August 9, 2018

Bryant Park Emerging Music Festival- Friday August 17th- Saturday August 18th

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5-10pm
Bryant Park
The Lawn

Emerging Music Festival returns for its fourth year with rising New York-based bands performing on one of the biggest stages of their young careers.

Thousands of music lovers pack the Bryant Park lawn for the city’s best new music, including indie rock, soul, R&B, singer-songwriter, and more.

Friday August 17th
Lineup:
5pm: EZTV, Stunningly consistent purveyors of high-level pop-rock with strains of retro folk and psych- Stereogum
6pm: Underground System, Combines Afrobeat, new wave, punk, and more [into] its dance-heavy act- Brooklyn Daily
7pm: Palmas, Intermingling of baroque pop and modern indie rock- Interview Magazine
8pm: Ohmme, At the heart of Chicago’s music community- Noisey
9pm: Evolfo, Confident in their own creativity, both as songwriters and as sonic architects- Paste Magazine

Saturday August 18th
Lineup:
5pm: Madison McFerrin, Making A Cappella cool again – Pitchfork
6pm: Plastic Picnic, Plastic Picnic brings eighties neon dreams to life – Village Voice
7pm: Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton & Terry Waldo Rum House Jass Band, Blind Boy Paxton is easily the most talented young acoustic bluesman to come along in many, many years – Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
8pm: Native Sun, Untamed energy and garage-rock bona fides- Paste Magazine
9pm: Katie Von Schleicher, innate and economic pop instincts- Pitchfork

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