The BrooklynBest Festival - Grand Army Plaza

http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/BrooklynBest_2007.html

Saturday Night

June 2nd

8:45pm
Fireworks from Mt. Prospect Park
(best views from Long Meadow in Prospect Park)

9:00pm
Free outdoor movie
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Long Meadow, Prospect Park

Sunday All Day

June 3rd

8:30am
Tour de Brooklyn Bike Ride check-in

9:30am
Tour de Brooklyn Bike Ride starts from Grand Army Plaza

11:00am-6:00pm
Main Stage at the park entrance of Grand Army Plaza featuring live entertainment from Brooklyn's summer festivals including:

Mermaid Parade
International African Arts Festival
West Indian American Carnival
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
Boricua Festival
Afro-Punk Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival
Jelly NYC Pool Parties
the Brooklyn New Music Festival

11:00am-6:00pm
Brooklyn Icons Miniature Golf -
Bailey Fountain at Grand Army Plaza

11:00am-6:00pm
Brooklyn Tourism Tents featuring cultural institutions and attractions from across the borough - park entrance at Grand Army Plaza

2:00pm and 4:00pm
Two Fab Fashion Shows featuring Brooklyn Designers - Brooklyn Museum Plaza

Subject: Re: Thank you.

SirSterling wrote: Sounds like it should be a fun weekend. Thanks so much for the details.

wait until the babies and untethered yuppie spawn show up.

Brooklyn Afro-Punk Festival? You made me google . . .

Here's the details of the music stage

MUSIC STAGE SCHEDULE
11:00 - Creative Outlet Dance Theatre (International African Arts Festival)
11:40 - Pantonic Steel Orchestra & the Juice Crew (West Indian American
Parade)
12:20 - Tanya Morgan (Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival)
12:45 - Toni Blackman (acoustic set)
1:05 - Willie Villegas Y Entre Amigos (Boricua Festival)
2:00 - Author Readings: Paula Fox, Ben Greenman & Glenville Lovell (Brooklyn
Book Festival)
2:55 - Todd Robbins, Coney Island Wonder-Worker & Bambi, Queen of the
Mermaids (Mermaid Parade)
3:25 - Sparlha Swa (acoustic set)
3:40 - The Smyrk (Afro-Punk Festival)
4:10 - Neycha (acoustic set)
4:25 - Kudu (Jelly NYC Pool Parties)
4:55 - Trevor Exter (acoustic set)
5:10 - Shrine for the Black Madonna (Brooklyn New Music Festival)

Subject: Re: Thank you.

MeredithB wrote: wait until the babies and untethered yuppie spawn show up.

Oh, we'll be there alright... :twisted: