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2007 NYC summer concert preview

Manu Chao @ Prospect Park bandshell, Summer 2006 (MORE)
Manu Chao @ Prospect Park

Here’s a taste of some of the mostly-free concerts coming up in NYC this summer….

Central Park Summerstage / Rumsey Playfield, NYC
Wed 05/30 – Keane, Rocco Deluca (tickets)
Fri 06/08 – Joss Stone, Ryan Shaw (tickets)
Fri 06/15 – Cassandra Wilson
Sat 06/16 – Television, Apples in Stereo, Dragons of Zynth (info)
Sun 07/01 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela (info)
Mon 07/09 – Bob Weir and Ratdog, Keller Williams (tickets)
Sat 07/14 – Pacha & Vince Veloso
Mon 07/16 – The Decemberists & Grizzly Bear (info)
Tue 07/17 – Measha Brueggergosman & New York Philharmonic
Fri 07/20 – Neko Case
Fri 08/17 – Paul Van Dyk (tickets)
Sat 08/18 – Paul Van Dyk (tickets)
Sun 09/16 – Hassan Hakmoun
Fri 09/14 – Underworld (info)

Battery Park, NYC
Wed 07/04 – The New Pornographers, Midlake (info)

South Street Seaport
Sat 06/16 – Robbie Schaefer

Lincoln Center Festival, NYC
Tue 07/17 – Os Mutantes

Castle Clinton National Monument, NYC
Thu 07/05 – Shearwater (info)
Thu 07/12 – Ron Sexsmith
Thu 07/19 – Drive-By Truckers
Thu 08/02 – The Flatlanders

River to River Festival, NYC
Wed 06/13 – Booker T. Jones & The MG’s
Wed 06/27 – John Pizzarelli
Wed 07/18 – Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra (info)
Wed 07/25 – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Wed 08/01 – Red Molly

World Financial Center, Winter Garden, NYC
Sat 06/02 – Bang on a Can Marathon w/ Ralph Ferris, Ethel, Dan Redner & others TBA

Pier 54, NYC
Thu 08/09 – Yerba Buena

Randall’s Island
Sat 07/28 – Rage Against the Machine, Wu Tang Clan, Guerilla Union (info)
Sun 08/26 – Lucky Dube (Reggae fest?)

Madison Square Park, NYC
Sat 08/11 – Diana Jones, Pat Wictor
Sat 09/15 – Antje Duvekot
Sat 10/06 – Cephas & Wiggins

Keyspan Park, Brooklyn, NY
Sun 06/24 – The Send, Hawk Nelson,
Thu 08/09 – Daft Punk & The Rapture (info)

Prospect Park Band Shell, Brooklyn, NY
Thu 06/14 – The Neville Brothers (opening night)
Sat 06/16 – Joan Osborne
Thu 06/21 – Richard Thompson
Fri 06/22 – Ralph Stanley
Tue 06/26 – Manu Chao (info) (tickets)
Tue 06/27 – Manu Chao (info) (tickets)
Fri 06/29 – Ravi Coltrane, Groove Collective
Sat 06/30 – The Stills, Sam Roberts Band, Malajube (Canada)
Thu 07/05 – Isaac Delgado
Wed 07/18 – Ani Difranco (info)
Thu 07/19 – Morley, Blackmail with Alloy Orchestra
Fri 07/20 – Catherine Russell & Bobby “Blue” Bland
Thu 08/09 – The Hold Steady, The Big Sleep, The Teenage Prayers
Sat 08/11 – African Festival w/ Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (info)

Know of any more? Leave ’em in the comments…..

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