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Every year NYC's Madison Square Park , located at 23rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, hosts a series of free "Oval Lawn Series" concerts in the summer. This year is no different... Continue reading "Madison Square Park 2013 Free Concert Schedule" at brooklynvegan

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Tift Merritt in Madison Square Park 2012 ( more by Chris La Putt ) Madison Square Park's free 2012 Oval Lawn Series launches tonight (6/20) at 7PM with James Maddock and His Band and will continue every Wednesday through Aug. 8 . Full schedule is this: June 20 James Maddock and Band June 27 Gretchen Parlato / Gregory Porter July 4 Noam Pikelny and Friends / The Sweetback Sisters / Spuyten Duyvil [...]

The summer concert season is upon us and the Hidden Track staff knows that it’s virtually impossible for us to afford every show we want to hit, and still be able to pay our insanely expensive New York City rents. Luckily for us, there are a plethora of fantastic free concerts throughout the summer that don’t cost a dime. We decided to weed through all the listings and present to you our 5th Annual NYC Free Summer Concert Picks. Let’s take a look… HT Recommends: Laura Marling / Michael Kiwanuka / [...]

David Wax Museum at B.O.M.B. Fest in May ( more by Eric M. Townsend ) "David Wax is a rabbi in New Jersey recently accused of murder, but that's not the David Wax who fronts the David Wax Museum, a Latin folk band! This is all a terrible coincidence. David Wax and the other members play a raucous, Mexican-tinged folk music that also pays homage to indie rock (but without any ironic detachment)." [ Express Night Out ] David Wax Museum kicked off a run of summer [...]

When a wolf’s face is tattooed on your neck, you can wear whatever you want. Thankfully this dude went the way of detail: checkered patterns on his shirt and shoes, a double layered vest and ... read more �

photos by Chris La Putt After a slight rain delay, alt country chanteuse Tift Merritt played a 90 minute free show in NYC's Madison Square Park last night (6/22). Backed by a full band, her setlist included a new song she wrote last week and a lot of songs off 2010's See You On The Moon . There's a picture of the setlist below though they didn't stick exactly to that. [...]

David Bazan @ ACL 2010 ( more by Tim Griffin ) New York, NY-WFUV will celebrate the June launch of The Alternate Side on WNYE (91.5 FM) with an acoustic performance by songwriter (and driving force behind the acclaimed indie band Pedro the Lion) David Bazan in Madison Square Park (Madison Avenue at 23rd Street) on Wednesday, June 22nd at 2:00 PM. The Alternate Side DJs Russ Borris and Alisa Ali will be on-hand to host. The concert is free and open to [...]

Photos by G.  Art by Jaume Plensa. Echo by Jaume Plensa In case you are in New York and don't get to make it to Jaume Plensa's really cool exhibit, “ A N O N Y M O U S " at Galerie Lelong (which closes on June 16, 2011), it will really be a pity.  However, there is good news.  Jaume Plensa's out door sculpture "Echo" is on display at Madison Square Park through August 14, 2011.  It's really cool, so don't miss [...]

We spotted this couple strolling hand in hand through the park and admittedly kind of wished we were them. Their ubiquitous cool was made easy with stripes on stripes, vintage sneakers and matching totes. Part ... read more �

The summer concert season is upon us and the Hidden Track staff knows that it’s virtually impossible for us to afford every show we want to hit, and still be able to pay our insanely expensive New York City rents. Luckily for us, there are a plethora of fantastic free concerts throughout the summer that don’t cost a dime. We decided to weed through all the listings and present to you our 4th Annual NYC Free Summer Concert Picks. Let’s take a look… [...]