If your summer plan needed some juice, BRIC may have just provided the battery. The non-profit arts organization has announced the return of their annual Celebrate Brooklyn festival at the Prospect Park bandshell, and the line-up is brimming with star-powered benefit concerts, free shows, and activities.
The festival kicks off on Monday, June 9, with a paid benefit show featuring the incomparable Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe. June also features six free shows, including performances from Mélissa Laveaux, The Klezmatics, BRIC’s third annual Juneteenth celebration, Habibi Festival, and a screening of the documentary The Greatest Night in Pop in the first of two tributes to the late Quincy Jones. In July, the festival continues with a trio of benefits—Still Woozy on July 12, Dinosaur Jr. on July 17, and Men I Trust on July 18. The second Quincy Jones salute, a free screening of The Wiz, will be held on July 26. And in August, you can see Emily Johnson, Adrian Quesada, and a Lyricist Lounge anniversary show (with performers still to be announced) before the festival closes with a celestial strain of r&b from Nick Hakim and a DJ set from drummer and producer Karriem Riggins.
See the full schedule for Celebrate Brooklyn 2025 below and head over to BRIC’s site for tickets to the paid events.
BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn 2025 schedule:
Saturday, June 7: BAYO in Brooklyn: A Conversation with Michaël Brun at BRIC House
Monday, June 9: Opening Benefit Concert: Blue Note Jazz Festival & Live Nation Present Grace Jones & Janelle Monáe
Friday, June 13: Opening Free Concert: Mélissa Laveaux, Nathalie ‘TALIE’ Cerin, and Riva Nyri Précil
Saturday, June 14: Family Day: Pippi Longstocking’s 80th Birthday Celebration with The Klezmatics
Thursday, June 19: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn’s 3rd Annual Juneteenth in the Park
Friday, June 20: Habibi Festival at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn
Thursday, June 26: Buscabulla, Chuwi, and Paso Negro
Friday, June 27: A Tribute to Quincy Jones: The Greatest Night in Pop
Saturday, July 12: Benefit Concert: Still Woozy’s Loveseat Tour
Thursday, July 17: Benefit Concert: Dinosaur Jr. and Snail Mail with special guest Easy Action
Friday, July 18: Benefit Concert: Men I Trust and strongboi
Saturday, July 19: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn at Brower Park
Saturday, July 26: A Tribute to Quincy Jones: The Wiz
Friday, August 1: Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices, Talibah Safiya, and Morley
Saturday, August 2: Gogol Bordello, Puzzled Panther, and Pons
Thursday, August 7: Emily Johnson and Catalyst
Friday, August 8: Adrian Quesada and Trish Toledo
Saturday, August 9: LYRICIST LOUNGE Anniversary Show
Friday, August 15: William Parker and NIKARA presents “Black Wall Street”
Saturday, August 16: Closing Night: Nick Hakim and Karriem Riggins (DJ set)
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