Brooklyn Comes Alive is merely three days away! The 2-day multi-venue festival takes place September 23rd and 24th at Brooklyn Bowl, Music Hall of Williamsburg, and Schimanski and boasts over 100+ artists from across the musical spectrum. By purchasing a ticket to the massive New Orleans-style event, you receive a bracelet that allows you to walk into any of the venues to catch once-in-a-lifetime, collaborative sets, which run from noon until the wee hours of the morning. Folks can also buy individual tickets for just the late-night sets, which start at midnight each day.
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Though there are plenty of late-night acts each day to keep the party going ’til early in the morning, one show you should definitely have on your radar is Dave Harrington’s Merry Pranksters, which will be going down at Music Hall of Williamsburg from 12 am to 1:30 am on Saturday, September 23rd (technically, early morning of September 24th). Dave Harrington, formerly the guitar player in crossover electronic group Darkside, has become an in-demand player in the New York music scene. With the Merry Pranksters, Harrington takes the free-flowing spirit of the psychedelic, mind-expanding ethos and turns it on its head by focusing on groove-based improvisations.
For the project, Dave Harrington has tapped a rotating cast of musical characters to Brooklyn Comes Alive. He will be joined by Skerik, Yuka Honda, Spencer Zahn, Mauro Refosco, and Ian Chang. This weekend’s set will find Harrington and friends focusing heavily on electronic, improvisation-based music in an attempt to open things up to a world of psychedelic grooves—akin to the Acid Tests of the mid-60’s. Following Dave Harrington’s Merry Pranksters’ set, Marc Brownstein of The Disco Biscuits will lay down a special DJ set from 2 am to 3:30 at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Inspired by the vibrant musical communities of Brooklyn and New Orleans, Brooklyn Comes Alive is set to take place across three venues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Brooklyn Bowl, Schimanski, Music Hall of Williamsburg) on September 23rd and 24th. The unique homegrown event puts the focus on the musicians, curating dream team collaborations, tributes, and artist passion projects for two full days of incredible music both new and old.
The 2017 lineup is set to include hand-selected band lineups featuring all-star musicians like John Scofield, George Porter Jr. (The Meters), Vinnie Amico and Al Schnier (moe.), Bernard Purdie, Joel Cummins, Ryan Stasik, and Kris Myers (Umphrey’s McGee), Aron Magner and Marc Brownstein (The Disco Biscuits), Mike Greenfield and Jesse Miller (Lotus), Jason Hann (String Cheese Incident), Alan Evans (Soulive), Cyril Neville (Neville Brothers), Henry Butler, Reed Mathis (Electric Beethoven), Michael League, Nate Werth, Chris Bullock, Robert “Sput” Searight, and Bob Lanzetti (Snarky Puppy), Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman (Trey Anastasio Band), and scores of others!
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To find out more about ticketing, VIP options, and lodging, head to the festival website.
