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Lincoln Center 2010 Out of Doors Festival (free shows include Death, Q-Tip, Ponderosa Stomp, Kronos Quartet, many more)

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In addition to Lincoln Center’s 2010 Midsummer Night Swing which runs from June 29th to July 17th, the schedule for this year’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival (July 28th-August 15th) has been set, and in it there’s a wealth of worthy, free music.

One of the centerpieces is an all-day Ponderosa Stomp-presented lineup on Saturday, July 31st. That’s split up into an afternoon show at the Hearst Plaza Stage, and a night show at Damrosch Park Bandshell, and includes music from “sixties garage icons Mitch Ryder and ? and the Mysterians, iconoclastic rockers The Gories and Death (who recently played Europa), nomadic bluesman Eddie Kirkland, stirring soul singers Melvin Davis and Spyder Turner, Motown hitmakers The Velvelettes and Dennis Coffey and R&B all stars The Party Stompers.”

The July 31st shows are part of the two-day 27th Annual Roots Of American Music series that also includes a show on Sunday, August 1st with Asylum Street Spankers , Los Straitjackets, David Johansen, and Melvin Van Peebles performing a one-act version of Hamlet adapted by Shel Silverstein.

Also on the schedule are Balkan Beat Box, Kronos Quartet with Gamelan Galak Tika, and multiple appearances by Asphalt Orchestra, which debuted last year. August 4th has Robert Glasper Experiment with special guests Q-Tip and Bilal (who also plays a free show at Metrotech this summer). There’s actually too much to list up here right now (Juana Molina, Tom Verlaine…) The full lineup is below…


Lincoln Center 2010 Out of Doors Festival Schedule
Wed July 28
6:30
No Snakes in This Grass
Barclays Capital Grove

Wed July 28
7:30
ETHEL Fair: The Songwriters
ETHEL with special guests Adam Schlesinger with Mike Viola,
Dayna Kurtz, Juana Molina, and Tom Verlaine with Patrick Derivaz
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Thu July 29
7:00
DJA-Rara
Josie Robertson Plaza

Thu July 29
7:30
Ansanm (In Love We Stand)
Emeline Michel, Beethova Obas, BélO, Zili Misik, and Peniel Guerrier in collaboration with the Mikerline Dance Company
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Fri July 30
7:00
Audio Tutu
Broadway Plaza

Fri July 30
7:30
Nona Hendryx
Nicholas Leichter Dance with Monstah Black:
THE WHIZ: Over the Rainbow
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Sat July 31
2:00
27TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Ponderosa Stomp presents The Detroit Breakdown
The Gories
Motor City Soul Revue featuring Dennis Coffey, Melvin Davis,
Spyder Turner, and The Velvelettes with The Party Stompers
Eddie Kirkland
Hearst Plaza/
Barclays Capital Grove

Sat July 31
6:30
27TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Ponderosa Stomp presents The Detroit Breakdown
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
? & the Mysterians
Death
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Sun August 1
2:00
27TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Dig: Their Royal Hipness
Asylum Street Spankers
Los Straitjackets
The World Famous Pontani Sisters
Etran Finatawa
Hearst Plaza/ Barclays Capital Grove

Sun August 1
6:00
27TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Dig: Their Royal Hipness
David Johansen
Melvin Van Peebles: Hamlet: The Street Chant by Shel Silverstein
Steve Cuiffo as Lenny Bruce
Rod Harrison as Lord Buckley
Surprise Artist TBA
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Wed August 4
7:00
Asphalt Orchestra
Broadway Plaza

Wed August 4
7:30
Robert Glasper Experiment with special guests Q-Tip and Bilal
José James’ Blackmagic
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Thu August 5
7:00
Asphalt Orchestra
Hearst Plaza

Thu August 5
8:00
Paul Taylor Dance Company: 80th Birthday Celebration
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Fri August 6
7:00
Asphalt Orchestra
Josie Robertson Plaza

Fri August 6
7:30
Hallogallo 2010: Michael Rother & Friends perform the music of NEU!
Hermeto Pascoal
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Sat August 7
2:00
KIDS DAY
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls Summer Revue
featuring le Saffire and The Awkward Turtles
Hearst Plaza/
Barclays Capital Grove

Sat August 7
4:00
KIDS DAY
Puppet Pageant: Pride and Prejudice and New York Real Estate
Puppeteers’ Cooperative with
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center and Red Hook Community Center
Hearst Plaza/
Barclays Capital Grove

Sat August 7
6:00
Asphalt Orchestra
Hearst Plaza

Sat August 7
7:00
Balkan Beat Box
Mucca Pazza
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Sun August 8
2:00
HERITAGE SUNDAY
Yuri Yunakov
Zikrayat
The Maeandros Ensemble
Hearst Plaza/
Barclays Capital Grove

Sun August 8
6:00
Asphalt Orchestra
Broadway Plaza

Sun August 8
7:30
S.O.S. (Saving Our Soul) – From the Big Easy to the Big Apple
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Wild Magnolias
Glen David Andrews
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Wed August 11
6:30
Susana Baca
Aurelio Martinez & Garifuna Soul
Carlos Varela & His Band
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Thu August 12
7:00
Chinese American Arts Council: Lion Dance
Josie Robertson Plaza

Thu August 12
7:30
International Body Music Festival
Barbatuques
Slammin All-Body Band
Celina Kalluk and Lucie Idlout
Derique McGee
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Fri August 13
6:00
Gamelan Galak Tika:
Kecak workshop and Belaganjur (marching gamelan)
Broadway Plaza

Fri August 13
7:30
Kronos Quartet with Gamelan Galak Tika
Kenge Kenge
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Sat August 14
12:00
LA CASITA – 10th Anniversary
A Home for the Heart/Un Hogar para el Corazón
M.C.: La Bruja, featuring Aracelis Girmay, Ayisha Knight,
Carvens Lissaint, Denizen Kane, Grace Nono, Jamila Lysicott,
Kathy Yogi Collins, Kurtis Lamkin, Liza Garza, M.A.K.U.,
Mandingo Ambassadors, Natalio Hernandez, The Welfare Poets,
Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales, Willie Perdomo, Yerbabuena
Hearst Plaza/
Barclays Capital Grove

Sat August 14
7:30
Larry Harlow’s La Raza Latina, A Salsa Suite
Conducted by Larry Harlow, starring Rubén Blades,
with guest vocalist Adonis Puentes
Bobby Sanabria Big Band
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Sun August 15
7:30
LA CASITA – 10th Anniversary
A Home for the Heart/Un Hogar para el Corazón
See August 14
Teatro Pregones,
571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, NYC

Sun August 15
5:00
Emilio “Buddha Stretch” Austin Jr., Adesola Osakalumi,
and Gus Solomons jr
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE: Hip Hop Generations @ Lincoln Center
Josie Robertson Plaza, community participation cipher at Broadway Plaza

Sun August 15
7:00
Lucinda Childs: Dance
Brian Brooks Moving Company: Motor
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Directions

ALL LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS EVENTS ARE FREE AND TAKE PLACE ON LINCOLN CENTER’S PLAZAS between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues, from West 62nd Street to West 65th Street (except where noted). Take No.1 IRT to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station) OR the A, B, C, D and No. 1 trains to 59th St/Columbus Circle.