Celebrate Brooklyn

The Best Upcoming Summer Festivals

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Cbgb, Celebrate Brooklyn, Music Festivals, Cbgb Music Festival, Bryant-Park-Movies, NY Around Town, Governor's Ball, New York Concerts, New York Summer, New York News

With summer approaching fast, newly announced concert lineups, official festivals, and plenty of outdoor movie screenings are quickly taking over our ...

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On the Culture Front: Celebrate Brooklyn Opening Night Gala and New Haven Weekend Getaway

Chris Kompanek | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Cocktails, Goose Island, Celebrate Brooklyn, Local Food, New Haven, Weekend Getaways, Miya's, Bun Lai, Organic, Andrew Bird, Marty Markowitz, New York Around Town, New Haven Restaurants, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Celebrate Brooklyn kicked off their season of free outdoor shows last week with an opening gala featuring Andrew Bird. His set was dominated by the excellent songs of his last album, Armchair Apocrypha.

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The Multi-Instrumentalist Returns: A Conversation With Andrew Bird

Gazelle Emami | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Andrew Bird New Album, Celebrate Brooklyn, Andrew Bird Celebrate Brooklyn, Andrew Bird Brooklyn, Andrew Bird Record, Andrew Bird Interview, Andrew Bird Touring, Andrew Bird Tour, Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird Music, Celebrate Brooklyn 2011, Entertainment News
Gazelle Emami

I caught up with Mr. Bird as he picks up his tour season to discuss whether he ever loses it on stage, and why sometimes he'd rather put down the instruments and dance.

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Neon Indian, Public Enemy, Grizzly Bear And More

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chk Chk Chk, Nycbeat, Brooklyn, Neon Indian, Screaming Females, Real Estate, Luis Miguel De La Amargue, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Deerhunter, Strange Boys, Nfamous Stringdusters, Gang Gang Dance, Scott Pilgrim, Glasser, Summerstage, Dr. Dog, Bachata, Oberhofer, Lee Fields, Mountain Man, Celebrate Brooklyn, How to Dress Well, Grizzly Bear, Twin Sister, Deer Tick, Maps and Atlases, Jelly NYC, Empire in the Sun, The Cults, P.S. 1, Dragonette, New York, Memory House, The Wedding Present, Chief, Future Islands, Kiko Rodriguez, Mewithoutyou, Andy Andy, Warpaint, Beauty Feast, The Golden Filter, The Walkmen, Mercury Lounge, Laura Sevenson, Anamanaguchi, Javelin, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance as...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Arcade Fire, Spoon, Metric, Hot Chip, Cut Copy, The XX

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hercules and Love Affair, Nycbeat, Celebrate Brooklyn, Metric, Dfa, Central Park, Holly Miranda, Hot Chip, Joan as Police Woman, Arcade Fire the Suburbs, Prospect Park Bandshell, Cut Copy, Arcade Fire, Summerstage, Concerts This Week, Holy Ghost!, Spoon, Madison Square Garden, New York News
Monica Klein

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance as...

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On the Culture Front: The National at Celebrate Brooklyn, The Flaming Lips at Summerstage, and the Lincoln Center and Ice Factory Festivals.

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Flaming Lips, Celebrate Brooklyn, Summerstage, Ivo Van Hove, Music, Wayne Coyne, Theater, Matt Berninger, Moliere, Lincoln Center Festival, New York, The National, Simon McBurney, New York News
Chris Kompanek

The Lincoln Center Festival wrapped up this past week, and overall I was pretty disappointed with the shows I saw.

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Brooklyn's Very Own Field Of Dreams (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

Alex Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Video, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, Hank and the Cupcakes, NYC Beat, Un Mundo Nuevo, Celebrate Brooklyn, Les Nubians, Luis Guzman, Field of Dreams, Monsta X, Prospect Park, Nycbeat, New York News
Alex Thornton

Celebrate Brooklyn! once again transformed The Bandshell at Prospect Park into a hot venue for an all day festival on Saturday, both literally and f...

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The National Play Brooklyn, "Sort Of Our Home"

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Devendorf, Nycbeat, Celebrate Brooklyn, Matt Berninger, Bryan Devendorf, Beach House, Prospect Park, Bryce Dessner, The National, Aaron Dessner, New York News
Zara Golden

It's all pretty perfect when you see it live. Standing in Prospect Park on a midsummers night, the stage set high enough above the crowd so that eve...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Chromeo, The Black Keys, The National

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Swell Season, Beach House, Nycbeat, Basia Bulat, Golden Girls, Chromeo, St. Vincent, Julian Lynch, Celebrate Brooklyn, Sonic Youth, Mother India, The National, Central Park, AVI Buffalo, The Flaming Lips, Summerstage, Tune-Yards, Gogol Bordello, Yim Yames, Dan Sartain, My Morning Jacket, Truman Peyote, Appalachian Voices, Talk Normal, Prospect Park, Ducktails, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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OkayAfrica Heats Up Prospect Park (VIDEOS, SLIDESHOW)

Alex Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zakee Kuduro, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew, Nycbeat, Sierra Leon, Ghana, Brooklyn, Owen Biddle, Blitz the Ambassador, The Roots, Black Thought, Fela!, Talib Kweli, Okayafrica, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Bandshell at Prospect Park, Sahr Ngaugah, Dragons of Zynth, Prospect Park, Questlove, Captain Kirk, Kamal, Okayplayer, Slidepollajax, New York News
Alex Thornton

Last night over 12,000 eager listeners packed every inch of the Prospect Park Bandhell while thousands more waited outside of the gates when they we...

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Celebrate Brooklyn Gets Visual

Risa Shoup | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrate Brooklyn, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Andres Levin, Brooklyn Bandshell, New York News
Risa Shoup

Be prepared to love the hell out of Celebrate Brooklyn's first foray into visual arts programming when they join forces with Andres Levin and The Bruce High Quality Foundation on July 24th!

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Wolf Parade, Caribou, Siren Music Festival, Konono No.1

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nycbeat, The Village Voice, Brooklyn Bowl, Mools, Screaming Females, Cymbals Eat Guitars, NIght Marchers, Ryan Leslie, Caribou, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Air France, Siren Music Festival, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Aloe Blacc, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Konono No. 1, Africa Festival, Apache Beat, Summer, Governors Island, Surfer Blood, Matt and Kim, Ratatat, DJ Awesome Tapes From Africa, Beach Fossils, Professor DJ Rainstick, Concerts, Warm Up Series, Summerstage, Le Poisson Rouge, Springfield Park, Earl Greyhound, P.S.1, Phantogram, Prospect Park, Terminal 5, Wye Oak, Langhorne Slim, Javelin, Small Black, Nyc, Harlem, Mercury Lounge, Just Wills, Zola Jesus, Holy Fuck, Coney Island, Wolf Parade, Raphael Saadiq, Ponytail, Arp, Dom, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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ZOOM: ZviDance An Interactive Performance In Brooklyn (SLIDESHOW)

Alex Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zvi Gotheiner, Nycbeat, Celebrate Brooklyn, Katie Chastain, Syan Lott, Zoom, Son Lux, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Bandshell, Zvidance, Lottdance, Slidepollajax, New York News
Alex Thornton

Last night, under a clear sky and warm weather, Prospect Park's Bandshell was filled to near capacity for a night of music and dance kicked off by So...

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Q&A With Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos

Rebecca Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Passion Pit, John Legend, Nycbeat, Celebrate Brooklyn, Nyc, Interpol, Mgmt, Economics of Rock Music, New York News
Rebecca Harrington

It is no secret that the economics of pop music are abysmal these days. Records don't sell, bands are forced to tour continually, and the internet m...

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Global Beat Fusion: Talking Drums & Juju - King Sunny Adé in Brooklyn and More Africa

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African-Music, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Prospect-Park, World Music, Africa Day, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

There is something to the idea that African music has an ancient soul. You don't need to travel back in time to hear it; you can find it now within these artists.

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