Amplified Sundays featuring Gentleman Brawlers

Live music accompanied by spectacular sunsets over the Hudson River.

• July 5: Wayne Tucker and the Bad Mothas / energetic, improvisational jazz
• July 12: Gentleman Brawlers / psychedelic Afro-soul revival and indie dance
• July 19: Dawn Drake and ZapOte / genre-defying pop, funk, and groove
• July 26: Chispa / love songs for the land rooted in the musical
  traditions of Latin America

When Brooklyn collective Gentleman Brawlers performs, it’s more than a concert: It’s an electrifying experience. Led by creative duo Becca Fox and Matt Walsh, the band channels musical inspo Talking Heads with their distinct brand of Afrofunk and indie dance music. “If you can MOVE you can DANCE!” shouts an exuberant Fox from the stage —  or from the dance floor, where she’s joined the crowd. Gentleman Brawlers loves to engage an audience, and the audience loves them right back.

GB has two distinct incarnations – live and in studio – that elevate and inform each other. Through a sonic blend of disco-based horn lines, sticky highlife guitar, and polyrhythms from West Africa, Trinidad, and Brazil, GB’s live shows ignite a community-based, improvisational energy; in studio, the band will often reimagine their songs through an EDM lens. Whether the audience is on the dance floor or pressing play, Gentleman Brawlers always delivers an exhilarating, celebratory experience.

Acclaimed by NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, WNYC’s The Greene Space, and the BBC’s Tom Robinson as “a virtuoso live band, grooving together like a beautifully engineered machine,” GB has opened for Grammy artists Cimafunk, Los Amigos Invisibles & Fantastic Negrito at Brooklyn Bowl, performed at Bryant Park’s Dance Party, Perelman Performing Arts Center, Pier i/Summer on the Hudson, Dumbo’s Live at the Archway series and The Public Theater’s Summer Block Party.

Summer on the Hudson events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited, unreserved, and available on a first-come, first-served basis. If there is heavy rain at the time of the event, the event will be canceled. For weather updates, check nyc.gov/parks/soh 2 hours before the event.