{"id":223837,"date":"2026-05-07T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/223837\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:22:09","slug":"celebrate-brooklyn-announces-its-summer-2026-free-concert-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/223837\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Brooklyn announces its summer 2026 free concert lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"s6mec\">In New York City, the coming of summer can be sensed as much by the warming temperatures as it can by the increasing number of lineup announcements for outdoor performances.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bsr39\">SummerStage released <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/arts-entertainment\/summerstage-announces-full-2026-concert-lineup\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">its lineup<\/a> late last month, and now the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival \u2014 the city\u2019s other significant and long-running source of free outdoor music each summer \u2014 has also made its lineup public.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1g8uk\">Highlights of the 2026 season schedule include \u201cQueen of Percussion\u201d Sheila E., Brooklyn-born father-son DJ duo Saint James Joy, and Grammy-winning rapper Common. The few ticketed benefit shows (which are still free for those within earshot to listen to) include performances from \u201cGodmother of Soul\u201d Patti LaBelle and Gen X rock legends Sleater-Kinney.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dsfko\">In all, Celebrate Brooklyn\u2019s 47th season will feature 15 free shows and three benefit concerts from June 4 to Sept. 19 at Prospect Park\u2019s Lena Horne Bandshell. Entry works on a first-come, first-served basis, but festival organizer BRIC Arts Media encourages attendees to <a href=\"https:\/\/bricartsmedia.org\/celebrate-brooklyn\/#2026lineup\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RSVP for shows online beforehand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dm3a6\">The full 2026 Celebrate Brooklyn! schedule below:<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, June 4: Sheila E., Leon Knight, and DJ SpinnaSaturday, June 13: Antibalas, KidsRead with Kate Yamasaki, and DJ Marc BarsFriday, June 19: Infinity Song, Annie and the Caldwells, Victory Boyd, and DJ DuaneSaturday, June 20: Wayne Wonder, Lila Ik\u00e9, and DJ GravyFriday, June 26 (benefit show): Patti LaBelleFriday, July 10: EMEL, Mai Elgizouli, Nesrine, Yacine Boulares and the Habibi Festival House Band, and Yalla! Party ProjectSaturday, July 11: Saint James Joy, Pahua, and PuppetmobileSaturday, July 18 (benefit show): Royel Otis, and Ax and the HatchetmenFriday, July 24: Cindy Blackman Santana, The Patricia Brennan Septet, and Luc\u00eda. (This show takes place on Park Place between Brooklyn and Kingston avenues.)Saturday, July 25: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at Brower Park with Black House RadioFriday, July 31: CARRTOONS &amp; Hail\u00e9 Supreme, Sof\u00eda Vald\u00e9s, and Julia ZivicFriday, Aug. 7: DakhaBrakha, Yeison Landero, Sally Baby&#8217;s Silver Dollars, and Sunju ParkSaturday, Aug. 8: BRIC Celebrates Aaliyah: One in a MillionFriday, Aug. 14: Lyricist Lounge 35th AnniversarySaturday, Aug. 15: Yola, Dom Flemons and the Traveling Wildfires, and Cleo ReedFriday, Aug. 21: Sasha Velour&#8217;s NightGownsFriday, Aug. 28: Common and Special Guests To Honor the Social Justice Legacy of Harry BelafonteSaturday, Aug. 29: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Presents Dominican Night at the BandshellSaturday, Sept. 19 (benefit show): Liz Phair &amp; Sleater-Kinney, and The Flannel and The Fury 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In New York City, the coming of summer can be sensed as much by the warming temperatures as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-223837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}