BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
Celebrate Brooklyn!
A Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter with a dreamy and hook-filled indie pop heart, Phoebe Bridgers’ witty lyrical perspectives, sadly beautiful songs, and commanding melodies quickly jettisoned her to worldwide acclaim.
Join us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! dance performance: Sacred Earth by Ragamala Dance Company, an enchanting work for seven dancers accompanied live by an ensemble of five musicians that explodes with color, rhythm, and ecstatic movement.
A Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter with a dreamy and hook-filled indie pop heart, Phoebe Bridgers’ witty lyrical perspectives, sadly beautiful songs, and commanding melodies quickly jettisoned her to worldwide acclaim.
Join us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! perfomance featuring Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell and international cabaret powerhouse Amber Martin, with an opening performance by Bridget Everett & The Tender Moments + Special Guests.
Khruangbin is a three-piece band from Houston, Texas, formed in 2009 with Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Johnson on drums. Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai - Khruangbin is steeped in the bass-heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspiration, Tarantino soundtracks, and surf-rock cool.
Join us for our 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Film Night: We'll be screening the 1980 cult-classic musical Fame with an opening performance by Sing Harlem.
Join us for opening night of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2022 with Los Angeles-born multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Kamasi Washington! Featuring opening performances by Ravyn Lenae and DJ Reborn.
Join us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! concert featuring performances by Auckland, New Zealand’s rapturous power pop quartet The Beths and singer-songwriter and producer SASAMI, opened by Charlotte Cornfield.
Join us for closing night of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2022 with Nigerian singer/songwriter, composer, actress, and entertainer Yemi Alade with an opening performance by Amindi.
Erykah Badu is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Influenced by R&B, 1970s soul, and 1980s hip hop, Badu became associated with the neo soul subgenre in the 1990s and 2000s along with artists such as D'Angelo and Maxwell. She has been called the “Queen of Neo Soul."
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Major Leadership Support for BRIC’s performing arts programs are generously provided by Howard Gilman Foundation, Lambent Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Public support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support for BRIC’s performing arts program is provided by Con Edison, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Scherman Foundation, Shubert Organization, Inc., as well as support from friends, members, and numerous individuals.
One of New York City's Longest Running, Free, Outdoor Performing Arts Festivals.
Launched in 1979 to bring the borough together, the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival was an early anchor in the park's revitalization and has become one of the city's foremost summer cultural attractions.
All BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival performances are free! The festival attracts upwards of 200,000 attendees from across New York City to the Prospect Park Bandshell each summer.
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