Hudson River Rocks and Woodstock Anniversary Shows

The free summer show schedules are trickling in and here are some more.

Still waiting to see if there are more Castle Clinton shows, but here are 4 shows that are in honor of Woodstock’s 40th anniversary:

• July 16: Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra Plays the Music of Sly & the Family Stone: “It’s a Family Affair”

• July 23: Richie Havens

• July 30: Arlo Guthrie

• August 6: John Kelly Sings The Joni Mitchell Songbook: “Songs for a Shiny Hot Night”

And here are the shows at Hudson River’s Pier 54 for Hudson RiverRocks:

• July 9: Matt & Kim and Flosstradamus

• July 23: Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, and Radio 4, and Extra Golden

• August 13: Yeasayer and Amazing Baby

The Yard, which is now being called The Bklyn Yard and did not close down (yay!) has one free show coming up this weekend already. It’s at 388 Carroll St. in Brooklyn:

• May 9: The Gowanus Springtime Revue featuring
  Drew Torres
  H. Wood
  Psychedelic Disco Angels
  Fall of the Albatross
  Jonny on the Rocks
  Just a Lil Bit
  The Sheppard Brothers
  KMBS
  Neuronautas
  Tayisha Buay
• May 23: PARKED! a celebration of the best food trucks in NYC
• May 30: SCORE! Gowanus Free Swap
• June 20: NUBLU DAY
• June 27: WINKEL & BALKTICK present…
• August 8: SABBATH IN THE PARK w/ The RUB

and on Sundays they have their Sunday Best show. Here is the schedule:

• May 24: QUENTIN HARRIS, the master of soulful house
• May 31: MR. SCRUFF, a UK-based illustrator, tea vendor and eclectic DJ
• June 7: LUKE SOLOMON, Rekids and Cajual producer
• June 14: JUS-ED, Bridgeport, Connecticut’s finest
• June 21: RUB N TUG, crazy but true
• June 28: JUSTIN MARTIN, the dirtiest Dirtybird of them all
• July 5: LOSOUL, maker of European dance music with big nods to soul and jazz
• July 12: KYLE HALL, the 17-year-old, Detroit-based producer who’s never played New York
• July 19: I:CUBE, a forefather of French house and one half of Chateau Flight
• July 26: OMAR S blows our minds every time
• August 2: MAURICE FULTON, the funkiest DJ we’ve ever heard
• August 9: MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE, a young German paying homage to Detroit
• August 16: TIM SWEENEY, the ever-eclectic Beats In Space man
• August 23: THEO PARRISH, a true master playing a long set
• August 30: JUSTUS KOHNCKE, a Kompakt artist playing a live set
• September 6: DJ HARVEY, closing it out crazily and properly