Heads of State featuring Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant play the free MLK Jr. Concert Series at Wingate Field in Crown Heights at 7:30 p.m.- Sidi Touré, The Pedrito Martinez Group and Wouter Kellerman play a free show at 7 p.m. at Marcus Garvey Park for Summerstage
- “The Adventures of Robin Hood” screens for free at sunset on the lawn as part of the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
- “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” screens for free at dusk for Coney Island Flicks on the Beach
- “Lion King” screens at 8:30 p.m. on the Astoria Park Lawn for Movie Night in Astoria Park
- NY Moth StorySLAM at The Bell House at 8 p.m.; topic: Sunny
- Books Beneath the Bridge event at Brooklyn Bridge Park with Patti Smith at 7 p.m.
- Words by the Water book event at 7 p.m. at the East River State Park with Soho Crime authors James Benn, Henry Chang and Timothy Hallinan
- Live at the Apple Store: Ingrid Michaelson at the Apple SoHo store at 1 p.m.
- Yosvany Terry plays a Jazzmobile concert at NAC Plaza at Amsterdam Ave at 7 p.m.
- Lucinda Williams at the Bowery Ballroom at 8 p.m.
- The xx play the Music Hall at Snug Harbor Cultural Center at 7 p.m.
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Webster Hall at 7 p.m.
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the Village Vanguard at 9 and 11 p.m.
- Darlene Love at 54 Below at 8 p.m. and Lea DeLaria at 9:30 10:30 p.m.
- Marshall Gilkes Quintet at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
- Barrington Levy plays B.B. King Blues Club & Grill at 8 p.m.
- IAMEVE and Jessica Pomerantz at the Mercury Lounge at 6:30 p.m. and Alt-J at 9:30 p.m.
- Maya Azucena plays the Blue Note at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
- “In Full Bloom” A Benefit Concert For The Wishing Kids Foundation at Birdland at 7 p.m. and Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at 9 p.m.
- The Zombies & The Left Banke at the Highline Ballroom at 8 p.m.
- Old Crow Medicine Show, The Lumineers and The Milk Carton Kids ticketed show at Central Park Summerstage at 6:30 p.m. (sold out)
- “Ryan Raftery King of the Jews” at Joe’s Pub at 7:30 p.m. (sold out)
- Brooklyn Cyclones home game at Coney Island’s MCU Park vs. Auburn Doubledays at 11 a.m.
- Staten Island Yankees home game vs. Lowell Spinners at 11 a.m.
- Tickets for the New York City Ballet 2012-13 season go on sale at 10 a.m.
- Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m to the general public for Lewis Black’s one-man Broadway show, “Running on Empty”
- Empire State Building lights up for the Olympics: North side: Black, Green, Yellow – Jamaica; West side: Red, Blue, White – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; South side: Blue, White, Blue – Israel; and East side: Orange, White, Green – Ireland
