THE VERY UNOFFICIAL 2008 Celebrate Brooklyn! Lineup @ Prospect Park

       A little birdy that I'll call Ro put this lineup in my inbox this morning.

     It all looks pretty good but I have to say that I am disappointed that Celebrate Brooklyn has to slip in another "buy ticket" show. How long can they hold on to the motto; "Keep it Great. Give $3 at the Gate"? There is also only has one movie listed... Drats!  But, overall we've got some good shows ahead this summer.

30th SEASON!!!

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: THE 2008 UNOFFICIAL SCHEDULE

06/12/08 Isaac Hayes (Opening Night Gala)


06/14/08 Miriam Makeba


06/19/08 Medeski Martin and Wood, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog


06/22/08 Salif Keita
06/24/08 Gilberto Gil (Buy Tickets $35.00 - $60.00)


06/26/08 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dixie Hummingbirds


06/27/08 Cold War Kids


06/28/08 Lyricist Lounge: Crooklyn Dodgers Reunion featuring MASTA ACE, O.C., JERU THE DAMAJA, CHUBB ROCK, BUCKSHOT of BLACK MOON


07/09/08 Feist (Buy Tickets $35)


07/11/08 Brazilian Girls
07/12/08 Beth Orton, Matt Munisteri & Brock Mumford


07/15/08 Spoon (Buy Tickets $32.50, $35 DOS)


07/17/08 Jerry Douglas, The Holmes Brothers


07/18/08 Deerhoof, Metropolis Ensemble: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring


07/19/08 Enter The Dragon with Karsh Kale, Soh Daiko


07/25/08 Philip Glass, Marta Topferova


08/01/08 The Knights, Christina Courtin


08/02/08 Father Goose, The Sippy Cups, Ariane Bass Bass Bass


08/03/08 Daby Toure
08/09/08 Hal Willner’s Bill Withers Project

PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE TO PLAY AT NYC'S FILM FORUM

From Patti Smith's website:

Steven Sebring's film "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival will premiere in NYC at the Film Forum. It is scheduled to run from 8/6/08 to 8/19/08.

A clip about the film from the Sundance Channel:

To view the actual "Dream Of Life" trailer click here.

I know it's a long way off but since PS has only european shows in the upcoming months, this is just about all of us fans can look forward to for now. Although, I guess we have this to hold us over:

Click here for another great r-n-r movie trailer.