New Free Summer Concert Series at Gantry Plaza State Park
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Live at the Gantries
Free, outdoor performances will feature some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th.
Event Schedule:
June 24 Corina Bartra, Afro-Brazilian Jazz
July 1 The F# Miners, Irish Traditional Music
July 8 Blue Pipa, Chinese Folk Music
July 15 Bliminal, Indie Rock
July 22 Calpulli Mexican Dance, Traditional Mexican Dance
July 29 York College Summer Big Band
August 5 Mahina Movement, Folk, Rock and Rhymes
August 12 No event scheduled
August 19 Zikrayat, Arabic Music and Belly Dancers
August 26 Noirceur and Uzuhi, Punk
For additional information, please visit, www.queenscouncilarts.org or http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.
The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
Kudos to Rockrose for putting their money where their mouth is. Last night they sponsored and held the Taste of LIC in their beautiful roof deck and now they helped fund these musical acts. Good for them and I am glad they are getting involved with the community (smart business people).