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Central Park SummerStage 2009 is Here
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Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, City Parks Foundation is pleased to announce the 2009 season schedule of its flagship free performing arts festival, Central Park SummerStage. Internationally acclaimed for presenting world-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe and New York City's own backyard, the Central Park SummerStage season promises to be as electrifying as ever with a calendar chock-full of culturally diverse programs in multiple disciplines including music, dance, word, film, and comedy.
To kick off this year's (FREE!) Central Park SummerStage season, a special collaborative program starring Josh Ritter performing orchestrated arrangements from his catalog backed by the fabulous New York Pops will featured on Friday, June 12. Other free shows include: Oumou Sangare and Les Nubians on Sunday, July 5; Juana Molina and Curumin on Wednesday, July 8; Q-Tip and Chester French on Saturday, July 18; Alpha Blondy and Lee "Scratch" Perry on Sunday, July 19; Bettye LaVette and Budos Band on Friday, July 24; M. Ward, Mike Watt and Nels Cline on Saturday, August 1; and Boys Noize on Saturday, August 8.
Special benefit fundraiser events (read as: not free) include: TV on the Radio and Dirty Projectors on Friday, June 5; 311 and Ziggy Marley on Thursday, June 25; Explosions in the Sky and Constantines on Tuesday, June 30; as well as Matisyahu and Umphrey's McGee on Thursday, July 9.
Complete details including a list of all SummerStage events is available at www.summerstage.org.
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