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 Printer Friendly Version of 2006 Celebrate Brooklyn Schedule
American Express Opening Night Concert
Thursday, June 15
8pm
MACEO PARKER
MACEO PARKER's gritty sax lines have graced some of the best party music in history in his collaborations with James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, and Prince. Parker, one of the original architects of funk, kicks off a whole summer of the finest free shows in town.
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OPENING NIGHT GALA
5:30pm
CONCERT IS FREE!
Gala Tickets $300 and up.
Includes RESERVED concert seats, cocktails, dinner & dancing.
More information: (718) 855-7882 x26.
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Bud Light Latin Music Series
Friday, June 16
7pm
TIEMPO LIBRE / JAVIER GARCÍA / CUBAN COWBOYS
A fiesta of tropical rhythms with Grammy-nominated TIEMPO LIBRE, JAVIER GARCÍA, and local faves the CUBAN COWBOYS.
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Saturday, June 17
7:30pm
LAURIE ANDERSON / CHIRGILCHIN
For this rare outdoor hometown appearance LAURIE ANDERSON will perform new, old and improvised music and stories, joined by fellow musicians Skuli Sverrisson and Peter Scherer. Tuvan throat singers of CHIRGILCHIN open.
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Washington Mutual Concert Series
Thursday, June 22
7:30pm
LOS LONELY BOYS / JAMES HUNTER
The Grammy-winning LOS LONELY BOYS work blazing guitar riffs, shimmering vocal harmonies, & Latin rhythms into "a super-charged blast of Texas roots rock with heavy debts to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Los Lobos." (LA Times) Soul sensation JAMES HUNTER opens.
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Canada in New York
Friday, June 23
7:30pm
NATALIE MacMASTER's CAPE BRETON with DONNELL LEAHY / NATALIE HAAS / SUSAN McKEOWN / CATHERINE RUSSELL
Our annual pre-Canada Day extravaganza is a multi-artist affair presided over by Cape Breton-born phenom NATALIE MacMASTER, who has gathered together a dazzling lineup of friends and family to explore the music of her home.
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JVC Jazz Festival
Saturday, June 24
7:30pm
SAVION GLOVER® & FRIENDS / ROBERT GLASPER
SAVION GLOVER® with his jazz band The Otherz, and other special guests. Opening is the young pianist ROBERT GLASPER's trio, which has the jazz world buzzing with its unique sound.
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Washington Mutual Concert Series
Friday, June 30
6:30pm
TV ON THE RADIO / MATT POND PA / VOXTROT
Brooklyn's TV ON THE RADIO leads a triple bill that will get you in touch with your inner indie rock aficionado. With the dashing Philly-to-Brooklyn transplants MATT POND PA and, here all the way from Austin to rock your pants off, VOXTROT. Note the early start time.
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Celebrate South Africa!
Saturday, July 1
7pm
ANGELIQUE KIDJO in a tribute to Brenda Fassi & Miriam Makeba with VUSI MAHLASELA and ZOLA
An all-star tribute to two of South Africa's musical legends. The great Beninoise songbird ANGELIQUE KIDJO joins forces with VUSI MAHLASELA and ZOLA (making his NY debut!) to perform their own songs along with selections of Fassi's and Makeba's work to celebrate South Africa's rich contribution to the modern African sound. Presented with major support from the South African Consulate General in New York.
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BENEFIT CONCERT!
The Bowery Presents presents
Thursday, July 6
Gate opens at 6pm
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE and
THE HIDDEN CAMERAS
Special concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn
Tickets: $30 [ORDER TICKETS ONLINE]
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Washington Mutual Concert Series
Friday, July 7
7:30pm
BARRINGTON LEVY / PATRICK JUNIOR
From teenage sensation to one of the most accomplished artists in reggae history, BARRINGTON LEVY's nearly 30-year journey in music leads at last to the Bandshell. "There's nothing sweeter nor more frightening than the sudden attack of Barrington Levy's voice." (Vibe) PATRICK JUNIOR contributes a splash of local flavor for the Brooklyn faithful.
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Saturday, July 8
7:30pm
TOSHI REAGON & BIGLovely
with special guest BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON / JUCA
Powerhouse singer-songwriter TOSHI REAGON, a true Brooklyn original and "one of the great voices of this generation," (Village Voice) takes the stage with her smoking band BIGLovely and her mother, founder of the iconic a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, DR. BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON, for a unique performance that promises to be one of the highlights of the summer. The evening begins with JUCA, led by Judith Casselberry of the renowned duo Casselberry-Dupree.
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Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert
Sunday, July 9
5pm
RALPH'S WORLD / EZRA JACK KEATS READING
with RITA HOUSTON
RALPH'S WORLD, the super-heroic persona of kids' rocker Ralph Covert, plays "indie rock for music fans who still hold their parents' hands. WFUV personality RITA HOUSTON warms up the crowd with a reading of classic EZRA JACK KEATS stories.
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BENEFIT CONCERT!
AEG LIVE & The Bowery present
Wednesday, July 12
Gate opens at 6pm
GUSTER and
RAY LAMONTAGNE
Special concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn
Tickets: $40.50 [ORDER TICKETS ONLINE]
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Princess Cruises Movies Under the Stars Series
Thursday, July 13
7:30pm
YO LA TENGO: THE SOUNDS OF SCIENCE / SAMARA LUBELSKI
Adventures in sight and sound: the great experimental alt rock trio returns to Celebrate Brooklyn to perform its live score to a collection of the surreally beautiful short documentaries of underwater life by the revolutionary French filmmaker Jean Painlevé. The dreamy, atmospheric compositions of multi-instrumentalist SAMARA LUBELSKI set the mood.
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Friday, July 14
8pm
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
The dynamic young American conductor Robert Moody makes his Brooklyn Philharmonic and Prospect Park debut conducting the nationally acclaimed orchestra, which makes its 27th appearance at Celebrate Brooklyn with a program of crowd-pleasing classics. "The most intellectually enticing and emotionally gripping concerts in New York." (The New Yorker)
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Bud Light Latin Music Series
Saturday, July 15
7:30pm
NORTEC COLLECTIVE / BETO & RICHIE GRUPO SOÑADOR
Tijuana's NORTEC COLLECTIVE makes a mischievous blend of electronica and traditional Northern Mexican music that is "frighteningly original and refreshingly cool," (Rolling Stone) which they combine in live performance with an eye-popping kaleidoscope of images-projected here on our giant screen, for maximum sensory overload. Nortec's countrymen GRUPO SOÑADOR add some authentic cumbia poblana style to the festivities. Presented with support from the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.
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Thursday, July 20
8pm
BRAVE NEW WORLD REPERTORY THEATRE:
THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
Last summer this Brooklyn-based company set the theatre world buzzing with its amazing adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, staged on the front porches of a tree-lined Ditmas Park street. Now BNW takes on Howard Sackler's 1969 Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Great White Hope in a unique concert production at the Bandshell. Set at the turn of the century, the play tells the heartbreaking story of African-American heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. BNW's groundbreaking production features a cast of Brooklyn-based actors accompanied by live music from noted ragtime piano virtuoso Roy Eaton and historic photographic images courtesy of Culver Pictures, Inc.
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Princess Cruises Movies Under the Stars Series
Friday, July 21
7:30pm
BLACKMAIL with ALLOY ORCHESTRA / MORLEY
ALLOY ORCHESTRA performs its gripping score to BLACKMAIL (1929), Alfred Hitchcock's last and best silent film. Murder, deceit, and live music-a perfect summer evening in the park. Ease into the noir with the seductive charms of MORLEY, a "jazz minded pop chanteuse, soul sister, cosmopolitan home girl from Jamaica Queens." (NY Times)
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Saturday, July 22
8pm
RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE
Brooklyn's own RONALD K. BROWN, "Brilliant...one of the major modern dance choreographers to emerge in the past 10 years," (New York Times) and his sublime ensemble perform three works: Come Ye, Upside Down, and Grace, which was originally choreographed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Princess Cruises Movies Under the Stars Series
Presented in collaboration with Carnegie Hall
Thursday, July 27
7:30pm
DRACULA with PHILIP GLASS & KRONOS QUARTET /
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
World-renowned composer PHILIP GLASS' collaboration with the genre defying KRONOS QUARTET on an original score to the 1931 camp-horror classic DRACULA resulted in one of the great film soundtracks of all time. SLAVIC SOUL PARTY's toothsome combo of Gypsy brass, Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding funk will make you want to bite someone on the neck.
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Friday, July 28
7:30pm
LEELA JAMES /
BFE SOUND SYSTEM aka BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS
R&B's new queen LEELA JAMES, a direct descendant of Tina Turner, Mavis Staples, and Aretha, "has funk, soul, and a whole lotta church in those mighty pipes…(her) husky vocals ring out like a thunderous prayer for love finally answered." (VIBE) First, witness the triumphant reunion of BFE SOUND SYSTEM, aka the BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS, the borough's legendary funk/hip-hop/acid jazz collective.
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Bud Light Latin Music Series
Boricua Festival
Saturday, July 29
2pm-9pm
LA SONORA PONCEÑA / JOE BATAAN / and more
Our festival of Puerto Rican culture features an all-day lineup headlined by Ponce's salsa giants LA SONORA PONCEÑA and boasting the return of the one and only King of Latin Soul, JOE BATAAN. GRUPO LATIN VIBE, TATO TORRES' YERBA BUENA, THE CAMACHO BROTHERS, and the STARLITE STUDIO YOUTH DANCERS round out the bill. Presented in collaboration with the Boricua Festival Committee with major support from Councilmember Sara M. Gonzalez.
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Princess Cruises Movies Under the Stars Series
Thursday, August 3
7:30pm
BILL FRISELL takes on KEATON, MORRISON & WOODRING /
THE MOONLIGHTERS
A one-of-a-kind night of live music and film as BILL FRISELL, "widely considered one of the world's most innovative and unpredictable jazz guitarists and composers," (Seattle Times) performs original scores to an astonishing program of shorts: BUSTER KEATON's High Sign and One Week; a selection of surrealist animations by maverick cartoonist JIM WOODRING; and the artist BILL MORRISON's hallucinogenic reimagining of the eerie 1926 Boris Karloff gem The Mesmerist. Come early for vintage Hawaiian tunes (steel guitar, ukuleles, the works) delivered with a touch of goth attitude by the MOONLIGHTERS.
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Bud Light Latin Music Series
Friday, August 4
7pm
LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES / BELANOVA / LOS TRES
LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES, Venezuela's greatest party band, rubs its disco-funk up against the freaky electro grooves of Mexico's BELANOVA and the Chilean folk rock of the hilarious LOS TRES in the hottest Latin throw down of the summer. Olé! Presented in collaboration with the LAMC/Latin Alternative Music Conference.
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Washington Mutual Concert Series
African Festival
Saturday, August 5
2pm-9pm
KÉKÉLÉ / LÁGBÁJÁ / RAZIA / AFRICAN UNDERGROUND ALLSTARS / MARTINO ATANGANA & THE AFRICAN BLUE NOTE
This year's celebration of African music, food, and culture is cross-continental affair that will keep you dancing all day headlined by the Congolese rumba supergroup KÉKÉLÉ. The mysterious masked Nigerian LÁGBÁJÁ, heir apparent to Fela Kuti's Afrobeat throne, leads the rest of the lineup, which includes Madagascar-born and Gabon-raised R&B singer RAZIA, pan-African hip-hop with the AFRICAN UNDERGROUND ALLSTARS featuring CHOSAN of Sierra Leone, DOLA of Tanzania, and other special guests, and MARTINO ATANGANA & AFRICAN BLUE NOTE, whose fusion of funk, jazz and an array of West African styles throws a hint of NYC into the mix.
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BENEFIT CONCERT!
AEG LIVE presents
Monday, August 7
7pm
MANU CHAO
Special concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn
Please note: This show is SOLD OUT.
You must have a ticket to enter.
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BENEFIT CONCERT!
AEG LIVE & Curvation present
Saturday, August 12
7pm
THE SUGAR WATER FESTIVAL
featuring Queen Latifah, Jill Scott & Erykah Badu
Special concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn
Tickets: $70 (Reserved) / $45 (Lawn/Standing Room)
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BENEFIT CONCERTS
Keep an eye out for these stellar events that offer a rare opportunity to see amazing artists at a reasonable ticket price while providing support that helps underwrite the cost of Celebrate Brooklyn's free performances.
Thursday, July 6
The Bowery Presents presents
Broken Social Scene plus The Hidden Cameras
Benefit Concert
Wednesday, July 12
AEG LIVE & The Bowery present
Guster and Ray Lamontagne
Benefit Concert
Monday, August 7
AEG LIVE presents
Manu Chao
Benefit Concert
Saturday, August 12
AEG LIVE & Curvation present
The Sugar Water Festival
featuring Queen Latifah, Jill Scott & Erykah Badu
Benefit Concert
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