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MMNY Highlights

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• Return to Punk Island

• For the second year, Governors Island will be Punk Island — 70 bands on 12 stages, no volume limits. Take the free ferry to hear punk legends Reagan Youth, Blanks 77, Electric Frankenstein and more, 11am - 5pm. Click here for details.

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• Blues to Africa

• Legendary jazz pianist Randy Weston performs in honor of the late Ghanaian drummer Kofi Ghanaba, part of a day-long block party presented by the Jazz Gallery and Jazzmobile, in SoHo. With percussionists Obo Addy, Kwaku Martin Obeng, and others.
  

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• Make Music Now!

• Mass Appeal: 22 groups of musicians that play the same instrument will band together across NYC to perform massive pieces arranged especially for them. From accordions to veenas, anyone can bring their own instrument and join in - click here to learn how.

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• Major minimalism

• Late Breaking Update: Experience NYC's first outdoor performance of Steve Reich's minimalist masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians, conducted by Michel Galante and anchored by four grand pianos in the middle of Cornelia St. 7pm

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• Fête de la Musique

• Central Park SummerStage joins the global Francophone community in celebrating chanson française (French song) with a line up representing the diversity of French contemporary music: Yannick Noah, Coralie Clément, and Mayra Andrade.

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• Indie 200

• Buzz-worthy bands in Brooklyn: Casey Shea, Cinema, Cinema, Dinosaur Feathers, Lowry, Renminbi, Sigmund Droid, and almost 200 more.

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• Latin Big Band

• Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra plays music by the great Latin jazz masters, at a Symphony Space block party on the Upper West Side.

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• Mets Make Music

• Late Breaking Update: The NY Mets will host three bands for Make Music New York at the Citi Field gates! Pinky, pow wow!, and Radio America play indie rock for arriving fans from 11am - 1pm.

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• Warper Party

• NEW LOCATION: Seven hours of Biomorphic Musicians and Omnidigital DJs in Williamsburg, with electric sitars, hip hop emcees and eye-popping projections. Dance all day! K&M Bar, 225 N. 8th St

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• 7 Strings, 24 Frets

• Nivedita ShivRaj leads 6 players on the veena, an ancient multi-stringed instrument from South India, hosted by Flushing Town Hall at 2pm.

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• Shoe Gazing

• NEW LOCATION: Over a dozen shoe gaze bands and DJs, at the Bell House in Park Slope (149 7th St). They're not shy, they're just looking at their guitar effects pedals. With Lawrence Chandler, Mark Van Hoen, and many more.

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• 76 + 4 = 80

• 80 trombones, organ, and sopranino line the ramps of the Guggenheim Museum for the NY premiere of spatial composer Henry Brant's Orbits, co-presented by Works & Process.

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• Sideshow Attractions

• Explore music created by steering wheels, electronic flutes, a Gamelan-playing robot, and more strange and wonderful devices, all curated by David Simons at the Coney Island Boardwalk.

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• The Voice of Brooklyn

• Opera from, about, and influenced by the borough of Brooklyn, presented in Fort Greene Park by American Opera Projects. With Michael Rose, Daniel Felsenfeld, Jennifer Griffith, Rhymes With Opera and Opera On Tap.

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• Boogie Down

• The Bronx joins the MMNY party! Head to Orchard Beach for indie rock, the Bronx Museum of Art for salsa, Parkchester and Baretto Point Park for hip hop, and much more.

Free MMNY afterparties

Make Music After Dark

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• Musical Handshakes

• Mass Appeal musicians gather at the end of the day in Central Park's Rumsey Playfield for improvisational conversations, conducted by renowned composer David Amram. 8 - 10pm

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• Official Fête afterparty

• Join Earthman, Lach, Gino Siston and Helio Alves, DJ Sabbo and Caligagan as they celebrate the diversity of French music at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Free and open to all! 158 Bleecker St, 10pm - 2am

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• Wedding Crashers

• Fans of jazz, funk, and hip hop have the unique opportunity to “crash” a wedding at L'Orange Bleue (430 Broome St), when the bride and groom open up their own wedding reception to the public, featuring the Marc Ayza Group. 10pm