Events and Performances
The 6th Annual Concrete Stories: BRIC Youth Media Festival
May 29, 2019 • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ BRIC House Ballroom · FREEA Youth Media Festival showcasing entertaining, eclectic, inspiring, and courageous works by Brooklyn-affiliated youth media makers under the age of twenty-one.
B-Side: Vivian Sessoms, Hosted by Taiia Smart-Young
May 30, 2019 • 12:15 PM @ BRIC House TV Studio · FREESinger Vivian Sessoms comes to B-Side with songs from her new album, LIFE.
Patti LaBelle
Jun 4, 2019 • 8:00 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEBeautiful simply does not describe the incomparable force known to the world as Patti LaBelle—and we're thrilled that she will help us kick off the 2019 season of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival with an epic free concert.
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival REVEL After-Party
Jun 4, 2019 • 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · $50 Single / $75 DuoJoin us for our REVEL After-Party featuring DJ Natasha Diggs, dancing, and an open bar, after Patti LaBelle’s Opening Night performance.
Family Day | June 8, 2019
Jun 8, 2019 • 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Gallery at BRIC House · FREE w/ RSVPEnjoy hands-on activities and a guided tour of WINDOWS: FRAMING THE FUTURE, the 31st Annual Contemporary Art Education Exhibition.
Ibeyi / Sudan Archives / Orion Sun
Jun 8, 2019 • 7:00 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEAMERICAN EXPRESS WOMEN IN MUSIC SERIES
As Ibeyi, the French-Cuban twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz send soaring liquid vocal harmonies over an “intoxicating blend of hip hop, electronica, and traditional Yoruba” (NPR) music.
Orientation, Media Education
Jun 11, 2019 • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ The Media Center at BRIC House, TV Studio A · FREE!Hello, Future Media Mogul! You've got media dreams. We've got media possibilities!
Orientation, Media Education
Jun 11, 2019 • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ The Media Center at BRIC House, TV Studio A · FREE!Hello, Future Media Mogul! You've got media dreams. We've got media possibilities!
Benefit Concert: The National / Courtney Barnett
Jun 12, 2019 • 7:00 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · $59.50 Adv / $65 Day of ShowGeneral Admission - Standing
No strangers to the Bandshell stage, The National returns for a benefit concert this year, along with indie rocker Courtney Barnett.
Benefit Concert: The National / Courtney Barnett
Jun 13, 2019 • 7:00 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · $59.50 Adv / $65 Day of ShowGeneral Admission - Standing
No strangers to the Bandshell stage, The National returns for a benefit concert this year, along with indie rocker Courtney Barnett.
World Premiere Screening: 11 Short Documentary Films
Jun 13, 2019 • 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM @ BRIC House Ballroom · FREE W/ RSVP!Learn More Add to iCal Add to Google
Rich Medina / Shareef Keyes & the Groove
Jun 15, 2019 • 3:00 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEFAMILY CONCERT
The Bandshell will turn into the biggest family dance party in Brooklyn with DJ Rich Medina and local favorites Shareef Keyes & the Groove, putting on a show guaranteed to get little feet moving.
TELL: Queer Stories with Drae Campbell | Podcast Launch Party
Jun 15, 2019 • 7:00 PM @ BGSQD Bookstore · FREECelebrate the launch of BRIC's newest podcast TELL. Host Drae Campbell will curate a set of stories from queer folks on everything from traveling to death to stolen bikes to family secrets.
Benefit Concert: Father John Misty / Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit / Jade Bird
Jun 19, 2019 • 6:30 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · $65General Admission - Standing
Friends Member Pre-Sale: WED, FEB 13 at 10AM to THU, FEB 14 at 10PM
General On-Sale: FRI, FEB 15 at 10AM
Tank and the Bangas / Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles
Jun 20, 2019 • 7:30 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEEVENTBRITE MUSIC SERIES
Fronted by the unstoppable slam poet and singer Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Tank & the Bangas rolls out a joyous sound that’s equal parts funk, hip hop, gospel, and spoken word.
Calexico and Iron & Wine / Adia Victoria
Jun 21, 2019 • 7:30 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEBUD LIGHT MUSIC SERIES
Calexico and Iron & Wine’s collaborative record Years to Burn—the follow-up to their 2005 EP In the Reins—drops on June 14, and the buzz is deafening. The two bands become one here to play music from both records, as well as from each of their respective catalogues.
Orientation, Media Education
Jun 22, 2019 • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM @ BRIC House Stoop · FREE!Hello, Future Media Mogul! You've got media dreams. We've got media possibilities!
Tortoise: TNT / Emily Wells with Metropolis Ensemble
Jun 22, 2019 • 7:30 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEThe legendary experimental rock band Tortoise will play its “weirdly beautiful and impossible to pin down” (Pitchfork) 1998 masterpiece TNT start to finish. Emily Wells, a Brooklyn-based singer and multi-instrumentalist, performs with the Metropolis Ensemble.
Muriel Stockdale: E. Pluribus - Out of Many
Jun 26, 2019 • 11:00 AM - Aug 18, 2019 • 5:00 PM @ BRIC House Hallway · FREEAn installation of reimagined United States flags celebrating the cultural landscape of Brooklyn.
Chucho Valdés - Jazz Batá / Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet
Jun 26, 2019 • 7:30 PM @ Prospect Park Bandshell · FREEChucho Valdés, with last year’s Jazz Batá 2, “burnishes his stature as a towering Afro-Cuban pianist of our time.” (WBGO) He performs at the Bandshell along with Cuban percussionist Dafnis Prieto and his electrifying quartet.
