Reason #1 to love NY summers: outdoor concerts

Summer in New York is free concert season.

All the income taxes we pay in this insomniac city, all the electricity bills, the water bills, the cable bills, the general cost of living in the most expensive city in the country – this is when the city makes it up to us.

Every night, it’s a struggle to decide which event to go to, movie screenings under the stars, DJ parties on piers or Indie bands playing in the park. In the last week I’ve attend three free outdoor concerts –

Fujiya and Miyagi at the South Street Seaport on Friday.



The setting was gorgeous - a pirate ship in the middle of the city!



Dan Deacon at McCarren Pool on Sunday - quite a hilarious crowd in the giant dance circle.



Spoon in Rockefeller Park on Wednesday. Oh Spoon, how I love thee so.



All three were awesome, partially for the music, partially for the setting, but mostly for the crowd. I’ve never counted so many ironic mustaches as I did on Sunday at MacCarren Pool Park.

I took pics at all these events, but they didn’t come out as well as the ones I found on brooklynvegan.com and flikr. So, uh, these are all stolen. (Credit)