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Posted in music on May 22, 2008
Downtown NYC River to River Festival 2008


Browse all of this summer's free "River ro River" shows at their website. Things are kicking off soon with Wire at the Seaport and the Bang on a Can Festival (starring Dan Deacon, Final Fantasy and Marnie Stern).
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Posted on May 22, 2008 5:28 PM
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Comments (15)
anyone feel like making a list?
I'm feeling lazy and don't want to browse the damned site.
Posted by Anonymous | May 22, 2008 7:25 PM
DAN DEACON DAN DEACON DAN DEACON DAN DEACON DAN DEACON DAN DEACON DEAN DECONE DON BACON ANDA CONDE DAN DEACON
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 8:25 AM
"anyone feel like making a list?"
Wire 5/30
Sonic Youth/Feelies 7/4
Ted Leo 7/17
The rest you don't need to know.
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 9:13 AM
can't wait for the dan deacon show...i'm a little short on change and those events are always lucrative with the hipsters in attendance.
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 9:39 AM
God bless free Ted Leo summer shows...
Posted by sean | May 23, 2008 10:23 AM
Why does the River to River site suck so bad?
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 11:26 AM
Here's the shows at Castle Clinton.
St. Vincent - July 10
Ted Leo - July 17
Akron/Family - July 24
The Long Winters - July 31
Terrence Blanchard - August 7
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 11:46 AM
Here's the shows at Rockefeller Park
Otis Clay/Ryan Shaw - June 11
Poet's House w/ Jill Sobule - June 18
Orchestra Baobob - June 25
Avett Brothers - July 9
Steel Pulse - July 16
The Punch Brothers feat. Chris Thile - July 23
Patti Austin - July 30
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 11:50 AM
Here's the shows at South Street Seaport
A Place To Bury Strangers/King Khan & the Shrines - June 27
No Age with Telepathe and Abe Vigoda - July 11
Mary Weiss of the Shangri-La's - July 18
Atlas Sound/El Guincho - July 25
Brother Ali - August 1
TBD - August 8
Dirty Projectors with White Williams - August 15
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 11:54 AM
Here's the concerts at World Financial Center
Ulrich Schnauss - June 24
Kode 9 Dub Wars - July 1
Johan Johansson - July 8
Jovino Santos Neto - July 10
Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto - July 15
Junior Mance - July 17
Kieran Hebden of Fourtet and Steve Reid - July 22
Ollabelle - July 24
The Music of Johnny Cash w/Laura Cantrell, John Doe, Jay Farrar and more - July 26
The Persuasions - July 31
The Persuasions - August 1
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 12:01 PM
Here's the Launch events and July 4th.
An Evening of Arias - May 28
Abigail Washburn with the Sparrow Quartet feat. Bela Fleck - May 29
Wire - May 30
Bang On A Can - May 31 to June 1
Sonic Youth with The Feelies - July 4
Evening Stars: Lars Lubavitch - September 5
Evening Stars: The Bad Boys of Dance - September 6
Evening Stars: Los Vivancos - September 7
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 12:17 PM
Which of these shows require tickets? Is it just the sonic youth one?
Posted by Anon | May 23, 2008 12:48 PM
seaport/world financial center you just show up
Posted by jason | May 23, 2008 12:53 PM
July 18th -
MARY WEISS (of the Shangri-Las)
NOUVELLAS (ex-Dansettes)
THE LOST CRUSADERS
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 1:07 PM
at the South Street Seaport
Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008 1:07 PM