4 SummerStage Concerts To Be Held In Bed-Stuy This Week: What To Know

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Herbert Von King Park will transform into a concert venue this week as the citywide SummerStage series makes its way to the neighborhood.

Four concerts in the outdoor concert series will be held in the park between Thursday and Sunday, marking the first time since the coronavirus pandemic that SummerStage will set up neighborhood park performances.

The SummerStage outdoor festival has set up nearly 100 free and benefit shows across the city for its 2022 season. The festival — which is officially called Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage — will visit 12 neighborhood parks by the summer's end.

In Bed-Stuy, the shows will include a curated hip hop festival, a Black dance theater performance, a poet and rapper and a Latin-inspired DJ dance show.

Check out the line-up here and click each link to learn more:

Thursday, July 21: MIKE's Young World 2

23-year-old MC MIKE was born in New Jersey, raised in London, and spent his teenage years in the Bronx; his unique style of hip hop draws influence from both sides of the Atlantic. The first edition of MIKE’s Young World was a 3-day music festival curated by the NYC rapper, a celebration of Black artists, hip-hop culture, and coming of age in the city. This year’s edition comes to SummerStage, and features special guest hip hop icon Slick Rick The Ruler, Junglepussy, Maasai, Jadasea, Laron, and more.

Friday July 22: Dallas Black Dance Theater

Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a 14-member modern dance ensemble—the ninth-largest in the U.S.—that performs a mixed repertory of modern, jazz, ethnic and spiritual works. Founded in 1976 by Ann Williams and currently under the artistic direction of Melissa M. Young, the multi-cultural troupe strives to bridge cultures and connect with a diverse array of communities through its dance and education programs.

Saturday July 23: Sampa the Great/Pink Siifu

Some of hip-hop’s most exciting voices head to Herbert Von King park in Bed-Stuy, led by the Zambian-born poet, rapper, and songwriter Sampa Tembo, better known as Sampa the Great. Twice the recipient of the Australian Music Prize (for 2017’s Birds and the BEE9 and 2019’s The Return), Sampa’s music explores themes of identity and heritage, dissolving the very concept of genre through a global perspective. She’s joined by the Alabama rapper Pink Siifu, another artist unbound by the concept of genre, whose music is rooted in poetic expression but prioritizes movement and feel above most everything else. The unpredictable artist is also incredibly prolific: he’s released a total of 46 EPs, albums, and mixtapes over the past decade.

Sunday, July 24: A Party Called Rosie Perez

A Party Called Rosie Perez is based on a simple premise: DJs Christian Mártir, Suce, and Laylo love hip-hop and dancehall, but there was always a moment at the parties they frequented where something was missing—the salsa, merengue, and other Latin music that also populates their playlists. The party—which started in 2015—represents their vision for the future of Latin music, with raucous sets that seamlessly integrate the sounds of the Latin diaspora, itself a vortex that pulls in various parts of the culture from both sides of the Atlantic.