Thanks to Brooklyn Vegan: Ani DiFranco is performing at Celebrate Brooklyn this summer. The date is July 18th tickets were selling March 20th – March 22nd (so that’s old news, sorry. I don’t even think The Celebrate Brooklyn website has this summer’s schedule yet. The info is on Ani DiFranco’s website.
The Celebrate Brooklyn website does have this bit of info: the opening night gala and fundraising event is THE NEVILLE BROTHERS ON THURSDAY JUNE 14th at 8 p.m. The concert is free but the gala is a big whoopdeedo. Gala tickets start at $300. and Gala packages from $5000. Neither are in my league. But hey. The concert is FREE: it’s the party that costs (and is a great fundraiser for a great summer event series). For info on gala: sgiannelli@briconline.org
Of note for this Ani concert: there’s a $7.50 PER TICKET Ticketmaster surcharge over the $37 ticket. Which means $30 in Ticketmaster fees alone for four tickets.
Seems kinds un-Ani to me, but what do I know…
The Hold Steady are playing Celebrate Brooklyn as well, The Teenage Prayers from NYC are opening. I think it’s August 9th.