In Concert
Artists from around the block and around the world.
Closing Night | Yemi Alade and Amindi
Aug 6, 2022 • 6:30 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin 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.
Benefit Concert: Erykah Badu | Phony Ppl
Aug 5, 2022 • 6:00 PM @ Lena Horne BandshellErykah 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." Featuring an opening performance by Phony Ppl.
Benefit Concert: Khruangbin | Vieux Farka Touré
Aug 4, 2022 • 6:00 PM @ Lena Horne BandshellKhruangbin 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. Featuring an opening performance by Vieux Farka Touré.
Film Night: Fame | Sing Harlem
Jul 30, 2022 • 6:30 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin 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.
The Beths | SASAMI | Charlotte Cornfield
Jul 29, 2022 • 6:00 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin 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.
John Cameron Mitchell & Amber Martin (plus very special guests): Cassette Roulette | J. Hoard
Jul 23, 2022 • 6:30 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! perfomance featuring Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell, international cabaret powerhouse Amber Martin, with an opening performance by J. Hoard.
Ragamala Dance Company: Sacred Earth
Jul 22, 2022 • 7:00 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin 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.
Chicano Batman | Charlotte Dos Santos
Jul 16, 2022 • 6:30 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! concert featuring Los Angeles psych-soul four-piece Chicano Batman with an opening performance by Charlotte Dos Santos.
Kronos Quartet & Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts | Roomful of Teeth
Jul 14, 2022 • 6:30 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! performance of A Thousand Thoughts: A Live Documentary with the Kronos Quartet Written and Directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini, with opener Roomful of Teeth.
Crumb | Slauson Malone 1
Jul 9, 2022 • 6:30 PM @ Lena Horne Bandshell · FREEJoin us for a 2022 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! concert featuring Crumb – whose seductive sound hovers somewhere between the hazy worlds of psych rock, lo-fi dream pop, and spaced-out free jazz – with an opening performance by Slauson Malone 1.
