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Maceo Parker
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DJ Spinna
Funk Dance Party!
Maceo Parker and DJ Spinna
Pier 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park (directions)
One of the original architects of funk, Maceo Parker’s gritty sax lines have graced some of the best party music in history in his collaborations with James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, and Prince – whose surprise appearance with Maceo at Celebrate Brooklyn in 2006 is legendary. Maceo kicks off this new series with the tightest funk orchestra on earth, irresistible dance grooves, and the finest free show in town. Acclaimed DJ and producer, DJ Spinna has worked with an array of talents from Guru of Gangstarr to Mos Def. Spinning the best in old school funk to futuristic electro, he is on a mission to get you to dance.
Full summer line-up for Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell will be announced at this show!
La Excelencia
Photo by Paul Nart
Tropical Dance Party!
La Excelencia and Que Bajo?!
featuring DJs Uproot Andy and Geko Jones
Please note! The Tropical Dance Party is moving to the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Tobacco Warehouse, located on Water Street at New Dock Street, just one block away from Fulton Ferry Landing. The space will have a tent and 7,200 square feet for dancing—you won’t want to miss your chance to get moving.
Revolutionary salsa dura ambassadors La Excelencia bring their bold new sounds to dancers and hardcore salsa fans worldwide. With free-flowing horns and lively percussion, Latin Beat Magazine calls the modernist big band "Young, raw, raging musical weapons of mass destruction...". NYC’s hottest tropical Afro-Latin and electronic DJs serve up a pan-American, transatlantic, equatorial soundclash.
Free lesson by Salsa Salsa Dance Studio at 7pm.
Red Baraat
Photo by Amy Touchette
DJ Rekha
Photo by Brad Hodge
Bhangra Dance Party!
Red Baraat and DJ Rekha
Pier 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park (directions)
A South Asian dance party of epic proportions with Brooklyn’s brass funk newcomers, Red Baraat. An explosive stage presence that blends fresh originals with Bollywood favorites.
DJ Rekha is a cultural instigator that has put bhangra music on the map in North America. Not just an authority and scene creator for South Asian dance music, Rekha is recognized as a selector with an extraordinary musical range. Her legendary club night, Basement Bhangra®, is in its 15th of monthly sold out shows. She was named "Ambassador of Bhangra" by the New York Times as well as "one of the most influential South Asians in the United States" by Newsweek. Rekha’s other musical work include sound design for the TONY winning Broadway Show, Bridge and Tunnel. Her seminal debut album, DJ Rekha presents Basement Bhangra was released in 2007. She has DJed across the world including 2 gigs at the White House. Rekha also teaches at the NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and is launching her own record label.
Free Bhangra lesson by Gobind Singh at 7pm.