August 18, 2025 - November 16, 2025
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
September 25, 2025 - November 30, 2025
The Brooklyn Magazine Festival, the first of its kind, is a weeklong celebration of music and creativity in the most dynamic borough in the country. For four days in June, Brooklyn Magazine will host a series of talks in Dumbo and live club shows throughout the borough, culminating in a two-day music festival at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, in Prospect Park with a super-diverse line-up, top-tier production at the crown jewel of Brooklyn.
CLUB SHOWS
Wednesday, June 15th and Thursday, June 16th
Live music at Brooklyn’s best venues—all over the borough, from House of Yes to Elsewhere to Friends and Lovers—curated by the team at Brooklyn Magazine. Come check out a range of bands that are both familiar to many and ready to be discovered.
FIRESIDE CHATS
Wednesday, June 15th and Thursday, June 16th, 5-8pm
Dumbo Loft
Two evenings of intimate conversation at Dumbo Loft with local creatives, makers, and entrepreneurs to discuss emerging local trends—in lifestyle, business, and culture—that reverberate globally. Curated by Brooklyn Magazine editor Brian Braiker, the talks will explore what’s next for Brooklyn from the front lines on entertainment, food and drink, cannabis, grassroots governance, and more.
Speakers include comedian Wyatt Cenac; City Councilors Justin Brannan, Chi Ossé, and Shahana Hanif; Brooklyn Ventures founder Charlie O’Donnell, and others to be announced.
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Friday, June 17th, 3-10pm and Saturday, June 18th, 12-10pm
The LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park
Line up:
June 17th:
Car Seat Headrest
Sudan Archives
Mr Twin Sister
Gustaf
Saint Mela
PlayPlay
June 18th:
DJ Premier
Empress Of
Gabriel Garzon-Montano
Standing on the Corner
Algiers
Talia Goddess
Boston Chery
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