FREE SUMMER SHOWS: YEASAYER, THE XX, YACHT, SONIC YOUTH, BOY CRISIS, NEON INDIAN, THE ANTLERS, DEERHUNTER AND MORE…

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There is an amazing lineup of free shows coming to New York City this summer. The Jellynyc pool parties are back on the Billyburg waterfront with 8 shows (not all of which have leaked yet), along side a ton of other free shows happening all over Brooklyn, Manhattan and Governors Island. So mark the calendar and don’t miss out on Passion Pit, Boy Crisis, Yeasayer, Sonic Youth, Surfer Blood, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Deerhunter, The Antlers, Yacht, The XX, Neon Indian and tons more amazing bands all summer long.

Discosalt has squared in with some of  our favorite upcoming free show picks for the Summer 2010 below:

MAY:

Fri. 5/14:  PASSION PIT : 8:30 PM secret location yet to be revealed…click HERE for details

Sat. 5/15: Ting Tings, Black Keys : 8:00 PM secret location yet to be revealed…click HERE for details

Sat. 5/29:  BOY CRISIS : 11:00 PM Brooklyn Bowl (Free with RSVP)

JUNE:

Wed. 6/2: Airwaves: 12:00 PM South Street Seaport

Sat. 6/5: Living Colour, Ebony Bones, Pillow Theory, CX Kidtronik: 3:00 PM Central Park Summerstage

Sat. 6/5: YEASAYER! : 6:00 PM Governors Island (The Beach)

Tue. 6/15: Dan Deacon: 7:00 PM Red Hook Park

Wed. 6/23: The Beets: 12:00 PM South Street Seaport

Fri. 6/25: Kid Koala, Hess Is More: 7:30 PM Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn)

Sat. 6/26: Apples in Stereo: 7:00 PM South Street Seaport

JULY:

Sun. 7/04: She & Him: Governors Island (on the beach)

Sun. 7/04:  Old 97’s:  South Street Seaport

Wed 7/07: Delorean:  7:00 PMMusic on the Oval

Sun. 7/11: The Roots, Talib Kweli:  4:00 PM Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn)

Sat. 7/17: Matt & Kim, Ted Leo, SURFER BLOOD, THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, Harlem (Village Voice Siren Festival) : 12: 00 PM Coney Island

Thu. 7/22: THE ANTLERS, Dinosaur Feathers:  6:00 PMPier 54 (Hudson River Park)

Fri. 7/30: Avi Buffalo, Chad Van Gaalen:  6:00 PMSouth Street Seaport

Sat. 7/31: SONIC YOUTH!, Grass Widow, Talk Normal:  7:00 PMProspect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn)

AUGUST:

Thu. 8/05:  Metric, Joan As Police Woman, Holly Miranda:  6:00 PMProspect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn)

Fri. 8/06: YACHT! : 6:00 PM South Street Seaport

Sat. 8/07: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Budos Band:  6:00 PMProspect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn)

Sun. 8/08:  CUT COPY, Memory Tapes, Glasser, Restless People: 2:00 PM Williamsburg Waterfront

Sun. 8/08:  THE XX!, Chairlift, Jack Penate:  7:00 PMCentral Park Summerstage

Thu. 8/12: White Rabbits:  7:00 PM East River Amphitheater

Thu 8/12:  DEERHUNTER, REAL ESTATE: 6:00 PM Pier 54 (Hudson River Park)

Sat. 8/14:  NEON INDIAN:  6:00 PM Governors Island (The Beach)

Sun. 8/15: !!!, Lee Fields, The Strange Boys, Future Islands: 2: 00 PM Williamsburg Waterfront

Sun. 8/22: CHROMEO, The Suzan, Telephoned: 2:00 PM Williamsburg Waterfront

Sun. 8/29: DELOREAN, Dominique Young Unique, Super Special Guests!: 2:00 PM Williamsburg Waterfront

For the full Summer schedule click HERE

1 Comment

  1. Tyson F. Gautreaux
    November 14, 2010

    Interesting post.

    Reply

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