Daily Crack - Lincoln Center “Annual Roots of American Music”
This is a weekend entertainment alert for NYC. For those of you who will not be heading to the beach or the mountains this upcoming weekend, I highly encourage you to take advantage of the free concerts at Lincoln Center in the South Plaza and Damrosch Park. This weekend they will be hosting their “Annual Roots of American Music” concerts on both Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday they will be starting the day with the “Pinettes Brass Band,” and “Hot 8 Brass Band” at 4pm in the South Plaza. The musical festivities will continue on at 5pm in Damrosch Park with some soul and funk bands from New Orleans ending the day with songs from NOLA’s best male vocalist John Butte & The Hot Calas to be followed only by the infamous Irma Thomas & The Professionals. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Irma sing, but she is a legend!
Sunday the festival begins at 11am in the South Plaza with legendary American folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger. If you’ve never seen him play I suggest not waiting. The man was born in 1919. Then take a break in Central Park or go out for an afternoon brunch in the neighborhood and return at 4pm to Damrosch Park where the day continues with the Music Maker Blues Revue, The Knitters, Charlie Hayden, and more ending the weekend festival with famed punk, poet, songwriter, artist and activist Patti Smith and her band.
It’s quite a festival and quite a lot of music and it’s ALL FREE! For more information you can call Lincoln Center at 212 LINCOLN or look online at LincolnCenter.org