A program of BRIC Arts|Media|Bklyn, Celebrate Brooklyn! has brought over 30 summers of music, dance, theater, and film to the Prospect Park Bandshell. The 2009 season schedule is below.

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Celebrate Brooklyn 2009 Schedule

Monday, June 8

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents David Byrne Monday, June 8, 8 p.m. Best known for his groundbreaking tenure fronting the new wave group Talking Heads, David Byrne's solo work was no less adventurous, encroaching upon such diverse media as world music, filmmaking, and performance art.

Thursday, June 11

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Goran Bregovic & His Wedding & Funerals Orchestra Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:30 p.m. Sarajevo-born Goran Bregovic is a seminal figure in the Yogoslav rock world, a film composer who has been likened to Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota, and a collaborator of artists as varied as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora.

Friday, June 19

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents David Rudder Friday, June 19, 2009 7:30 p.m. "David Rudder's local debut at the Music Machine with Charlie's Roots .....clearly established the singer as the most potent representative of the vibrant soca sound." Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times (July 28, 1992).

Saturday, June 20

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents La Nave de los Monstruos Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:30 p.m. Postclassical string quartet, Ethel, teams up with Gutbucket to perform a new original score to the vintage Mexican science fiction classic La Nave De Los Monstruos (The Monsters’ Ship, 1959).

Thursday, June 25

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Femi Kuti & The Positive Force Thursday, June 25, 2009 7 p.m. The New York Times has championed as the group’s music as “thick, musky Afro-funk—a polyrhythmic elaboration on James Brown’s late-1960s sound—with lyrics that focus on government oppression and the problems of modern Africans.”

Friday, June 26

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Blonde Redhead Friday, June 26, 2009 7:30 p.m. PopMatters says of them, “It is as if they are pressing on piano keys and each key is a trigger that tugs a wire within the listener..."

Saturday, June 27

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Dr. Dog Saturday, June 27, 2009 7 p.m. "They channel The Band one moment, the Beach Boys another, and Pavement the next..."

Wednesday, July 1

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concerts Presents MGMT Wednesday, July 1, 2009 5:30 p.m. *SOLD OUT *...incorporating the implications of the hallucinatory power-twee of the Incredible String Band, the roaring subway minimalist electronica of Suicide...

Thursday, July 2

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Obie Juan Bermudéz Thursday, July 2, 2009 7 p.m. The Latin Grammy-winning Puerto Rican pop star Obie Juan Bermudéz, whom The Houston Chronicle calls “a talent on par with Juanes or Alejandro Sanz,”

Thursday, July 9

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents STREB: Invisible Forces Thursday, July 9, 2009 8 p.m. The Village Voice recently said of the company: “Streb’s unique movement art—kin to sport, circus, physics experiment, and hard labor—has reached a peak of theatricality and dare-all virtuosity.”

Friday, July 10

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Los Amigos Invisibles Friday, July 10, 2009 7:30 p.m. A featured performance as part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC), this double bill brings together two great South American acts.

Saturday, July 11

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents A Very Special Show with They Might Be Giants Saturday, July 11, 2009 4 p.m. “The ultimate fan- and now family-friendly rock act.”

Thursday, July 16

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Kronos Quartet Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:30 p.m. Their repertoire runs the gamut from Bartók to Charles Mingus to Jimi Hendrix, and their collaborators have been as diverse as Philip Glass, Asha Bhosle, and Nine Inch Nails.

Friday, July 17

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents The Robert Cray Band Friday, July 17, 2009 7:30 p.m. According to Rolling Stone, the five-time Grammy-winning Stratocaster legend Robert Cray makes “soul-infused blues [that] has become the bridge between traditional and contemporary.”

Saturday, July 18

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents African Festival Saturday, July 18, 2009 2 - 9 p.m. Celebrate Brooklyn!’s annual all-day festival of music, food and crafts features a lineup of music selected to keep dancers moving into the night.

Tuesday, July 21

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concerts Presents Jackson Browne Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:30 p.m. Come listen to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriter Hall of Fame legend, Jackson Browne.

Thursday, July 23

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Stephen Petronio Company Thursday, July 23, 2009 8 p.m. The New York Times has lauded Stephen Petronio as “one of the few contemporary dancer makers who have created an instantly recognizable style.”

Friday, July 24

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Buckwheat Zydeco Friday, July 24, 2009 7:30 p.m. The swamp boogie accordion master Buckwheat Zydeco and his band “spit out the kind of crackling music that's been missing since the heyday of Stax Records,” says The Wall Street Journal

Saturday, July 25

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Kailash Kher Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:30 p.m. The South Asian superstar, Kailash Kher is joined on this bill by Electro Morocco.

Thursday, July 30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Burning Spear Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:30 p.m. Roots reggae legend Burning Spear will return to Celebrate Brooklyn! for another epic performance.

Friday, July 31

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents The Royal Family: Soulive’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Friday, July 31, 2009 7 p.m. Don't miss the ultimate outdoor summer NYC jam.

Saturday, August 1

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Dean & Britta: 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests Friday, August 1, 2009 7:30 p.m. Dean & Britta perform original scores to Warhol's rarely seen short silent film portraits

Thursday, August 6

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Purple Rain Sing-A-Long Thursday, August 6, 2009 7:30 p.m. Celebrate Brooklyn! invites audiences to don something lacey and ruffled and come out for a night of participatory Prince.

Friday, August 7

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Friday, August 7, 2009 7 p.m. Fronted by the Joplin-like vocals and the Hammond B-3 playing of the group’s fearless frontwoman, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals play “blues-based rock with glorious passion.”

Saturday, August 8

Celebrate Brooklyn! Presents Big Daddy Kane (with Special Guests TBA) Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:30 p.m. A momentous night of hip-hop featuring Brooklyn legend Big Daddy Kane and a screeing of his biographical film.

Tuesday, August 11

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concerts Presents TV on the Radio Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:30 p.m. TV on the Radio gained fame beyond the underground rock world with the major-label release of its second full-length album, Return to Cookie Mountain in 2006, and its 2008 follow-up Dear Science.

Wednesday, August 12

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concerts Presents Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:30 p.m. This summer, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal—two leading lights of modern blues—are joining forces for their first-ever tour together.

Friday, August 14

Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit Concerts Presents Animal Collective Friday, August 14, 2009 5:30 p.m. Friends and musical partners since 1992, core members Avey Tare and Panda Bear came together in 2000 with the intention of moving pop music in a direction that would place heavy emphasis on sonic experience.