OTBKB Music: A Few More Music Suggestions for The Fourth (and Fifth)

If yesterday's long list of suggestions of things to do on The Fourth wasn't enough for you, I'll add a few more:

There's been a big show at Battery Park every Fourth for more than a decade at this point.  Although it required tickets recently, this year we are back to first come, first served free admission.  Opening the show this year will be Jenny Lewis, who has two solo albums under he belt in addition to her work as lead singer of Rilo Kiley.  Her last album, Acid Tongue, released last year, was a good effort and included a duet with Elvis Costello.

The main attraction will be Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Although you might remember Conor from his earlier project, Bright Eyes, you'll find a much less angst ridden Conor these days. This show is part of a tour for Conor and the MVB behind their album Outer South, an alt/country/rock affair on which other band members take some of the vocal turns as well.

This show will be crowded and although it has a start time of 3:30, you'll probably want to get to the park much earlier.

Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band and Jenny Lewis, Battery Park, enter on State and Pearl Streets, (4 or 5 to Bowling Green or R to Whitehall Street), 3:30 start, Free

If you are still hanging around in Manhattan after the show and you still want to hear more music, you can head over to The Rockwood Music Hall where James Maddock, previously recommended here, will be playing from 9 to 11.

James Maddock, The Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street (from downtown, take the M15 bus to Stanton St.; F Train to Second Avenue, exit via First Avenue), No Cover

Finally, on Sunday you can celebrate the extension of the G Train all the way to Church Avenue by taking it from the Slope to Williamsburg and catch OTBKB Music favorite Sasha Dobson in the backroom (once a trolley car!) of Pete's Candy Store.  If you go early you can partake in Pete's Sunday BBQ.

Sasha Dobson, Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street (G Train to Metropolitan Avenue, exit via the L Train Lorimer Street platform to Lorimer Street and walk about five blocks to Pete's), 8:30, No Cover

 --Eliot Wagner