Summer is the best time for free outdoor concerts, when both A-listers and up-and-comers alike are performing all over the city. This article is your official guide to this summer’s concert season in NYC!
Celebrate Brooklyn!
PARK SLOPE
June 8-August 11
Prospect Park Bandshell
July 26
case / lang / veirs
August 11
Herbie Hancock
Central Park SummerStage
VARIOUS
June-August
Various
July 20
Ryan Adams
The Shining
August 1
Garbage
August 3
Phillip Phillips
Matt Nathanson
A Great Big World
August 13
The Go-Go’s Farewell Tour
Lincoln Center Out of Doors
UWS
July 20-August 7
Lincoln Center plazas
July 20
A Night of Words and Music with Patti Smith
Lenny Kaye
Tony Shanahan
July 27
AFROPUNK’s Girrrl Riot
July 30
The Bells: A Daylong Celebration of Lou Reed
August 5
The Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk
CONEY ISLAND
July 1-end of September
3052 W 21st St.
July 4
The Beach Boys
July 15
Jane’s Addiction
August 3
Erykah Badu
August 6
O.A.R.
August 13
The Avett Brothers
September 13
Willie Nelson
TODAY Concert Series
MIDTOWN
May 16-September 5, Fridays
Rockefeller Center
July 22
Celine Dion
September 2
Alicia Keys
Good Morning America Summer Concert Series
MIDTOWN
May 24-August 30, Fridays
Rumsey Playfield in Central Park
July 1
Blink 182
July 22
Sia
August 12
Keith Urban
September 2
Jason Derulo
