2007 NYC summer concert preview
Manu Chao @ Prospect Park bandshell, Summer 2006 (MORE)
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.....