This week at Celebrate Brooklyn: Burning Spear, Soulive, Dean & Britta, and more

Free music is always an amazing part of New York in the summertime and Celebrate Brooklyn has an all-star line up this week, all for the suggested donation of  three dollars.

The world famous roots reggae sensation Burning Spear will be starting off the week tonight accompanied by supporting act Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens. With four decades of recording and performing reggae under his belt, Burning Spear is one of the few living artists who has been active since the creation of the genre. This is a performance not to be missed.

On Friday night the Jazz and Funk Trio Soulive will be performing with John Scofield and Christian Scott in the band’s 10 year anniversary concert. The show will be kicked off by Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk, making the evening out to be a very exciting event.

Dean & Britta will be performing their original scores to the rarely seen Andy Warhol short silent film portraits, Screen Test, on Saturday night. The New York Times says, “The music unabashedly translates the ominous drone of early Velvet Underground songs like I’m Waiting for the Man and Venus in Furs into a more modern electronic mode reminiscent of Giorgio Moroder’s chic torture-chamber disco.”

All the concerts are located at the Celebrate Brooklyn bombshell in Prospect Park. Gates are at 6:30, Performances at 7:30. See you all there!