The Jalopy Theatre is fleeing Red Hook on Saturday, Sept. 8, and storming the beaches of Governors Island, along with 15 local bands. We invite you to celebrate the end of summer with an afternoon of outdoor traditional music at five locations. Bring a blanket and enjoy the 25 hours of live music, everything from Appalachian old-time string band music, Americana, jug band, blues, to original folk songs. it’s the Jalopy Busker Fest on Governors Island, free ferries leave on the half-hour from the old Staten Island Ferry terminal south of Battery Park. Many of the oldtime blues, country and jazz acts who make the Jalopy such a magical place play outdoors in various spots around the island: performers include Pat Conte & Joe Bellulovich, Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues, the Whiskey Spitters, M Shanghai String Band, Feral Foster, the 4 O’Clock Flowers, Willy Gantrim, the Unnamed String Band, Karen Duffy, the Jalopy Student Busker Band and the Easy Rollers.
Free