Celebrate Brooklyn! (at the Prospect Park Bandshell)

Amadou & Mariam + Bombino

Categories, Reggae, World & Latin, Reggae

• Critics' pick
• Free

The self-billed "blind couple from Mali," who collaborated with cutting-edge stars such as Santigold, TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone, Theophilus London and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears on last year's Folila, shows off its transporting African pop at a free...

Belle and Sebastian

Indie rock

Is there anything more Brooklynesque than a mass of people singing along to “Get Me Away from Here, I’m Dying” beneath a canopy of Prospect Park trees? This gig will be absolutely lovely, with B&S plowing through gems from its remarkable ’90s run of quotable...

Blackalicious + Phony Ppl + D-Nice

Hip-hop

Subbing for an injured Big Boi, Sacramento hip-hop duo Blackalicious lays down its beautifully layered, soul-steeped rhymescapes atop a Celebrate Brooklyn! bill.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Categories, Ballet

• Critics' pick
• Free

The Celebrate Brooklyn! performing-arts festival presents the all-male, drag ballet troupe in excerpts from Swan Lake, Pas de Deux, Go for Barocco, Dying Swan and Paquita.

The Roots and Jim James: State of the Union

Indie rock

• $$$
• Critics' pick

The Roots having proved themselves the world's premier backing band via years of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performances and collaborative projects (with everyone from John Legend to Elvis Costello), no new team-up should come as a surprise. Questlove...