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Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter Do Brooklyn Pool Parties

For the last few summers, JellyNYC's Pool Parties have been holding it down as arguably New York's funnest free show series (a surprisingly competitive title). Held at Greenpoint's gigantic McCarren Park Pool in the past, the Pool Parties were nearly as notable for their hot-weather activities (dodgeball, a huge slip 'n slide) as for the bands they hosted.

McCarren Park Pool is about to reopen as an actual swimming pool, so this summer, the JellyNYC people have a new location: East River State Park on the Williamsburg Waterfront. They're still calling these shows Pool Parties, though, and the dodgeball and slip 'n slide will make their triumphant returns. UPDATE: the slip 'n slide has been replaced with kiddie pools!

More importantly, the JellyNYC folks have just announced their schedule for this summer, and this thing is a monster. Mission of Burma and Fucked Up and Ponytail and Jemina Pearl from Be Your Own Pet on the same day? The epic Deerhunter/No Age/Dan Deacon round robin tour? Grizzly Bear and Beach House? Dirty Projectors and Magnolia Electric Co.? Girl Talk and Max Tundra and frickin Wiz Khalifa?! All the broke, unemployed people in New York will now have something to do with their Sundays.

Schedule below.

July 12: Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, Ponytail, Jemina Pearl

July 19: Dirty Projectors, Magnolia Electric Co., White Denim

July 26: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Black Lips, HEALTH, Grupo Fantasmo

August 2: Deerhunter, No Age, Dan Deacon (Round Robin show)

August 9: Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set), Fiery Furnaces, Dark Meat, The Netherlands

August 16: Del the Funky Homosapien, Gravy Train!!!, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell

August 23: Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Wiz Khalifa

August 30: Grizzly Bear, Beach House


I basically want to go to all of these and hate living in Virginia right now.

Source!

Pool Parties Main Site