MetroTech Commons, Flatbush Ave. (Myrtle Ave.), Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, www.bam.org Ninth-annual outdoor music series runs 6/7-8/9. Shows take place every Thurs. from 12-2 p.m., incl.: Ben E. King (6/7); Fontella Bass (6/17); Leon Russell (6/21); Angelique Kidjo (6/28); Johnnie Johnson (7/5); Jerry Butler (7/12); Clarence Carter (7/19); Third World (7/26); Little Milton (8/12); Felix Cavaliere (8/9).
CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!
Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. (Prospect Park W.), Bklyn., 718-855-7882 x45,www.celebratebrooklyn.org Twenty-second performing arts festival held in Prospect Park. Free music, film, dance & spoken-word events held most Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays from 6/21-8/19. Performances by Marcia Ball (6/21); Soulive & David Pilgrim (6/22); Mandrill & Free Radicals (6/23); Olodum & Nego Gato (6/29); Junoon, Church of Betty (6/30); Julieta Venegas, Nortec Collective (7/6); Brooklyn Philharmonic (7/7); Miri Ben-Ari, Esta (7/12); Cheb Mami, Trans-Global Underground (7/13); Surprise Concert by Panamanian singer/actor/activist TBA, Jimmy Bosch (7/14); Metropolis w/Alloy Orchestra & DJ Sultan 32 (7/19); Bullfrog feat. Kid Koala & Kinnie Starr (7/21); Rebel Without A Cause w/Moth (7/26); the New York Pops (7/27); the Holy Body Tattoo, Stereotype (7/28); Blue Angel w/the BQE Project & Gloria Deluxe (8/2); Culture, Judah Eskender Tafari (8/3); Ben Munisteri Dance Projects, RhythMEK (8/4); Around the World in 80 Days w/Moth (8/9); Mark Morris Dance Group (8/10); Frankie Negron, Grupo Imagen (8/11); Isaac Delgado, Yamile Malagon (8/17); Baaba Maal & Ex-Centric Sound System, Lucky Ngema & Friends, Mamadou Diabate & Ivoire Sensation (8/19).
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE
Rumsey Playfield, 72nd St. (midpark), 212-360-2777, www.summerstage.org Highly popular series of concerts & special performances in Central Park returns for the 16th year. All concerts free except benefit shows* on 6/17, 7/12, 7/20, 8/6, 8/10, 8/11 & 8/20. Most benefit tickets available at Hammerstein Ballroom for no service charge. Gate opens 90 minutes prior to showtime. All shows rain or shine except operas. 2001 lineup incl. Ani DiFranco (6/17*) 7 p.m.; El Gran Combo, Wayne Gorbea & Salsa Picante (6/24) 3 p.m.; New York Grand Opera (6/27) 7:30 p.m.; Remember Shakti w/John McLaughlin & Zakir Hussain, 7:30 p.m. w/DJ set by Mixmaster Morris at 6:30 (6/28); Cheikha Remitti, Sussan Deyhim, 3 p.m. w/DJ set by Dzihan & Kamien at 1:30 p.m. (6/30); Canadian Day Celebration w/Cowboy Junkies, Natalie MacMaster, Sarah Harmer, David Rakoff (7/1) 3 p.m.; Doug E Fresh hosts Independence Day w/Biz Markie, Whodini, Full Force & DJ Kool Herc (7/4) 1:30 p.m.; Manu Chao, Gogol Bordello, 3 p.m. w/DJ set by Nortec Collective at 1:30 p.m. (7/7); Nder & the Setsima Group, Les Tetes Brulees, Saintrick et la Tchielly (7/8) 3 p.m.; Lyricist Lounge pres. Strickly Lyrics (7/9) 7:30 p.m.; Benefit concert (7/12*) acts TBA; Margie Gillis, Mark Haim (7/13) 8:30 p.m.; Basement Jaxx w/Viva Brazil Dancers, Bango Maffin, 3 p.m. w/DJ sets by Martin Morales & Ron Trent, 1:30 p.m. (7/14); Amina, Ekova, Lójo, 3 p.m. w/DJ set at 1:30 p.m. (7/15); New York Grand Opera (7/18) 7:30 p.m.; String Cheese Incident (7/20*) 7 p.m.; Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph (7/21) 3 p.m.; Craig David, Lina, 3 p.m. w/DJ set by MKL at 1:30 p.m. (7/22); Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Los Mocosos, 3 p.m. w/DJ set by Jeno at 1:30 p.m. (7/28); Shadow, Super Blue (7/29) 3 p.m.; New York Grand Opera (8/1) 7:30 p.m.; spoken word by Ishmael Reed & Yosef Komunyakaa (8/2) 7:30 p.m.; Ricky Skaggs, John Herald (8/4) 3 p.m.; Living Color, Asian Dub Foundation, 3 p.m. w/DJ set by Propellerheads at 1:30 p.m. (8/5); Erykah Badu (8/6*) 7 p.m.; Bebel Gilberto, Antony & the Johnsons, 7:30 p.m. w/DJ set by Ray Velasquez at 6:30 p.m. (8/9); Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (8/10*) 7 p.m.; Body & Soul benefit party w/DJs François K, Danny Krivit & more (8/11*) 4:30 p.m.; Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobts, Shekatak (8/12) 3 p.m.; Spoken word w/Steve Earle & Waddie Mitchell (8/13) 7:30 p.m.; BJ Thomas, Jim White, 7:30 p.m. w/DJ set by Wichita Wally at 6:30 p.m. (8/14); Lyle Lovett (8/20*) 8 p.m.
CONCERTS IN THE PARKS
Outdoor concert series at five Brooklyn parks: Fort Greene, Brower, Von King, Lindsay & Sunset, 212-360-8290. BAM & City Parks Foundation sponsor free classic soul, r&b, funk & Latin concerts 7/10-8/22. All performances begin at 7 p.m., call for directions. See "Film" section for the inaugural season of "Movies in the Park" at Fort Greene Park. Concerts at Fort Greene Park: Jerry Butler (7/10); Clarence Carter (7/17); Third World (7/24); Little Milton (7/31). Brower Park in Crown Heights: Jerry Butler (7/11); Clarence Carter (7/18); Third World (7/25); Little Milton (8/1). Von King Park in Bedford Stuyvesant: Jerry Butler (7/12); Clarence Carter (7/19); Third World (7/26); Little Milton (8/2). Lindsay Park in Williamsburg: Grupo Imagen (8/7); Bobby Rodriguez y su Compania (8/14); Larry Harlow (8/21). Sunset Park in Sunset Park: Los Jovenes del Barrio (8/8); Los Hermanos Moreno (8/15); Son Reinas (8/22).
CREAMFIELDS
The UK's biggest dance music event comes to Riverhead, Long Island, on 9/1, 2-6 p.m. For more info check out [www.cream.co.uk](http://www.cream.co.uk/)
EVENING STARS
World Trade Center Plaza, Church St. (betw. Vesey & Liberty Sts.), 212-432-0900. Ten days of music in June, feat. Glenn Branca: Hallucination City (6/13), Orchestra Visions of New York (6/14), Gospel Sunday (6/17), Broadway Cares (6/18), Eos Orchestra (6/19), The X-ecutioners (6/20), Absolute New York (6/21), Manhattan Melodies (6/22) & El Gran Combo (6/23). All performances begin at 7 p.m.
FRENCH FESTIVAL?VIVE LA FRANCE
Trinity Church, B'way (Wall St.), 212-602-0700. Ten-week summer series of free Thurs. afternoon (1 p.m.) concerts, 7/5-9/6. Highlights incl. symphonies by the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra (7/19 & 8/16); "Nordic Voices" program feat. works by Manchicourt, Perotin, D'Indy & Messiaen (8/2); New York Vocal Arts Ensemble (8/30); Closing the series is Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time performed by New York Philomusica (9/6).
HARLEM JAZZ & MUSIC FESTIVAL 2001
For more info contact the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, 212-862-7200. Music & cultural events in & around Harlem. Outdoor concert & picnic: A Cultural Salute to Gospel, R&B, Jazz & Dance at Ulysses S. Grant National Memorial Park (W. 122nd St. & Riverside Dr.); performances by Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Ben E. King & Lloyd Price, 12-7 p.m., free (8/5). Educational Music Symposium III: "The Beat Goes On," free, time & location TBA (8/11). Educational Music Symposium IV: "Jazz Iz," free, time & location TBA, (8/23). Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park Bandshell (W. 122nd St. & Mt. Morris Park W.), free, 3-8 p.m. (8/25).
HARLEM MEER FESTIVAL 2001
Dana Discovery Center, 110th St. (5th Ave.), 212-860-1370. All performances Sundays 4-6 p.m. Series feat. Jimmy Heath & Friends (5/27); Harlem Blues & Jazz Band w/Ruth Brisbane (6/3); Viento de Agua (6/10); Harbor Conservatory Jazz Festival (6/17); Grupo Saveiro (6/24); Jazzberry Jam (7/1); Feraba (7/8).
JAZZ IN JULY
92nd St. Y, Tisch Center for the Arts, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100, www.92ndsty.org Seventeenth-annual festival explores memorable eras in the history of jazz. Pianist Dick Hyman directs two-week (7/16-7/26) series focusing on variety of jazz styles. All concerts start at 8 p.m. unless noted. Tickets $40, $35 for six or more. "Master Class w/Dick Hyman & Derek Smith" critiques applicants (7/16, 8:15). "Americans in Paris," inspired by the Parisian jazz scene that attracted Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Joe Turner, plus American songwriters like George Gershwin & Cole Porter (7/17); "Mix & Match: Five Duos & a Grand Jam" (7/18). All-star musicians improvise excerpts from cartoons during "Mickey, Dumbo & Betty Boop: Jazz in Cartoons" (7/19); "Jelly Roll Morton & the New Orleans Rhythm Kings" recreate a 1920s integrated recording session (7/24); "Dick & Derek's Annual Piano Party" (7/25). To close out week, France's Louis Mazetier & England's Neville Dickie join American stridemasters in the multi-piano concert "International Stride" (7/26).
JUMP IN
Jazz at Lincoln Center, 212-258-9800, www.jazzatlincolncenter.org Eleventh season highlights incl. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra performing works of Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn. Also, samba ensemble led by Cyro Baptista, as part of a Brazilian music focus. Festival is part of J@LC, through 2002.
JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL?NEW YORK
212-501-1390 for ticket info & full sched. incl. club dates, special events & educational programs, www.festivalproductions.net Twenty-ninth annual celebration w/more than 60 events at 27 locations, feat. many of the foremost names in pop, jazz, blues, spirituals & Latin music. All concerts begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. All venues italicized. The Buster Williams Quartet perform "Something More" feat. Geri Allen, Lenny White & Steve Wilson Schomburg at Center for Research in Black Culture (6/17) 3 p.m., $12; Berklee School of Music Jazz Ensemble, Eastman School of Music Jazz Ensemble, the Milwaukee School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble, Bryant Park (6/19) 12-2 p.m., free; "Who's on First?" The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (6/19) $35; Two Sieberians, Sarah Morrow Group, Bryant Park (6/20) 12-2 p.m., free; Joshua Redman Quartet, Eric Reed Septet feat. Wycliffe Gordon & Donald Harrison, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (6/20) $35; Dickson Guillaume & the New York State Haitian Interdenominational Mass Choir plus Brooklyn Radio Choir, Bryant Park (6/21) 12-2 p.m., free; Cabaret Jazz Hall of Fame, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, $35, Joe Buskin, Freddy Cole, Blossom Dearie, Ronny White w/Howard Alden, Joe Ascione, Curtis Boyd, Herman Burney, Jerry Byrd, Ray Kilday, Jay Leonhart, Eddy Monteiro & Dave Silliman; Tenor Titan, The Studio Museum In Harlem (6/21) 7 p.m., free; The Chico Freeman Quartet feat. Winard Harper, Curtis Lundy & Steven Scott (6/21); "A Love Supreme," remember John Coltrane, Carnegie Hall $55, $45, $35, $25, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band & others; Cesaria Evora plus Bebel Gilberto, Beacon Theater $60, $50, $35; Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, Sugarman 3, Bryant Park (6/22) free; Salsa Jam & Latin Pianos, Carnegie Hall $65, $55, $45, $25, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz, Pappo Lucca y La Sonora Poncea, plus special guest artist Jimmy Bosch (6/23); Maze feat. Frankie Beverly plus Regina Belle, Beacon Theater $65, $55, $35; Fat Possum Juke Joint Caravan, The Bowery Ballroom; Pharoah Sanders, Joe's Pub (6/23) 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; Calle 54, Beacon Theater (6/24) $60, $50, $35; Pharoah Sanders, Joe's Pub 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; A Memorial for Milt Judge Hinton, Riverside Church (6/24) 4-7 p.m., open to public?jazz community will pay homage to one of its most beloved elders; Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra feat. Lew Tabackin, Birdland (6/24) 8 & 10 p.m. $25 cover (incl. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; Sondheim & Jazz: Side by Side, Carnegie Hall (6/25) $65, $55, $45, $25; Jackie & Roy, Oscar Castro Neves, Billy Childs, Lea Delaria, Kurt Elling, Nnenna Freelon, Maureen McGovern, Marian McPartland, Lewis Nash, Ken Peplowski, Patrice Rushen, Terry Trotter & Peter Washington; Hank Jones Trio, Birdland (6/25) 8 & 10 p.m., $35 (incl. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette, Carnegie Hall (6/26) $65, $55, $45, $25; Johnny Griffin Quartet plus guest soloist Clark Terry, Birdland (6/26) 8 & 10 p.m., $35 (include. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; Phil Woods Quintet feat. Bill Charlap, Brian Lynch, Ray Drummond & Kenny Washington plus guest soloist Johnny Griffin, Birdland (6/26) 8 & 10 p.m., $35 (include. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; North Mississippi All-Stars, The Bowery Ballroom (6/27); Nina Simone, Carnegie Hall (6/28) $75, $65, $55, $25; Wayne & Chick, Avery Fisher Hall (6/28) $55, $45, $25, Wayne Shorter Quartet feat. Brian Blade, John Patitucci & Danilo Perez plus Chick Corea New Trio w/Jeff Ballard & Avishai Cohen (6/28); Kevin Mahogany Organ feat. Dave Stryker & Lenny White w/special guest Dr. Lonnie Smith; Birdland (6/28) 8 & 10 p.m., $30 (include. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; North Mississippi All-Stars, The Bowery Ballroom (6/28); Andy Biskin Quintet plus Matt Wilson Quartet, Exit Art, $15, (6/28); Deodato 2001 Concert, Eumir Deodato w/Omar Hakim, Gerry Barnes, Sherrod Barnes, Bobby Sanabria, Eddie Montalvo, Teodross Avery, Riley Mullins, Kenny Rampton, Stafford Hunter & Ryan Shore, Avery Fisher Hall (6/29) $55, $45, $25; An Evening w/Diana Krall, Carnegie Hall (6/29) $65, $55, $45, $25; Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, GlobeSonic DJ's feat. Acidophilus, Addis Pace & Sultan32, Hammerstein Ballroom (6/29) 9 p.m. (doors open 8 p.m.) $40 (standing room only), $35 adv.; Dewey Redman's 70th Birthday feat. guest soloists Tom Harrell, Jow Lovano & Steve Turre, Birdland (6/29) 8 & 10 p.m. $35 (include. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; Robert Randolph & Family plus Topaz, Bowery Ballroom (6/29); Sandy Weigel plus Edward Ratliff's Rhapsodalia, Exit Art (6/29), $15; Hadda Brooks w/Senator Eugene Wright, Joe's Pub, (6/29) 8:30 p.m.; The Carnegie Hall Concert Debut, Gladys Knight plus Dave Hollister, Carnegie Hall (6/30) $65, $55, $45, $25; Pat Martino Trio feat. Joey Defrancesco & Eric Alexander, Birdland (6/30) 8 & 10 p.m. $35 (incl. a drink) + $10 min. at tables; Jazz Mandolin Project, Bowery Ballroom (6/30); Mott Moran's Sideshow plus John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet, Exit Art (6/30) $15; Hadda Brooks w/Senator Eugene Wright, Joe's Pub (6/30) 8:30.
LINCOLN CENTER OUT-OF-DOORS FESTIVAL
The 31st season of free music, dance, special events & family entertainment on the plazas of Lincoln Center (8/4-8/26). All events free & open to the public. For more info call the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors hotline at 212-875-5108 or visit the Lincoln Center website at www.lincolncenter.org. All venues italicized. Feat. events such as: Playday: a do-it-yourself day of dance, music & puppets, South Plaza (8/4) 2-6 p.m.; Make Music with Reginald Yates' African Percussion, North Plaza (8/4); Music Under New York (New York's favorite subway musicians come up for air), Josie Robertson Plaza (8/4); The Puppeteers Cooperative, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/4) 6 p.m.; Diane Schuur & Cyrus Chestnut, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/4) 8 p.m.; Heritage Sunday, Carnaval 25: The Caribbean Cultural Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, time/location TBA (8/5); Middle Eastern Magic presented by the Center for Traditional Music & Dance Egyptian Music & Dance, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/7) 6 p.m.; Lebanese Song & Music, North Plaza (8/7) 7 p.m.; Qantara w/Simon Shaheen & Iraqi singing legend Kazem Al Saher, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/7) 8 p.m.; Just for Kids: Janavak National Folk Dance Co., Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, India, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/8) 10:30 a.m.; Plaza Music & Dance, Janavak National Folk Dance Co., Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, India, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/8) 6 p.m.; Great Dance in the Bandshell: Mark Morris Dance Group, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/8) 8 p.m.; Just for Kids: Arm of the Sea Theater, Rip Van Winkle on the River of Time, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/9) 10:30 a.m.; Chamber Music of the World, Mostly Mozart, North Plaza (8/9) 5:30 p.m.; Plaza Music & Dance w/Tina Croll & James Cunningham, South Plaza (8/9) 6:45 p.m.; Just for Kids: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/10) 10:30 a.m.; Jazz on the Plaza: The One & Only Jazzmobile, North Plaza (8/10) 6:30 p.m.; Great Dance in the Bandshell: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/10) 8 p.m.; Plaza Music & Dance, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/11) 3:30 p.m.; The Chinese American Arts Council, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/11) 5:30 p.m.; Great Dance in the Bandshell: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Damrosch Park Bandshell, (8/11) 8 p.m.; Temple Festival of Taiwan, 4-7 p.m., location TBA; Hung-Sheng Lion Dancers of Taiwan, R.O.C., Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/12) 8 p.m.; Just for Kids: Monte/Brown Dance, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/14) 10:30 a.m.; Golden Gamelan w/I.M. Harjito & friends, North Plaza (8/14) 5:30 p.m.; The Family That Dances Together, Arthur Aviles & the Point CDC, South Plaza (8/14) 6:30 p.m.; A Country Dance Party, Damrosch Park (8/14) 8:15 p.m.; Badenya Les Freres Coulibaly, Griots from Burkina Faso, Africa, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/15) 6 p.m.; Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/15) 8 p.m.; Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/16) 10:30 a.m.; Chamber Music of the World; Kartik Seshadri Ensemble, North Plaza (8/16) 6:30 p.m.; Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/16) 8 p.m.; My Funny Valentine: An 80th Birthday Tribute to Jazz Great Chico Hamilton, North Plaza (8/17) 6 p.m.; Monte/Brown Dance, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/17) 8 p.m.; The Roots of American Music, Sid Selvidge, Border Radio w/Nevada Slim, Sourdough Slim, Larry Johnson, Long Island Voices, time/location TBA, (8/18); The Roots of American Music, Tom Winslow, the Wood's Tea Company, a Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis feat. Larry Johnson Under American Skies: A program w/Tom Paxton & Anne Hills, (8/19); The Chinese American Arts Council, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/21) 5 p.m.; Elise Witt & the Mezzanine Band, North Plaza (8/21) 6:30 p.m.; American Indian Dance Theatre, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/21) 8 p.m.; Rhythm & Romance, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/22) 5:30 p.m.; Jazz on the Plaza: Jay Hoggard, North Plaza (8/22) 6:30 p.m.; Kids Program: Maia Dance Theatre, Josie Robertson Plaza (8/23) 4 p.m.; Jazz on the Plaza: Andrew Cyrille, North Plaza (8/23) 6 p.m.; Barra MacNeils, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Maia Dance Theatre, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/23) 7:30 p.m.; Chamber Music of the World, North Plaza (8/24) 6:30 p.m.; A Fine Romance, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/24) 8 p.m.; A Tribute to Tito Puente, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/25) 8:00 p.m.; Brazilfest 2001, Damrosch Park Bandshell (8/26) 8 p.m.
MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival returns for its 35th season (7/30-8/25) w/a stellar lineup of both established & emerging performers. This year's Festival feat. 31 concerts over four weeks in three venues & hosts 19 Mostly Mozart debuts, incl. the U.S. debut of the Venice Baroque Orchestra; the New York orchestral debuts of cellist Pieter Wispelwey & pianist Piotr Anderszewski; plus the New York debuts of trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov, Europa Gallante, soprano Susan Gritton & the Wiener Singakademie. Mostly Mozart hosts the appearance of several favorite return-artists, incl. the Emerson & Tokyo String Quartets; countertenor Andreas Scholl; violinists Vadim Repin, Christian Tetzlaff, Itzhak Perlman; pianists Leon Fleisher, Christian Zacharias, Emanuel Ax, Garrick Ohlsson, Alicia de Larrocha; plus violist Pinchas Zukerman. In the tradition of presenting musical masterpieces from the Classical period, this year's Festival examines some of Franz Joseph Haydn's significant contributions incl. the culmination of the four-year survey of the complete Haydn String Quartets & a rare performance of the composer's masterwork Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Additionally, the Festival examines the music of Italian Baroque w/performances featuring period instruments & a selection of rarely performed works by Antonio Vivaldi. The Festival opens w/its second-annual free outdoor concert (7/30) in the Guggenheim Band Shell at Damrosch Park w/the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra under the direction of Gerard Schwarz, who steps down as music director (at the end of this season) after 20 years of association w/the Festival, incl. 17 years as its music director. In addition, trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov makes his New York debut performing Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-flat. The concert will be broadcast live on WNYC 93.9 FM. The Mostly Mozart Festival's free outdoor concert is made possible in part by the generous support of Mrs. William H. Mann. The Festival moves indoors w/a Gala (7/31) in Avery Fisher Hall, feat. the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra under the direction of Gerard Schwarz w/violinist Itzhak Perlman & violist Pinchas Zukerman performing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 & Symphony No.20 in D, K.133 as well as Beethoven's Symphony No.6 in F Pastorale. Tickets for Mostly Mozart Festival available at the Avery Fisher Hall box office & at the Alice Tully Hall box office. Tickets are also available through CenterCharge at 212-721-6500 or by visiting the Mostly Mozart website at www.lincolncenter.org, now w/instant ticketing. For more info or locations of performances, call the Mostly Mozart Festival Hotline at 212-875-5399. Special rates available for groups of 15 or more by calling the Group Sales office at 212-875-5358. Ticket prices range from $22-$42 unless noted. Schedule of performances: Emerson String Quartet (8/2) 8 p.m.; Schumann's Great Secular Oratorio (8/3 & 8/4) 8 p.m.; Music on Period Instruments (8/5) 5 p.m., $40; Tallis Scholars (Mostly Mozart Debut), (8/6) 8 p.m., tickets $44; Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Piano Concerto No.6 in B-flat, K.238, Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K.459, more, (8/7 & 8/8/) 8 p.m.; Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors (8/9) 5:30, free; Music on Period Instruments (8/9) 8 p.m.; Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra perform Beethoven & Mozart (8/12) 8 p.m.; Haydn's The Seasons (8/12) 5 p.m.; Focus on Haydn (8/13) 8 p.m., $40; Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra perform Mozart, Beethoven & Tchaikovsky (8/14 & 8/15) 8 p.m.; Vivaldi's Four Seasons, (8/16) 8:00, tickets $44; Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra (8/17-8/18) 8 p.m.; Haydn One-Hour Prelude Concert (8/19) 3 p.m., $15; All Beethoven Program (8/19) 5 p.m., $38; Haydn One-Hour Prelude Concert (8/20) 6 p.m., tickets $15; Haydn One-Hour Prelude Concert (8/21) 6 p.m., $15; Haydn One-Hour Prelude Concert (8/22) 6 p.m., $15; Mozart's Requiem (8/21 & 8/22) 8 p.m.; Trout Quintet, Tokyo String Quartet (8/23) 8 p.m.; Closing Night Celebration (8/24 & 8/25) 8 p.m., $28-$48.
MUSIC AT CASTLE CLINTON
Battery Pl. (State St.), 212-835-2789. Alliance for Downtown New York pres. free Thurs. evening concert series. All performances begin at 7 p.m. Tickets required & are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:30 p.m. day of the show. Seating limited. Performances incl. Marc Cohn (7/5); David Johansen & the Harry Smiths (7/12); Crash Test Dummies (7/19); John Scofield (8/2).
MUSIC IN THE ANCHORAGE
Brooklyn Anchorage, Cadman Plaza W. (betw. Hicks & Old Front Sts.), Bklyn., 212-206-6674. Four Thursdays in June feat. some of the most innovative & unusual musical genres: Thomas Brinkmann, Jorg Burger (aka the Modernist) & Zip perform avant-garde dance music (6/7); Phill Niblock pres. three new compositions performed by notable New York musicians & composers (6/14); Hexstatic, the UK's pioneers of blending audio & video, kick off evening feat. sets by other artists working in same medium (6/21); Force Inc. & Mille Plateaux, two of the world's most respected platforms for experimental electronic music, commemorate their 10th anniversary w/evening of performances by artists of the laptop school & glitch (compositions made w/sonic detritus such as feedback). Performers incl. Porter Ricks; enfant terrible Kid 606; German jungle producer Panacea; plus British experimentalists, SND (6/28).
NEW YORK GRAND OPERA CO.
SummerStage, Central Park, Rumsey Playfield. 72nd St. (midpark), 212-245-8837. New York Grand Opera Co. opens 28th successive season of free, fully staged operas in Central Park on Weds. 6/27. Under the direction of Maestro La Selva, three Verdi operas will be conducted. His 26th & most famous, Aida, kicks off festival on (6/27), followed by Otello (7/18) & Falstaff (8/1).
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
For more info call 212-875-5709 or visit www.newyorkphilharmonic.org Concerts in the park from 7/10 to 7/21. Violinist Joshua Bell performs in Central Park (7/10); Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx (7/12); Cunningham Park, Queens (7/13); at Westchester Community College, Westchester (7/14). Soprano Audra McDonald performs in Central Park (7/16); PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ (7/17); Prospect Park, Brooklyn (7/18); Miller Field, Staten Island (7/20); Hecksher State Park, Long Island (7/21).
O BROTHER TO COME TO LIFE AT CARNEGIE HALL
Musicians from the soundtrack to the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? appear at Carnegie Hall to perform their musical contributions to the Coen brothers film. Artists incl. Alison Krauss & Union Station, John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley, Norman Blake, Dan Tyminski, Chris Thomas King, Fairfield Four, the Whites, the Cox Family, the Peasall Sisters & more (6/13).
RIVERHEAD FREE BLUES FESTIVAL
Peconic Riverfront, Riverhead, Long Island, Main Stage & KEYSPAN Acoustic Stage, www.riverheadblues.com Third-annual festival w/more than 200 artists performing on three stages: Main Stage, KEYSPAN Acoustic Stage & Vision Theater Stage; plus, a parade that goes from Main St. to the Main Stage starting at noon (7/21); musical highlights incl. Blind Mississippi Morris (7/20); Murali Coryell (7/22).
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL SUMMER ORGAN RECITAL SERIES
5th Ave. (betw. 50th & 51st Sts.), 212-753-2261. Organists from their fellow houses of worship as well as New Jersey, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, England & Italy perform free sacred music concerts every Sun. at 4:45, throughout summer, 5/27-9/2. Performances incl. Andrew Shenton (5/27), Maxine R. Thevenot (6/3), Alan Davis (6/17), Dr. Bert Zamkochian (7/8), Ted Kiefer (7/15), Marko Petricic (7/22), Frank Crosio (7/29), John Peragallo (8/5), Roberto Bonetto (8/12), Leo D. Abbott (8/19), David Graham (8/26) & James E. Lorenz (9/2).
SUMMER ENCHANTED EVENING MUSIC SERIES
Hoboken. Free concerts in NJ take place every Tues. at Elysian Park (11th & Hudson Sts.) & Thurs. at Frank Sinatra Park (betw. 4th & 5th Sts.). All shows begin at 7 p.m. Confirmed performers incl. the Sound Tapestry Choir, Skanatra, Jack Rabbit Slim, the Hijackers w/Uncle Floyd, Vini Barbo & Brenda Miller, Lenehan, Scott E Moore & Ernie Contri, the Other Kid from Hoboken.
SUNSET MUSIC SERIES 2000
Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge, 290 Conover St. (Pier 45), Bklyn., 718-624-4719, www.waterfrontmuseum.org Blues, swing, rock, jazz & country concerts every Sat. 7/14-8/11 at 7:30 p.m. $5 contrib. Too Much Fun, Ellsworth & Hicks, Ansel Matthews (7/14); Life in a Blender, Dave's True, Swampbelly, (7/21); Jimmy Nations Combo, Piñataland, Timothy Hill (7/28); James Reams & the Barnstormers, Rod MacDonald, Chris & Meredith Thompson (8/4); Steve Constantino Band, K.J. Denhert, Jen Chapin (8/11); Black Coffee Blues Band Tone, Johnny Girouard, Peter Spink, (8/18).
WARPED TOUR '01
Randalls Island Sunken Meadow, www.concerthotline.com Once again, the skatepunk traveling circus comes to the heart of enemy territory?anywhere in the vicinity of folks who may refer to themselves as "parents." AFI, Alien Ant Farm, Amen, the Ataris, Belvadere, Big Wig, Bouncing Souls, Fenix TX, Flogging Molly, Good Charlotte, H20, Impossible, Japetto, Jersey, Jimmy Eat World, Kill Your Idols, Kool Keith, Less than Jake, the Line, Lovetone, Madcap, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Morgan Heritage, No Motive, Pennywise, Rancid, Rollins Band, the Start, Sum 41, the Vandals. Tickets $19.99 presale (available for purchase through www.warpedtour.com) & approx. $25 reg. (8/4).
VISION FESTIVAL 2001
Sixth-annual avant-jazz festival begins the end of May. Check out "Film" section for listing of Vision Fest films. Tickets $10-25 for specific events; one-, three- & 10-night passes available for $20, $50 & $175, respectively. Performances at the Knitting Factory: Jarman Invocation; Latasha Natasha Diggs, Ori Kaplan (alto sax); Sabu Toyozumy (drums), Joseph Jarman (reeds), Douglas R. Ewart (reeds); Joe Morris (guitar), Timo Shanko bass; Jerome Deupree drums; David S. Ware (tenor sax), Rashied Ali (drums); Sewelsonics: Dave Sewelson (bari sax), Joe Ruddick (keyboards), Dave Hofstra (bass), Walter Perkins (drums); Jerome Cooper (drum solo); William Hooker Quintet: Lewis Barnes (trumpet), Charles Compo (reeds), Mark Hennen, Louis Belogenis; Video & Words: John Schuchardt "America's Prisons: A Problem Not A Solution" (5/24). Steve Dalachinsky (poet); Zussan Kali Fasteau (multi-instrumentalist), Mixashawn Rozie (tenor sax), Newman Taylor-Baker Drum Set; Djembe & Talking Drum; Dave Burrell (solo piano); Sonny Simmons Trio (tenor sax), Cameron Brown (bass), Ronnie Burrage; Whit Dickey Ensemble (drums), Matthew Shipp (piano), Rob Brown (alto sax); Bern Nix (guitar), Bill Zola, Adrian Valosin; Ellery Eskelin (sax), Andrea Parkins (keyboard, accordion), Gerald Cleaver (drums); Poetry Slam feat. Noel Jones, Malcolm Barrett, Josephine Ilarraza, Alex Jost (5/25). Tracie Morris (poet); Khan Jamal w/Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Dylan Taylor (bass), Dwight James (drums); Milford Graves, Oseiko DanEL-Diaz, Tony Larokko, Joe Rigby (partially sponsored by ICMASS), Maria Mitchell (dance), Rene McLean (sax); Karl Berger "Conversations": Carlos Ward (flute), Dave Holland (bass), Mark Feldman (violin), Ingrid Sertso (vocals), Ray Anderson (trombone), "Blood" Ulmer (guitar); Noumenal Lingam, Thomas Stanley (voice & percussion), Vattel Cherry (upright bass), Chris Downing (wave & hand drums), Bobby Hill, Herman Patterson (electric bass), Shu-ni Tsou, Paula Stanley; Leena Conquest (vocals); Video & Words: Emiliano on Colombia (5/26). Edwin Torres (poet); Billy Bang's Vision Strings w/Mat Maneri (violin), Sonya Robinson (violin), Naoko Ono (piano), Okkyung Lee (cello), Shiau-Shu Yu (cello), Todd Nicholson; Juini Booth; Joe Fonda (bass), Robert Zantay (wind control synthesizer), Abbey Radar (percussion); Louis Moholo (drums), Badal Roy (percussion), Oliver Lake (sax); Reggie Workman, Andy Bemkey (piano), Dean Bowman (vocals), Elizabeth Panzer (harp), Nioka Workman (cello), Tapan Modak (tabla); Marco Eneidi (sax), Spirit (percussion), Jessica Loos (projective vocals/tone poems); Chris Jonas' Sun Spits Cherries Quartet: Chris Jonas (sax), Joe Fiedler (tenor tromb), Christopher Washburne (bass tromb), Andrew Barker (percussion); four dance/music duos: Christine Coppola Maneri & Mat Maneri (violin), Julia Wilkins & Justice X (guitar & percussion), Gloria McClean & JuinI Booth (bass), Nami Yamamoto & Matt Heyner (bass) (5/27). John Ferris (poet); Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet) NAM, Alex Harding (bari sax), Masa Kamaguchi (bass), Jimmy Weinstein (drums); Kidd Jordan (tenor), Dave Burrell (piano), Louis Moholo (drums), William Parker (bass); Frank Wright Center of the World: Alan Silva (bass), Noah Howard (alto sax), Bobby Few (piano), Leroy Williams (drums); Rashied Ali Quintet w/Frank Lowe (saxes), Jumaane Smith (trpt), Andrew Bemkey (piano), Joris Teepe (bass); Karen Borca (bassoon), Rob Brown (alto sax), Reggie Workman (bass), Newman Taylor-Baker (drums); Mixashawn Quartet: Rick Rozie (bass), Bill Arnold (drums), Warren Byrd (piano), Lee Mixashawn Rozie (reeds, percussion, vocals); Video & Words: Stella Jenkins "Violence in Africa" (5/28). Nadine Mozon (poet); Thomas Buckner (vocals), Roscoe Mitchell (reeds); Andrew Cyrille (drums), Mark Dresser (bass), Marty Ehrlich (reeds); Rufus Harley (bagpipes), Massiah Harley (trumpet), Joshua Yalkin (piano), Emmanuel Thompson (drums), Rick Tate (bass); Tim Berne (alto & baritone) Hard Cell: Craig Taborn (keyboards), Gerald Cleaver (drums); Mark Helias Open Loose: Mark Helias (bass), Tony Malaby (tenor saxophone), Pheeroan akLaff (drums); Gold Sparkle Trio: Charles Waters, Andrew Barker, Adam Roberts; Video & Words: Claire Schaeffer Duffy on Globalization (5/29); John Blum (solo piano), Sound Vision Orchestra works by Warren Smith & Steve Swell Woodwinds: Will Connell (flute/clarinet/alto saxophone), J.D. Parran (flute/clarinet), Karen Borca (bassoon), Rob Brown (alto saxophone), Sabir Mateen (tenor sax), Andrew Lamb (tenor sax), Scott Currie (baritone sax) Brass: Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), Stephen Haynes (trumpet), Taylor Ho Bynum, (trumpet), Steve Swell (trombone), Jeff Hoyer, trombone), Bill Lowe (bass trombone/tuba), Joe Daley (tuba) Rhythm: Wilber Morris (double bass) Warren Smith (percussion), Jackson Krall (percussion); Malachi Favors Bass solo; Ellen Christi (vocals), Parker (bass), Hamid Drake (drums); Alan Silva (keyboard); Sabir Mateen (reeds), Jackson Krall (drums); Assif Tsahar (tenor sax), Hamid Drake (drums); Oscar Noriega (bass clarinet, alto sax), Drew Gress (bass), Mike Sarin (drums); dance/music duos: Patricia Nicholson & Joseph Jarman (reeds), K.J. Holmes & Baikida Carroll (trumpet), Olase Freeman & Cooper-Moore (percussion), Treva Offutt & Patrick Ssenjovu (5/30); Ishle Yi Park (poet) Oluyemi Thomas (reeds, musette, percussion), Ijeoma Thomas (poetic vocals, percussion), Wilber Morris (bass), Michael Wimberly (drums, percussion), Jin Hi Kim (Komungo), William Parker (bass), Oliver Lake (sax); Fred Anderson (sax), Hamid Drake (drums), William Parker; Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures w/Hamid Drake (drums), Ralph Jones (wind instruments), Oguri (butoh dance), Adam Rudolph (voice, percussion), Ori Kaplan Quartet: Steve Swell (trombone), Tom Abbs (bass), Geoff Mann (drums); Beù Beù Quartet: Serge Pesce, Jean-Luc Danna, Baba Sanou, Nazou Sanou; Video & Words: Iraq "Paying the Price" (5/31); David Budbill; Jemeel Moondoc Jus Grew Orch: Nathan Breedlove, Roy Campbell Jr., Bern Nix, Tyron Hill, Steve Swell, Zane Massey, Michael Marcus, John Voigt, Gerald Cleaver; Peter Brotzmann, William Parker, Michael Wertmuller; Sirone Trio (bass); Thomas Abbs (bass), Chad Taylor (drums), Roy Campbell (trumpet); Trio Viriditas, Wilber Morris (bass), Alfred Harth, Kevin Norton; Bill Cole Ensemble, Warren Smith, Joseph Daley, William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Sam Furnace, Atticus Cole; Poetry Slam: Judith Rudge, Abu, Hannah Howard, Tim Arevalo (6/1); Daniel Berrigan (poet); Jayne Cortez Fire Eaters, Alex Harding (baritone), Bern Nix (guitar), Charnett Moffett (bass), Denardo Coleman (drums); Other Dimensions in Music: Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker, Rashid Bakr; Amiri & Amina Baraka & Blue Ark Word Ship: Homage To Black Revolutionaries, Dwight West (vocals), Herbie Morgan (tenor sax), Wilber Morris (bass), DD Jackson (piano), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), Rob Brown (reeds), William Parker (bass), Warren Smith (drums); Raphe Malik Quartet, Sabir Mateen (reeds), Larry Rolland (bass), Warren Smith (drums), Dave Brandt Quartet: Daniel Carter (trumpet & reeds), Steve Swell (trombone), Tom Abbs (bass & tuba), David Brandt (drums); dance/music duos: Sabir & Makiko, Wildflowers Oguri & Adam Rudolph, Aleta Hayes to the song of Yusef Komunyakaa & Cooper Moore (6/2); At Orensanz Art Center, 172 Norfolk St.: Joe Maneri Trio, Mat Maneri, Randy Peterson & Christine Coppola-Maneri dance; Peter Kowald bass solo + bass duo with Damon Smith; Yo La Tengo + Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell; Joe McPhee Trio X, Dominic Duvall, Jay Rosen (6/6); Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio Hamid Drake, William Parker, Aleta Hayes dance; poet Mike Ladd; Charles Gayle Solo; X-ecutioners: Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, Roc Raida, Total Eclipse turntablists; William Parker Quintet, Rob Brown, Lewis Barnes, Hamid Drake, Clyde Kerr (6/7); poet Reg E. Gains; David S. Ware Quartet, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Guillermo E. Brown; Patricia Nicholson, William Parker, Billy Bang; Chan Marshall; Matthew Shipp Trio, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver (6/8).
WASHINGTON SQUARE MUSIC FESTIVAL
5th Ave. (Waverly Pl.), 212-431-1088. Forty-third season of free classical & jazz concerts takes place in SE quadrant, near statue of Garibaldi, beginning at 8 p.m. Seating is first-come, first-served, so grab a blanket & plop a spot. The Festival Baroque Band led by Kenneth Cooper kicks off the festival (7/10); "A Salute to the Amato Opera" honors the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death (7/17); Andreas Roehn (Bavarian Radio Orchestra) joins Festival Orchestra for Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Schubert's Rondo in A for violin & strings & Mozart's Symphony #38 (Prague) (7/24); July festival concludes w/Johnny Colon & his Orchestra performing salsa classics (7/31).
Out-of-Town Festivals & Series
CAPE MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1048 Washington St., Cape May, NJ, 609-884-5404, www.capemaymac.org Twelfth-annual summer concert series presented at several venues "down da shaw." At Cape May Convention Hall: the works of Holst & Mozart, w/James Buswell performing Bach's Brandenberg Concerto No. 2 & Violin Concerto in E Major (5/24); Fabio Bidini performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 (5/31); Stephanie Chase performing Zwilich's Violin Concerto (6/7); Renee Jolles performing Brahms' Violin Concerto, (6/10); Helen Huang playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 (6/14); Earl Rainey's Epic Brass Quintet (5/27); Little Anthony & the Imperials (6/16); Leon Bates, (6/19); The McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bobby Hutcherson (6/24). At Episcopal Church of the Advent: "Bach On!" (5/29); "Two Pair," meaning Ravel & Debussy plus Schumann & Brahms (6/5); The New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players (6/13); "Jazz Elements Two: He Made Me Do It" (6/12). Tickets range from $15-20, st./s.c. discounts offered. Music Festival Packages incl. accommodations & food, from $117. For more info and/or res. call 800-275-4278.
CLEARWATER'S GREAT HUDSON RIVER FESTIVAL
Croton Point Park, Westchester County, NY, 800-67-SLOOP, www.clearwater.org/festival.html Restored riverfront hosts annual festival feat. live music, storytelling, juggling instruction, environmental programs, camping, swimming, dancing & sailing aboard a replica of an 18th-century Hudson River sloop. More than 100 musical acts scheduled to appear, $25-$35 adv. weekend pass, $35-$45 at gate (6/17 & 6/18).
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ARENA
East Rutherford, NJ, 212-307-7171, www.meadowlands.com The 20,000-capacity music arena also known as the Meadowlands hosts these concerts: Doo Wop Dreams (6/16): U2 (6/21 & 6/22); "Fleet of Flames" starring Michael Flatley (7/1); Backstreet Boys (7/16); Madonna (8/2 & 8/3).
GATHERING OF THE VIBES
Red Hook, NY, 866-TERRAPIN, www.gatheringofthevibes.com Sixth-annual 3-day solstice/jamband celebration festival brings their CT festival to farm country. Performers incl. Bruce Hornsby, Camp Creek, Deep Banana Blackout, Disco Biscuits, Dickey Betts Band, Max Çreek, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Robert Randolph, Soulive, Strangefolk, Tom Tom Club, Ulu. Call for festival prices & camping pass info, $35-$60/daily pass (6/29-7/1).
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS
Yale School of Graduate Studies, 203-946-3806, www.artidea.org New Haven, CT's sixth-annual festival of jazz concerts runs from 6/14-6/30. Highlights incl. Trilok Gurtu (6/22); pianist Rex Cadwallader & bassist David Chevan (6/21); Bebel Gilberto (6/20); Cameo (6/23); Robert Cray, Third World (6/24); New York Metropolitan Opera (6/27). Call for complete sched.
JONES BEACH THEATER
1000 Ocean Pkwy. (Wantagh Pkwy.), Wantagh, L.I., 516-221-1000, www.jonesbeach.com for info. "BLI Summer Jam" feat. 98 Degrees, ATC, Dream, Gloria Gaynor, Nine Days, No Authority, Samantha, Mumba, Sarina Paris, Soul Decision, Wyclef Jean (5/27); Bo Diddley, the Beach Boys, Debby Hastings Band (6/12); Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent (6/14); "Just Push Play" w/Aerosmith, Fuel (6/16, 6/18 & 6/20); Dido, Travis (6/27); Bad Company, Billy Squier, Joe Stark, Styx (7/1); Depeche Mode (7/3); Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (7/5); Poison's "Glam Slam Metal Jam" w/Enuff Z'Nuff, Quiet Riot, Warrant (7/6); John Waite, Journey, Peter Frampton (7/8); Chicago (7/12); James Taylor (7/13 & 7/14); "Area One" w/Carl Cox, Incubus, Moby, Nelly Furtado, Outkast, Paul Oakenfold, Rinocerose, the Innovators, the Roots (7/15 & 7/16); Blink 182 (7/21 & 7/22); Brian Wilson, Paul Simon (7/24); Phil Lesh & friends (7/26); Barenaked Ladies, Vertical Horizon, Sarah Harmer (7/27); Greg Lake, Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band, Roger Hodgson, Sheila E. (8/1); "Girls' Night Out" w/Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jamie O'Neal, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Sara Evans (8/2); Trey Anastasio (Phish guitarist) (8/3); Huey Lewis & the News (8/4); NY Knights: Jay Black & the Americans, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Ronnie Spector (8/5); Human Tour 2001 feat. Rod Stewart (8/7 & 8/8); "The MTV TRL Tour" w/Destiny's Child (8/16); Sade (8/16); Aaron Carter, A-Teens, Leslie Carter (8/17); Allman Brothers Band, Susan Tedeschi (8/21); Crosby, Stills & Nash (8/23); Godsmack, Deftones (9/1); Yessymphonic Tour (9/7); John Mellencamp, Wallflowers (9/8); Lloyd's Blues Music Festival w/B.B. King, Buddy Guy, John Hiatt & the Goners, Tommy Castro (9/16).
LADYFEST 2001
Chicago, IL, www.ladyfestmidwest.org for tickets & info. This nonprofit women's festival, which originally started in the Northwest, comes to the Midwest. In addition to workshops & exhibitions, there'll be a slew of performances, all by women (natch!): Amy Ray, the Butchies, Tracy & the Plastics, Le Tigre, Tami Hart, the Need, Bratmobile, the Hissyfits & many more (8/16-8/19).
LADYFEST?EAST
East Hampton, MA, www.ladyfesteast.org for more info. Part of the aforementioned festival, but in the Northeast. Festival celebrates women & addresses female issues in four-city tour across the globe. Workshops, panels & dance parties, artists TBA; (8/2-8/5).
LAS VEGAS SHAKEDOWN
The Huntridge Theatre & Sanctuary Night Club, Las Vegas. Three days of fine rock 'n' roll incl. performances by Toilet Boys, Bob Log III, Fleshtones, Nebula, Dragons, White Stripes, 68 Comeback, Zen Guerrilla, Immortal Lee County Killers, Gaza Strippers, Red Planet, Knoxville Girls, Black Halos, Come Ons, Fireballs of Freedom & more. Visit www.vegasshakedown.net for complete lineup & hotel prices (9/28-9/30).
OCEAN GROVE SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
The Great Auditorium, Pilgrim & Ocean Pathways, Ocean Grove, NJ, 732-988-0645, 800-773-0097. Now in its 132nd season, beachside concert series feat. pop & classical artists w/ticket prices ranging from $15-$28. Performances incl. the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea (5/26); Manhattan Rhythm Kings (6/2); Doo Wop Show! (6/9); Broadway in Love (6/16); the Allentown Band (6/30); Jerry Vale with Emil Stucchio (7/7); The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (7/14); Trinity (7/21); Glenn Miller Orchestra (7/28); Three Dog Night (8/4); Neil Sedaka (8/11); Alexandria Harmonizers (8/18); Peter, Paul & Mary (8/25); Doo Wop Show! (9/1); Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea (9/8). All dates rain/shine.
OZZFEST 2001
PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, 201-507-8900, www.ozzfest.com Yearly metal & hard rock festival, rain/shine. $49.50-$80.50. Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Crazytown, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Union Underground, Taproot, Systematic, Godhead, Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, SpineShank, Hatebreed, Otep, No One, Pressure 4-5, American Head Charge, Pure Rubbish, Beautiful Creatures (8/11 & 8/12).
READING FESTIVAL
Reading, England, www.readingfestival.com Annual festival of well-known bands such as Green Day, Travis, PJ Harvey, Manic Street Preachers, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Supergrass, Eminem, Marilyn Manson & Queens of the Stone Age (8/24-8/26).
SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Frogtown, Angels Camp, CA, 415-472-5550, www.snwmf.com Three-day camp-out concert w/some of the best reggae & world music artists around. Gregory Isaacs, Bernard Collins, Don Carlos, Lee Scratch Perry, the Pioneers, the Mad Professor, Stone Love. $75/3-day pass plus parking, children under 12 free w/paying adult (6/22-6/24).
TRIP & EMILY'S WEDDING FESTIVAL
Sunshine Daydream Music & Festival Campground, Terra Alta, WV, 304-789-2292, www.sunshinedreams.com Two-day festival that smells of hippie. Musical acts incl. Matookas Groove, Velvet Jones, Mr. Nimbus, Tom Batchelor Band, Sporadic, Kola, Ubiquitone, the Sultans of Bing & Forks of the Buffalo. $25, $15 adv., plus minimal camping fee (6/2 & 6/3).