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[title]SummerStage is nearly upon us, and as ever, it's a truly epic lineup, with over 100 concerts happening nearly every day from the start of June through to the end of August. You can see shows in 14 different parks across the five boroughs: The majority of the gigs, screenings and classes are free, but there are a handful of paid benefit shows, too. The full, incredibly long lineup is below, starting with the paid shows.
SUMMERSTAGE 2014 BENEFIT SHOWS
June 17
John Butler Trio + Allen Stone, 6:30pm, Central Park; $40, advance $30
June 30
Counting Crows + Toad the Wet Sprocket + Daniel and the Lion, 6pm, Central Park; $50
July 1
Beck, 7pm, Central Park; sold out
July 7
Neon Trees + Smallpools + Nightmare and the Cat, 6:30pm, Central Park; $35
July 29
Conor Oberst with special guest Dawes, 7pm, Central Park; $40
Aug 13
Gavin DeGraw + Matt Nathanson + Andrew McMahon, 6pm, Central Park; $45
Aug 24
The Fania All-Stars, 6pm, Central Park; $TBA
SUMMERSTAGE 2014 FREE SHOWS
June 3
Ty Dolla $ign, 7pm, Red Hook Park, Brooklyn
June 4
Mark McGuire + Marissa Nadler + Delicate Steve, 7pm, Red Hook Park, Brooklyn
June 5
Pro Era, 7pm, Red Hook Park, Brooklyn
June 7
12th Brazilian Film Festival NYC: Tribute to Vinicius de Moraes, + Toquinho + DJ Gaspar Muniz, 7pm, Central Park
June 10
The Duck Down BBQ with Boot Camp Clik & Friends, 7pm, Betsy Head Park, Brooklyn
June 11
Sisqó, 7pm, Betsy Head Park, Brooklyn
June 14
Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound + La Mecánica Popular + Little Louie Vega (of Elements of Life and Masters at Work), 6pm, Central Park
June 15
Black Coffee Live + DJ Spoko, 6pm, Central Park
June 18
Salute to Hip-Hop: DJ Bent Roc + Chubb Rock + Dana Dane + Special Ed, 7pm, Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
June 19
Algebra, 7pm, Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
June 20
Jason Samuel Smith + All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Jamal Jackson, 7pm, Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
June 21
ChoreoQuest + All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Jamel Gaines, 7pm, Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
Fete de la Musique: -M- + Émilie Simon, 7pm, Central Park
June 21, 22
Brooklyn Family Day: Barolosolo Cirkus Company, 7pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 22
Whistle!: A Tribute to Frankie Knuckles with full-length film screening: Hands to the Sky, 7pm, Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
June 23
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Amber Wagner + Jamie Barton + Russell Thomas + Dan Saunders, 8pm, Central Park
June 24
Our Latin Thing + New Swing Sextet, 7pm, Crotona Park, Bronx
June 25
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Amber Wagner + Jamie Barton + Russell Thomas + Dan Saunders, 7pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Chuck Chillout + DJ Hollywood + Brucie B + Chief Rocker Busy Bee + LA Luv and 4th Quarter Boyz, 7pm, Crotona Park, Bronx
June 26
D.I.T.C. featuring Lord Finesse + A.G. + Diamond D + DJ Boogie Blind + Large Professor, 7pm, Crotona Park, Bronx
June 28
Club Classics Live! Featuring Sam Sparro + Ultra Naté + Kevin Aviance + Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin and Norma Jean Wright (formerly of Chic) + Company Freak, 3pm, Central Park
June 29
Jon Batiste and Stay Human + Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, 3pm, Central Park
July 1
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Mary-Jane Lee + Ginger Costa-Jackson + Yunpeng Wang + Dan Saunders, 7pm, Crotona Park, Bronx
July 2
Urban Bush Women + Laurie Taylor/Soul Movement, 8pm, Central Park
July 3
The Freedom Dance Party, 6pm, Central Park
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Mary-Jane Lee + Ginger Costa-Jackson + Yunpeng Wang + Dan Saunders, 7pm, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
July 5
Teddy Afro + Noura Mint Seymali + HaHu Dance Crew, 3pm, Central Park
July 6
Global Family Day: Okee Dokee Brothers + Hybrid Movement Company + Shaun Parker & Company + Acrobuffos + National Dance Institute, 3pm, Central Park
July 8
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Mary-Jane Lee + Ginger Costa-Jackson + Yunpeng Wang + Dan Saunders, 7pm, Jackie Robinson Park
Tony Vega, 7pm, St. Mary's Park, Bronx
Andrew Bird & the Hands of Glory + Luke Temple, 7pm, Central Park
July 9
Beatnuts + Ana Tijoux + Bodega Bamz + DJ Tony Touch, 7pm, Central Park
July 10
Domingo Quinones, 7pm, St. Mary's Park, Bronx
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Mary-Jane Lee + Ginger Costa-Jackson + Yunpeng Wang + Dan Saunders, 7pm, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
July 11
Ballet Hispanico's BHdos All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Ballet Hispanico's BHdos, 7pm, St. Mary's Park, Bronx
July 12
Urban Bush Women All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Urban Bush Women, 7pm, St. Mary's Park, Bronx
Babasónicos + Juana Molina + La Santa Cecilia, 3pm, Central Park
July 13
Bronx Family Day: David Gonzalez' Aesop Bops! Funky Fables + Kids Junk Orchestra + Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo, 4pm, St. Mary's Park, Bronx
Bonobo + Cibo Matto, 6pm, Central Park
July 15
Ismael Miranda + Rebel Tumbao, 7pm, Queensbridge Park
July 16
J Holiday, 7pm, Queensbridge Park
Ballet Hispanico + A Palo Seco, 8pm, Central Park
July 17
Mobb Deep, 7pm, Queensbridge Park
July 18
Harambee Dance Company All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Harambee Dance Company, 7pm, Queensbridge Park
July 19
Lenine and The Martin Fondse Orchestra: The Bridge + Maíra Freitas + Tutu Moraes, 7pm, Central Park
July 20
Queens Family Day: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra + Rashida Bumbray + Michael Mossman & Copland Jazz, 4pm, Queensbridge Park
Catalan Sounds on Tour: Mishima + Txarango + DJ sets by Headbirds, 3pm, Central Park
July 21
New Songs of Justice: An Evening Honoring Pete Seeger: Anti-Flag (acoustic) + Toni Blackman + The Chapin Sisters + Rebel Diaz + Steve Earle + Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion + James Maddock + Elizabeth Mitchell and Dan Zanes + Mike & Ruthy + Nyraine + Amanda Palmer + Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root + The Tony Lee Thomas Band + DJ sets by Kool Herc, 6pm, Central Park
July 26
Chronixx & the Zincfence Redemption + Junior Reid + The Rice and Peas Crew, 3pm, Central Park
July 27
The Rock Steady Crew, 37th Anniversary Concert, 7pm, Central Park
July 28
John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown, 8pm, Central Park
July 29
The Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue, 7pm, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
July 29–Aug 2
Urban Theatre Movement's Handball, 8pm, Marcus Garvey Park
July 30
Lisette Melendez + Coro + George Lamond, 7pm, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
July 31
Joe Bataan + Boogaloo Assassins + DJ Turmix, 7pm, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
Aug 2
Dr. John & the Night Trippers + Hurray for the Riff Raff, 3pm, Central Park
Aug 3
Gregory Porter and Revive Big Band as led by Igmar Thomas, 7pm, Central Park
Aug 5
Tipica '73 with Adalberto Santiago with Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra, 7pm, East River Park
Aug 5–9
Urban Theatre Movement's Handball, 8pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 6
Joe Bataan + First Choice + Double Exposure + Instant Funk + Ladies of Skyy + Carol Williams, 7pm, East River Park
Spectrum Dance Theater + Sidra Bell Dance NY, 8pm, Central Park
Aug 7
Mykki Blanco, 7pm, East River Park
Aug 8
Spectrum Dance Theater All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Germaul Barnes, 7pm, East River Park
Aug 9
SummerStage and Valerie Gladstone Present Dance Off the Grid All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Evidence, 7pm, East River Park
Motown Gospel Revue: Tasha Cobbs + Smokie Norful + Pastor Charles Jenkins + VaShawn Mitchell + Kierra Sheard + Micah Stampley + Brian Courtney Wilson, 3pm, Central Park
Aug 10
Passenger + Liam Bailey + DJ Natasha Diggs, 3pm, Central Park
Aug 11
Urban Theatre Movement's Handball, 8pm, Central Park
Aug 12
Joe, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 13
Bobby Sanabria Full-Length Film Screening: Chico and Rita, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 13–16
The New York Neo-Futurists Present "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind", 8pm, East River Park
Aug 14
Byron Cage, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 15
The Harlem Dance Caravan: Erasing the Boundaries All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Theresa Lavington, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 16
Blood Orange + Moses Sumney + Sean Nicholas Savage, 7pm, Central Park
The Harlem Dance Caravan: Erasing the Boundaries All-Levels Open Dance Master Class with Calvin Wiley, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 17
Harlem Family Day + Shine and the Moonbeams + Moona Luna + Kojo Odu Roney & Friends + B-Love's Hip Hop Jazzy Groove + DJ KS 360, 4pm, Marcus Garvey Park
BellaTrix!: A Soul Train Tribute to Women in Music, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
WBLS 6th Annual R&B Fest Musiq Soulchild, 7pm, Central Park
The Nuyorican Poets Café's 40th-Anniversary Celebration Full-Length Film Screening: Our Latin Thing, 6pm, East River Park
Aug 19, 20
Throw2Catch + Loki Circus Theater, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 21
Acrobatic Conundrum + ChelseaO's Cirqu'elle + Perfect Catch's A Throw-mantic Comedy, 7pm, Marcus Garvey Park
Aug 23
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: The Wallace Roney Orchestra + Lionel Loueke + Melissa Aldana + Kris Bowers w/ special guest Chris Turner, 3pm, Marcus Garvey Park
La Mega 7th Annual Tropical Fest: Alex Sensation, 3pm, Central Park
Aug 24
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Kenny Barron + Cindy Blackman Santana + Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith + Brianna Thomas, 3pm, Tompkins Square Park