Rhiannon Giddens and Joe Henry Set for Celebrate Brooklyn! on 7/18

BRIC is pleased to announce that celebrated Americana singer Rhiannon Giddens will headline a free concert at the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival (Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. & Prospect Park West), which is presented by Squarespace, on Saturday, July 18. The concert, free to the public (with a suggested $3 contribution at the gate), begins at 7:30 P.M. with an opening performance by GRAMMY Award-winning producer and singer-songwriter Joe Henry.

With her T-Bone Burnett-produced Nonesuch solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens -- already among the brightest stars of Americana as the leader of the Carolina Chocolate Drops -- has hit the stride of her already impressive career.

The evening begins with GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Joe Henry, who has a long history of working with Rhiannon and even produced Genuine Negro Jig. He has the air of an ancient storyteller, "coupling gloom with streaming daylight and gilding his saddest observations with joy and awe" (NPR). Henry is supported here by an exceptional group of musicians that includes Marc Ribot (guitar), Jay Bellerose (drums), Ross Gallagher (bass), David Mansfield (mandolin/stings) and his son Levon Henry (reeds).

For more about the artists, visit www.rhiannongiddens.com and www.joehenrylovesyoumadly.com.

DETAILS:

Rhiannon Giddens / Joe Henry
Where: Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th St., Brooklyn) When: Saturday, July 18 at 7:30 P.M. (Gates open at 6:30 P.M.)
Admission: Free ($3 suggested donation)
More information: www.BRICartsmedia.org/cb or 718.683.5600

About BRIC and the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival - Since its founding as a not-for-profit organization in 1979, BRIC has been the driving force behind a number of Brooklyn's most widely renowned and beloved arts and media programs. In the borough that is now this country's foremost creative hotbed, BRIC is unparalleled in its combination of artistic excellence, programmatic breadth and genuine accessibility.

BRIC presents performing arts (live music, dance and theater), contemporary art exhibitions and programs, and community media programs (Brooklyn Free Speech Television and Brooklyn Independent Media) that reflect Brooklyn's creativity and diversity. In 2013, BRIC inaugurated a new era of service to the borough when it opened BRIC House, a 40,000 square-foot arts and media facility located in the cultural hub of Downtown Brooklyn, featuring a flexible state-of-the-art performance space, a major contemporary art gallery, artist workspace, and multiple television and media production studios.

Emphasizing creative expression as varied and groundbreaking as the borough it serves, BRIC provides opportunities and platforms for Brooklyn artists and media makers to create and present new works. The organization champions the creativity of Brooklyn and work that expands the boundaries of artistic disciplines. BRIC's highly accessible exhibitions, performances, television programs and educational programs serve more than one million Brooklyn residents each year.

The Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival is BRIC's flagship performing arts program. Launched by BRIC in 1979 as a catalyst for a burgeoning Brooklyn performing arts scene, and to bring people back into Prospect Park after years of neglect, Celebrate Brooklyn! was an early anchor in the park's revitalization and has become Brooklyn's foremost summer cultural attraction. Over its history, the festival has presented over 2,000 artists, from emerging innovators to internationally established performers. Since 2011, BRIC has also produced a lively series of Celebrate Brooklyn! dance parties in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Celebrate Brooklyn's Executive Producer is Jack Walsh. The Festival's Artistic Director is Rachel Chanoff. Leslie Schultz is the President of BRIC.

For more information, visit www.BRICartsmedia.org.

Photo Credit: Dan Winters

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