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Rockin' the Jett Set
from: nypost.com
by MARY HUHN
June 22, 2007 -- WELCOME to the great outdoors. If you're not subwaying to the Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade tomorrow, which officially kicks off summer, kick the season off unofficially with one of these outdoor concerts - all of them are absolutely FREE.
TONIGHT: Bluegrass greats Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys tear it up and down beneath the moonshine skies at Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West at Ninth Street, Park Slope; [718] 855-7882; celebratebrooklyn.com). James Reams & the Barnstormers open.
TOMORROW: Brooklyn Borough Grandmaster Marty Markowitz has declared Saturday Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Day for the third annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest. Ghostface, Consequence, Emily King, Dres, Ralph McDaniels and others take the stage at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park (noon to 8 p.m.) in DUMBO. It's free, but you need a ticket, which can be e-mailed to you. Go to brooklynbodega.com for tickets and directions.
The East River Park Amphitheater (FDR Drive at Cherry Street), the first home of Shakespeare in the Park and offering views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, opens its season with the Ex-Models, S-S-S-Spectres, Hundred Eyes and Mikey Bones, four diverse rock acts not often seen in daylight hours. (2 p.m. start)
SUNDAY: Head to McCarren Pool in WilLiamsburg, Brooklyn, for Slip 'n Slide, dodge ball, Hula-hooping and a steel-drum band. Oh, and some pretty great rock acts - Jelly NYC Pool Parties open with Superchunk, Oakley Hall and D.J. Todd-O-Phonic Todd.
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Sloan, a glam-pop foursome from Nova Scotia, tops the bill at the annual Canada Day at Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield; [212] 360-2777; summerstage.org).
Toronto's Apostle of Hustle features Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman, who expresses his love for the Cuban guitar on the band's sophomore album, "National Anthem of Nowhere," and the Duhks, a country quintet hailing from Winnipeg that was nominated for a Grammy last year.
TUESDAY: The Living Room shifts into the twilight zone for its River to River Fest songwriters evening with Martha Wainwright, Chris Thile, Ari Hest, Jim Campilongo and others at the World Financial Center Plaza (Battery Park City; [212] 528-2733; rivertorivernyc.com).
WEDNESDAY: For jazz fans, singer Paula West and the incredibly entertaining guitarist John Pizzarelli perform at Rockefeller Park (Battery Park City; [212] 945-0505; (rivertoriverfestnyc.com). If it rains, head to the Stuyvesant High School auditorium.
The seven-piece Mingus Dynasty, will celebrate the 85th birthday of the late jazz great Charles Mingus at Madison Square Park (23rd Street at Broadway; madisonsquare-park.org).
THURSDAY: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS bring the rock to the Hudson River Park's Pier 54 (the one at West 14th Street with the sweet sunset behind the stage; see hudsonriverrocks.org). The Dollyrots and Paybacks open.
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