7pm: the l magazine’s audiophile at the brooklyn museum concludes with theophilus london + a special guest. bonus: free vodka 7-8pm. free (rsvp) with $10 suggested museum admission.

8pm (gates open 6:30pm): celebrate brooklyn! kicks of the season with andrew bird. arrive early! prospect park bandshell, free ($3 suggested donation).

10pm: sing-along with common people! belt out your favorites tunes at the return of the 90s sing-along at legion, free.

SATURDAY
11am-4pm: free kayaking at brooklyn bridge’s pier 1 opens for the season

11am-late: brooklyn pride’s 15th annual celebration features a street festival, a 5k run, happy hour specials, and a parade along park slope’s fifth ave. after-parties abound!

2-8pm: williamsburg walks returns! bedforf ave from n. 4th to n. 11th closes to traffic and opens for a giant picnic, human scrabble, walking tours, music, more.

5:30pm: coheed and cambria, adrian belew power trio and tigers jaw perform as part of the williamsburg waterfront concert series, free

10pm: bushwick balkan brass band blowout! performances from raya brass band, slavic soul party, veveritse, more. the morgan (25 bogart st.), $10 adv, $12 door.

SUNDAY
1-6pm: the fourth annual red hook jazz festival gets under way at the urban meadow (president + vanbrunt), $5

3pm (+ 7/3, 8/14, 9/11): east williamsburg’s lady jay’s hosts the ‘kings county cookout,’ with $5 bbq plates (entree + 2 sides) and live country tunes from the dixons. 633 grand, bet. leonard + manhattan, free.

3-9pm: mister sunday with eamon + justin returns this week with more grub, locally brewed drinks and tunes. gowanus grove, $10 adv, $12 door.

ALL WEEKEND
11am-7pm: the 7th annual renegade craft fair features hundreds of indie vendors from around the country. bonus: free workshops! mccarren park, free.

governors island is overrun w. tons of participatory artwork and performances for figment. free.

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Bushwick Open Studios returns for its fifth year next month. Photo from 2009 by Flickr's Joann Kim

Your warm-weather free music plans may have been paywalled or thrown on the rocks indefinitely, but luckily the chance to view loads of incredible art sans-prix is alive, well, and just building up steam for the spring and summer seasons. Scan through our round-up of coming attractions, get that Dali ‘stache growing, and let your inner arts critic run wild (especially since most of these involve free booze). You can even kick off your warm weather season of arts appreciation tonight with DUMBO’s monthly free gallery walk. 

DUMBO & Culture411’s First Thursday Gallery Walk
First Thursday of each month (today!)
If your commitment to the arts took a wintry nosedive, now’s the time to get back out there. DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk returns for May with open studios, art from multiple disciplines and free booze from 5:30-8:30pm between Main and Jay Streets.

Atlantic Avenue Art Walk 2011
June 4-5
Atlantic Avenue holds its eighth annual artwalk featuring the work of more than 300 artists. Studios and venues are scattered throughout Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Gowanus and Downtown Brooklyn. Besides the avalanche of art, the weekend also includes live music, public art projects, films, performances and specials at neighborhood bars and restaurants. Curated tours are also offered free of charge. Find more details, lists of participating artists and businesses, and an events schedule and map here.

Bushwick Open Studios ’11
June 3-5
Bushwick’s premiere arts party returns for a fifth year with a promise of more than 500 participating artists taking over the ‘hood’s streets, parks, lofts, roofs, businesses and studios. Last year’s event sprawled across 3 miles of Bushwick and into Williamsburg, Bed-Stuy and Ridgewood and included special events like a Cabaret show, a 17-band music fest, and a panel and open forum on local housing and commercial policy. Updates to the 2011 schedule can be found here.

Brooklyn Museum’s Target’s First Saturday
First Saturday of each month
This month’s First Saturday lineup is nature-themed with live music and dance performances, a documentary screening, gallery talks, interactive art projects, a book reading and open mic session, and a dance party spinning straight-up Brooklyn soul. If you’re starving for a smorgasboard of arts and culture, this afternoon is your fully-loaded fix. See the full schedule and details for free tickets here.

Renegade Craft Fair, via Paul Kieper

Renegade Craft Fair
June 11-12
For an arts experience that turns up the down-home appeal without compromising its uptown vibes, there is the Renegade Craft Fair in Greenpoint’s McCarren Park. The weekend boasts a “best of” list when it comes to local and national DIY and craft artisans. Peruse the stands for inspiration and take a hands-on workshop to test your trad-ey tricks. Get the deets on what else you can expect here.

Here, a quick look at what some of the other Brooklyn-based artists are up to.

Keiko Hirosue from Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy sells fabric-lined suede booties for $100. www.kstar-nyc.com

Tamara Brooks of Bed Stuy sells wood, sterling and concrete jewelry, $25 to $90. www.tamaura.com

Handmade ceramic cupcakes and muffins, $30 a piece from the Brooklyn-based kg+ab. www.kgrandey.etsy.com

Williamsburg’s Joshua Ben Longo is making furry dolls with severe underbites, $40 and up. www.longoland.com

Colin Gentle of Carroll Gardens sells leather cuffs and chokers for $45 and up. www.cuffmodern.com

PINE CONE CANDLES, $12
When you land an invitation to a richer friend’s roof deck/pool/house in the Hamptons on a 90-degree day, give them a Berdandbee pine cone candle and they’ll think you spent $30 on it. Then help yourself to a glass of their rosé.

RETRO POLAROID PRINT, $20
I love the idea of summer-ing your nest…this boozy, CaryOlivia’s moody beach pic is a perfect staycation for my bathroom. 

BUD VASE, $16
In a sea of letterpress cards and knit hats, these Curve Design bud vases stand out gloriously. So chic. Put them bedside with one bloom you steal from your local deli and be that girl for a while.

HOOKS, $22 a pair
Design alert! These functional-yet-beautiful hooks by Denise DeLong will definitely have friends thinking you’re shopping at DWR or Moss during your off hours.

MUSTACHE CARDS
There’s no price listed but how much can they be? These mustache cards remind me of  the annual event where a bunch of everyday-shavers put down their Mach3s for a some allotted time to see who can grow the best ‘stache. The results are achingly funny, and a little perverse (a lot of them look like they belong on a keep-away-from-your-kids-list). I’ll pick up one of these Virginia Kraljevic cards for our friend who competes….

BIRD FEEDER, $88
It’s a lot if you think of it as spending $88 on birds you don’t really know, but Perch Designs’ lunchbox feeder makes an affordable wedding present for a designy friend.

NECKLACE, $12
Something about Althea Logia’s necklace makes me want to rent the Wackness and drink wine coolers.

Renegade Craft Fair, Williamsburg’s McCarren Park, June 6 and 7, 11-7.