Judy Torres

Today's NYC-area show options include King Crimson, Bayside, Juan MacLean B2B Nancy Whang, and more

NYC's ”Homecoming Week” celebration continued on Thursday with the third of four ”It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC” shows at Brooklyn Army Terminal.

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.

The lineup for ”It's Time for Hip Hop in NYC,” a series of four free shows leading up to the Central Park ”mega concert” happening in August, is here.

Plus: '90s Throwback Jam at Radio City, Colin Blunstone, the Pylon Reenactment Society, and more tour news.

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.

Check out the initial schedule of the new Coney Island music venue.

UPDATE: Full Sumerstage 2015 lineup has been announced! We already know about some ticketed SummerStage shows happening at Rumsey Playfield in NYC's Central Park this summer: Mastodon, Clutch and Graveyard play on 5/19 (tickets), The Kooks, Atlas Genius and Joywave play on 6/24 (tickets), Father John Misty, Angel Olsen and Summer Moon will play on August 5th (tickets) and Walk the Moon on September 24 (tickets on sale Friday at noon)...