Coney Island Seaside Summer Concert Series taking 2014 off but plans to be back next year

Seaside crowd for Aretha Franklin, 2011 (more by Jacob Blickenstaff)

One of NYC’s longest-running free outdoor show series, Marty Markowitz’s Coney Island Seaside Summer Concert Series, will not happen in 2014. It will not be gone forever, though:

In lieu of the proposed construction of the Coney Island Ampitheatre down the block from the West 21st street site that we have used for the past three summers, we decided that it was best not to produce the concerts this summer and put our energy and resources into planning for the future when we have a permanent home.

So after 35 years and hundreds of thousands of people enjoying our free shows, the Seaside Summer Concert Series is taking the summer off. We look forward to returning to Coney Island.. better than ever!

Major bummer. We look forward to Seaside Summer Concert Series’ return in 2015.