Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry was a music festival curated by Bryce and Aaron Dessner that took place May 3-5 2012 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The festival showcased the contemporary Brooklyn music and film scene and included performances by the Walkmen, St. Vincent (musician), Beirut (musician), The Antlers (band), yMusic, So Percussion, Jherek Bischoff and newly commissioned films by Jonas Mekas, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tunde Adebimpe, among others.
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