Lincoln Center's Free 'Out of Doors 2009' Concerts Enters Final Week

Closing Weekend of Lincoln Center Out of Doors (August 22 and 23) is the 26th annual Roots of American Music mini-festival, this year, including a salute to the late singer/songwriter/ activist Odetta. Just added to the schedule for the August 23, 4 PM concert, BRC ORCHESTRA: FOUR WOMEN-A TRIBUTE TO ODETTA, Miriam Makeba, ABBEY LINCOLN AND Eartha Kitt is 70-year-old blues singer/songwriter/guitarist, BEVERLY "GUITAR" WATKINS. As a teenager, with bandleader Piano Red, she toured with James Brown and Ray Charles. She made her solo debut album at age 60-Back in Business, released as part of the Music Maker Relief Foundation series. Her third album, Don't Mess With Miss Watkins, was issued in 2007.

Expanded Program and Artist Details are available on Out of Doors new, expanded website at, LCOutofDoors.org

OUT OF DOORS 2009 - CONCERT PRESENTATIONS THROUGH AUGUST 23

Wednesday, August 19, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL
TANYA TAGAQ
STEW and HEIDI present THE BROADWAY PROBLEM
Tanya Tagaq is presented in collaboration with Americas Society and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Thursday, August 20, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.
JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA
HARLEM SAMBA

Thursday, August 20, 7:30 - 8:30
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL
BUIKA
Followed by a dance performance by Urban Bush Women

Friday, August 21, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.
SOUTH PLAZA
FREVO BOMBASTICO

Friday, August 21, 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL
BLIND DATE with DJ DOLORES & SIBA (Worldwide Debut)
OTTO
Otto's tour made possible in association with Raízes da Tradição and BM&A.

Saturday, August 22, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 26TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
In the Spirit of Odetta
HEARST PLAZA / NORTH PLAZA
SEATING AVAILABLE IN BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE
Tommy Sands and FIONAN and MOYA
CALYPSO ROSE
THE HOLMES BROTHERS
RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOT

Saturday, August 22, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. 26TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL
LIZZ WRIGHT
Allen Toussaint

Sunday, August 23, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. 26TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
HEARST PLAZA / NORTH PLAZA
SEATING AVAILABLE IN BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE
WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS SUMMER REVUE

Sunday, August 23, 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. 26TH ANNUAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL
BRC ORCHESTRA: Four Women: A Tribute to Odetta,
Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln and Eartha Kitt
Featuring Jayne Cortez, Tamar-Kali, Abena Koomson, Alkebulan, and more.
With special guest Beverly "Guitar" Watkins
Curated by La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs, Musical Direction by Onel Mulet
Presented in collaboration with the Black Rock Coalition
Beverly Watkins appearance is made possible by the Jazz Foundation of America's Agnes Varis Jazz in the Schools Program.

THE LOUISIANA RENEGADES featuring Christine Balfa, Dirk Powell, Kevin Wimmer of Balfa Toujours, Preston Frank and Corey Ledet.

TEXAS TORNADOS
Tribute to Doug Sahm featuring Augie Myers, Flaco Jimenez and Shawn Sahm

MAZEL TOV, MIS AMIGOS: THE LOST WORLD OF LATIN-JEWISH SOUND FEATURING THE ARTURO O'FARRILL AFRO-CUBAN SEXTET
Arturo O'Farrill, Music Director, arranger
With special guests Larry Harlow, Andy Gonzalez, Irving Fields, Jeremiah Lockwood, Sandra Velasquez, Michael Alpert and The Antibalas Horns.
Presented in collaboration with the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation (www.idelsounds.com) and Reboot.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND TAKE PLACE ON LINCOLN CENTER'S PLAZAS: BROADWAY PLAZA, DAMROSCH PARK, HEARST PLAZA, JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA, and SOUTH PLAZA, between West 62nd Street and West 65th Streets, and Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. Take No. 1 IRT to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station) OR the A, B, C, D and No. 1 trains to 59th St/Columbus Circle.

Visit www.LCOutofDoors.org for complete schedule for Or call 212-875-5766 to request a brochure.

PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS

BROADWAY PLAZA
Corner of Broadway and West 65th Street (new lower plaza in front of Alice Tully Hall)

DAMROSCH PARK
West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenue.

BARCLAYS GROVE ON HEARST PLAZA (formerly North Plaza)
North of the Metropolitan Opera House, in front of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Center Theater.

JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA
Main plaza of Lincoln Center, fronting Columbus Avenue, between 63rd and 64th Street.

SOUTH PLAZA
South of The Metropolitan Opera House, (the rear section of Damrosch Park), West 62nd Street

ABOUT LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS
One of New York's most anticipated summer traditions, Lincoln Center Out of Doors is enjoyed annually by thousands of people who come to its FREE music, dance, spoken-word, special events, and family programs representing traditional and contemporary arts and culture from around the world. Conceived in 1970 and launched in 1971 as a small festival of street theater "to bring the community to Lincoln Center and bring Lincoln Center to the community," Out of Doors has grown into one of the largest free summer festivals in the U.S., with audiences averaging 200,000 each summer. Over the past 38 summers, Out of Doors has commissioned nearly 80 works from composers and choreographers; presented hundreds of major dance companies, renowned jazz musicians, traditional music and dance representing the rich cultural diversity of New York City, and the perennial favorite "Roots of American Music" celebration, now in its 26th year.

All programs and artists are subject to change.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors is sponsored by Bloomberg and PepsiCo, Inc.