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It isn't summer in New York City without outdoor concerts, and SummerStage has you covered with an impressive slate of music, theater, comedy, and film.  The NYC Parks Foundation released the full schedule this week in a press release:

City Parks Foundation proudly announces the 2012 season of SummerStage presented by AT&T, New York’s largest free performing arts festival, bringing over 110 free performances to eighteen parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin and world music to dance, comedy and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Cutting edge artists from over 15 countries will perform at SummerStage, presenting the best of what is happening globally in the arts world as well as in the heart of the city. Since its inception twenty-seven years ago, more than six million people from New York City and around the world have enjoyed SummerStage. The festival runs from June 6th until August 30th.

“Audiences have come to expect the highest-quality, free arts programming from SummerStage and we intend to continue that tradition. We also see the importance of contributing to the arts landscape through supporting artists in their creative endeavors via the funding of these commissioned works,” says City Parks Foundation President, Alison Tocci. “We are delighted that the debut of these exceptional pieces will always be associated with SummerStage.”

Musical highlights from this season include soul legend, Bobby Womack, hip-hop legends Brand Nubian and Big Daddy Kane, contemporary R&B stars J. Holiday and Eric Benet, new generation rockers Dawes, Alabama Shakes and Gary Clark Jr., reggae stars Inner Circle and Midnite, cutting edge comedy troupe The Upright Citizens Brigade, gospel greats Hezekiah Walker and Le’Andria Johnson, a global cast of the best Latin rockers, salseros and bachata singers including Mala Rodriguez, Kinky, Hector “El Torito” Acosta, Toby Love, and Jose Alberto “El Canario”, downtown performance legend Joey Arias, jazz great Roy Haynes, among dozens of other top notch artists.

In addition to the many great free shows lined up, there will be seven benefit concerts at Central Park featuring big names like Foster the People, Norah Jones, Childish Gambino, and M83.  The proceeds of these shows help fund the many projects the NYC Parks Foundation undertakes.

So if you're bored this summer, maybe you would be interested in checking out some stuff with Black Thought and ?estlove from The Roots.  Maybe you'd like to see some stand-up comedy.  Maybe you want to hear some dance music.  SummerStage has you covered this summer.  For the full schedule and bios on all the artists and groups performing, head to http://www.summerstage.org and learn more.

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