great accomplishments of the silent era (1hr:19min @ 8:40). Come early to catch INVERT, a maverick Brooklyn based string quartet that confounds expectations by folding jazz, rock, and world music flourishes into its new music repertoire.
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Friday, July 16
7:30pm
VAN HUNT
BRAZILIAN GIRLS
The electrifying young singer VAN HUNT brings his homegrown Atlanta soul to Brooklyn. Opening up with a set of high-energy grooves to sink your teeth into is the eclectic ensemble BRAZILIAN GIRLS. Sponsored by Giant Step powered by LG Mobile Phones.
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Saturday, July 17
8pm
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
Back by popular demand, the world-renowned dancer, choreographer, and iconoclast returns to the Bandshell with his powerful and irreverent company.
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Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn pre-concert reception. Click here --> for details.
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Independence Community Bank Series
Sunday, July 18
5pm
DAN ZANES & FRIENDS MUSICAL PICNIC
Proud Brooklyn resident DAN ZANES, an all-ages musician with the magnetic charm and wild hair of a rock star, plays songs clever and catchy enough to rope in not only the kids and kid sympathizers but any teens who happen by. A gang of friends joins him at the Bandshell for a get together of joyful music and mayhem.
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Music & Movies Series
Thursday, July 22
7:30pm
Roger Corman's X - THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES
with PERE UBU
CLEM SNIDE
Led by the irrepressible David Thomas, underground forefathers PERE UBU came roaring out of Cleveland in the mid-1970s and inflamed the imaginations of generations of rockers to come with their avant-garage sound. Thomas, undiminished as a force in musical and theatrical experimentalism since moving to England over a decade ago, brings the band to Park Slope for a rare evening combining music and a cult black & white film classic sure to delight and terrify those brave enough to attend. Preceded by Brooklyn's own CLEM SNIDE, who began life as a tough punk trio but have since mellowed into a thoughtful though still sharp edged alt-country/rock band.
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Friday, July 23
7:30pm
LES YEUX NOIRS
MERCAN DEDE
Double your world music pleasure: LES YEUX NOIRS, a fiery Gypsy ensemble that sings in French, Russian, and Yiddish, pits its violins against MERCAN DEDE, a Turkish DJ/producer who pairs electronica with a live band of traditional musicians-and then unleashes whirling dervishes on the stage.
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Saturday, July 24
7:30pm
JAY FARRAR
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT
Though JAY FARRAR was one of the most influential voices in the '90s alt-country movement (as a founding member of both Uncle Tupelo and Sun Volt), his solo career has proven that he is no slave to the genre he helped create. Come early to catch the enchanting singer-songwriter MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, a member of Canada's greatest musical dynasty (sister of Rufus, daughter of Louden Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle) and now a proud Brooklynite.
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Music & Movies Series
Thursday, July 29
7:30pm
FRANKENSTEIN
with THE BQE PROJECT
ONE RING ZERO
Brooklyn based ensemble THE BQE PROJECT gives a world premier performance of its original score to FRANKENSTEIN (1931), iconic director James Whale's horror masterpiece starring Boris Karloff (1hr:11min @ 8:40). ONE RING ZERO opens with a set of frenetic klezmer/circus jazz that features claviola, theramin, and some even less likely instrumentation.
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Independence Community Bank Series
Friday, July 30
7:30pm
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
CORN MO
Brooklyn's favorite underground pop saboteurs rev up the hometown crowd with a rare free show. For openers they've imported a wild man from Texas called CORN MO, whose accordion based tunes lie somewhere between vaudeville and hair metal. Presented with support from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.
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Budweiser Latin Music Series
Saturday, July 31
2pm - 9pm
BORICUA FESTIVAL:
N’KLABE / LARRY HARLOW’S LATIN LEGENDS / PLENA LIBRE
Our annual all-day celebration of Puerto Rican culture for the whole family features food, crafts, and a powerhouse lineup of fantastic bands that will keep the crowd dancing into the evening. The electrifying N’KLABE, fronted by three dynamic young salseros dedicated to bringing pure salsa to a new generation, goes head to head with LARRY HARLOW’S LATIN LEGENDS, one of the all-time great New York salsa orchestras. PLENA LIBRE spices things up with its Bomba and Plena rhythms, and local artists fill out the daylong on-stage party. Travel support provided by JetBlue Airways. Presented in collaboration with the Boricua Festival Committee / HYPA.
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Music & Movies Series
Thursday, August 5
7:30pm
THUNDERBALL starring Sean Connery
LOSERS' LOUNGE 007
See the one and only Sean Connery, THUNDERBALL (1965), in what may be the best 007 film ever, in stunning wide-screen format on our humongous screen! (2hrs:10min @ 8:35). Be sure to come early to catch the always inspiring downtown hipster collective LOSER'S LOUNGE as they pay tribute with a set of vintage Bond tunes.
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Budweiser Latin Music Series
Friday, August 6
7:30pm
ANDREA ECHEVERRY
VOLUMEN CERO
ANDREA ECHEVERRY, frontwoman of Los Aterciopelados, carries on the Rock en Español titans' funky hybrid of Latin American traditions, electronica, and rock with her new solo project. With Miami-based alt-rockers VOLUMEN CERO, whose members come from Peru and Chile and have been known to cover The Cure. Presented in association with the Latin Alternative Music Conference.
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Saturday, August 7
2pm - 9pm
AFRICAN FESTIVAL:
KANDA BONGO MAN
SIDIKI
LORRAINE KLASSEN
KALETA
Our 13th annual African party is an all-day extravaganza of music, food, and culture featuring artists from around the continent. Headlining is the legendary Zaire-born singer and bandleader KANDA BONGO MAN, who reinvented soukous by incorporating a host of eclectic influences. Also on the bill: Guinean performer SIDIKI; LORRAINE KLASSEN from South Africa; Beninois guitarist KALETA; and exceptional Afro-pop newcomers the AFRICAN BROTHERS COLLECTIVE, featuring musicians from Togo, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Italy, and right here in New York. Presented in association with the Museum for African Art.
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A Concert to Benefit Celebrate Brooklyn
Tuesday, August 10
4:30pm
BOB MARLEY ROOTS ROCK REGGAE FESTIVAL
scheduled to appear:
THE MARLEY BROTHERS: ZIGGY MARLEY / STEPHEN MARLEY / JULIAN MARLEY / DAMIAN JR. GONG MARLEY / KY-MANI MARLEY
and special guests
NAPPY ROOTS
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
SLIGHTLY STOOPID
LOONER
Price: $32.50 in advance via Ticketmaster
Day of Show: $35 (cash only)
Learn more: www.rootsrockreggae.com
Tickets available at Ticketmaster
Tickets also on sale (no service charge) during performances
at the Prospect Park Bandshell
Produced by AEG Live 
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