Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NO TIX LEFT FOR BONNEROO If you don't have tickets for the jam band Woodstock, Bonneroo, don't go -- unless you just want to participate in the world's largest parking lot party. Advertisement The three-day camping festival starts Friday in Manchester, Tenn., a remote 500-acre farm 60 miles southeast of Nashville. All 70,000 tickets are gone. A brisk eBay trade is the only remaining way in, to see the biggest names in improvisational rock history go head to head at the same gathering. The main attractions over two nights are Phish lead guitarist Trey Anastasio, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh's group with Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir as special guest, and Widespread Panic, supported by a jam band Who's Who -- Gov't Mule, Galactic, Moe, String Cheese Incident, Les Claypool, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers, Bela Fleck, the North Mississippi All-Stars, Soulive and the Disco Biscuits. Advertisement The bands start early in the afternoon and go until dawn each day in a staggered schedule over four stages. Even the support groups are a high-quality collection of some of New Orleans finest party bands, including top brass bands The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Li'l Rascals Brass Band, and an all-star gospel lineup of Robert Randolph, the Campbell Brothers, Dottie Peoples and the Blind Boys of Alabama. BLOOMBERG CELEBRATES BROOKLYN New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg boogied to the voodoo funk of Dr. John Thursday at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the opening concert of the free Celebrate Brooklyn! festival at the Prospect Park bandshell. The show kicked off the festival's 24th season, a series of shows covering music, dance, spoken word and film. The wide-ranging selection of musicians scheduled to perform mirror the cultural diversity of Brooklyn's polyglot population. Hakim, "The Lion of Egypt," and India's Shabaz perform Friday night, and a Latin music series kicks off Saturday with Bachata superstar Luis Vargas, Coco Merenson and "The King of Merengue," Joseito Mateo. Season highlights include Yo La Tengo on July 12, the Zap Mama DJ Project on July 19, Si Sé, Ely Guerra, and Jumbo as part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference on Aug. 9, and the Machito Orchestra on Aug. 10. Advertisement New events this season include the Budweiser Latin Music Series, which features some of the biggest stars in Latin Music from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba. Daylong cultural festivals, dedicated to the music, dance, food and crafts of Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Africa take place on June 30 (Haitian Kreyol Festival), July 13 (11th Annual African Festival) and Aug. 3 (Boricua Festival). The film series, shown at sundown on selected Thursdays, include "Speedy" (1928) with The Alloy Orchestra on July 18, Walt Disney's Fantasia on July 25 and Alfred Hitchcock's classic "North By Northwest" on Aug. 1. P. DIDDY DIDN'T Rapper Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy, is seldom at a loss for words, but he kept a low profile while reporting for jury duty in Manhattan Civil Court. Combs is familiar with the setting from the defendant's point of view, but this time he enjoyed the view from the jury box. Lawyers didn't question his assertion that he couldn't be an impartial juror and sent him home. VINTAGE SIMON & GARFUNKEL LIVE Simon & Garfunkel never released a live album when they were recording together, but fans of the group know about a state of the art recording from a 1967 Philharmonic Hall concert. Advertisement The recording will finally be released next month on Columbia/Legacy. "Live From New York City 1967" documents a show from Jan. 22, 1967, at Philharmonic Hall in New York City's Lincoln Center. The performance epitomized the folk music era of the 1960's that was about to disappear when the set was recorded. Liner notes are by New York Times writer and Rolling Stone contributor Anthony DeCurtis.
