Self Magazine “Workout in the Park” and Central Park SummerStage Lineup!

Central Park SummerStage Lineup Announced!!!

Welcome Columbus Circle Hostel Guests and every New Yorker looking forward to hear some awesome FREE music this summer in NYC! Sit back and relax because we’re bringing you tons of exciting news today.

Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield, namely home of the SummerStage (mid-park near 69th), recently started to gear up the outdoor venue for a lineup of music and entertainment this summer.  Crews have been working on getting the stage ready and another proof that the lineup is about to kick off soon is that the SummerStage 2010 schedule went live this week. Boy, have you guys also been waiting for that as much as we have over here at CC Hostel?

Apart from the Rumsey events like this Saturday’s Self Magazine “Workout in the Park”, a series of FREE shows is also set to start in a few weeks. Tomorrow, for example, women get the chance to come to Central Park to experience electrifying workouts, indulgent beauty and style consultations, gourmet delights and more.  The event takes place from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm and includes a series of fun exercise classes like Cardio Tai Box, Urban Rebounding (using mini trampolines), and Fat Burning Pilates.  The feature of the New York City event is a Yogalosophy class by celebrity yoga trainer Mandy Ingber.  So go ahead ladies, head out to Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield after breakfast tomorrow (near 69^th) and learn the favorite yoga moves of some of Mandy’s celebrity clients like Jennifer Aniston .Who knows, maybe you’ll stumble upon one or two celebrities in the park – they looove working out there!  The $20 ticket price includes admission to any of the classes, beauty and nutrition consultations, pampering, giveaways, and a one-year subscription to Self Magazine now that’s a great deal, wouldn’t you agree?!

The official season of free SummerStage shows begins on June 1st with Melody Gardot and the New York Pops, and continues through September 26th with “A Celebration of Gypsy Music from Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Romania.”

In addition to the lineup of free shows, a series of benefit concerts is scheduled as well, each of them put on to support the free shows throughout the year.

Take a look below and you’ll see that this year’s schedule seems extremely promising and several great concerts should be highlighted already!So, the first “rock” show happens at Central Park on Saturday, June 5th with Living Colour, Ebony Bones!, Pillow Theory and CX KiDTRONiK. Baaba Maal, who just played at Irving Plaza, will be at Central Park too on Monday, June 14^th. The Tinariwen show on Saturday, June 26th also features Syrian beat & mikeman Omar Souleyman. Gil Scott-Heron plays there in June and Marcus Garvey Park in August.

But hey, there’s way more to come! We’ll enjoy the sounds by El Guincho, Bostich and Fussible and others in Central Park on July 7th. The reggae legend Jimmy Cliff will play on Sunday, July 11th. Raphael Saadiq performs there Saturday, July 17 at 3pm. The Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba/Fool’s Gold show on Sunday, July 25th will also feature “West African electronica” band Burkina Electric – we can’t wait to see that!

On Wednesday, July 21st, there’ll be a Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and Friends Central Park gig hosted by Lewis Black with John Oliver, Rob Riggle, Wyatt Cenac, Adam Lowitt and Rory Albanese.

There’s also music from St. Vincent, Tune-Yards and Basia Bulat on August 1st at Central Park. The xx play with Jack Penate and Chairlift on August 8th. At the same spot whereas Public Enemy play an August 15th day show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fear of A Black Planet, and the Specials play on August 22nd with Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears and $mall ¢hange.

But let’s not forget that the SummerStage doesn’t mean great music and concerts at Central Park! The festival is spread around the city and the borough-wide shows take off with Jay Electronica in Red Hook Park on June 1st. Also at that park is Dan Deacon on Tuesday, June 15th. White Rabbits play East River Park on August 12th.

There’s lots of great jazz too: McCoy Tyner plays with Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding and Francisco Mela as part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival on June 23rd. He also plays in the Charlie Parker Jazz Fest, which comes at the end of the summer with an incredible lineup. McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Scott, Jason Moran and the Bandwagon and Revive da Live play during the day at Marcus Garvey on Saturday, August 28th. Then the next day, James Moody, Catherine Russell, Vijay Iyer and The JD Allen Trio play at Tompkins Square Park.

One more thing we over here at CCH are particularly excited about is that the park benefit shows include John Butler Trio (sweet! they’re from Australia as you may know and Ashleigh, everybody’s favorite front desk staff member, the one and only sexy blonde is as a matter of fact from Down Under and State Radio on June 15th (tickets on sale already!), The Flaming Lips on July 26th, The Black Keys (YAY!) with the Morning Benders on July 27th and 28th, Hot Chip/Hercules & Love Affair/Holy Ghost on August 4th, Govt’ Mule on August 11th, and one of the four Pavement shows September 21-24. Not to mention the fact that there’s a “Songbook of Simon & Garfunkel” benefit on June 8^th!!!

WOW, what a great summer we are going to enjoy here in New York City!!!

Click here for a complete lineup of Central Park’s SummerStage,
or check out more info on the SummerStage press release or Brooklyn Vegan.

Tuesday, June 1st: Melody Gardot and The New York Pops
Saturday, June 5th: Living Colour, Ebony Bones!, Pillow Theory and CX KiDTRONiK: 25th Anniv. of Black Rock Coalition
Sunday, June 6th: Los Van Van, Jose Conde and A DJ Tribute to Fania Records with DJ Bobbito, DJ Laylo and DJ SAKE-1
Tuesday, June 8th: Benefit Show: The 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala
Saturday, June 12th: The 8th Annual Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil Screening Oscar Niemeyer – Life Is A Breath of Air Live Performances from Maria Gadu and Os Paralamas Do Sucesso
Monday, June 14th: Baaba Maal and Playing for Change
Tuesday, June 15th: Benefit Show: John Butler Trio and State Radio
Saturday, June 19th: NYCPride Rally featuring Me’shell Ndegeocello, Martha Wash NY Gay Men’s Chorus, Vickie Shaw, Billie Myers and Bruce Vilanch
Sunday, June 20th: Salif Keita, Tabou Combo and Lo’Jo
Wednesday, June 23rd: George Wein’s Carefusion Jazz Festival: McCoy Tyner Quartet with Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding and Francisco Mela The Stanley Clarke Band with Hiromi
Saturday, June 26th: Tinariwen, Omar Souleyman and Toubab Krewe
Sunday, June 27th: Gil Scott-Heron
Tuesday, June 29th: Definitely Poetry: Daniel Bernard Roumain with Emeline Michel, Erol Josué and the poets of Cave Canem
Wednesday, June 30th: Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Saturday, July 3rd: Istanbulive II: The Sounds of Turkey with Kenan Dogulu, mor ve otesi and Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions with Burhan Ocal and Tulug Tirpan, Sukriye Tutkun and DJ Salih Saka
Wednesday, July 7th: Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich and Fussible, El Guincho and Anita Tijoux
Saturday, July 10th: Profitas, Maldita Vecindad and The Pinker Tones
Sunday, July 11th: Jimmy Cliff, Trevor Hall and Victor Démé
Saturday, July 17th: Raphael Saadiq
Sunday, July 18th: Family Day featuring Ralph’s World, Bethany and Rufus and Cirquetacular
Wednesday, July 21st: Comedy Central Park The Daily Show and Friends Hosted by Lewis Black with John Oliver, Rob Riggle, Wyatt Cenac, Adam Lowitt and Rory Albanese
Friday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 24th: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Sunday, July 25th: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool’s Gold and DJ Frank of Voodoo Funk
Monday, July 26th: Benefit Show: The Flaming Lips
Tuesday, July 27th and Wednesday, July 28th: Benefit Shows: The Black Keys and The Morning Benders
Saturday, July 31st: Jovanotti, Los Amigos Invisibles and Natalie Lafourcade
Sunday, August 1st: St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs and Basia Bulat
Wednesday, August 4th: Benefit Show: Hot Chip, Hercules and Love Affair and Holy Ghost!
Saturday, August 7th: The Clark Sisters & Kierra Kiki Sheard
Sunday, August 8th: The xx, Chairlift and Jack Peñate
Tuesday, August 10th: Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Dancin’ Downtown Concert Winners
Wednesday, August 11th: Benefit Show: Gov’t Mule
Saturday, August 14th: Bachata Fest featuring Andy Andy, Luis Miguel de la Amargue, Elvis Martinez and Alexandria
Sunday, August 15th: Public Enemy with 7th Octave and Blitz the Ambassador
Saturday, August 21st: Chrisette Michele, Mario and Tamia
Sunday, August 22nd: The Specials – 30th Anniversary Tour with Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears and $mall ¢hange
Tuesday, September 21st: Benefit Show: Pavement
Sunday, September 26th: The Black Sea Roma Festival featuring Mahala Rai Banda, Técsöi Banda Selim Sesler & The NY Gypsy All-Stars and The Yuri Yunakov Ensemble