Governor’s Island To Be a Punk Paradise
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Governors Island will become a rock venue on Saturday, June 21, as Make Music New York, described by city officials as “one of the largest musical events in the city’s history,” transforms the quiet island into a punk paradise.
Some 75 bands will appear on 12 stages scattered around the island, and six bands will perform on a free ferry that will transport revelers from the Battery Maritime Building at the tip of Lower Manhattan to Governors Island. The 1980s punk band Reagan Youth will headline the main-stage lineup.
Punk Island is just one part of Make Music New York, which occurs simultaneously with similar festivities in more than 300 cities around the world. In New York, this year’s edition will also include more than a dozen block parties around the city, and various outdoor concerts.
