Celebrate Brooklyn 2012 Schedule

The 34th Annual Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival will take place on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, will kick off the summer of free concerts that will be held at the Prospect Park Bandshell. His hits, “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and “The Harder They Come,” are reggae classics that are known all over the world.

Over the last 50 years, Jimmy cliff has helped shape modern music with this socially conscious work. The large Jamaican population in Brooklyn will be proud, as he is currently the only living musician to hold Jamaica’s Order of Merit, which is the highest honor granted for achievement in the arts and sciences

Celebrate Brooklyn! was an early anchor in the park’s revitalization and has become one of the city’s foremost summer cultural attractions.

Celebrate Brooklyn! 2012 Season schedule

Tuesday, June 5, 8:00
OPENING NIGHT CONCERT! / Jimmy Cliff

Saturday, June 9, 7:30
AfroCubism / Alsarah & The Nubatones

Thursday, June 14, 7:00
Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / Willy Mason

Friday, June 15, 8:00
Geri Allen & Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade to Black with Esperanza Spalding / Terri Lyne Carrington / Lizz Wright / Patrice Rushen and more!

Saturday, June 16, 6:30
Balkan Beat Box / Chico Trujillo / Nation Beat

Thursday, June 21, 7:30
Mary Mary / Latice Crawford

Friday, June 22, 7:30
Keb’ Mo’ / Natalia Zukerman

Saturday, June 23, 7:30
Budlight Music Series
Lyricist Lounge 20th Anniversary featuring Ghostface Killah / Camp Lo / Astro / & More

Tuesday, June 26, 7:00
Childish Gambino / Danny Brown / Schoolboy Q

Thursday, June 28, 8:00
Ballet Hispanico

Friday, June 29, 7:30
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / The Brooklyn Steppers / Dayna Kurtz

Saturday, June 30, 7:30
Angélique Kidjo’s Women Waging Peace with Special Guests Laurie Anderson / Sibongile Khumalo / Somi

Saturday, July 7, 7:30
Souad Massi / Simon Shaheen

Sunday, July 8, 4:00
Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert
Sweet Honey in The Rock

Tuesday, July 10, 7:00
Dirty Projectors / Wye Oak / Purity Ring

Friday, July 13, 7:00
Bud Light Latin Music Series
Celebrate Brooklyn & LAMC present
Calle 13 / Ana Tijoux / Ritmo Machine

Saturday, July 14, 7:30
Music & Movies
Saturday Night Fever / Tragedy

Wednesday, July 18, 7:00
Hot Chip / Gang Gang Dance

Friday, July 20, 7:30
Machel Montano / BélO

Saturday, July 21, 7:30
Bud Light Latin Music Series
Arturo Sandoval / Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Monday, July 23, 7:00
Wilco / Lee Fields and The Expressions

Friday, July 27, 7:30
The Head and the Heart / Lost in the Trees

Saturday, July 28, 7:30
Music & Movies
The Muppet Movie Sing-A-Long / Loser’s Lounge

Tuesday, July 31, 7:00
Sigur Rós

Thursday, August 2, 7:30
Music & Movies
Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet / The Love Show

Friday, August 3, 7:30
Wild Flag / Mission of Burma

Saturday, August 4, 6:30
The Del McCoury Band / Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Spirit Family Reunion

Tuesday, August 7, 7:00
M. Ward / Yo La Tengo

Thursday, August 9, 8:00
Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Friday, August 10, 7:30
Bud Light Music Series
Little Dragon / Frankie Rose / Voices of Black

Saturday, August 11, 7:30
Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group / Aoife O’Donovan