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CHUCK BERRY TRIBUTE, BONNIE RAITT HIGHLIGHT NYC AMERICANA FEST
7/10/17

The annual New York Americana Fest will present Bonnie Raitt, The Jayhawks and a celebration of Chuck Berry’s music under the direction of Vernon Reid.

Presented 8/12 and 13 as part of Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors program, the Berry tribute caps the Saturday bill of Jayhawks and Low Cut Connie in Damrosch Park. Raitt and Memphis soul legend Don Bryant perform the Sunday concert. Traveller (Jonny Fritz, Robert Ellis and Cory Chisel), Flaco Jiménez and Amanda Shires will perform an afternoon show on Saturday in the center’s Hearst Plaza as part of the Roots of American Music Weekend.

The free Out of Doors Festival starts 7/26 with Rickie Lee Jones, Ronnie Spector and others. Roots of American Music Weekend closes the series.