http://www.alixpiorun.com/goodtime Good Times in NYC! Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:23:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.alixpiorun.com/goodtime/2010/05/25/summertime-goodtimes/ http://www.alixpiorun.com/goodtime/2010/05/25/summertime-goodtimes/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 05:17:31 +0000 missalix http://www.alixpiorun.com/goodtime/?p=179
Crowd at Warped Tour, 2004 ✦ Free summer concerts New York can't be beat in the summer, especially with all of the free events that happen all over every borough. There's so many good free outdoor concerts I look forward to every year, such as Siren Festival, the Williamsburg Waterfront "Pool Parties," shows at Pier 54 and South Street Seaport, Celebrate Brooklyn, shows at The Yard in Gowanus (usually not free, but I love that lil' outdoor venue), etc! And I just read that the Virgin Mobile Festival is going to be free again this year, which means driving down to Maryland! I went last year and saw some big names like Weezer, Blink 182 (throwback!), Franz Ferdinand and Girl Talk, so I'm excited to see who plays this year.

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Hospital Bombers @ Cake Shop

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