BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! announces full 2025 summer lineup
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Tabou Combo performs at the BAYO BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concert at Prospect Park Bandshell on June 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - The BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival has revealed the full 2025 lineup for its long-running summer music series at Prospect Park’s Lena Horne Bandshell.
The series will feature four ticketed benefit concerts and more than a dozen free performances.
What we know:
The festival kicks off with an opening benefit concert on June 9, co-headlined by Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe.
A total of 14 free concerts will follow throughout the summer, starting with a June 13 showcase of Haitian singer-songwriters: Mélissa Laveaux, Nathalie "TALIE" Cerin, and Riva Nyri Précil.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 22: (L-R) John Heywood, Alex G, Tom Kelly and Samuel Acchione perform during the 2023 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn concert series at Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park on August 22, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochl
The backstory:
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! is a summer-long festival that has hosted legendary and emerging talent at Prospect Park since 1979. Organized by the Brooklyn-based arts and media nonprofit BRIC, the festival champions accessibility, community, and cultural diversity.
Full Concert Lineup:
Here's the full list of concerts you can see this season:
June 7 (Sat) – 6:00 PM
- BAYO in Brooklyn: A Conversation with Michaël Brun
- Location: BRIC House – Free
June 9 (Mon) – 6:00 PM
- Opening Benefit Concert: Grace Jones & Janelle Monáe
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – $89–$149 + fees
June 13 (Fri) – 6:00 PM
- Opening Free Concert: Mélissa Laveaux | Nathalie ‘TALIE’ Cerin | Riva Nyri Précil
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
June 14 (Sat) – 3:00 PM
- Family Day: Pippi Longstocking's 80th Birthday Celebration with the Klezmatics!
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
June 19 (Thu) – 5:00 PM
- 3rd Annual Juneteenth in the Park
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
June 20 (Fri) – 6:00 PM
- Habibi Festival at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
June 26 (Thu) – 6:00 PM
- Buscabulla | Chuwi | Paso Negro
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
June 27 (Fri) – 6:00 PM
- A Tribute to Quincy Jones: The Greatest Night in Pop
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
July 12 (Sat) – 6:30 PM
- Benefit Concert: Still Woozy – Loveseat Tour
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – $50–$55 + fees
July 17 (Thu) – 6:00 PM
- Benefit Concert: Dinosaur Jr. + Snail Mail with special guest Easy Action
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – $47.50–$53 + fees
July 18 (Fri) – 6:30 PM
- Benefit Concert: Men I Trust | strongboi
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – $49.99–$58 + fees
July 19 (Sat) – 3:00 PM
- BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at Brower Park
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
July 26 (Sat) – 6:00 PM
- A Tribute to Quincy Jones: The Wiz
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 1 (Fri) – 6:00 PM
- Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices | Talibah Safiya | Morley
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 2 (Sat) – 6:00 PM
- Gogol Bordello | Puzzled Panther | Pons
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 7 (Thu) – 6:00 PM
- Emily Johnson / Catalyst
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 8 (Fri) – 6:00 PM
- Adrian Quesada | Trish Toledo
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 9 (Sat) – 6:00 PM
- Lyricist Lounge Anniversary Show
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 15 (Fri) – 6:00 PM
- William Parker | NIKARA presents Black Wall Street
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free
August 16 (Sat) – 6:00 PM
- Closing Night: Nick Hakim | Karriem Riggins (DJ set)
- Location: Lena Horne Bandshell – Free