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Experience the Brooklyn Film Festival  The annual Brooklyn Film Festival begins on Friday, June 1st and will run through June 10th. This year’s event features a huge variety of films, with nearly 100 premiers from 30 different countries, along with many exciting special events. Screenings will take place at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema and Williamsburg’s indieScreen. The New York Daily News offers tips on how to navigate the festival’s large selection of films.  The Brooklyn Film Festival is an international competitive festival with a goal to provide a public forum in order to advance public interest in films and the independent production of films. The event also draws worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for cinema, encourages the rights of all Brooklyn residents to access and experience the power of independent filmmaking, and promotes artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists. View the trailer for the 2012 event here.  Tickets are available online where you can purchase opening night passes, which are good for two opening night screenings and an after party, or festival passes, which admit you to all film programs, parties, and festival events, or single program tickets to specific films.   

Experience the Brooklyn Film Festival 

The annual Brooklyn Film Festival begins on Friday, June 1st and will run through June 10th. This year’s event features a huge variety of films, with nearly 100 premiers from 30 different countries, along with many exciting special events. Screenings will take place at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema and Williamsburg’s indieScreen. The New York Daily News offers tips on how to navigate the festival’s large selection of films. 

The Brooklyn Film Festival is an international competitive festival with a goal to provide a public forum in order to advance public interest in films and the independent production of films. The event also draws worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for cinema, encourages the rights of all Brooklyn residents to access and experience the power of independent filmmaking, and promotes artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists. View the trailer for the 2012 event here. 

Tickets are available online where you can purchase opening night passes, which are good for two opening night screenings and an after party, or festival passes, which admit you to all film programs, parties, and festival events, or single program tickets to specific films.   

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Try The Epic DUMBO Stoop Sale The Dumbo Improvement District has organized the fourth annual Epic Dumbo Stoop Sale set to be held under The Archway in Dumbo, Brooklyn on Saturday, June 2nd from 11am through 5pm. The event is done in partnership with KRRB and is free and open to the public. At this annual community event locals have the opportunity to showcase and sell their handcrafted and second-hand goods. Billed as a garage sale, block sale, flea market, and local classifieds all wrapped up into one, creating a safe place to mingle with neighbors and buy, sell and trade anything you could imagine. You might happen to come across something rare, valuable, or useful, or you might find an item that suits you perfectly. The event has been very successful in the past due to its community atmosphere and one-of-a-kind experience. Also happening in DUMBO on June 2nd, Browse and Pick, a two-part ticketed event where participants drop off items for the swap and return later to use points to acquire different items from the event. And from 10am until 10pm, the World Science Festival takes over Pier 1 and Main Street sections of Brooklyn Bridge Park.  The weather forecast for Saturday in Brooklyn looks good, so it should be an epic day in Dumbo!

Try The Epic DUMBO Stoop Sale

The Dumbo Improvement District has organized the fourth annual Epic Dumbo Stoop Sale set to be held under The Archway in Dumbo, Brooklyn on Saturday, June 2nd from 11am through 5pm. The event is done in partnership with KRRB and is free and open to the public.

At this annual community event locals have the opportunity to showcase and sell their handcrafted and second-hand goods. Billed as a garage sale, block sale, flea market, and local classifieds all wrapped up into one, creating a safe place to mingle with neighbors and buy, sell and trade anything you could imagine. You might happen to come across something rare, valuable, or useful, or you might find an item that suits you perfectly. The event has been very successful in the past due to its community atmosphere and one-of-a-kind experience.

Also happening in DUMBO on June 2nd, Browse and Pick, a two-part ticketed event where participants drop off items for the swap and return later to use points to acquire different items from the event. And from 10am until 10pm, the World Science Festival takes over Pier 1 and Main Street sections of Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

The weather forecast for Saturday in Brooklyn looks good, so it should be an epic day in Dumbo!

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Roof Top Films brings the Underground Outdoors For its 16th year in a row, New York City’s non-profit organization, Roof Top Films, is featuring their Summer Series which is currently taking place now through August 18th. The series will include a diverse range of independent films from around the world including feature-length, documentary, animations, shorts, drama, comedy and many more. If you’re the type to sit through the credits, be sure to stay for a Q&A session immediately following the film for an opportunity to get to know the filmmakers one on one. The film festival has grown tremendously in recent years and will be taking place during the twilight hours in a dozen of outdoor venues spanning  New York City including, Coney Island, Brooklyn’s BAM Cinemetek Outdoors, Long Island City’s Socrates Scultpure Park and Manhattan’s Solar Park, located in the Kips Bay neighborhood.  For the full schedule of the Roof Top Films Summer Series and to purchase tickets, you can visit their website at rooftopfilms.com. 

Roof Top Films brings the Underground Outdoors

For its 16th year in a row, New York City’s non-profit organization, Roof Top Films, is featuring their Summer Series which is currently taking place now through August 18th. The series will include a diverse range of independent films from around the world including feature-length, documentary, animations, shorts, drama, comedy and many more. If you’re the type to sit through the credits, be sure to stay for a Q&A session immediately following the film for an opportunity to get to know the filmmakers one on one.

The film festival has grown tremendously in recent years and will be taking place during the twilight hours in a dozen of outdoor venues spanning  New York City including, Coney Island, Brooklyn’s BAM Cinemetek Outdoors, Long Island City’s Socrates Scultpure Park and Manhattan’s Solar Park, located in the Kips Bay neighborhood. 

For the full schedule of the Roof Top Films Summer Series and to purchase tickets, you can visit their website at rooftopfilms.com. 

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ATTENTION ART LOVERS: SPEND HOLIDAY AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK by Jennifer Roberts, Halstead Property Agent & Neighborhood Expert In town this Memorial Day weekend and looking for something to do? Head down to Washington Square Park for the  Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit.There is much history behind the show. “It all began … one balmy spring day in 1931, in the heart of the depression Era. Jackson Pollock, desperately in need of funds to pay the rent on his Greenwich Village studio that also served as his home, took a few of his iconoclastic paintings down several flights of stairs and set them up on the sidewalk near Washington Square Park. His friend and fellow Village artist, Willem DeKooning, in equally desperate financial straits, soon joined him” “It is not known how many works of art, whose values would soon skyrocket, they sold that day. However, their enterprise was noted by some public-spirited citizens, including such luminaries of the art world as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum of Art,  and Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Director of the Museum of Modern Art. “ “They organized the art show that would evolve into the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, a twice-a-year happening, every Memorial Day Weekend and the weekend that follows, and every Labor Day Weekend and the weekend that follows.” “Among the milestones that mark its nearly 80 years are the concept of the artists being selected as exhibitors by a jury of fellow artists, based on slides of their work being submitted; the abolishing of an early ban on nudes; the opening of the show to photography as an art form; and the recognition of crafts, provided each piece is one-of-a-kind and hand-made.”The event now showcases fine artists and craft artisans from around the New York metropolitan area, the nation and the world. Attendees come from all over and are a cosmopolitan mix, including art lovers, tourists, faculty and students from the area’s many schools and professionals such as interior designers. The show has its venue on University Place, and this spring will start at East 12th Street extending south along the east side of Washington Square Park ending at West 3rd Street. The southern end of the show encompasses Schwartz Plaza (aka Bobkin Lane), between NYU’s Shimkin Hall and Bobst Library. If you want something amazing to do each day in New York City, look no further than signing up for Jennifer Roberts’ monthly newsletter, to do so simplly click on this link. (print courtesy of Randy Aveille)

ATTENTION ART LOVERS: SPEND HOLIDAY AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK

by Jennifer Roberts, Halstead Property Agent & Neighborhood Expert

In town this Memorial Day weekend and looking for something to do? Head down to Washington Square Park for the  Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit.
There is much history behind the show. “It all began … one balmy spring day in 1931, in the heart of the depression Era. Jackson Pollock, desperately in need of funds to pay the rent on his Greenwich Village studio that also served as his home, took a few of his iconoclastic paintings down several flights of stairs and set them up on the sidewalk near Washington Square Park. His friend and fellow Village artist, Willem DeKooning, in equally desperate financial straits, soon joined him”
“It is not known how many works of art, whose values would soon skyrocket, they sold that day. However, their enterprise was noted by some public-spirited citizens, including such luminaries of the art world as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum of Art,  and Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Director of the Museum of Modern Art. “
“They organized the art show that would evolve into the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, a twice-a-year happening, every Memorial Day Weekend and the weekend that follows, and every Labor Day Weekend and the weekend that follows.”
“Among the milestones that mark its nearly 80 years are the concept of the artists being selected as exhibitors by a jury of fellow artists, based on slides of their work being submitted; the abolishing of an early ban on nudes; the opening of the show to photography as an art form; and the recognition of crafts, provided each piece is one-of-a-kind and hand-made.”
The event now showcases fine artists and craft artisans from around the New York metropolitan area, the nation and the world. Attendees come from all over and are a cosmopolitan mix, including art lovers, tourists, faculty and students from the area’s many schools and professionals such as interior designers. The show has its venue on University Place, and this spring will start at East 12th Street extending south along the east side of Washington Square Park ending at West 3rd Street. The southern end of the show encompasses Schwartz Plaza (aka Bobkin Lane), between NYU’s Shimkin Hall and Bobst Library.

If you want something amazing to do each day in New York City, look no further than signing up for Jennifer Roberts’ monthly newsletter, to do so simplly click on this link.

(print courtesy of Randy Aveille)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKLYN BRIDGE!

What do you get for someone turning 129 today?  New York’s emblematic Brooklyn Bridge, a milestone of 19th century engineering that took 14 years to construct, celebrates its 129th anniversary today.

On May 24, 1883, the Bridge opened, linking both Brooklyn & Manhattan.  The celebration of the opening was so grand that it was attended by President Chester A. Arthur and Gov. Grover Cleveland of New York.

The May 25 New York Times on the next day reported the following, “The pleasant weather brought visitors by the thousands from all around. … It is estimated that over 50,000 people came in by the railroads alone, and swarms by the sound boats and by the ferry-boats helped to swell the crowds in both cities. … The opening of the bridge was decidedly Brooklyn’s celebration. New York’s participation in it was meager, save as to the crowd which thronged her streets.”

In celebration of the birthday, please enjoy the video slideshow above.  Happy Birthday Icon!

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ZOMBIES TO INVADE WILLIAMSBURG THIS WEEKEND? File this under your “Only in New York” folder, but if you are not heading out to the Hamptons this weekend, we just might have something for you.  This Memorial Day Weekend on Sunday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn will be the site of the 6th Annual Zombie Crawl.  The bizarre event looks like a scene straight out of an episode of The Walking Dead.  It is frequented by hundreds of costumed pub crawlers that look like they just might prefer brains over brew.   We share this event for two reasons… 1)  To provide New Yorkers with information on potentially attending this unique event 2) To provide Williamsburg residents as a public service announcement that the undead are not actually taking over Brooklyn any time soon.   The activities scheduled beyond the crawl include contests, raffles, giveaways, a Misfits cover band, and much more.  The event begins at 3:30pm at Trash Bar and then continues throughout the dead of the night.  Don’t forget, be sure to come dressed as one of the non-living if you wish to join the ‘crawl’.  For more information visit here. Image Courtesy: Paul Ker (c)

ZOMBIES TO INVADE WILLIAMSBURG THIS WEEKEND?

File this under your “Only in New York” folder, but if you are not heading out to the Hamptons this weekend, we just might have something for you.  This Memorial Day Weekend on Sunday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn will be the site of the 6th Annual Zombie Crawl.  The bizarre event looks like a scene straight out of an episode of The Walking Dead.  It is frequented by hundreds of costumed pub crawlers that look like they just might prefer brains over brew.  

We share this event for two reasons…

1)  To provide New Yorkers with information on potentially attending this unique event

2) To provide Williamsburg residents as a public service announcement that the undead are not actually taking over Brooklyn any time soon.  

The activities scheduled beyond the crawl include contests, raffles, giveaways, a Misfits cover band, and much more.  The event begins at 3:30pm at Trash Bar and then continues throughout the dead of the night.  Don’t forget, be sure to come dressed as one of the non-living if you wish to join the ‘crawl’.  For more information visit here.

Image Courtesy: Paul Ker (c)

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Experience New York Fleet Week 2012  With the ushering in of Summer and Memorial Day weekend comes another longstanding New York City tradition, Fleet Week. Every year since 1984 Manhattan hosts the men & women of the Coast Guard, the Navy and the Marine Corp who serve our country via the sea.  It’s a week long celebration to honor their dedication and services, while admiring the stately ships in our country’s fleet. This years’ Fleet Week notably commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner. Arriving tomorrow and departing the city on May 30th, the ships will be docked at Piers 90 & 92 on West 51st Street on 12th Ave. Both the tall and war ships will be open to the public daily from 8 am to 5 pm, and you can catch the ships approaching the Statue of Liberty starting tomorrow morning, Wednesday May 23rd at around 9:15.  One of the ships you’ll sea docked along the West Side is the ARC Gloria coming in at a stately 250 feet long. She’s a Colombian beauty and has traveled more than 500,000 nautical miles since being built.  The craftsmanship and artwork that goes into constructing something so grand as this is to be admired, and is one of the many things we’re grateful to look at up close when these ships come to town.   Aside from visiting the ships, interacting with the hundreds of visiting military members is a great way to experience Fleet Week. Military Day in Times Square is Saturday May 26th from 9am-6pm and will include a performance by a Marine Corp Band and a Navy Jazz Ensemble.  Many restaurants and bars will also be joining in the nautical theme week offering specials and deals for foodies, tourists and military members alike.   Visit the official Fleet Week New York website for a full list of events, and for more details on visiting the ships. (Image Courtesy: Fame NYC Magazine)

Experience New York Fleet Week 2012 

With the ushering in of Summer and Memorial Day weekend comes another longstanding New York City tradition, Fleet Week. Every year since 1984 Manhattan hosts the men & women of the Coast Guard, the Navy and the Marine Corp who serve our country via the sea.  It’s a week long celebration to honor their dedication and services, while admiring the stately ships in our country’s fleet. This years’ Fleet Week notably commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner. Arriving tomorrow and departing the city on May 30th, the ships will be docked at Piers 90 & 92 on West 51st Street on 12th Ave. Both the tall and war ships will be open to the public daily from 8 am to 5 pm, and you can catch the ships approaching the Statue of Liberty starting tomorrow morning, Wednesday May 23rd at around 9:15. 

One of the ships you’ll sea docked along the West Side is the ARC Gloria coming in at a stately 250 feet long. She’s a Colombian beauty and has traveled more than 500,000 nautical miles since being built.  The craftsmanship and artwork that goes into constructing something so grand as this is to be admired, and is one of the many things we’re grateful to look at up close when these ships come to town.  

Aside from visiting the ships, interacting with the hundreds of visiting military members is a great way to experience Fleet Week. Military Day in Times Square is Saturday May 26th from 9am-6pm and will include a performance by a Marine Corp Band and a Navy Jazz Ensemble.  Many restaurants and bars will also be joining in the nautical theme week offering specials and deals for foodies, tourists and military members alike.  

Visit the official Fleet Week New York website for a full list of events, and for more details on visiting the ships.

(Image Courtesy: Fame NYC Magazine)

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A MAP OF NYC’S SILICON ALLEY Did you know that New York City recently surpassed Boston as the second largest tech venture capital city behind Silicon Valley?  The Big Apple is attracting the best in technology based talent the country has to offer and now there is a website, mappedinny.com, to track where they are congregating to in New York City.  The image above shows the true tech hotbed seems to be the Village with the largest concentration.  Learn more about this amazing new site from GreenBuildingsNYC.com. “Unveiled on Tuesday by Mayor Bloomberg at Internet Week New York, the Made in New York City Digital Map provides a geographic overview of Gotham’s 600 technology industry-related companies. It also includes links to job listings and each company’s website, and will be updated continuously by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, which created the map in cooperation with Internet Week New York.” Courtesy GreenBuildingsNYC.com

A MAP OF NYC’S SILICON ALLEY

Did you know that New York City recently surpassed Boston as the second largest tech venture capital city behind Silicon Valley?  The Big Apple is attracting the best in technology based talent the country has to offer and now there is a website, mappedinny.com, to track where they are congregating to in New York City.  The image above shows the true tech hotbed seems to be the Village with the largest concentration.  Learn more about this amazing new site from GreenBuildingsNYC.com.

“Unveiled on Tuesday by Mayor Bloomberg at Internet Week New York, the Made in New York City Digital Map provides a geographic overview of Gotham’s 600 technology industry-related companies. It also includes links to job listings and each company’s website, and will be updated continuously by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, which created the map in cooperation with Internet Week New York.”

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Outdoor Summer Concerts Heat up in Brooklyn  There’s nothing better than enjoying live music outdoors with some of your closest friends and family. Summer in NYC is known for its lively music scene and by previewing what this summer has in store, 2012 will not be a year to disappoint. From Williamsburg to Coney Island, you can look forward to music festivals all summer long. Preparing for their best year yet, The Northside Festival will be taking place around Williamsburg and Greenpoint from June 14th through the 21st. Their incredible lineup will consist of 350 bands, 40 films, over 100 artists. This massive fest will be spread among 30 different venues including Williamsburg Park at 50 Kent Avenue. Some of the bands scheduled to perform include Ultramagnetic MC’s, Kool Keith, The Felice Borthers, Future of the Left, Chain and the Gang, Frankie Rose and many, many more! Individual tickets are on sale for $33.50 and can be purchased on their website. One of NYC’s longest running music series, Celebrate Brooklyn! will be taking place in Prospect Park at the Prospect Park Bandshell for the 34th year in a row. The summer series is scheduled to include more than 32 performances from artists all over the world (25 of which will be free!) Opening night will commence on June 5th and will be kicked off with a free show from reggae pioneer, Jimmy Cliff. The full line-up of the summer-long events can be viewed here. For those more into the sounds of Tchaichovsky and Respighi, the New York Philharmonic will be performing in Prospect Park on Wednesday July 11th at 8pm. Be sure to bring a blanket and some good company to enjoy a night of classical music conducted by music director, Alan Gilbert. For more information and to view the concert’s program, please click here. Be sure to also stay tuned for the Seaside Summer Concert series which takes place every year, beachside at Coney Island. Details for the 2012 lineup have yet to be released but based on past lineups, this will be another concert series not to miss!

Outdoor Summer Concerts Heat up in Brooklyn 

There’s nothing better than enjoying live music outdoors with some of your closest friends and family. Summer in NYC is known for its lively music scene and by previewing what this summer has in store, 2012 will not be a year to disappoint. From Williamsburg to Coney Island, you can look forward to music festivals all summer long.

Preparing for their best year yet, The Northside Festival will be taking place around Williamsburg and Greenpoint from June 14th through the 21st. Their incredible lineup will consist of 350 bands, 40 films, over 100 artists. This massive fest will be spread among 30 different venues including Williamsburg Park at 50 Kent Avenue. Some of the bands scheduled to perform include Ultramagnetic MC’s, Kool Keith, The Felice Borthers, Future of the Left, Chain and the Gang, Frankie Rose and many, many more! Individual tickets are on sale for $33.50 and can be purchased on their website.

One of NYC’s longest running music series, Celebrate Brooklyn! will be taking place in Prospect Park at the Prospect Park Bandshell for the 34th year in a row. The summer series is scheduled to include more than 32 performances from artists all over the world (25 of which will be free!) Opening night will commence on June 5th and will be kicked off with a free show from reggae pioneer, Jimmy Cliff. The full line-up of the summer-long events can be viewed here.

For those more into the sounds of Tchaichovsky and Respighi, the New York Philharmonic will be performing in Prospect Park on Wednesday July 11th at 8pm. Be sure to bring a blanket and some good company to enjoy a night of classical music conducted by music director, Alan Gilbert. For more information and to view the concert’s program, please click here.

Be sure to also stay tuned for the Seaside Summer Concert series which takes place every year, beachside at Coney Island. Details for the 2012 lineup have yet to be released but based on past lineups, this will be another concert series not to miss!

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The Great GoogaMooga  Featuring maybe the greatest name in festival history, The Great GoogaMooga comes to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on May 19th and 20th. Billed as an amusement park of food and drink, the ground breaking festival features an astonishing 75 food vendors, 35 brewers, 30 winemakers, and 20 live music performances. But don’t let the numbers fool you, some of the city’s best chefs and purveyors will be showcasing their acclaimed offerings.  The Great GoogaMooga will be celebrating the culinary revolution that has taken a hold of New York, and Brooklyn is the perfect borough of adventurousness, excitement, and confidence to hold such an event. The beautiful Prospect Park is the ideal venue, an open, grassy setting for New Yorkers to gather with friends and neighbors to enjoy some of the greatest pleasures in life.  This is a cream-of-the-crop event. Notable collaborators who made the project come to life and will be running special booths at the festival include Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio, David Rockwell, Garrett Oliver, Paul Grieco, and Eddie Huang among others. Spanning across the park’s Nethermead area, the featured food stands and booths include such New York dining staples as Crawfish Monica, Red Rooster Harlem, Luke’s Lobster, Baohaus, Kutsher’s Tribeca, and The Spotted Pig. The wine tasting tent will provide guests over 100 wines from around the world, presented by winemakers, importers, and regions, truly an unmatched wine tasting experience. The beer tasting pavilion, modeled after the decorated Oktoberfest tents, will boast over 30 different domestic and foreign craft beer makers. Music acts include Hall & Oates, The Roots, Fitz & the Tantrums, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. There are tons of other events and activities as well, all combining to make this a monumental festival.  The inaugural Great GoogaMooga is a free event, but registration is currently closed. There are still special VIP “Extra Mooga” tickets available for purchase that promise to provide an all-inclusive “food & drink lover’s wonderland” experience. Shrewd New Yorkers have also noted that general admission tickets can be found for a price on Craigslist as well.

The Great GoogaMooga 

Featuring maybe the greatest name in festival history, The Great GoogaMooga comes to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on May 19th and 20th. Billed as an amusement park of food and drink, the ground breaking festival features an astonishing 75 food vendors, 35 brewers, 30 winemakers, and 20 live music performances. But don’t let the numbers fool you, some of the city’s best chefs and purveyors will be showcasing their acclaimed offerings. 

The Great GoogaMooga will be celebrating the culinary revolution that has taken a hold of New York, and Brooklyn is the perfect borough of adventurousness, excitement, and confidence to hold such an event. The beautiful Prospect Park is the ideal venue, an open, grassy setting for New Yorkers to gather with friends and neighbors to enjoy some of the greatest pleasures in life. 

This is a cream-of-the-crop event. Notable collaborators who made the project come to life and will be running special booths at the festival include Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio, David Rockwell, Garrett Oliver, Paul Grieco, and Eddie Huang among others. Spanning across the park’s Nethermead area, the featured food stands and booths include such New York dining staples as Crawfish Monica, Red Rooster Harlem, Luke’s Lobster, Baohaus, Kutsher’s Tribeca, and The Spotted Pig. The wine tasting tent will provide guests over 100 wines from around the world, presented by winemakers, importers, and regions, truly an unmatched wine tasting experience. The beer tasting pavilion, modeled after the decorated Oktoberfest tents, will boast over 30 different domestic and foreign craft beer makers. Music acts include Hall & Oates, The Roots, Fitz & the Tantrums, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. There are tons of other events and activities as well, all combining to make this a monumental festival. 

The inaugural Great GoogaMooga is a free event, but registration is currently closed. There are still special VIP “Extra Mooga” tickets available for purchase that promise to provide an all-inclusive “food & drink lover’s wonderland” experience. Shrewd New Yorkers have also noted that general admission tickets can be found for a price on Craigslist as well.

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