Music
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REGARDS TO BROADWAY Cast members from “Wicked” perform favorite tunes at the next installment of the “Broadway in Bryant Park” lunchtime concert series. Today, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Bryant Park stage, Sixth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets, 212-398-8061, free.
LATIN BEAT The next installment of the outdoor concert series at El Museo del Barrio features salsa singer Ray Sepulveda. Tonight, 6-9 p.m., El Museo del Barrio courtyard, 1230 Fifth Ave., between 104th and 105th streets, 212-831-7272, free.
MEETING OF THE MARCHES The Extra Action Marching Band, a Bay Area troupe that brags it has never marched in a straight line, joins New York City’s Hungry March Band for a long weekend of “band-geek convergence.” Tonight, 10 p.m., Galapagos Art Space, 70 N. 6th St., between Kent and Wythe avenues, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, $7. Also: Saturday, 2-6 p.m., East River Amphitheater, East River Park, across the pedestrian bridge at Cherry Street, free. Sunday, 8 p.m., Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., between Church Street and Broadway, 212-219-3132, $10.
CELEBRATING WOLFGANG Lincoln Center presents its 39th annual Mostly Mozart Festival, which focuses this year on the artist’s travels and influence in Paris, Prague, London, Italy, and Russia. Music director Louis Langree opens the festival with works that include Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, Handel and Mozart arias performed by soprano Renee Fleming, and the Andante from Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 performed by pianist Stephen Hough (tonight, 8 p.m.). The four week festival offers 43 events performed by more than 55 artists and ensembles. Upcoming highlights include the Mark Morris Dance Group (Thursday, August 18-Saturday, August 20), “A Little Night Music” late-night concert series, and the American debut of the Russian Patriarchate Choir (Thursday, August 25-Saturday, August 27). Festival: Tonight through Saturday, August 27, Lincoln Center, between West 62nd and 65th streets and Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-875-5456, prices vary. For a full schedule, go to www.lincolncenter.org.
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