Lowdown Hudson Music Fest

The Lowdown Hudson Music Fest returns to the Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza on the Hudson River July 12 & July 13 headlined by the legendary hip-hop band The Roots and Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers.
Opening  the July 12 show is Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band Antibalas, whose music is inspired by the funky diasporic protest sounds of Fela Kuti and Eddie Palmieri. The Roots formed in 1987 in Philadelphia by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, are known for their jazzy approach to hip-hop.
On July 13, Nashville singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter brings his storytelling acoustics to the Lowdown stage, followed by self-taught multi-instrumentalist and country blues singer-songwriter Valerie June’s mix of folk, bluegrass, gospel, soul, country and blues. Closing out the festival is headliner Drive-By Truckers, the Southern alt-rock band that fuses solid musicianship with lyrics that weave through history, politics and real life stories.
 
Free to attend, no tickets required. Standing room only.

Event is rain or shine, except for extreme weather conditions.
Brookfield Place New York
Waterfront Plaza
230 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10821
July 12, 2016 – July 13, 2016
Doors and Bar: 5pm, Concert: 6pm
Summer Sessions Include:
Panama Wedding- July 19th
Spirit Family Reunion-July 20th
Kate Davis- July 26th
Sinkane- July 27th