The BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival has announced the lineup for its popular summer music festival at the bandshell in Prospect Park, where almost all the shows are free.
The opening benefit concert — one of four paid shows which support the nonprofit — features Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe as co-headliners on June 9.
The series of 14 free shows begins the following week with a showcase of Haitian singer-songwriters — Mélissa Laveaux, Nathalie “TALIE” Cerin and Riva Nyri Précil — on June 13.
The rest of the summer slate crosses a broad range of borders and genres. Highlights include the punk legends Gogol Bordello on Aug. 2, ’90s alt-rock icons Dinosaur Jr. along with Snail Mail on July 17, and a double bill of jazz trailblazers William Parker and Nikara Warren on Aug. 15.
Gogol Bordello plays Aug. 2.
Courtesy of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
On June 20 the much-loved Habibi Festival returns, featuring music from the Middle East and North Africa, including performances from Rasha Nahas and the French-Tunisian saxophonist and composer Yacine Boularès. The Aug. 1 show bridges mariachi and country traditions with Latin Grammy winner Mireya Ramos joining up with country band The Poor Choices.
The festival also marks its third annual Juneteenth in the Park celebration on June 19, with a performance by funk stalwarts Ghost-Note, and salutes hip-hop history on Aug. 9 with an anniversary show for Lyricist Lounge, the famed series of underground rap and hip-hop concerts on the Lower East Side in the 1990s.
Mélissa Laveaux performs a free concert June 13.
Adeline Rapon
As usual, the festival has a film component. This year features a two-part tribute to the composer and producer Quincy Jones, including a June 27 screening of the documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop”, about the star-studded 1985 recording of the “We Are the World” single, and a July 26 screening of the 1978 film “The Wiz,” which Jones soundtracked.
The full schedule is at BRIC’s website.
By Ryan Kailath , gothamist.com , Arts-Entertainment ,
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