Finale Friday: the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival opens tonight with JALCO, West Harlem jazz at St. Nicholas Park, and the season’s last Coney Island fireworks — plus a free DIY photo show in Williamsburg. Heads up: Saturday’s free Dino Jr. park show is cancelled; a free Culture Lab LIC show and a free Shrek screening fill the gap.
Live Music
- Charlie Parker Jazz Festival — opening night — still on, OPENS TONIGHT 7pm: 34th year, free three-day fest; tonight Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Marquis Hill, Ekep Nkwelle and Sherman Irby; Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park among the venues (web · doNYC)
- West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival — TONIGHT 6–7:30pm, James Baldwin Lawn, St. Nicholas Park: free annual jazz from West Harlem Arts Alliance + Harlem Late Night Jazz (web · NYC Parks)
- Alt Side Parking (divorced dad rock) @ The Irish Rover — TONIGHT 10pm–1am, Astoria: free no-cover cover-band night, millennial divorced dad rock + top 40 (r/Astoria)
- Free psychedelic/jam/rock show @ Culture Lab LIC — Sat 8/29, 5–10pm: Yes Cats, Strangely Enough + special guests Riko and Whaler Collective (Philly psych troupe); all ages, no cover, plus art/food/drinks (r/Astoria)
Art Openings
- DIY photography show @ Natural Wine Company — TONIGHT 6:30–8:30pm, 11th & Roebling next to McCarren Park: lax DIY photo show, RSVP via Partiful (r/Williamsburg)
Film & Performance
- Free Shrek screening @ The Tiny Cupboard — Sat 8/29, doors 8pm, movie 8:30, 10 Cooper St (Chauncey J stop): free patio screening, no RSVP (r/Brooklyn)
Festivals & Outdoor
- Coney Island Fireworks — FINAL Friday TONIGHT ~9:45pm in front of Deno’s Wonder Wheel: free boardwalk fireworks, presented by the Alliance for Coney Island (web · Time Out)
- 52nd Anniversary Feast of Santa Rosalia — still running through Sun 8/30, 18th Ave, Bensonhurst: final weekend of Brooklyn’s big free Italian street festival, daily from 10am (web · doNYC)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- The free Dinosaur Jr. show in Maria Hernandez has been cancelled - EVENT_PAST: cancelled per 8/27 r/Bushwick post; yesterday’s still-on keep, no longer happening (r/Bushwick)
- PATIO SALE THIS SATURDAY - 8/29 - VERY WELL KEPT VINYL RECORDS, CRITERION BLU RAYS, COLLECTIBLES, T-SHIRTS, ETC. MULTIPLE SELLERS. Between 2710 & 2708 23rd Ave! - OFFTOPIC: multi-seller vinyl/Criterion yard sale, not a cultural event; 2nd run (r/astoria)
- Under the K Bridge (or near there?) tonight - UNVERIFIABLE: question post, no event name or link (r/Greenpoint)
- I’m throwing a house party 8/28 on my roof - UNVERIFIABLE: free but invite-by-DM, no address (r/Bushwick)
- Where will the Rocky Horror Picture Shows be this weekend? R.I.P. Tim Curry. - UNVERIFIABLE: no specific screening or venue named (r/AskNYC)
- NYC’s Mamdani Sued Over Plan to Open City-Run Grocery Stores - POLITICS: news, no event angle (r/nyc)