Abe Lebewohl Park - http://www.thirdstreetmusicschool.org/community.htm

All Points West Festival - http://www.apwfestival.com/event/lineup

Asser Levy Park, Brighton Beach - http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html

Avenue B Garden - http://www.6bgarden.org/

BAM Dance Africa / Street Fair

BAM Metrotech - http://www.bam.org

Brazilian Day (46 St, early Sept - big names now play): http://www.brazilianday.com

Caramoor Festival, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, NY - http://caramoor.org/html/festival.htm

Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Series - http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/explore_and_learn/art_neighborhood_concerts.html

Celebrate Brooklyn - http://www.briconline.org/celebrate

Central Park Summerstage - http://www.summerstage.org

City Parks Foundation - http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/index1.aspx?BD=20011 

Dominican Week / Parade, mid-July, Bronx:
http://www.paradadominicanadelbronx.org/index.php?categoryid=4

Floyd Bennett Field

Flushing Town Hall Summer Garden Concerts: http://www.flushingtownhall.org

Giglio - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast, Williamsburg, early to mid July: http://www.olmcfeast.com/

Governor's Island - http://www.govisland.com or http://folksontheisland.com

Governors Island Water Taxi Beach:  http://www.thebeachconcerts.com/

Harlem Meer Performance Festival - http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageNavigator/events_HarlemMeerPerformanceFestival 

Hudson River Park (Clinton Cover Park) - http://www.fohrp.org

Hudson River Park (Riverside Park South) - http://www.nyc.gov/parks/soh

Hudson Square free concerts - http://www.citywinery.com/hudsonbbq or see City Winery website

Huntington (LI) Summer Arts Festival - http://www.huntingtonarts.org/ 

Jazzmobile - http://www.jazzmobile.org

JCC "Up on the Roof" - Thursday evenings in July: http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?catid=2058&pID=1022 (note - not verified as an annual event; info is from 2009; name and URL for 2010 may change)

Jersey City festivals on Exchange Place - website for info?  Bolivian, Ecuadoran, Puerto Rican etc

Jewish Museum

Jones Beach - Latin Sundays, 7:30 at Boardwalk Bandshell (2009, maybe future years as well?) http://jonesbeach.com

Katonah Museum of Art - http://www.katonahmuseum.org

Kingsborough Community College Performing Arts Center Hot Summer Nights Series - http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcc_arts/

Kitchrie - Annual Indo-Caribbean weekend festival and symposium in Jamaica, Queens (late August).  No set website; contact: Shabana Sharif / The Rajkumari Cultural Center, 718.846.5431 kitchrie@aol.com

Lincoln Center Festival

Lincoln Center Midsummer Night Swing: http://twitter.com/lc_swing

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: http://www.lcoutofdoors.org or http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/lc-ood

Lincoln Harbor Park, Weehawken - http://hrpac.org

Madison Square Park Oval Lawn, Madison Ave. and 23rd St:  https://www.madisonsquarepark.org/Programs/MadSqMusic.aspx 

Make Music NY (Annual Vernal Equinox day of musical events - mostly outdoors, many participatory, all around town): http://www.makemusicny.org/ 

Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest (with lots of Cajun / LA bands), Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ, annually in early summer:  http://www.crawfishfest.com

Museo del Barrio - http://www.elmuseo.org

NJPAC Sounds of the City - http://www.njpac.org

NYC Salsa Congress - http://www.nycsalsacongress.com/

Princeton Arts Council - http://web47.mysecureserver.com/artscouncilofprincetonorg/calcourtyard%20series.htm 

Queens Museum of Art Passport Fridays - http://www.queensmuseum.org/education/special_events4.htm

Queens Theatre Latino Festival - http://queenstheatre.org/latinofestival/latinocultural.html

River to River Festival - http://www.rivertorivernyc.com

Rocks Off Cruises: http://www.rocksoffcalendar.com/calendar/list.php.

Rutgers U - Mason Gross Presents - http://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/mgpresents/

Shore Front YMHA, Brighton Beach - Summer Nights Festival: http://shorefronty.org or http://shorefronty.org/page.aspx?id=201273

Socrates Sculpture Park - http://www.socratessculpturepark.org

Van Cortlandt Park, Barefoot Dancing Series - http://www.vancortlandt.org

Wave Hill - http://www.wavehill.org

West Indian Labor Day Weekend Carnival: http://www.wiadca.org/

World Financial Center - http://www.worldfinancialcenter.com

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OLD DIRECTORY (To be integrated into the above):

Summer festivals and world music presenting organizations

African Film Festival: Music and film, evenings, various parks around NYC:

BAM at Metrotech, Borough Hall plaza, Brooklyn

BAM Concerts in Brooklyn Parks Days vary by location

Brooklyn Childrens’ Museum Rooftop jams

Celebrate Brooklyn: (718) 855-7882x52 Site: Prospect Park West at 9th St

Center for Traditional Music and Dance (212) 571-1555 Seasonal Festivals and Special Events

Central Park Summerstage: (212) 360-2777 Site: Rumsey Field, 72nd St Midpark

Central Park Harlem Meer: (212) 860-1370 Site: 110 St. near Fifth Ave

City Parks Foundation: Concerts at various parks in the outer boroughs.  2006 schedule to be posted June 13.

City Sounds at Rockefeller Center: Lunchtime Concerts
 
Downtown River to River Festival: Various locations in Lower Manhattan.

Essex County Summer Music 06: Various locations, Essex County NJ.

Hudson River Festival

Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, Long Island 

Jazzmobile: Summer outdoor concerts at various locations.

Lincoln Center Midsummer Night's Swing: (212) 875-5443 Site: Fountain Plaza, Columbus Ave. @ 66 St

Lincoln Center Out-of Doors: (212) 875-5443 Site: Columbus Ave. at 66th Street

Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave at 104 St: Thursday evenings

New Jersey Performing Arts Center "Sounds of the City," (973) 353-8046 Thursdays 5-9pm at NJPAC in downtown Newark NJ

Queens Latino Arts Festival. (718) 760-0064.  Site: Queens Theatre at Flushing Meadow Park


South Street Seaport


Stuytown Music on the Oval Concert Series, Stuyvesant Town / Peter Cooper Village Oval Lawn, E 16 St


World Music Institute: (referred to in the listings as "WMI") (212) 545-7536 Presents concerts at various venues


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Free Urban Summer (and all-year) Festivals in North America and Abroad


Smithsonian Folklife Festival:  Multi-stage free festival of world musics and folk arts on the mall in D.C., usually organized around several geographic or other themes.  Usually held over two long weekends intersecting July 4th.  http://www.festival.si.edu/


Richmond Folk Festival:  Excellent multi-stage free festival with major and local roots and world music, films, kids' areas, food etc.  Held Columbus Day Weekend in 2009 (2010 date TBA).  http://www.richmondfolkfestival.org


Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco: Established in 1938, the granddaddy of free summer festivals


Sunset Concerts, Free series @ Skirball, Los Angeles - 2009 promotion via http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/435.cfm


Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington DC (6 pm daily, year-round).  Concerts are also webcast and archived.


Harbourfront Summer Festivals: Music and more, on the waterfront in Toronto


Le Festival Paris Quartier d’Cite: Concerts and performances in Paris