Brasswick — The L Train Brass Band

The Brasswick Story

Music. Community. Growth.

Brasswick is an annual urban music festival showcasing the talent of the ever-growing and vibrant brass band scene in the New York City area. The festival originated in a humble garden in Bushwick and has sprouted in different communities throughout Brooklyn. Now in its sixth year, the festival’s main event has taken root in Sunset Park at the historic Industry City, with additional pop-up performances across parks in Brooklyn in the weeks before the festival! 


Brasswick 2024 — Saturday September 14

  • Doors 3pm // Show 4-9pm // Open Jam 9:30pm

  • Industry City Bandshell (Courtyard 1/2)

Tickets

  • $15 pre-sale (get your tickets here), $20 at the door (cash/Venmo).

  • All proceeds go directly toward supporting the festival and paying the bands. 

  • Kids (under 18) enter for free with a ticketed adult.

Event schedule

End the night with a NOLA-style Jam Session open to all musicians at 9:30pm. Bring your horn, drum, or whatever else makes noise. All skill levels welcome!

The venue is located in an open-air courtyard featuring a full concert sound stage. Fans can order Hometown BBQ. Additional food and drinks made at Industry City will be available for purchase. Concert is rain or shine.


Brasswick is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.


How to get here

Brasswick is located at the Industry City Bandshell in Courtyard 1/2.

Take the D, N, R lines to 36th street station in Brooklyn and walk west one block to Industry City. 2 stops from Manhattan.

From Long Island, take the LIRR to Atlantic Terminal then take the D, N, or R train from Atlantic Terminal to 36th Street! It's 8 minutes on the subway.


Previous Brasswick Events


BRASSWICK 2023

Our fifth year included new festival elements including: pop-up park performances leading up to the mainstage event, special pre-show Family Hours with HONK NYC and Rock and Roll Playhouse, and an open brass jam during the after-party!

Brasswick 2023
Saturday, August 26th
Doors 3 PM // Bands 4 - 9 PM
Industry City Bandshell (Courtyard 1/2), Brooklyn NY

3pm Doors
4pm - 9pm Music by 5 brass bands
Variety of food/drink available for purchase (hours vary by vendor)

SCHEDULE

(Musicians from all playing levels and walks of life are invited to bring their horn and honk with us! Song list will mostly consist of NOLA traditional tunes)


BRASSWICK 2022

The fourth annual Brasswick was the best yet!

Brasswick 2022
Saturday, September 10
Doors 3 PM // Bands 4 - 9 PM
Industry City Bandshell (Courtyard 1/2), Brooklyn NY

Suggested donation at the door
Buy pre-sale tickets for free Brasswick merch!
Pre-sale tickets available HERE

3pm Doors
4pm - 9pm Music by 5 local brass bands
Variety of food/drink available for purchase (hours vary by vendor)

SCHEDULE
3pm Doors
4PM - Sugartone Brass Band
5PM - The Villagers Brass Band
6PM - New Heights Brass Band 
7PM - Night of the Living Funk
8PM - L Train Brass Band with a special intro by 3rd Rail Drumline
After party at Big aLICe Brewing!


BRASSWICK 2021

BRASSWICK 2021
Saturday, October 16
The Yard at 3 Dollar Bill
260 Meserole St, BK

SCHEDULE
4pm Doors
5pm L Train Brass Band // NY
6pm Dingonek Street Band // NY
7pm No Small Money Brass Band // NY
8pm Nation Beat // NY
9pm Guerrilla Fanfare // CO

Food for purchase by @_EmpressEats

Proceeds from this event will be donated to Feed the Second Line-- a non-profit supporting the culture creators of New Orleans to help fortify and preserve NOLA’s amazing + vibrant culture.

$10 suggested donation at the door (pay-what-you can: cash, Venmo, PayPal accepted).

PRE-SALE TICKETS at bit.ly/brasswick21-tix

Find the Facebook event here


BRASSWICK 2020

BRASSWICK 2020 // 3-DAYS // 4 LOCATIONS

THU OCT 22 // 7-9P @ MARIA HERNANDEZ PARK

By the stage area in the middle of the park
7p – L Train Brass Band
8p – Shag Horns

FRI OCT 23 // 7-9P @ ALBEE SQUARE DT BK

7p – Flowmingos
8p – High & Mighty Brass Band

SAT OCT 24 // 11A-2P @ GRAND ARMY PLAZA

By the fountain & arch
11a – Brooklyn Delta Jazz Party
12p – Brass Queens
1p – Bone Apple Tea

SAT OCT 24 // 3-6P @ IRVING SQUARE PARK

3p – L Train Brass Band
4p – Fresh Cut Brass
5p – Hot Hand Band


BRASSWICK 2019

Music. Creation. Growth. Bushwick! Perhaps there’s no event more perfectly suited for our neighborhood’s post-industrial landscape than an urban brass band festival! The inaugural Brasswick in 2019 was the co-creation of community farmspace Good Life Garden and L Train Brass Band with an exciting lineup of horned heavy hitters from NYC’s diverse and eclectic street band scene (compensated from festival proceeds and local grants). After playing and dancing away the afternoon, the garden festivities segued into a full-on, NOLA-flavored second line processional across the neighborhood. 

SCHEDULE
4pm The L Train Brass Band
5pm Brass Queens
6pm Hungry March Band
7pm Trumpet Marmalade

With the DJ stylings of ToniB NYC to keep you groovin’ throughout and Escalation Horns kicking off the after party at Queens Brewery at 9pm!

Good Life Garden is a 13,000-square-foot public garden open April to December that offers arts, culture, and education programming and addresses the socioeconomic needs of the community. Spearheaded by community activist and founder Kofi Thomas, the former derelict park was reclaimed, cleaned up, and cleared out in October 2017.


Brasswick 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 were sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.

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