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One of the highlights of summer in NYC—the annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, which brings free music to Prospect Park from June 8 to August 13—has announced its schedule. In addition to the opening-night show with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, highlights include indie-pop act Alvvays, Afro-beat star Femi Kuti, reunited hip-hop trio Digable Planets and Late Show house band Jon Batiste and Stay Human. You can browse the whole calendar, which also features screenings, dance performances and more, below. The park also hosts ticketed benefit shows throughout the summer, with headliners Herbie Hancock, Tame Impala, Beirut and more.
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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival 2016 Free Lineup
Wednesday, June 8, 8pm
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Saturday, June 11, 4pm
Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert
Dan Zanes’ Lead Belly Project + Tada! Youth Theater
Thursday, June 16, 7:30pm
Baaba Maal + Lakou Mizik
Saturday, June 18, 7:30pm
Violent Femmes + Kristin Hersch
Thursday, June 23, 7pm
Alvvays + Ducktails + Big Thief
Friday, June 24, 7:30pm
¡Cubanismo! + Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
Saturday, June 25, 8pm
Philadanco
Thursday, July 7, 7:30pm
Red Baraat’s Brooklyn Mela, Co-Curated By Sunny Jain
With DJ Rekha + Heems + Bhi Bhiman & More
Friday, July 8, 7pm
Josh Ritter + Martha Redbone + Birds Of Chicago
Saturday, July 9, 7pm
Carla Morrison + Hurray For The Riff Raff + Buscabulla
Thursday, July 14, 8pm
Music & Movies: Triplets Of Belleville + Jessica Fichot
Friday, July 15, 7:30pm
Rachid Taha + Krar Collective
Saturday, July 16, 7pm
The Wood Brothers + Aoife O’donovan + Hiss Golden Messenger
Thursday, July 21, 7:30pm
Camille A. Brown & Dancers: Black Girl: Linguistic Play + Brandee Younger
Friday, July 22, 7:30pm
Jon Batiste And Stay Human & Friends
Saturday, July 23, 7:30pm
Femi Kuti + Bombino
Thursday, July 28, 7:30pm
Gregory Porter + Marcus Strickland & Twi-Life
Friday, July 29, 7:30pm
Angelique Kidjo’s Celia Cruz Tribute With Pedrito Martinez
Saturday, July 30, 7:30pm
Digable Planets + Camp Lo
Thursday, August 4, 7:30pm
Music & Movies: Run Lola Run With Live Score By The Bays (U.S. Premiere) + 2001
Friday, August 5, 7:30pm
Morgan Heritage + British Dependency
Saturday, August 6, 7:30pm
The Hubble Cantata (World Premiere) + Tigue
Wednesday, August 10, 7:30pm
Music & Movies: Labyrinth + Donny McCaslin Group
Friday, August 12, 7:30pm
Dr. Dog
Saturday, August 13, 7:30pm
Andra Day + Son Little
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Benefit Shows
June 14, 15
Tame Impala
June 22
Ray LaMontagne
July 26
Case/Lang/Veirs
August 2
Beirut
August 3
The Lumineers
August 11
Herbie Hancock