MARTY WANTS TO ROCK YOU AT SEASIDE PARK

SEASIDE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES OFFERS STAR-STUDDED LINEUP; MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CONCERT SERIES BRINGS THE BEST IN R&B, CLASSIC SOUL, HIP HOP, GOSPEL AND CALYPSO TO BROOKLYN

Largest free outdoor music series in New York will feature Daryl Hall & John Oates Up Close & Personal Tour, Donna Summer, Blondie, Robin Thicke, Keyshia Cole, Pat Benatar, Teena Marie, Sean Paul, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The O'Jays, Gladys Knight and Anita Baker

Through August 27, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the 31^st annual Seaside Summer Concert Series at Asser Levy/Seaside Park and the 27^th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field. As a State Senator, BP Markowitz worked alongside the Seaside Summer Concert Series and the Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series, for more than twenty years bringing some of the best live entertainment to Brooklyn. As Borough President, he continues to host the concerts that have entertained hundreds of thousands of residents over the years and remain the largest free concert series in the New York metropolitan area.

"Music brings us together! In fact, the borough that rocks together, flocks together, which is why I have looked forward to hosting free concerts every summer in Central Brooklyn for 27 years now, and in Brighton Beach-Coney Island for more than three decades," said BP Markowitz. "From Seaside's superstar lineup of Daryl Hall & John Oates Up Close & Personal Tour, Donna Summer, Blondie and Pat Benatar to MLK's Keyshia Cole, Robin Thicke, Teena Marie, The O'Jays, Anita Baker and Sean Paul, stars that perform the world over are thrilled to take the stage in Brooklyn, USA. And even though I always promise that this year's lineup is the most exciting ever, this summer will really be the best!"

Seaside Summer Concert Series performances will be held Thursday nights at 7:30 pm at Asser Levy/Seaside Park at West 5th Street and Surf Avenue in Brighton Beach, opposite the New York Aquarium. Chair rentals will be available for $5 or concertgoers can bring their own chairs. Martin Luther King Jr. concerts will be held Monday nights at 7:30 pm at Wingate Field on Brooklyn Avenue between Rutland Road and Winthrop Street. Seating is limited so attendees should bring chairs.

Performers are subject to change without notice. Call the concert hotline for updates at 718-222-0600, or visit www.brooklynconcerts.com .

Seaside Summer Concert Series Lineup

July 16            

Salute to 40th anniversary of Woodstock: Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Mountain, John Sebastian

July 23

Gladys Knight, The O'Jays

July 30            

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Connie Francis, Stewie Stone

August 6        

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Up Close & Personal Tour

August 13      

Blondie, Pat Benatar, with special guest The Donnas

August 20      

Salsa by the Sea (TBA)

August 27      

Donna Summer

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series Lineup

July 13

Keyshia Cole, Lyfe Jennings

July 20

Love Train The Sound of Philadelphia - The O'Jays, Russell Thompkins Jr. & the New Stylistics, Jerry Butler, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes

July 27            

An Evening with Anita Baker, Charlie Wilson

August 3        

Robin Thicke, Jazmine Sullivan

August 10      

Teena Marie, Jeffrey Osborne, Special Guest Ruben Studdard

August 17      

Gospel Night - Dedicated to the memory of Reverend Timothy Wright

Yolanda Adams, Israel Houghton and the New Breed

August 24      

Caribbean Night - Sean Paul, "King of Calypso" The Mighty Sparrow