Summer concerts in NYC: full concert schedule for New York shows
We’ve rounded up the top summer concerts of 2013, along with the best free shows, festivals and world-music picks at clubs and outdoor venues all over NYC.
Start hoarding sunscreen: Your guide to the best summer concerts of 2013 has arrived. Plan out your summer in New York with our picks for the best warm-weather gigs, including free concerts, jazz concerts, hip-hop shows and more. Plus, check out music videos from these performers and outdoor concert photos, find out how to buy tickets to these shows, and listen to our Spotify playlist of the best tunes from artists featured at some of our favorite summer concerts.
Written by Brad Farberman, Andrew Frisicano, Sophie Harris, Tim Lowery, Marley Lynch, Drew Millard, Amy Plitt, Colin St. John, Hank Shteamer, Steve Smith, Rachel J. Sonis and Eleanor Wright.
Best summer concerts of 2013
The Great GoogaMooga
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
- Prospect Park Prospect Park West to Flatbush Ave, between Prospect Park Southwest and Ocean Ave
- Sun May 19
Governors Ball Music Festival
- Price band: 4/4
- Critics choice
- Randalls Island Park Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, at Randalls Island
- Fri Jun 7 - Sun Jun 9
Free summer concerts in NYC
4Knots Music Festival
- Critics choice
- Free
- South Street Seaport, Pier 17 Fulton St, at Water St
- Sat Jun 29
30th Annual Roots of American Music
- Critics choice
- Free
- Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center W 62nd St, between Columbus and Amsterdam Aves
- Sat Aug 10
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
- Critics choice
- Free
- Tompkins Square Park Ave A, between 7th and 10th Sts
- Fri Aug 23 - Sun Aug 25
Summer concerts roundups
Outdoor summer concerts
The Shins + Man Man
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
- Williamsburg Park Kent Ave, at North 12th St
- Sun May 26
She & Him + Camera Obscura
- Price band: 3/4
- SummerStage Mainstage Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, enter at Fifth Ave and 72nd St
- Sat Jul 6 - Mon Jul 8
Summer concert venues
Celebrate Brooklyn! (at the Prospect Park Bandshell)
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
- Prospect Park West, (at 9th St)
Summer concert photos
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