Taj Mahal

BRIC Celebrates Brooklyn! lineup announced for 2023 summer concerts

This summer BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! returns to the Prospect Park Bandshell for its 45th year with a star-studded lineup of artists all summer long. 

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! is New York’s longest-running free musical series showcasing an array of talents, from global music legends to best-selling indie bands.

This year’s lineup promises to be the best year yet.

June 7th Kick off features Taj Mahal, Corrine Bailey Rae and more!

Taj Mahal, the Harlem-born blues artists, and Corrine Bailey Rae, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, kicks off the music festival alongside The Harlem Gospel Travelers and DJ Tara on June 7 at the Lena Horne Bandshell, just steps from the 9th Street entrance to Brooklyn’s Backyard.

The concerts, hosted by BRIC, Brooklyn’s leading art and media organization, plays throughout August 24 and the audience of music lovers can expect to see talents from various and diverse genres. This year’s show celebrate the creatives that shape the creativity and diversity of the city.

“BRIC is about community, art and culture and there is no greater example of that than BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!,”

Wes Jackson

BRIC President, said in statement

“For 45 years our team has brought free and affordable programming to Prospect Park, and low-cost media education to the people of Brooklyn. We’re honored to serve our neighborhoods in this way every summer, and we look forward to 45 more years at the Bandshell and beyond.” 

The summer series will also feature:

June 10:  Soul Science Lab and Olivia K and The Parkers

June 15: Jake Wesley Rogers, Kara Jackson and Bright Light Bright Light

June 17: JOE and Stokely will perform at the Juneteenth UNITYFEST 2023 co-presented with the Robert Randolph Foundation 

June 23: Antonio Sánchez “Birdman Live” and a *”Birdman” film screening with live drum score by Takuya Kuroda

June 24: A benefit concert with BlueNote Jazz Festival performers NxWorries, a collaboration of Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge, Robert Glasper with Lalah Hathaway & Bilal and  BJ the Chicago Kid 

July 1: NPR Tiny Desk Contest Winner, Ibrahim Maalouf Hermanos Gutiérrez, 

July 8: Kelela and Liv.e

July 13: Rennie Harris Puremovement Street Dance Theater and Decora

July 14: Oumou Sangaré and Vox Sambou

July 15: Marcia Griffiths, Brown Rice Family and Dj Miss Hap Selam

July 21: The Chelsea Symphony feat. Lady Jess and Lucrecia Dalt

July 22: Ali Sethi, Raja Kumari and Roshni Samlal 

July 27: The Wallflowers and treya lam

July 29: Rickie Lee Jones, Thornetta Davis and Chris Pierce

August 3: Jorge Drexler, Cimafunk and Julieta Rada

August 4: Indigo De Souza and Vundabar

August 10: A Benefit Concert with The Revivalists and Band of Horses with Bowery Presents

August 11-12: BRIC’s Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Weekend; artists TBD

August 18: iLe, Divino Niño and Sara Curruchich

August 19: John Cale and Tomberlin

August 22-23: A Benefit Concert with Alex G + Alvvays with Bowery Presents

August 24: The Head And The Heart and Izzy Heltai

For the full schedule, artists lineups, tickets and more visit the BRIC website.