Hundreds herd to Governors Island for Dirtybird BBQ
With the Tribute in Light illuminating the sky for the 15th anniversary of 9/11, hundreds of people voyaged across New York Harbor to Governors Island for Dirtybird BBQ — a one-of-a-kind traveling music festival and fair that boasts some of the music industry’s top DJs while also offering authentic barbecue grub.
After initially announcing that the event would take place at the Red Hook Grain Terminal, the party’s curators revealed days before the event that the affair would be spreading its wings across the Buttermilk Channel to Governors Island.
The new venue allowed attendees to party in front of not only the Tribute in Light — an idea that was originally suggested in the Brooklyn Eagle in October of 2001 — but also the beautiful Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn skylines.