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2 more free shows @ Governors Island, both this weekend

Lucero Ferry, July 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
Lucero

The Converse-presented ‘Gone to Governors’ free concert series comes to a close this weekend, but not before going out with a bang. Details and ferry instructions below…

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Neon Indian with Prefuse 73, DOM, and Nite Jewel

We encourage everyone to come early and enjoy the beach. Governors Island ferries will run from the Battery Maritime Building until 5:30 PM ONLY. If you are on the island early, please make sure to get yourself to the Beach venue by 5:30 PM where concert wristbands will be available. Doors will open at 6:00 PM.

Dedicated concert ferries will depart starting at 7:15 PM. Please enter the ferry queue at the NORTH end of the Battery Maritime Building – 10 South Street. While there will be no ferries departing between 6 PM and 7:15 PM, concert wristbands will be handed out, subject to availability, in the ferry queue.

Show time is 8:15PM.

Translation: There are no ferries between 5:30 and 7:15, but there are plenty before and afterward. Starting at 7:15, they are concert-only ferries. Before then they are public for anyone looking to visit the island, including concert-goers.


Sunday, August 15, 2010

Dr. Dog with Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves and Chief

We encourage everyone to come early and enjoy the beach. Governors Island ferries will run from the Battery Maritime Building until 5:30 PM ONLY. If you are on the island early, please make sure to get yourself to the Beach venue by 5:30 PM where concert wristbands will be available. Doors will open at 6:00 PM.

Dedicated concert ferries will depart starting at 7:15 PM. Please enter the ferry queue at the NORTH end of the Battery Maritime Building – 10 South Street. While there will be no ferries departing between 6 PM and 7:15 PM, concert wristbands will be handed out, subject to availability, in the ferry queue.

Show time is 8:15PM.

Translation: There are no ferries between 5:30 and 7:15, but there are plenty before and afterward. Starting at 7:15, they are concert-only ferrys. Before then they are public for anyone looking to visit the island, including concert-goers.

Get there early. Not only is it first come, first served, but the ferry can cause you to get the island slightly later than you planned.

rumor: special guests playing with Neon Indian.