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Live Music

Hudson River Park Events – Pier 45 to 96, NYC

Hudson River Park runs along the west side of Manhattan offering greens for sunbathing, free concerts, and hundreds of outdoor activities. The 850-foot long Pier 45 in Greenwich Village (cross at Christopher St) is NYC’s most picturesque pier for sunbathing and free activities. Amenities include shade structures, seating areas, wood decking and a stretch of [...]

Celebrate Brooklyn! is one of New York City’s longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals. Launched in 1979 as a catalyst for a Brooklyn performing arts scene and to bring people back into Prospect Park after years of neglect, Celebrate Brooklyn has been an anchor in the park’s revitalization and has become one of the [...]

P.S.1 Opening Day Celebration: Young Architects Program 2009 Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM “Join us for this very special opening day!” Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Young Architects Program, P.S.1 and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) present Afterparty, an interactive environment serving as a cooling “urban shelter” in [...]

Central Park SummerStage (map and direction), a program of City Parks Foundation, presents FREE and big name benefit performances to serve the diverse communities of New York City. The artists represent a breadth of genres and cultures and perform in an outdoor setting accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. 2009 brings big name [...]

McCarren Park Pool on the border of McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is the crackling, depression-era public swimming pool that hosted the infamous summer pool parties & concerts for the past three summers. This summer however, it is set to become a swimming pool again (renovations are set to begin on schedule this summer) leaving [...]

Music of Central Park Captured on Video

Central Park is home to a busy summer schedule of free concerts: Central Park Summerstage located at Rumsey Playfield and Naumburg Orchestral Concerts located at the Naumburg Bandshell are two examples of large scale musical events. But some of the best music can be heard throughout the park – around the corner or along a [...]

Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child performing from her new album

Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child was the special guest star at Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG)’s Aloft Launch Party in Hawthorne, NY on June 12, 2008. Starwood Hotels & Resorts launched it’s 8th hotel brand called Aloft featuring loft-style hotel rooms. Amongst an intimate 150 SPG Platinum members, Michelle Williams and her dance entourage of three [...]

McCarren Pool Party – Brooklyn, NY

Over the course of nine consecutive Sundays from June to August from 2pm- 8pm, music lovers, sun bathers, slip ‘n’ sliders, hula hoopers, dodgeballers, water volleyballers, and more will get to experience the MAGIC for FREE first hand. Summer is in Brooklyn, NY at the McCarren Pool Party! 2009 Update: Great news for New Yorkers [...]