• FREE - Vernon Reid & The Barr Brothers- 3rd Annual Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival
• 5:30pm

Tuesday Evenings at 5:30pm (6/21 through 8/16) FREE ADMISSION, NO NEED TO BUY TICKETS!

Every Tuesday from June 21st to August 16th, Trinity Real Estate, Great Performances and City Winery will host a free neighborhood celebration of music, food, and wine. With its downtown location just west of Soho, the Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival is a uniquely urban summer festival for everyone from families and visitors to the after-work crowd. The FREE series of concerts will be held in the backyard of City Winery and features an eclectic mix of musicians, food vendors, artists and full bar service.

All concerts for the Hudson Square Music and Wine Festival are held in the space behind City Winery at 155 Varick Street btw Vandam and Spring Street.

Entry to the festival is from Spring Street, between Varick and Hudson, or from Vandam between Varick and Hudson.

Subway: Take the 1 Train to Houston. A,C,E to Spring Street.

212-608-0555 for additional info

MUSIC THIS WEEK: VERNON REID

Funk and lightning fast solos for the virtuoso named one the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (Rolling Stones)

 Check out the weekly music lineup and festival details.

ABOUT VERNON REID (of Living Color)

"Masque is about identity: Who am I? Really, that question has informed everything I've done, from the beginning of my solo career."

Webster's Dictionary defines an artist as "one who professes and practices an imaginative art; a person skilled in one of the fine arts; a skilled performer." By any of these definitions, guitarist and composer Vernon Reid is a true artist, one whose art is a work forever in progress, from his formative years on the downtown New York jazz/funk/punk scene with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, to his leadership of the pioneering multi-platinum rock band Living Colour, to his collaborations with creative spirits ranging from guitarist Carlos Santana and African singer Salif Keita to choreographers Bill T. Jones and Donald Byrd.

Vernon Reid is probably best known for leading Living Colour. Vernon founded Living Colour in New York City circa 1985 and piloted the band through a remarkable career. Among the highlights: a double platinum-selling debut album Vivid, released in 1988; its gold-certified successor, Time's Up, released 1990; two consecutive Grammy Awards in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance; opening for the Rolling Stones' 1989 "Steel Wheels" tour; and appearing on the first Lollapalooza tour in the summer of 1991. Vernon is thrilled to be working with Living Colour again and is extremely proud of their new album Collidescope, which was released in October of 2003 on Sanctuary Records.