Summer of Ska: Version NYC (Updated July & August!)

Here is the latest batch of updated ska gigs for NYC...make your summer plans accordingly...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
The Aggrolites and The Have Nots
Venue: Highline Ballroom
Manhattan, NY
$12.00 in advance/$15.00 day of show

Saturday, July 3, 2010
Version City Party
NY Ska Jazz Ensemble, The Scofflaws, Wareika Hill, Mother Fletcher, and Harold's Trousers
Venue: Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Doors at 7:00 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm
$10.00/advance; $12.00/day of show

Sunday, July 4, 2010
Brooklyn Music Festival
The Rudie Crew and NY Ska Jazz Ensemble
Also on the bill: Fabulous, B.O.B., Shaggy, Lady Saw, Barrington Levy, Yellowman, Marcia Griffins, Gregory Isaacs, and many more.
Venue: Aviator Field, Floyd Bennett Park
Brooklyn, NY
$59.00 (kids 12 and under are free)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
The Hard Times, The Forthrights, Vic Ruggiero, and Chris Murray
Venue: Eastern District
43 Bogart Street
Bushwick, NY

Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
SkaFest
Across the Aisle, Big D and the Kid's Table, and many more!
Venue: The Space
Hamden, CT
$12.00 in advance; $14.00 day of the show

Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
Dirty Reggae Party VI
R-Tronika, The Hard Times, The Bandulus, and
The Frighteners, plus Crazy Baldhead Sound-System
Venue: The Lake
258 Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 3:00 pm
Jimmy Cliff
Venue: SummerStage, Central Park (Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street)
Manhattan, NY
Free

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
Across the Aisle, The Jukebox Romantics, Hey Stranger, CBJ, 4 Point 0, and The Local Skank
Venue: Public Assembly
Brooklyn, NY
$10.00

Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
The Stress
Venue: N4 Bar
160 North 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
River to River Festival
Burning Spear
Venue: Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City
Manhattan, NY
Free

Saturday, July 24th @ 7:00 pm
Benefit for the National Wildlife Federation Oil Spill Relief Fund
Across the Aisle and more!
Venue: Otto's Shrunken Head
Manhattan, NY

Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
Kofre
Celebrate Brooklyn
Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell
Brooklyn, NY
Free

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Version City Party
The Bluebeats, Top Shottaz, The Forthrights, Hey Stranger, and The Cool and Deadly
Venue: Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Doors at 7:00 pm and show starts at 8:00 pm
$10.00 in advance/$12.00 day of the show

Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 5:00 pm
Kofre and Panteon Rococo
Venue: Highline Ballroom
Manhattan, NY
$30 in advance/$35 DOS

Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 3:00 pm
The Specials
Venue: SummerStage, Central Park (Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street)
Manhattan, NY
Free