Outdoor Music This Weekend: Beach Campfire Songs and Steam Fish with Soca (6/17 – 6/18)

Posted by Peter Y. | June 17, 2016

Looking to break out of the usual Smorgasburg / Mermaid Parade pattern this weekend?

Out in the Rockaways tonight (6/17), ukelele master Lorena Leigh leads a music jam at sunset around a campfire.

Bring your bathing suit for a dip at dark. Or, a guitar for the campfire songs.

Saturday (6/18), if the Mermaid Parade seem too far afield, the Oxtail Picnic in Bed-Stuy has oxtail stew, steam fish, and a backyard bash where the crowd is “not too stoosh to shake their ass on the dancefloor,” as the event’s Facebook page puts it. Esteemed DJ P.U.D.G.E. presides.

Details for both events, and how to get there, inside. Continue reading →

Category: Art/Music, Culture | Tags: Campfire Fridays, DJ P.U.D.G.E., Jacob Riis Park, Lorena Leigh, Mermaid Parade, Oxtail Picnic, rockaways, smorgasburg, soca, ukelele | 0 Comments

Coney Island Mermaid Parade Marks the Arrival of Summer in NYC!

Posted by Ona A | June 24, 2014

The 32nd Annual Mermaid Parade ©Laura Weyl

This past Saturday, June 21st, New Yorkers had a chance to grow back their tails, don their eye patches, and be part of that worlddd at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Mayor Bill de Blasio was there, maybe you were there, and Greenpointers was definitely there…getting the full scoop. Continue reading →