Sunday, August 6, 2017

August and the city, free concerts and festivals

Summer stage sunday
BASEMENT BHANGRA 20TH ANNIVERSARY: APACHE INDIAN / PANJABI MC / DJ REKHA / MADAME GANDHI / ANIK KHAN / HORSEPOWAR / SIKH KNOWLEDGE / DJ PETRA / DJ SHILPA
Sunday, August 6, 2017
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Doors open 2:00 pm)
Central Park
Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan 10021
Celebrate NYC’s legendary party with Bhangra royalty and explosive sounds and dance from the South Asian diaspora
https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/basement-bhangra-20th-anniversary-apache-indian-panjabi-mc-dj-rekha-madame-gandhi-anik-khan-horsepowar-sikh-knowledge-dj-petra-dj-shilpa/?date=20170806


Ecofest Times Square, Duffy Square; 10am;
Budding environmentalists can get their fill of earth-friendly entertainment with magic, performances, instrument making and plenty of facts about going green.

International Day of Friendship
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza; 1pm;
Celebrate the cultural diversity that makes up Brooklyn at the fourth annual International Day of Friendship festival. Complete with a Unity Flag parade consisting of banners from 195 countries and a slew of international music performances, the festival aims to show how so many different cultures have contributed to the borough’s many neighborhoods. New this year is Brooklyn Fusion: A Cultural Conversation, a highlight that explores cultural identity, and the Global Village, where attendees can use their five senses and interact with a number of cultures that call Brooklyn home.


Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Lincoln Center
; through Aug 13; free
Don't miss your chance to see major artists in shows devoted to Bollywood musicals, Eastern European and Central Asian folk music and dance, and West African and West Indian carnival culture.

Battery Dance Festival at Robert F. Wagner Park (and the Schimmel Center at Pace University); Aug 13–19; free
The 36th edition of this free annual celebration welcomes artists from across the United States as well as Spain, Sri Lanka, Dominican Republic, Botswana and Belgium, performing outdoors in front of the sparkling New York Harbor.

Beach Sessions at Beach 86 St; Aug 19, 26;
Rockaway Beach's outdoor dance festival returns with free, sandy offerings by artists including Jodi Melnick, Jon Kinzel and Madeline Hollander, plus and anonymous work about pop iconography called Fun Young God.