The Bowery Presents will produce eight outdoor concerts this summer on the rebuilt Pier 26 in Hudson River Park, including a show on July 22 featuring the pop-rock trio Fun. and the Canadian duo Tegan and Sara.
An independent concert promotion company based in New York, the Bowery Presents produced more than 20 outdoor concerts last summer in the region, including shows in Central Park, Prospect Park, Pier 63 and on Pier A in Hoboken, N.J. But this is the first time that the company has put on a series of waterfront concerts on the Hudson waterfront in Lower Manhattan.
“Pier 26 is very accessible for fans coming from all over, and we are confident the lineup will be top notch,†said John Moore, a partner at the Bowery Presents.
Sarah Weiss, a spokeswoman for the promoter, said the other seven concerts have yet to be booked. The concerts will be for-profit ticketed events, and the rent will help pay for the par’s operating expenses.
In recent years Pier 26, on West Street near North Moore Street, has been shored up through $70 million in financing from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and is now structurally sound, said Keri Lyon, a spokeswoman for Hudson River Park.
But unlike the adjacent Pier 25, which has green space, a beach volleyball court, and a mini-golf course, Pier 26 has not yet been developed as a park. A dog run is slated to be built near its entrance this spring, but most of the pier remains a bare concrete platform jutting out into the Hudson, closed to the public. “It’s a great way for us to use the pier,†Ms. Lyon said of the concert series. “We haven’t been able to do a lot with it.â€
