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Debbie Harry of Blondie performs for NBC’s Today Show in 2007.
A bunch of free shows for this summer have already been announced, but here are some more! All of these shows listed are FREE!
East River Park (At the Band Shell along the East River in NYC
Between Grand & Jackson Streets):
- July 16: Man Man
- July 23: Slick Rick
- July 30: Ismael Miranda
Asser Levy Park in Coney Island:
- August 13: Blondie, Pat Benatar, and The Donnas
Updated South Street Seaport:
- Friday, July 3: Here We Go Magic with Bachelorette
- Friday, July 10: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart with Zaza and Ribbons
- Friday, July 17: Superchunk with Versus
- Friday, July 24: Black Moth Super Rainbow with Blank Dogs
- Friday, July 31: Polvo and Obits
- Friday, August 7: Casiokids with The Wave Pictures and Slow Club
- Friday, August 14: To Be Announced
Updated free Central Park Summerstage:
- June 12: Josh Ritter and The New York Pops
- June 13: Smokie Norful, Tye Tribbett & G.A., and Ruben Studdard
- June 21: Yannick Noah, Coralie Clement, and Mayra Andrade
- June 27: Istanbulive with Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan, Painted on Water featuring Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan, and NY Gypsy All-Stars with Hüsnü Senlendirici and special guests
- June 28: Ledisi / Esperanza Spalding and Jonathan Batiste
- July 5: Oumou Sangare, Les Nubians, Asa
- July 8: Juana Molina, Curumin, and El G (ZZK)
- July 11: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Eric Bobo
- July 13: The Metropolitan Opera Recital
- July 18: Q-Tip, Chester French, Little Dragon, and Benji B
- July 19: Alpha Blondy & The Solar System , Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dubblestandart, and Subatomic Sound System
- July 24: Bettye LaVette, Budos Band, and Rhythm Revue with Felix Hernandez
- July 25: Jerry Rivera and special guests and N’Klabe
- July 26: Ginuwine, Joe, and Chico DeBarge
- August 1: M. Ward and Mike Watt & Nels Cline
- August 3: Bela Fleck and Toumani Diabate, followed by a documentary about Bela Fleck in Africa
- August 5: The Pedritoe Martinez Project, followed by the film I Am Cuba
- August 6: Mingus Dynasty Quintet and Asbury Shorts: An Evening of the World’s Best Shorts
- August 8: Boys Noize and Drop the Lime with Special Guests
- August 9: Jazmine Sullivan, Chrisette Michele , and Jon B.
- August 14 and 15: An of dance and music featuring a world premiere by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, set to new music by Martha Wainwright
Rockefeller Park in Tribeca:
- June 17: Chuck Brown (Godfather of Go-Go)
- June 24: Ian Hunter (Lead singer of Mott the Hoople)
- July 1: Tift Merritt and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
- July 8: “Stepping Off The Corner”: Badal Roy (tablas) and Michael Henderson (bass), players on Miles Davis’ controversial 1972 jazz-funk classic “On The Corner,” partner with visionary guitarist Kenny Wessell (Ornette Coleman) and this amazing ensemble stepping off where “On The Corner” left off. Joining Roy, Henderson, and Wessell is Mike Clark (drums), Steven Gorn (woodwinds), Graham Haynes (trumpet), Daniel Moreno (percussion), Rudresh Mahanthappa (saxophone), and Michael Wolff (keyboards).
