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Here’s how to get tickets to the Central Park ”mega-concert,” plus the four hip-hop shows leading up to it in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

”WE LOVE NYC: The Homecoming Concert,” which celebrates NYC’s reopening from COVID, happens on August 21 at Central Park’s Great Lawn

Northside Fest is in full swing, which means even more NYC-area shows than usual. Tonight there’s the BV/AdHoc showcase with Aldous Harding, Dirty Projectors/Kamasi Washington/Jay Som, The War On Drugs, Dan Auerbach, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mary Timony Plays Helium, Giuda, and more.