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Katz Concert Series 2019
Check out a Grammy-winning rapper, classical orchestra
and Beatles tribute this summer
TBY BILL PARRY he schedule for the fifth annual “Katz
Concert Series” of free outdoor sum-mer
concerts at various locations
around the borough was announced
July 8 and it runs the gamut from rap
to Motown to a symphony orchestra.
“Summers are all about free concerts in the
parks,” Queens Borough President Melinda Katz
said. “We’re delighted to continue the partnership
and bring this concert series back for the families
of Queens.”
Katz is once again teaming with the Kupferberg
Center for the Arts at Queens College and the city’s
Parks Department to stage the series which kicks-off
Sunday, July 21, at Springfield Park.
Terrance Kelly, a Grammy-winning rapper known as
Mr. Cheeks who was born and raised in South Jamaica,
will take the stage beginning at 5 p.m.
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Mr. Cheeks made a name for himself as a member
of the Lost Boyz in the ’90s before going solo.
The Queens Symphony Orchestra, which was
founded by Katz’s father David in 1953, will perform
on the Great Lawn at St. John’s University Tuesday,
July 23, beginning at 7 p.m. and the Beatles tribute
band Yesterday & Today will perform at Rockaway
Beach Sunday, July 28, at 6 p.m. at Beach 94th Street
and Shore Front Parkway.
“There’s nothing sweeter than free summer con-certs
in NYC Parks,” NYC Parks Commissioner
Mitchell Silver said. “Borough President Katz’s
Concert Series brings communities together to
celebrate together to celebrate music and gives
everyone a great reason to enjoy all that our parks
have to offer.”
The series continues on Sunday, Aug. 4, with a 5
p.m. dance party in Hunters Point South Park in Long
Island City with DJ RECKA who specialized in fusing
Bhangra music with international hip-hop.
On Sunday, August 11, Alive N’ Kickin will perform
in Fort Totten Park beginning at 5 p.m. Bartlett Con-temporaries,
a dance band playing R&B, pop, hip-hop
and jazz will hit the Cambria Heights Playground on
Sunday, Aug. 18, at 5 p.m.
The series will wrap up Sunday, Aug. 25, with Dr.
K’s Motown Revue at the O’Donohue Park Bandshell
at 5 p.m. That venue is located on Seagirt Boulevard
between Beach 17th Street and Beach 19th Street
in Far Rockaway.
“Queens College is delighted once again to part-ner
with Borough President Melinda Katz and NYC
parks in presenting the Katz Concert Series, which
showcases wonderful musicians in outdoor venues
throughout our borough,” Queens College Interim
President William Tramontano said. “This vital series
fulfills the goals of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts
at Queens College, making top cultural programming
readily accessible to our students, their families and
the Queens community.”
Courtesy of Katz's office
Queens Borough President announces the lineup for her free sum-mer
concert series at various locations around Queens.
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