Free Shows in NYC This Summer

Here's a list of all the free shows in new york this summer that interested me in some way. In a perfect world I would be able to attend all of them, but obvi I have a work schedule and such. Keep in mind all of these are free (I'm a cheap bastard). I put the shows that I absolutely wouldn't want to miss in bold. I'll update this list as I become aware of new shows.

Sunday, May 25th 2:30pm at Cake Shop
Olive Juice Independent Music Festival Day 2:
2:30 pm - Major Matt Mason USA
3:00 pm - Elizabeth Devlin
3:30 pm - Dan Costello
4:00 pm - Preston Spurlock
4:30 pm - Erin Regan
5:00 pm - Brook Pridemore
5:30 pm - Dibs
6:00 pm - The Best
6:30 pm - Jeffrey Lewis
[From Brooklyn Vegan]


Friday, May 30th 7pm at South Street Seaport Wire

Friday, June 6th at the Whitney Museum
The Berg Sans Nipple performing selections from Kevin Volans' White Man Sleeps and John Adams' Book of Alleged Dances

Tuesday, June 10th 9pm at Music Hall of Williamsburg
The XYZ Affair and Action Painters (18+)

Friday, June 13th at the Whitney Museum
A Sunny Day In Glasgow performing Ingram Marshall's Entrada and John Adams' Shaker Loops, for seven strings

Saturday, June 14th 4pm to 730pm at Central Park SummerStage
Vampire Weekend, Kid Sister, Born Ruffians
Download: Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Zshare)

Thursday, June 19th 7pm at Prospect Park
Medeski Martin and Wood

Thursday, June 19th 9pm at Studio B
Crystal Castles and Woodlands (21+)

Friday, June 20th 8pm to 10pm at Central Park SummerStage
Comedy Central Park Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Mike Birbigia, Julian McCullough

Friday, June 20th at the Whitney Museum
Prefuse 73 performing Chen Yi's Sound of Five for string quintet

Wednesday, June 25th 7pm at Madison Square Park
Raul Midon

Thursday, June 26th at 23rd st and the east river (Stuyvesant Cove Park)
CitySol 2008
Care Bears on Fire and A-Ok Collective


Friday, June 27th 7pm at South Street Seaport (Fulton St and South St, Pier 17) A Place To Bury Strangers and King Khan & the Shrines

Download: King Khan - Torture.mp3 (MP3)

Friday, June 27th 7pm at Prospect Park
Cold War Kids and Elvis Perkins

Friday, June 27th at the Whitney Museum
Times New Viking performing selections from the string quartets of Jefferson Friedman

Saturday, June 28th at 23rd st and the east river (Stuyvesant Cove Park)
Citysol 2008
Dirty Projectors, Ecstatic Sunshine, No Surrender and Shilpa Ray

Saturday, June 28th 2pm at East River Park btw Grand and Jackson Sts
Titus Andronicus, Orbits, Emperor X, Blood City

Sunday, June 29th 2pm at McCarren Pool
The Hold Steady, The Loved Ones, J Roddy and the Business


Friday, July 4th at Battery Park Sonic Youth and the Feelies Free w/ tickets available June 12th at noon
Download: Sonic Youth - Death Valley 69 (with Lydia Lunch) (Zshare)

Sunday, July 6th 2pm at McCarren Pool
Ronnie Spector and the Rabbit Factory Soul Review

Thursday, July 1oth 7pm at Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
St. Vincent
Free w/ tickets available at 5pm

Friday, July 11th 7:30pm at Prospect Park
Brazilian Girls


Friday, July 11th 7pm at South Street Seaport No Age, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe
Download: No Age - Teen Creeps (Zshare)

Saturday, July 12th 7:30pm at Prospect Park
Beth Orton

Saturday, July 12th at Outdoor Venue TBA
Oneida, High Places, Titus Andronicus, Abe Vigoda, more TBA

Sunday, July 13th 2pm at McCarren Pool
??The Breeders?? [Headliner TBA], Matt & Kim, The Whip

Thurday, July 17th 7pm at Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Ted Leo/ Pharmacists
Free w/ tickets available at 5pm

Thursday, July 17th 7pm at East River Park btw Grand and Jackson Sts
Fiery Furnaces

Friday, July 18th 7pm at Prospect Park
Deerhoof with the Metropolis Ensemble performing an arrangement of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring


Saturday, July 19th Noon to 9pm at Coney Island
Siren Music Festival:
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Broken Social Scene, The Helio Sequence, Beach House, Times New Viking, Jaguar Love, The Dodos, Annuals, Film School, Parts & Labor, Dragons of Zynth, These Are Powers, and More TBA

Sunday, July 20th 2pm at McCarren Pool
Liars, Fuck Buttons and Team Robespierre, Andrew WK (DJ Set)

Download: Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything (Zshare)

Sunday, July 20th 3pm to 6pm at Central Park SummerStage
Santogold, Diplo, A-Trak

Thursday, July 24th 7pm at Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Akron/Family
Free w/ tickets available at 5pm

Thursday, July 24th 7pm at East River Park btw Grand and Jackson Sts
KRS-One

Friday, July 25th 7pm at South Street Seaport
Atlas Sound

Saturday, July 26th at Prospect Park
Ghostland Observatory

Sunday, July 27th 2pm at McCarren Pool
MGMT, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ting Tings

Download: MGMT - Time To Pretend (Zshare)

Thursday, July 31st 6pm at Pier 54 @ W. 14th St
Flogging Molly and O'Death

Sunday, August 3rd 2pm at McCarren Pool
Black Lips, Deerhunter, (TBA), and Tall Firs

Sunday, August 3rd 3pm to 6pm at Central Park SummerStage
Jamie Lidell

Friday, August 8th 7pm at South Street Seaport
TBA

Sunday, August 10th 2pm at McCarren Pool
TBA

Thursday, August 14th 7pm to 930pm at Central Park SummerStage
Los Lonely Boys and Los Lobos

Thursday, August 14th 6pm at Pier 54 @ W. 14th St
Blonde Redhead

Friday, August 15th 7pm at South Street Seaport
Dirty Projectors and White Williams

Download: Dirty Projectors - No More (Black Flag Cover) (Zshare)

Saturday, August 16th 3pm to 7pm at Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield
Battles, Black Dice and Gang Gang Dance

Sunday, August 17th 3pm to 630pm at Central Park SummerStage
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

Sunday, August 17th 2pm at McCarren Pool
Aesop Rock, Panther, and Special Guests

Friday, August 22nd 7pm at South Street Seaport
TBA

Sunday, August 24th 2pm at McCarren Pool
TBA

Friday, August 29th 7pm at South Street Seaport
TBA