Starting next month, you can grab a bite every Wednesday and head over to Richard Tucker Park, at Broadway and 66th Street for free lunchtime concerts. The concerts are sponsored by the Lincoln Square BID and MTA Arts & Design’s Music Under New York.
“No matter what your taste in music – reggae, beatboxers, jazz, or blues – you can hear it for free this summer during the wildly popular Free Lunchtime Summer Concert Series every Wednesday from Noon until 2:00 p.m. this July and August.”
Here’s the schedule:
July 6
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Yaz Band (jazz quartet—classics, funk, R&B)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Alex LoDico Ensemble (straight ahead dynamic jazz octet)
July 13
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – The Queens Cartoonists (zany themes from Looney Tunes & Merry Melodies)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Underground Horns (audio gumbo- funk & spiced up African rhythms)
July 20
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Receta Secreta (Latin, house, & dance party)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Drumadics (percussion, horns, & funk soundscape)
July 27
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Stiletta (dynamic female vocal group led by a beatboxer)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Courtnee Roze The Musical (fusion percussion driven band)
August 3
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Opera Collective (Opera for the people)
August 10
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Groove Merchant (jazz, funk & groove)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn (North American roots-blues & country)
August 17
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – SisterMonk (rhythm centric, female-powered trance)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Karikatura (soundtrack of Eastern Europe to Brighton Beach)
August 24
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Afro Andes (Latin roots fusion – Cuba to Peru)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Carlos Casado Project (jazzy, folky mix with Spanish bagpipes)
August 31
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Baby Soda (vintage jazz always swinging)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – The Blue Dahlia (French chanson, reggae, klezmer)
Glad there’s at least one concert for classical music lovers!