An outdoor music fest in the neighborhood! With music and music and music and scooters and more music. The Brooklynbretta Music Festival is an annual event started in 2006 by White Shoe Records, a Brooklyn-based independent music collective, and Brooklynbretta, New York City’s beloved scooter shop. Here are the details.

Time/Location:
644 Sackett between 4th and 5th ave
From noon to nine.

Line-up
1:00 Modern Major Generals
2:00 The Brian Wilson Shock Treatment
3:00 El Jezel
4:00 The City and Horses
5:00 Breakup Breakdown
6:00 Frauke
7:00 Twice As Bright
8:00 The Exeter Popes

plus there will be a special pre-show performance at the start of the fest (noon) by a band called The Snails.

Getting there:
Directions from Manhattan by Scooter
The easiest way to get here is to take the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn. As you exit the Manhattan Bridge you will be on Flatbush Ave. Keep going straight. When you get to 3rd Ave turn right on to Third Avenue. Go about 13 blocks on Third Ave and turn left onto Sackett St. We are located on the right side of the street about two-thirds of the way down the block. Click here for directions from other areas.

By Subway
We are located just around the corner from the Union St. stop in Brooklyn on the R train. When you exit the subway, go across the street towards the Hess gas station. Sackett St is on the far side of the gas station. Turn left and we are about one-third of the way down the block on the left side. Click here for alternative subway directions.

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