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The greatest season of the year is here. Summer isn’t the best because the weather is nice, its because thats when all the concerts come out. All year around people like me are feeling withdraw from an absence of seeing a live performance. I don’t know how everyone else deals with it, but I just convert my living room into a stage and have people come play my house.

But now its time to break free. Go out there and see a concert a weekend, its good for your health. Oh wait, these concerts do cost money. A typical band touring a large venue will usually demand anywhere from $40-$70 per ticket for the arenas, and outdoor shows like the PNC in Jersey and Jones Beach in Long Island. And if you try to see a mainstream band in a small venue such as the clubs in Manhattan, be ready to shell out a few hundred bucks. Me personally, I attend as many festivals as possible to see as many bands as I can for one price. For example, I heard over 100 bands at Bonnaroo in Tennessee with the admission cost of $200. $2 a band isn’t bad at all. Unfortunately, not everyone is up to living 4 days in the Tennessee mud, so thats not an option.

So how do you see a bunch of good bands cheap? Indulge yourself in the free concerts offered across Long Island and Manhattan.Here’s a list of free concerts in the New York City and Long Island area:

Central Park Summer Stage
Celebrate Brooklyn
Huntington Summer Arts Festival
Town of Hempstead Free Neighborhood Concerts
Smithtown Summer Concerts Series
Babylon Summer Concert Series
Martin Luther King Summer Concert Series
Seaside Summer Concert Series
Oyster Bay Under the Stars

Central Park Summer Stage

Canada Day!, Sloan, Apostle of Hustle, Duhks
The Levon Helm Band
Ozomatli, Babylon Circus, DJ Joro Boro
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Vietnam, JDH and DAVE P
Ronald K. Brown / Evidence, Full Circle Soul Productions
Cinematic Orchestra, RAMP, El Michels Affair, Kevin Michael, DJ Spinna
Junior Reid, Djakout Mizik, Joey Starr, Black Alex, Mecca a.k.a GRIMO, Wyclef Jean, Papa Jube
Bob Weir & Rat Dog, Keller Williams
Nortec Collective, Fedrico Aubele
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, DJ Rich Medina
Café Tacuba, Pacha Massive, La Sista
Hip-Hop Harry, Sippy Cups, Break!
The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear, Land of Talk
UCB Theatre’s Comedy Cabaret, Human Giant, Demetri Martin, Rebecca Drysdale, The Defibulators
Neko Case, Eric Bachmann
Shurahibeel Ahmed, Abu Araki Al Bakhiet, Yousif El Moseley, Hadia, Ammal, Hayat “Al Balabil”, Ali El Sigade, Omer Banaga, Rasha Sheikh Aldein Gibreel, Al Warif Sheikh Aldein Gibreel, Brides of the Nile Dance Group, Emmanuel Kempe, Omer Ihsas, The Nile Music Orchestra
Brazilian Girls, Cat Empire, HIMALAYAS
Marisha Pessl, Jennifer Egan
David Parsons Dance, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
Liz McComb, King Britt, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Ben Jaffe
The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, The Cold Crush Brothers, GrandMaster Caz, DJ GrandWizzard Theodore, Fab 5 Freddy
Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Spam Allstars, Tato Torres Y Yerba Buena, Bobbito Garcia a.k.a Kool Bob Love
Beastie Boys
Black Crowes
Soul to Soul III, Galactic, Donald Harrison, Jon Cleary, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagle Mardi Gras Indians & Soul Rebel Brass Band
Zap Mama, Angelique Kidjo, K’Naan
Hassan Hakmoun, Orchestre de Tanger, Amalia Papastefanou, Chris Tiktapanides, Dimonis de Mallorca

Celebrate Brooklyn

Groove Collective, Ravi Coltrane, Craig Harris
The Stills, Sam Roberts Band, Malajube
Issac Delgado, Xiomara Laugart, Pistolera
REwind: A Cantata For Voice, Tape & Testimony, Richie Havens
Noche Flamenca, Andrew J. Nemr & CPD Plus, Darrah Carr Dance
Zoé, The Pinker Tones, Chetes
Brooklyn Philharmonic With Music Director Michael Christie, Guest Artists Mark O’Connor And Maya Beiser
Frank London’s Yiddish Carnival
Blackmail With Alloy Orchestra, Morley
Bobby “Blue” Bland, Catherine Russell
Hal Willner’s Doc Pomus Project Featuring Lou Reed, Ben E. King, Teddy Thompson, Shannon McNally, Steven Bernstein, Joel Dorn, Mocean Worker, Peter Guralnick
Dan Zanes & Friends
Bill T. Jones-Arnie Zane Dance Company
Laurel & Hardy With The Millennial Territory Orchestra, Ethan Lipton
Boricua Festival: Tito Rojas, Joe Cuba Sextet, Viento De Agua, David Cedeño
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Jenny Scheinman
Lyricist Lounge With KRS-ONE, Ladybug Mecca, Blitz, Beat Entertainment, Turntable Anihilists
Kassav’, Bonga
The Hold Steady, The Big Sleep, The Teenage Prayers
Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, Dj Rekha’s Bollywood Disco
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Sekouba Bambino, Stella Chiweshe, Shiko Mawatu, Baye Kouyaté et les Tougarakés

Huntington, Long Island Summer Arts Festival

Love Bug’s Hug
Huntington Community Band
Huntington Men’s Chorus
The Dance Theatre Comapny & The Red Hot Mamas
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective
“SITE” Wally Cardona Quartet, w/ music by Phil Kline
Wizard of Oz” Plaza Theatrical Production
Huntington Community Band
Huntington Choral Society
The Little Wilson Band
Tabou Combo
Constellation Trio
“Al E. Gator,” The Puppet Company
Huntington Community Band
Pat Wictor and Cathy Kreger What It Iz
Circle of Dance
“Damn Yankees” Plaza
Isotope Stompers
Big Jeff and his Middle-Sized Band
Huntington Community Band
“Princess Ida” Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera of LI
Tamara and the Shadow Theatre of Java
Karrin Allyson
Long Island Dance Consortium
Billy Jonas
Huntington Community Band
David Munnelly Band
Sol y Sombra
Average White Band
North Shore Pops
Brave Combo
Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra
Kimball Gallagher & Lei Weng
J. Frank Wilson’s Cavaliers with Frankie Ford
“Footloose” Broad Hollow Theatre
The Long Island Dance Company
Trout Fishing in America
Island Hills
Handmade Puppet Dreams, curated by Heather Henson
Dayna Kurtz, with Opening Act: Claudia Jacobs
Folk Music Festival featuring Steve Forbert starts at 5pm
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu
Grupo Greg Ribot
Twin Shores Chorus
Arturo O’Farrill Trio/Bobby Broom Trio
“Panther & Crane,” Heather Henson
The Long Island Philharmonic
Cyro Baptista & Beat the Donkey

Town of Hempstead Free Neighborhood Concerts

Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals and The Soul Survivors
Rocketman
MISbHAVIN
Sol Yaged
The Chaperones featuring Vito Balsamo
Risky Business
Dr. K’s Motown Revue
High Tide
Power Play
Ed Ryan Band
Milagro
Evolution
Tribal Legacy
Bad Medicine
Killer Joe & The Lido Soul Revue
Napoleon Revels Bey Jump Up Band
The Dedications
Knappertime
Milagro
Frank Bray
BiLlee T & Marcia Pharr Thomas Band & Friends
Blue Angel
Freddy Frogs Band
Darlene Prince & The Bragg Hollow Band
Linda Ipanema & The Dixie Cats
The Precisions
Ron Gartner
Tribal Legacy
Super Blue Nova
The Tercels
Warren Schein
The Bad Animals
Wonderous Stories
King Kai & The Creoles

Smithtown Summer Concerts Series

Naked Truth
Milagro
Show Stoppers
Jay Siegel & The Tokens
Ed Travers Band
Party Dolls
That 70’s Band Live

Babylon Summer Concert Series

Paula Atherton
Big Shot
Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge
All Star Jazz Band
Kenny Vance and the Planotones
Strawberry Fields
Evolution
Lenny Coco & The Chimes - The Dubs - The Clusters
Mel Miller Band
Full House
Johnny Fusco
Dave Mason
Six Gun
Brother Peach
Kerri with Accent - Norma Jean & Luci Martin - Tavares

Martin Luther King Summer Concert Series

MC Hammer - Doug E Fresh - Slick Rick - MC Lyte
Fred Hammond - Byron Cage - Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Boyz II Men - Ruben Studdard
The Mighty Sparrow - Michel Montano - Morgan Heritage
Lauryn Hill
The O’Jays - The Spinners

Seaside Summer Concert Series

Tommy James & The Shondells - Jay Black
Billy Ocean - Air Supply
The Turtles - Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals - The Zombies - Denny Lane - Melanie - Country Joe McDonald
B-52’s - Patty Smyth and Scandal

Oyster Bay Music Under the Stars

Joey Dee’s All Star Revue
Leslie Uggams
Dennis Deyoung
Dean Karahalis & The Concert Pops of Long Island
Kansas
Sound on Sound Music
North Shore Pops Concert Band
Full Theatrical Performance “Damn Yankees”
Bobby Vinton
The Duprees
Gin Blossoms
Glass Houses
Midlife Crisis
Joey & The Paradons
Raggs Kids Club Band
Freddie Paris & The Five Satins
Earl Lewis & The Five Satins
Lawrence Welk Television Show
Lou Moneta & Gayle Scott
Soul Be It
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
Eric Burdon and The Animals
Rich Little & Friends
The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra
Sawyer Brown
Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Six Gun
Paris Bennett
Kevin Covais
Kid Kyle & His Kool Kats
The Crystals
B.J. Thomas
Kathy Sledge
Alisha & Lisa, Lisa
Petula Clark
2U
Evolution
Dean Karahalis & The Concert Pops of Long Island