Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival
NEW YORK -- BRIC is pleased to announce the lineup for its 37th annual Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival, which will showcase 29 performances from June 3 - August 12. The programming, reflective of Brooklyn's eclecticism and diversity, will feature a wide array of free, world-class performances in the singular environs of the Prospect Park Bandshell.
The 2015 Festival is comprised of a signature mix of music, film, dance and multimedia works, complemented by food and other provisions from local artisans and vendors. Find out more information about Celebrate Brooklyn!
Of the 29 total performances being presented this season, 24 are free (with a $3 suggested contribution at the gate): 19 music concerts, two Music & Movies events in which live music accompanies films that are projected on NYC's largest (50' wide x 21' high) outdoor screen, two dance performances and one mixed-media world premiere featuring visual work accompanied by live music. The remaining five shows are Celebrate Brooklyn! benefit concerts, which offer rare opportunities to see great artists in an extraordinary outdoor setting at reasonable ticket prices while supporting the Festival's free performances.
A highlight of the season, on July 30 the Festival features the world premiere of a special program with a massive, sitespecific, multi-screen installation by the artist Clifford Ross. A live score from the Orchestra of St. Luke's will accompany the piece, featuring works by Wojciech Kilar, Bryce Dessner, Vivaldi and John Adams, including selections from "The Four Seasons" and excerpts from "Shaker Loops".
The Festival is presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance.
CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! 2015 LINEUP
Chaka Khan
June 3, 2015 8:00 PM
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Creole for Kidz! Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
June 6, 2015 4:00 PM-7:00 PM
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Krosfyah feat. special guests Lead Pipe & Saddis / Something Positive
June 11, 2015 7:30 PM
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Esperanza Spalding Presents: Emily's D+Evolution / Jos James
June 12, 2015 7:30 PM
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Lucius / Luke Temple / Pavo Pavo
June 13, 2015 7:00 PM
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Benefit Concert: Damien Rice
June 17, 2015 7:30 PM
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eighth blackbird with special guest Will Oldham / The Bill Frisell Trio with special guest Sam Amidon
June 18, 2015 7:30 PM
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DanceBrazil / Forro in the Dark
June 20, 2015 7:30 PM
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Lucinda Williams / Jason Walker
June 25, 2015 7:30 PM
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Paris is Burning
June 26, 2015 7:30 PM
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Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party / Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9
June 27, 2015 7:30 PM
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Punch Brothers / Sarah Jarosz
July 9, 2015 7:30 PM
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Bajofondo / Astro / Los Autnticos Decadentes
July 10, 2015 7:00 PM
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The New Pornographers / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
July 11, 2015 7:30 PM
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Vieux Farka Tour / Tamikrest / DJ Dakar
July 16, 2015 7:30 PM
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The Son of the Sheik with Live Score by Alloy Orchestra / Ghost Train Orchestra
July 17, 2015 7:30 PM
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Rhiannon Giddens / Joe Henry
July 18, 2015 7:30 PM
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Benefit Concert: Interpol
July 21, 2015 7:00 PM
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Benefit Concert: Modest Mouse
July 22, 2015 7:00 PM
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Jason Isbell / Dawn Landes
July 24, 2015 7:30 PM
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Sylvan Esso / Porches.
July 25, 2015 7:30 PM
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The Musical World of Harmonium Mountain: Clifford Ross & The Orchestra of St. Luke's / Jeffrey Zeigler, Andy Akiho & Roger Bonair-Agard
July 30, 2015 7:30 PM
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Big K.R.I.T. / Angel Haze / The D.R.E.A.M. Ring: FLEXN
July 31, 2015 7:30 PM
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Taylor Mac: The 20th Century Abridged
August 1, 2015 7:30 PM
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Benefit Concert: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
August 4, 2015 7:00 PM
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LeeSaar The Company, Ohad Naharin & Guest Dancers from Batsheva Dance Company
August 6, 2015 8:00 PM
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Third World / Awa Sangho
August 7, 2015 7:30 PM
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tUnE-yArDs / Shabazz Palaces
August 8, 2015 7:30 PM
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Benefit Concert: Willie Nelson & Family and Old Crow Medicine Show
August 12, 2015 7:00 PM
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