Jazz In July Comes To The Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden will host Jazz in July, a special concert series featuring local arts organizations celebrating BBG's summer exhibition Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story. Taking place every Thursday in July, beginning July 11. Visitors can celebrate summer at the garden with live jazz performances from local musicians, art tours and interactive workshops, and a pop-up bar serving beer, wine, ice cream, and snacks. Picture yourself lounging on a blanket amidst the stunning garden views while sipping refreshments, all while soaking in the vibrant tunes. Activities will kick off at 6 p.m. with performances starting at 7 p.m. Don't miss out on this unforgettable fusion of music and nature! Jazz in July is free with Garden admission, which can be purchased at bbg.org.

Jazz in July is a part of Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story, an exhibition and program series through October that aims to inspire a new way of seeing and appreciating the necessity of plants – and insects - to encourage visitors to actively help protect pollination through thoughtful gardening strategies and plant choices. Through exhibits, public programs, and new articles, Natural Attractions offers a call to action to New Yorkers to protect pollinators, whose survival is inextricably linked to reversing climate change and making the planet a safer, and more beautiful place for us to live. 

Jazz in July details:

July 11 

• Discover what's abuzz with the Pollinator Plants & Art Tour, highlighting the Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story exhibition
• Performance by the Brownstone JAZZ Ensemble
• And a pop-up bar serving beer, wine, ice cream and snacks

July 18

• Join Patrick Costello, BBG's 2024 artist-in-residence, in a Community Chorus
• Haitian music and stories performed by Mizik Ayiti! Featuring Jonathan Michel: L'Ouverture, presented in partnership with Haiti Cultural Exchange
• And a pop-up bar serving beer, wine, ice cream and snacks

July 25 

• Join "Disability Pride, Disability Joy, Exist," a Disability Pride Month Art-Making Program celebrating disability diversity with Annie Nishwani Lachhman and Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad, presented in partnership with Accessible Travel NYC
• Performance by the Brooklyn-based Afro-Caribbean band, Blakk
• And a pop-up bar serving beer, wine, ice cream and snacks

The full schedule of activities and performances can be found here.

All programs are free with Garden admission, which can be purchased at bbg.org.

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