NYC Summer Park Jams this summer.

I just came across this article about these FREE hip hop events going down in NYC this summer. It's straight up those functions that you'd see in those old 80's hip hop docs talking about DJs, B Boys and shit. If I'm NY on one of these days in the summer, I would love to check one of these days out. It's good to see that they are still doing these types of functions so that they can show the youth what Hip Hop art is about. I mean check out one of the dates in August, you get to see Lord Finesse on the decks for free! Damn that's dope.

Here's the schedule:

Thursdays. JUNE 4, 11 & 18, 2009: Boogie Down B-Boy/B-Girl Jams @ Behagen Park (aka 23 Park) Bronx feat. DJs Jazzy Jay, DP One, Lean Rock, Tony Touch, Ignishun, GrandWizzard Theodore, GrandMaster Caz, Forrest Getemgump, Tony Tone, Johnny Juice Rosado +. 5-9pm. FREE! All Ages! Behagen Park E. 166th St. betw. Tinton and Union Aves. Bronx NY 10456. 2 or 5 to Prospect. nycgovparks.org/parks/X166

Thursday, JUNE 25: Boogie Down B-Boy/B-Girl Jams @ St. Mary’s Park, Bronx feat PopMaster Fabel, Kool DJ AJ Scratch & DJ Chuck City. 4-7pm @ St. Mary’s Park FREE! All Ages! 146th St. and St. Ann’s Bronx NYC 10454. 2 or 5 to 149th & 3rd or 6 to Brook. nycgovparks.org/parks/X045


Thursdays, JULY 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2009 Crotona Park Jams: Bronx - Held in assoc. with Council Member Joel Rivera and The Friends of Crotona Park. feat. DJs: Lord Finesse, GrandMaster Caz, Cash Money, Jazzy Joyce, Scratch, Afrika Bambaataa, Jazzy Jay, Kool DJ Red Alert, PopMaster Fabel, GrandWizzard Theodore +. 5-9pm. FREE! All Ages. Host: GrandMaster Caz. Enter at Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx NYC 10457. 2 or 5 to 174th St. itsmypark.org/brochures/crotona.swf

Tuesdays, AUG 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2009: Digger’s Delight: Harlem feat. DJs: Miss Shing-a-ling, Rockin’ Rob, Chuck City, Lean Rock, Chairman Mao, JBX, Jazzy Jay, Danny Dan the Beat Mann, Forrest Getemgump, Lord Finesse, and more tba. 4-8pm. FREE! All Ages. St. Nicholas Park Plaza @ 135th & St. Nicholas Ave, Harlem NYC 10027. B or C to W. 135th. Held in assoc. with The Friends of St. Nicholas Park: stnicholaspark.org.