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Ari Folman-Cohen





Sunday 21 December 2025
6 Delancey Street
at the Bowery
Manhattan
Web    Map
[7:30 pm] – sold out
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$20-$50 + $25 min.
Web    Map
(6:30 pm)
$25-$38
209 East 5th Street
btw 2nd Ave and Bowery
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7:15 pm)

country
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm)
Web Site Noé Socha
blues guitar
326 Spring Street
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(8-11 pm)
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
5 PM Otto's Holiday Party & The Hipp Pipps Rock’n’Roll Party!
(6 pm)
Web Site The Rover Boys Trio
rockabilly
(7 pm)
(8 pm)
Web Site The Cynz
Cyndi Dawson
(9 pm)
25 Avenue A
basement of 2A
Manhattan
Web    Map
and others [7:30 pm] – $12.44
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(6-7:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Miss Maybell
middle-eastern instrumentals
(8-9:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Stephane Wrembel
? Ragtime , Traditional Jazz, and Blues
(10 pm-midnight – $20 sugg.)
Web Site(*) Baklava Express
jazz guitar
709 Lorimer Street
near Frost
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
usually no cover
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
333 Douglass Street
inside Threes Brewing, near 4th Ave.
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Web    Map
(7:30-10:30 pm)
Web Site Olli Hirvonen
jazz guitar
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(4-7 pm)
Web Site Alan Lee & the Whiskey Bumps
country and rockabilly with Alan Lee Backer
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Broken Arrows
country
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
solo piano (5-8 pm)
Monday 22 December 2025
169 Avenue A
near 11th
Manhattan
ex Heaven Can Wait, ex East Berlin, ex Lola, ex Coney Island Baby, ex HiFi, ex Brownies...
Web    Map
(9 pm)
Web Site(*) Howlin' Hurd
blues with the Daddy Long Legs frontman
no cover
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Tuesday 23 December 2025
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site(*) Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
Web Site Alex Simon
Gypsy Jazz
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(8-11 pm)
Web Site Vaden Landers
country/rockabilly
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
with Tony Scherr and Tony Mason (7-8:30 pm – $20)
Wednesday 24 December 2025
163 West 10th Street
basement, near 7th Ave
Manhattan
$35 and up
Web    Map
(6 & 7:30 pm)
2 Ave of the Americas
btw Walker & White
Tribeca, Manhattan
2 drink min.
Web    Map
(8-10 pm)
253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
B61 bus toward IKEA from Smith & 9th (F,G Smith/9th), Smith & Livingston (A,C,F Jay St/Metrotech), or Court & Atlantic (2,3,4,5,R Borough Hall/Court)
Web    Map
(8-11 pm)
Thursday 25 December 2025
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm-midnight)
Web Site(*) Gotham City Band
Traditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Laura Rebel Angel
country & rockabilly with Laura Palmer from Screamin' Rebel Angels
Friday 26 December 2025
2 Ave of the Americas
btw Walker & White
Basement of the Roxy Hotel, Manhattan
$35 + 2 drinks min.
Web    Map
(10:30 pm)
Web Site Wayne Tucker
jazz trumpet and vocals
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(7 pm)
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site(*) The National Reserve
a honky-tonk jam shuffle
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(10-0:30 pm)
Web Site The Milkman & Sons
Traditional Blues and Prohibition Jazz
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(8-9:30 pm – $20)
(10 pm-midnight – $20 sugg.)

blues
Saturday 27 December 2025
736 10th Ave
btw 50th and 51st
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Butch Phelps
americana
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(2-4:30 pm)
Web Site Joe Taino
blues
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(8-9:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Jug Addicts
a jug band without jugs?
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(4-7 pm)
Web Site Chris Luquette
jazz or country, depending...
(9 pm-midnight)
1066 Nostrand Avenue
btw Lincoln & Lefferts
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
2/5 to Sterling
Web    Map
(6-7:30 pm)
Web Site Danny Fox
Jazz
Jazz
1 drink min.
1647 Weirfield Street
btw Wyckoff & Cypress
Ridgewood, Queens
L to Halsey
Web    Map
[6:30 pm] – $46
Sunday 28 December 2025
163 West 10th Street
basement, near 7th Ave
Manhattan
$35 and up
Web    Map
(6 & 7:30 pm)
Web Site(*) Sasha Dobson
jazz, country, and anything in between
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm)
Web Site Noé Socha
blues guitar
178 Second Avenue
at E.11th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7-8:30 pm)
the 2025 Farewell Party, celebrating the songs of Connie Francis, Ozzy Osbourne, Sheila Jordan, Brian Wilson, Flaco Jimenez, Roberta Flack, Jill Sobule, and more – $25 + $20 min.
178 Second Avenue
(at E.11th)
(8:30-10:30 pm)

traditional jazz/standards
no cover
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(4-7 pm)

rock/country
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(8-9:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Stephane Wrembel
jazz guitar
Monday 29 December 2025
82 West 3rd Street
btw Thompson & Sullivan
Manhattan
at the bar weeknights: no cover (1drink min); otherwise $10 cover plus drinks.
Web    Map
(7 & 8:30 pm)
$35
709 Lorimer Street
near Frost
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
usually no cover
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
Web Site(*) Sasha Dobson
jazz, country, and anything in between
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
497 Rogers Avenue
at Midwood
Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
2/5 to Sterling or B/Q to Prospect Park
usually $15 sugg. ticketed occasionally
Web    Map
(7:30 pm)
The Music Of Rose Thorne – $40
Tuesday 30 December 2025
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
149 7th Street
btw 2nd and 3rd Aves
Brooklyn
Web    Map
[8 pm] – $43
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
Web Site Miss Maybell
? Ragtime , Traditional Jazz, and Blues
253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
B61 bus toward IKEA from Smith & 9th (F,G Smith/9th), Smith & Livingston (A,C,F Jay St/Metrotech), or Court & Atlantic (2,3,4,5,R Borough Hall/Court)
Web    Map
(8-10 pm)
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Noah G. Fowler
country
Wednesday 31 December 2025
271 Eleventh Avenue
btw 27th & 28th St
Manhattan
Web    Map
(5-8 pm)

country/americana
82 West 3rd Street
btw Thompson & Sullivan
Manhattan
at the bar weeknights: no cover (1drink min); otherwise $10 cover plus drinks.
Web    Map
(8:30 & 11 pm)
Web Site Gotham City Band
Traditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
8:30 - $95/ 11 - $150
Reservations required
253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
B61 bus toward IKEA from Smith & 9th (F,G Smith/9th), Smith & Livingston (A,C,F Jay St/Metrotech), or Court & Atlantic (2,3,4,5,R Borough Hall/Court)
Web    Map
(8-11 pm)
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(10 pm-1 am)
Thursday 1 January 2026
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Gordon Lockwood
Jeremiah Lockwood and Ricky Gordon
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm-midnight)
Web Site Gotham City Band
Traditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
327 Bowery
btw 2nd & 3rd Streets
Manhattan
Web    Map
Hank-O-Rama 2026:
(7:30 pm)
Web Site(*) The Lonesome Prairie Dogs
Web Site Lenny Kaye
yes, that Lenny Kaye
Web Site Demolition String Band
country/americana
Web Site Tammy Faye Starlite
Web Site Jack Grace
folk/americana
Web Site Sean Kershaw
Web Site Monica Passin
Web Site Cliff Westfall
roots/honky-tonk/country
roots/honky-tonk/country
Web Site Katie Curley
country
Web Site Butch Phelps
americana
$21 and up
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(8 pm – $20)
Web Site Baklava Express
middle-eastern instrumentals
Friday 2 January 2026
151 Bleecker Street
at Thompson
Manhattan
usually no cover
Web    Map
(7-10 pm)
Web Site Kyle Lacy
Harlem River Noise rockabilly/r&b trio
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(9 pm)
(10 pm)
(11 pm)
no cover
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site The National Reserve
a honky-tonk jam shuffle
Saturday 3 January 2026
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$50-$150 + $25 min.
Web    Map
and guests (7:30 pm)
and guests. David Bowie Birthday Bash – $35 and up
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(2-4:30 pm)
Web Site Joe Taino
blues
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
Unsteady Freddie's Surf-Rock Shindig:
(8 pm)
Web Site(*) The Supertones
surf, surfer, surfest!
(9:30 pm)
Web Site TarantinosNYC
surf, soul, rock instrumentals
(11 pm)
no cover
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
Web    Map
(4-7 pm)
Web Site Mojohand
jam/southern rock
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Shotgun Shack
classic country
45-58 Vernon Blvd
LIC, Queens
7 to Vernon/Jackson; G to 21st; E/M to 23rd/Ely
no cover, 2 drinks min
Web    Map
(11 pm-1 am)
Web Site Tom Shaner
"Ghost Songs, Waltzes, and Rock & Roll"
Sunday 4 January 2026
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm)
Web Site Noé Socha
blues guitar
163 West 10th Street
basement, near 7th Ave
Manhattan
$35 and up
Web    Map
trio (6:30 pm-8:30 )
151 Bleecker Street
at Thompson
Manhattan
usually no cover
Web    Map
(7 pm)
Web Site Butch Phelps
americana
Tuesday 6 January 2026
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$50-$150 + $25 min.
Web    Map
(7:30 pm)
$55 and up
Wednesday 7 January 2026
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$50-$150 + $25 min.
Web    Map
(7:30 pm)
$55 and up
253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
B61 bus toward IKEA from Smith & 9th (F,G Smith/9th), Smith & Livingston (A,C,F Jay St/Metrotech), or Court & Atlantic (2,3,4,5,R Borough Hall/Court)
Web    Map
(8-11 pm)
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
Thursday 8 January 2026
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$20-$50 + $25 min.
Web    Map
(7:30 pm)
$40
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(9 pm)
$23
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm-midnight)
Web Site Gotham City Band
Traditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
Saturday 10 January 2026
158 Bleecker Street
btw Thompson & Sullivan
Manhattan
ex Village Gate
$25-$40
Web    Map
(7:30 pm)
$25-$35
315 West 44th Street
downstairs at Birdland
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7 & 9:30 pm – $36 and up)
Web Site Boom Tic Boom
Allison Miller, Myra Melford, Todd Sickafoose, and Jenny Scheinman
736 10th Ave
btw 50th and 51st
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm)
Web Site Butch Phelps
americana
335 Newark Avenue
at 5th St.
Jersey City NJ
PATH to Grove
Web    Map
David Bowie Birthday Party:
Web Site(*) The Loser's Lounge
whatever the show demands, always splendidly done
$30
Sunday 11 January 2026
168 Avenue B
btw 10th & 11th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7 pm)
425 Lafayette Street
Manhattan
$30-$80 plus 2 drinks min
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
$30
85 Avenue A
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7 pm)
APAP Showcase – $30
115 Macdougal Street
at Minetta Lane
Manhattan
Web    Map
736 10th Ave
btw 50th and 51st
Manhattan
Web    Map
acoustic (3 pm)
Web Site Butch Phelps
americana
Tuesday 13 January 2026
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
Wednesday 14 January 2026
425 Lafayette Street
Manhattan
$30-$80 plus 2 drinks min
Web    Map
I Hate Memory! (7 pm)
feat. Esme Thorne, David Nagler, Felice Rosser, Marlon Cherry, Tammy Faye Starlite, Konrad Meissner – $42
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
Thursday 15 January 2026
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(10 pm-midnight)
Web Site Gotham City Band
Traditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(8-11:30 pm)
253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
B61 bus toward IKEA from Smith & 9th (F,G Smith/9th), Smith & Livingston (A,C,F Jay St/Metrotech), or Court & Atlantic (2,3,4,5,R Borough Hall/Court)
Web    Map
(8-10 pm)
Web Site Kate Mattison
of 79.5
Friday 16 January 2026
1650 Broadway
in the basement, at 51st
Manhattan
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
$51 - $62
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$50-$150 + $25 min.
Web    Map
hosted by Tammy Faye Starlite & Richard Barone, with Antigone Rising, Richard Barone, Betty, Tracy Bonham, The Chapin Sisters, John Cowsill & Vicki Peterson, Marshall Crenshaw, Amanda Palmer, Madeleine Peyroux , Wesley Stace, Tammy Faye Starlite, Teddy Thompson & Jenni Muldar, Tony Trischka, Loudon Wainwright, & Lucy Wainwright – $30 and up
315 West 44th Street
downstairs at Birdland
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7 & 9:30 pm)
Web Site The Lovestruck Balladeers
Jake Sanders, Aaron Jonah Lewis, Dennis Lichtman, Sean Cronin, and Dalton Ridenhour play old music for the 21st century
album release – $36
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(8:30 pm – $13)
Saturday 17 January 2026
1650 Broadway
in the basement, at 51st
Manhattan
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
$51 - $62
44 East 32nd Street
btw Park and Madison
Manhattan
There is a $25 food/drink minimum on top of the ticket price
Web    Map
performs "Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here?" (7 pm – $23)
Web Site Jen Chapin
jazz
(9 pm – $38)

jazz
315 West 44th Street
downstairs at Birdland
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7 & 9:30 pm)
Web Site The Lovestruck Balladeers
Jake Sanders, Aaron Jonah Lewis, Dennis Lichtman, Sean Cronin, and Dalton Ridenhour play old music for the 21st century
album release – $36
Sunday 18 January 2026
315 West 44th Street
downstairs at Birdland
Manhattan
Web    Map
(7 & 9:30 pm)
Web Site(*) The Lovestruck Balladeers
Jake Sanders, Aaron Jonah Lewis, Dennis Lichtman, Sean Cronin, and Dalton Ridenhour play old music for the 21st century
album release – $36
Monday 19 January 2026
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(8:15 pm)
$39
Tuesday 20 January 2026
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
Tuesday 17 February 2026
66 North 6th Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Web    Map
(8 pm)
$35 and up
Saturday 28 February 2026
61 Wythe Avenue
btw N. 11th & 12th streets
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford; around the corner from the Brooklyn Brewery
Web    Map
(8 pm)
Friday 6 March 2026
319 Frost Street
at Debevoise
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Web    Map
[8 pm]
Saturday 7 March 2026
125 East 11th Street
Manhattan
Web    Map
[7:30 pm]
Friday 3 April 2026
Lincoln Center
(7:30 pm)
$35 sugg.