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free 2017 Betsy Head Park SummerStage shows (DJ Premier, Ginuwine, more)

The lineup of free 2017 SummerStage shows is announced, and as always, it includes concerts happening in city parks in all five boroughs. Here’s what’s going on in Brownsville’s Betsy Head Park.

SummerStage 2017 free show lineup: Digable Planets, Yo La Tengo, Jadakiss, Laura Mvula, Valerie June, more

Also: Margaret Glaspy, George Clinton, Main Source, KRS-One, Slick Rick, Robert Glasper, Denzel Curry, DJ Premier, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Capone-N-Noreaga, GZA, Bilal, and so much more.

SummerStage announces 2016 free show lineup: Feelies, Public Enemy, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Indigo Girls & lots more

Also: Neon Indian, psychedelic soul legends Cymande with KING, DJ Kool Herc, the annual Duck Down BBQ, Kamasi Washington, Blonde Redhead, Chairlift, Just Blaze and many more.

Hillstock this weekend (3-day DIY Brooklyn music fest lineup)

Laura Stevenson at MHOW in February (more by Andrew St. Clair) Annual, all ages, Brooklyn DIY music festival Hillstock takes place at 285 Kent Ave on June 3, 106 Emerson Place on June 4 (free admission), and 402 1/2 Park Avenue on June 5…

Ultimate Breaks & Beats, Gil-Scott Heron & KRS-One shows

“I know you got soul! If you didn’t you wouldn’t be in here” Hip hop as we know it would NOT exist if it wasn’t for the songs on one of the greatest of all LP compilations, Ultimate Breaks and Beats…

True School NYC - 2009 Summer Park Jams (in Crotona & St. Nicolas Parks) w/ Biz Markie, Afrika Bambaataa, more

Park Jams at Crotona Park in the Bronx run every Thursday through the end of July. Acts include GrandMaster Caz, Afrika Bambaataa and Biz Markie…