Classic Harbor Line presents an autumn beer pairing cruise on board the 1920s-style luxury yacht Manhattan. The Chelsea Brewing Company’s Ian Phillips presents an assortment of harvest wheat brews, pumpkin ales, and more, paired with specially created hors d’oeuvres, as the yacht cruises through the spectacular scenes of New York harbor.
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‘Tis the season for pumpkin ales and harvest wheat brews! Grab your beer-lovin’ buds or a loved one and join Classic Harbor Line for this cozy autumnal beer & hors d’oeuvres pairing cruise.
As the yacht heads out into the crisp, fall New York harbor, sit back and and relax in the comfy, cozy & chic glassed-in observatory.
Each week, their special guest will be a local craft brewery or a known beer afficianado. 2009 Fall season features Coney Island Craft Brews and Kelso of Brooklyn to name a few.
Learn about how their special flavors are created and what foods pair appropriately with each. All brews will be paired with specially-designed hors d’oeuvres prepared by Classic Harbor Line’s on-board gourmet-trained chef. This cruise is sure to arouse your taste buds and to get you into the fall holiday spirit!
On this 2-hour Autumnal Beer Pairing Cruise, you will take in picturesque views from the, heated and enclosed back-deck observatory of this 1920’s style motor yacht.
Highlights along the way include:
* Batter Park, South Street Seaport and the Financial District
* Governor’s Island, The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
* Parts of Brooklyn and Queens and the complete New York City skyline
* The Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges of the East River
So hop aboard the Manhattan for this Seasonal Beer Pairing cruise around the most famous island in the world!
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Built in 1994 in the Scarano Boat Building of Albany, New York, the Schooner Adirondack is an 80-foot wooden replica of a classic turn-of-the-century pilot schooner. Heading south from Chelsea Piers and down the Hudson River to Battery Park, the Schooner Adirondack passes by Ellis Island and sails out to the Statue of Liberty. Wind and time permitting, she will head toward Governor’s Island, breeze by the Financial District and the Brooklyn Bridge on the East River. The 1920s-style motor yacht “Manhattan,” also built by Scarano Boat Building, is brand new to the New York City harbor as of spring 2006. This 80-foot, wood-trimmed, Gilded Era commuter yacht runs full circumnavigations of Manhattan, dinner cruises and sunset cruises, and is available for private charter.
For those of us who haven’t got out of town plans this Labor Day weekend, there is plenty to do in the fine state of New York. One of the biggest, and I think, one of the best, is going to be Electric Zoo at Randall’s Island in NYC. The event goes for 2 days. Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th from 11am til 11pm and it’s going to be huge.
Growing up clubbing in the UK in the late 80’s / 90’s, I attended a few illegal bashes in abandoned aircraft carriers and woodland areas (I’m getting ring tingles as I write this) where we saw the start of acid house and the birth of Drum ‘n’ Bass. I have a feelin I am going to be a kid in a candy shop again.
Featuring at this years Electric Zoo are some big name DJ’s like Armin Van Buuren, Roger Sanchez, Benny Benassi, Danny Tenaglia, Tiga, ATB and loads more. Tickets are $70 for general admission on either day, and $140 for VIP access either day. You can visit the official site here http://www.electriczoofestival.com
I will be heading on down and grabbing some live footage, which you will see come up in the sidebar of this site, at the top (you see it now, if you are reading this at http://ThisbarSucks.com). To get Tweets on when I am streaming live, you can follow me at Twitter.com/ThisBarSucks (all social media is on the top right of this site)
Leave the noise of Manhattan street life behind for a pleasurable afternoon cruise. More than just a boat ride, the classic 1920s-style vesselManhattan circles lower New York, passes by Governor’s Island, closely approaches the Statue of Liberty, glides under the Brooklyn Bridge and passes by the historic South Street Seaport in a 1.5-hour cruise.
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Experience New York like you never have before by leaving the noise of city street life behind. Sit back and enjoy the luxurious 360-degree view of the island from the open decks of this gorgeous, 80-foot Twenties-style yacht.
Highlights on this 1.5 hour cruise include:
- Battery Park, South Street Seaport and the Financial District
- Governor’s Island, The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Parts of Brooklyn, Queens and the New York City skyline
- The Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges of the East River
The Manhattan offers elegance and comfort, wrapped in turn-of-the-century tradition. She is equipped with teak decks and mahogany trim.
The spectacular glassed-in observatory on the back deck is equipped with cushioned seating around conversation-friendly tables. It’s heated in the winter and air-conditioned in the summer, and provides stunning, panoramic views, all within climate-controlled comfort.
A Complimentary beer, wine, Champagne soda or water is offered. Mixed drinks are available for purchase (cash only).
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Built in 1994 in the Scarano Boat Building of Albany, New York, the Schooner Adirondack is an 80-foot wooden replica of a classic turn-of-the-century pilot schooner. Heading south from Chelsea Piers and down the Hudson River to Battery Park, the Schooner Adirondack passes by Ellis Island and sails out to the Statue of Liberty. Wind and time permitting, she will head toward Governor’s Island, breeze by the Financial District and the Brooklyn Bridge on the East River. The 1920s-style motor yacht “Manhattan,” also built by Scarano Boat Building, is brand new to the New York City harbor as of spring 2006. This 80-foot, wood-trimmed, Gilded Era commuter yacht runs full circumnavigations of Manhattan, dinner cruises and sunset cruises, and is available for private charter.
A Slice Of Brooklyn Pizza Tour is the city’s only guided bus tour of Brooklyn’s best pizzerias. This 4 1/2-hour foodie romp through Brooklyn includes pizza, soft drinks and an audio-visual historical tour of Brooklyn’s famous movie locations, landmarks and points of interest. Guests will learn about and see some of the things that have made Brooklyn famous.
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Website: http://www.asliceofbrooklyn.com/pizza/information.html
Hop aboard NYC’s only guided bus tour that departs from Manhattan and leads you to Brooklyn’s favorite food, neighborhoods, landmarks and famous movie locations.
Stops include Grimaldi’s under the Brooklyn Bridge for their award-winning Neapolitan style pizza as well as L&B Spumoni Gardens in Bensonhurst for their award winning Sicilian style pizza. In between, you’ll learn about and visit DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Red Hook, Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Brighton Beach and even walk along the famous boardwalk in Coney Island. You’ll also visit famous movie locations including Saturday Night fever, Goodfellas, Scent of a Woman, Annie Hall and more.
A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour was started by Tony Muia, a proud native Brooklynite who, for over 30 years, has been eating the phenomenal pizza that his tours now highlight.
After hearing complaints of not being able to find good pizza in Manhattan, Tony took a group of 10 friends on a guided tour of the best pizzerias in Brooklyn–while also highlighting the landmarks, movie locations and points of interest that have made Brooklyn world-known.
Word spread, and by the time Tony planned his next pizza tour, over 20 people wanted to join…thus was born A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour.
Tony is a licensed New York City tour guide.
A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tour
A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours was started by Tony Muia, a proud native Brooklynite who, for over 25 years, has been showing people around his beloved hometown. After hearing complaints of not being able to find good pizza in Manhattan, Tony started A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour highlighting the incredible pizzerias, landmarks, movie locations and points of interest that have made Brooklyn world-known. Two years later, he started A Christmas Lights Tour of Brooklyn showcasing famous the Christmas decorations of the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, made famous in the PBS documentary “Dyker Lights”, as well as a stop at Mona Lisa Pastry Shop. Now he’s launching his Brooklyn Neighborhood Tour highlighting other unique neighborhoods, landmarks and famous movie locations and a stop at World Famous Junior’s for cheesecake and an egg cream. Tony is a licensed New York City tour guide.
Circle Line Downtown presents Shark, a heart-pounding, 30-minute speedboat ride that captures the excitement and energy of the city as it screams out of South Street Seaport’s Pier 16 in a shower of waves. And it’s more than just the thrill of wind and water in your hair. It’s a full-fledged tour, racing past many famous landmarks, including Olafur Eliasson’s “New York City Waterfalls”.
Located at Pier 16 at South Street Seaport- Circle Line Downtown (New York, NY)
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If you spy a set of giant jaws racing across New York’s harbor, don’t panic. That’s just Shark, Circle Line Downtown’s heart-pounding, 30-minute speedboat ride that captures the excitement and energy of the city as it screams out of South Street Seaport’s Pier 16 in a shower of waves. And it’s more than just the thrill of wind and water in your hair. It’s a full-fledged show featuring a tour, music and plenty of laughs for up to 140 passengers – a great trip for students and corporate groups. Don’t get out of the water, get on board!
Cruise New York Harbor as author Felicia Sherbert and/or other guest wine experts will introduce you to a pleasing variety of wines from the refined wine cellars of Frederick Wildman & Bros, the oldest wine importer in America. Pair your wines with snacks and cheeses while taking in stunning views of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Manhattan Skyline.
Located at North Cove Marina (New York City, NY)
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This two-hour event is casual and fun. Cruise New York Harbor as published author Felicia Sherbert and/or other guest wine experts will introduce you to a pleasing variety of wines from the refined wine cellars of Frederick Wildman & Bros. – The oldest wine importer in America. Wines are paired in eclectic fashion with snacks and cheeses. Enjoy at the same time stunning views of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the Manhattan Skyline. Perfect for every wine or sailing enthusiast!
Get yourselves down to Canal Bar Friday, August 28 for the mother of all birthdays. Drinks, music, food, drinks, good times and more drinks; that’s what a good birthday is all about and Canal Bar is brimming with it. Located at 270 3rd Ave, Brooklyn (between Union and Carroll) you can take the M, R to Union, or take the F, G to Carroll St (walk down Carroll, over the Gowanus Canal and take a left at 3rd Ave).
The fun starts at 9pm Friday, and goes on until 4am Saturday. The beer garden will be open and the grill will be going. Happy Birthday Louis and the gang. If you know someone that may be interested, please forward them this post, or simply use the social media buttons below to blast it out. Cheers.
You can follow Canal Bar on Twitter http://twitter.com/canaldiving
Visit their website http://www.canalbar.com/cbHome.html
The Crooked Tail Café is pleased to present A Night Out on Smith Street Inked portraits by Philip J. Lockerby and Zartosht Soltani
When: Friday, August 14, 2009. 7-10pm
Where: Crooked Tail Café 272 3rd Avenue (between Union and President) Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 852-1414.
There will be an after party taking place at Canal Bar next door, right after the event. Friday nights feature $4 Svedka Cocktails. Canal Bar also has outdoor seating a pool table and free popcorn.
Exhibition continues through September.
Artists and animators Philip J. Lockerby and Zartosht Soltani have worked on various animated projects together over the past four years, but the work they take the most pride in is their sketchbook and napkin drawings from the dimly lit bars they frequent after work. “For this show we’re focusing on the bartenders,” Lockerby explains. “But generally we’ll draw whomever is at the bar. Maybe we’ll get a free drink or two out of this as well.” The subjects featured tend bar at a selection of Carroll Gardens and Park Slope haunts, including Sample, Zombie Hut, Boat, The Bell House, Canal Bar, Great Lakes, The Gate, and many more. Usually, Lockerby and Soltani will ink a portrait and then gift it to their subject. “When we give a bar napkin portrait away, most times we’ve made that person’s evening,” Lockerby says. “We’re just trying to spread the love around, doing what we love to do the most, which is to draw.”
About the Artists: After a decade animating for television and film, most notably the Academy Award-nominated Triplettes of Belleville, Philip J. Lockerby is currently directing an animated sequence for an upcoming documentary on the Manic Street Preachers. He is also working on a personal short film. See his work at: www.drawingonnapkins.blogspot.com.
In 1999 Zartosht Soltani graduated from the Fine Arts at Azad University of Arts at Tehran. One year later he moved to New York, where he is now working as a freelance art director and illustrator for the animation studio, FlickerLab, creating cartoons, television commercials, and broadcast design. He has exhibited paintings in Tehran, and will be a part of the upcoming Too Art for TV show in September.
Celebrate Brooklyn is one of New York City’s longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals. The free events start June 8th and are set to run for 2 months in Brooklyn’s, Prospect Park. Celebrate Brooklyn have presented over 1,700 artists and ensembles reflective of the borough’s diversity, ranging from internationally acclaimed performers to emerging, cutting-edge artists.
Kicking off this years line up of events is New York artist, David Byrne, with more great acts to follow from such artists as Dr. Dog, Escort, David Rudder, Blonde Redhead to name a few.
Below is a list of all the events taking place at Prospect Parks Bandshell. Celebrate Brooklyn does an amazing job of organizing these events, make sure you visit their website. You can also help support the cause by signing up for one of their membership programs.
Monday June 8
5:30pm Opening Night Green Gala
David Byrne: Songs of David Byrne & Brian Eno
Gala tickets with reserved seats, cocktails, dinner & dancing: $325 and up. Call (718) 855-7882 x33
6:30pm Gates Open for Free Performance
8:00pm Performance: David Byrne, Songs of David Byrne & Brian Eno
Concert is Free
9:45pm Dance Party
Gala guests and Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn
Among iconic New York artists, DAVID BYRNE has few peers. In this concert he plays songs from his collaborations with Brian Eno, which began in the late 70s and span three Talking Heads albums, 1981’s groundbreaking My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, and last year’s Everything that Happens will Happen Today. An ensemble cast including dancers, background vocalists, and a killer band amplify the spectacle—a legendary Brooklyn night in the making, sure to pass instantly into NYC folklore.
Thursday June 11
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Goran Bregović & His Weddings & Funerals Orchestra
Sarajevo-born GORAN BREGOVIC is a seminal figure in the Yugoslav rock world, a film composer who has been likened to Enio Moriconi and Nino Rota, and a co-conspirator with artists as varied as Iggy Pop and Cesaria Evora. With his own massive band, featuring brass, a classical string ensemble, an all-male choir, and traditional Bulgarian and Roma singers, he marries the dance music of a raucous gypsy wedding with Eastern European choral arrangements in “a mind-blowing return trip with no destination or port of arrival…a magnificent concert, one of the greatest marvels to be heard on stage today.” (La Vanguardia, Spain)
Friday June 19
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
David Rudder | Samantha Thornhill
A performer of such innovation and vitality that Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner called him “the Bob Marley of soca,” DAVID RUDDER changed the face of Caribbean music with his heart pounding mix of classic calypso and soulful pop. Trinidadian born Brooklynite SAMANTHA THORNHILL, an author, educator, and slam poetess of the first order, will prime the crowd with some spoken word derring-do.
Saturday June 20
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Mexico Tourism Series
Music & Movies
La Nave De Los Monstruos With Live Score by Ethel and Gutbucket
“I wish there were more rock bands who played like ETHEL.” (Guardian UK) In a special Celebrate Brooklyn commission, the nation’s premier rock-infused, postclassical string quartet teams up with the artrock wild men of GUTBUCKET to perform a new original score to the vintage Mexican science fiction classic La Nave De Los Monstruos (The Monsters’ Ship, 1959). In the film, the last male on Venus has died and two Venusian hotties embark on a quest to find men on other planets. The two bands dig into this fertile ground after developing the project at a BRIClab residency this spring. GUTBUCKET performs an opening set. Friends of CB pre-performance reception sponsored by Aguayo & Hubner Fifth. See Friends panel for details.
Thursday June 25
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force | Melvin Gibbs’ Elevated Entity
Having long established himself as the heir apparent to his famous father Fela’s superfunky Afrobeat throne, the unstoppable FEMI KUTI returns to the Bandshell to make all of Prospect Park into one giant Nigerian dance party. Brooklyn born MELVIN GIBBS, “the best bassist in the world,” (Time Out NY) starts the night off with his ELEVATED ENTITY project, something of a downtown NYC supergroup, which continues Gibbs’ exploration of African diaspora music with a fusion of Afro-Brazilian rhythms, funk and rap.
Friday June 26
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Mexico Tourism Series
Blonde Redhead
Vaunted NYC underground sensualists BLONDE REDHEAD have shape-shifted from dissonant noise explorations to ethereal, dreamy pop over the course of their career, always inspiring intense devotion from their fans. “It is as if they are pressing on piano keys and each key is a trigger that tugs a wire within the listener. There are keys for longing, possession, despair, and ecstasy—and Blonde Redhead travel fast and skillfully over the whole keyboard.” (PopMatters)
Saturday June 27
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Celebrate Brooklyn and LimeWire present
Dr. Dog | Phosphorescent | These United States
DR. DOG’s foot stomping, back porch blend of “a little folk, blues, indie rock, soul, bluegrass–and a whole lot of down-home harmonizing” (Philadelphia Weekly) channels The Band one moment, the Beach Boys another, and Pavement the next. In the music played by Brooklyn’s Matthew Houck, a.k.a. PHOSPHORESCENT, “you can hear Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Will Oldham—but the modern day folkie has a sound all his own.” (Gothamist) THESE UNITED STATES’ “distinct electro-folk sound” (NPR) rounds out the bill.
Thursday July 2
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Bud Light Latin Music Series
Obie Juan BermudÉZ | Cucu Diamantes | Rebel Diaz
The Latin Grammy-winning Puerto Rican pop star OBIE JUAN BERMUDÉZ, “a talent on par with Juanes or Alejandro Sanz,” (Houston Chronicle) pits his mojo against Yerba Buena singer CUCU DIAMANTES’ fiery mix of “salsa, funk, cumbia, hip-hop, pop-punk, mariachi, tango, disco and flamenco…just for starters,” (NY Times) and the political activist hip-hop of REBEL DIAZ, whose mesmerizing frontwoman Lah Tere unleashes rhymes with hurricane force.
Thursday July 9
Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 8:00pm
Dance
STREB: Invisible Forces
The breathtakingly acrobatic Williamsburg-based company celebrates 30 high flying years with Invisible Forces, which combines the thrills of the circus and the velocity of the Indy 500 in one crowd pleasing Action Event. STREB’s new Action Platform, a 20 ft. amped-up rotating floor, the Espana Whizzing Gizmo, and the 2 dimensional vertical pipe grid Airlines will dazzle and amaze. Beautiful bodies engaging sexy hardware in show stopping pieces will keep you on the edge of your seat, heart in throat. “Streb’s unique movement art—kin to sport, circus, physics experiment, and hard labor—has reached a peak of theatricality and dare-all virtuosity.” (Village Voice)
Friday July 10
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Bud Light Latin Music Series
Celebrate Brooklyn & LAMC present
Los Amigos Invisibles | Aterciopelados
A double shot of unfiltered South American pleasure in which the great Venezuelan party band LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES, a lusty outfit that combines a “love of disco and funk with their reverence for oldfashioned Latin dances like the mambo and bossa-nova,” (NY Post) locks horns with Columbian national heroes ATERCIOPELADOS. Proficient in everything from punk to electro-lounge to jangly Latin folk rock, the velvety ones (English translation, for all you gringos) have an uncanny ability “to take north-of-theborder musical styles…and breathe new life into them.” (Time)
Saturday July 11
Doors: 3:00pm | Show: 4:00pm
Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert
A Very Special Family Show With They Might Be Giants
Reader: Claudia Marshall of WFUV
Brooklyn’s own legendary alternative rockers THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS have made some astonishingly good kids’ albums, most recently the 2009 Best Children’s Album Grammy Winner Here Come the 123s, becoming in the process “the ultimate fan- and now family-friendly rock act.” (Billboard) They return to the Bandshell to headline our annual Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert, which also features readings of Keats’ classic stories by WFUV’s Claudia Marshall. Special appearance by Livable Streets Education’s big purple friend ZoZo!
Thursday July 16
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Mexico Tourism Series
Kronos Quartet | Luminescent Orchestrii
For more than 35 years KRONOS QUARTET has pushed, made fun of, made irrelevant, and pretty much pulverized the standard notion of the string quartet, assembling in the process “a body of work unparalleled in its range and scope of expression.” (NPR) Their repertoire runs the gamut from Bartók to Charles Mingus to Jimi Hendrix, and their collaborators have been as diverse as Philip Glass, Asha Bhosle, and Nine Inch Nails. They share the Bandshell stage with the frenzied and slightly diabolical LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII, a Gypsy punk string ensemble that “plays renditions of Appalachian and Gypsy tunes that run from lively and infectious to deeply melancholy.” (Time Out NY)
Friday July 17
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
American Express Roots Music Series
The Robert Cray Band | the Sweet Divines
The five time Grammy-winning Stratocaster titan ROBERT CRAY’s “soul-infused blues has become the bridge between traditional and contemporary blues;” (Rolling Stone) he remains a strong persuader, as potent as ever after three decades of recording and touring. THE SWEET DIVINES, four young ladies with a smoking band behind them, pay homage to the traveling soul revues of the 60s with an authentic sound that evokes Stax, Aretha, James Brown, and funky New Orleans. “Sign them up, and let them bring the funk to the masses!” (BBC) Friends of CB pre-performance reception sponsored by Betancourt Realty & Associates. See Friends panel for details.
Saturday July 18
Doors: 1:00pm | Show: 2:00pm – 9:00pm
American Express Roots Music Series
African Festival With King Sunny Adé | Freshly Ground | The Mandingo Ambassadors | Cheikh M’Baye & Sing Sing | Abena Koomson | Yasser Darwish
Our annual day-long festival of music, food and crafts features a lineup of bands that will keep the dancers moving from day till night, with the great KING SUNNY ADÉ of Nigeria leading the charge. The bill includes South Africa’s FRESHLY GROUND, making a rare US appearance to whip the revelers into a frenzy with its mix of indigenous African sounds and contemporary urban styles; THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS, from NYC by way of Guinea, whose music “has been structured to make you feel good” (NY Times); wild Senegalese drum troupe CHEIKH M’BAYE & SING SING; powerful Brooklyn born Ghanaian vocalist ABENA KOOMSON; and whirling traditional Egyptian dancer YASSER DARWISH.
Thursday July 23
Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 8:00pm
Dance
Stephen Petronio Company
“One of the few contemporary dancer makers who have created an instantly recognizable style,” (NY Times) STEPHEN PETRONIO celebrates his company’s 25th Anniversary Season with the dynamic and elemental I Drink the Air Before Me, an evening length work inspired by the power of extreme weather and storms both atmospheric and internal. Petronio’s predeliction for forward thinking popular music (his dancers have moved to Rufus Wainwright and Antony in the past) is satisfied here by a score from new classical composer and crossover sensation Nico Muhly.
Friday July 24
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
American Express Roots Music Series
Buckwheat Zydeco | the Holmes Brothers
Swamp boogie accordion master BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO and his band “spit out the kind of crackling music that’s been missing since the heyday of Stax Records…on stage the attack is relentless.” (Wall Street Journal) THE HOLMES BROTHERS harmony-filled blend of American roots jumps from church to the juke joint and “recalls the era when soul seceded from gospel music,” (Mother Jones) with a healthy dose of blues, funk and country thrown in. Friends of CB pre-performance reception sponsored by Warren Lewis Realty Associates. See Friends panel for details.
Saturday July 25
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Kailash Kher | Electro Morocco
The South Asian superstar, Bollywood icon, and judge of Indian Idol KAILASH KHER moves “among styles without hesitation, adding elements of folk, reggae and rock to Indian pop…(he) has a voice as appealing as it is thrilling.” (Wall Street Journal) Comprised of five NYC-based Israelis, ELECTRO MOROCCO combines buzzing guitars with synths and beats to concoct a dance floor friendly mix of retro rock, Middle Eastern folk, and warped electro.
Thursday July 30
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Burning Spear | Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
Roots reggae legend BURNING SPEAR brings his Rastafarian message of positivity back to the Bandshell for another epic performance. Last year’s vital Jah Is Real featured contributions from Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrel; Spear has never sounded better. “Four decades and still dropping knowledge: no other artist, with the possible exception of Toots Hibbert, can lay claim to being reggae’s true elder statesman.” (PopMatters) The evening begins with the righteous harmonies and church-inflected soul of NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS.
Friday July 31
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
The Royal Family: Soulive’S 10Th Anniversary Celebration With Special Guests John Scofield and Christian Scott | Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk
The exceptional jazz-funk trio SOULIVE celebrates 10 years of “simmering instrumental funk” (Entertainment Weekly) by busting out THE ROYAL FAMILY, a hard hitting conglomeration of various side projects and special guests that will come together for the jam of the summer. Ivan Neville’s DUMPSTAPHUNK, “musically hard-nosed and rooted in 1970s inner city funk,” (Offbeat)” kicks off the show with a set of New Orleans’ nastiest grooves.
Saturday August 1
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Music & Movies
Mexico Tourism Series
Dean & Britta: 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests | Crystal Stilts
Luna alumni DEAN & BRITTA perform original scores to Warhol’s rarely seen short silent film portraits, which captured Factory superstars, celebrities, and anonymous teenagers in mesmerizing 4-minute shots. “The music unabashedly translates the ominous drone of early Velvet Underground songs like I’m Waiting for the Man and Venus in Furs into a more modern electronic mode reminiscent of Giorgio Moroder’s chic torture-chamber disco.” (NY Times) Commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum, the project is like an archeological dig unearthing NYC’s 1960s art scene, complete with soundtrack. Brooklyn’s CRYSTAL STILTS, “moody-sounding f***ers who make fabulous stripped-down garage-pop,” (Pitchfork) will set the tone for the night.
Thursday August 6
Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Music & Movies
Purple Rain Sing-A-Long With Escort
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of history’s greatest pop albums, and the extravagantly, hilariously whacky and over the top film it inspired (the apotheosis of both the purple one’s genius and self caricature), we invite you to don something lacey and ruffled and come get your Prince on. We’ll have lyric subtitles, but you know the words already. Brooklyn’s own live disco orchestra ESCORT plays an opening set, and will lead the sing-along festivities. Rated R. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or guardian.
Friday August 7
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals | Deer Tick | The London Souls
Fronted by the Joplin-like vocals and driving Hammond B-3 of their fearless frontwoman, GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS play “blues-based rock with glorious passion.” Hard to categorize—folk? indie rock? alt-country? Americana?—but easy to love, DEER TICK “write and play some of the most soulful, inspired music around, littered with lyrics as sharp as a shot of whiskey and rapid-fire guitar solos strong enough to blow the dust off your boots.” (Brooklyn Vegan)
Saturday August 8
Doors: 6:00pm | Show: 7:00pm
Celebrate Brooklyn & Lyricist Lounge present
Big Daddy Kane | Plus Screening of BDK: the Big Daddy Kane Story | Others TBA
The Lyricist Lounge returns with a once in a lifetime night of positive hip-hop featuring Brooklyn legend BIG DADDY KANE performing with his live band, preceded by a screening of the short documentary BDK: THE BIG DADDY KANE STORY, directed by Lyricist Lounge’s own Anthony Marshall. Other special guest performers TBA!
Benefit Concerts
Proceeds help support free shows at Celebrate Brooklyn!
July 1: MGMT (Sold out)
July 21: Jackson Browne
Aug 11: TV on the Radio
Aug 12: Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal
Aug 14 (Sold out) & 15: Animal Collective
