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last updated: 2025-12-31 18:11
Happy Birthday Patti Smith!

Uptown E skip Spring St and 23 St Mon & Tue nights Dec 29-31 and Thu night Jan 1



pictures from the archives



Stargazer Lily: Steph Hayes





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)
315 Columbia Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
F or G train to Carroll St. Walk 1 block up Smith St to 1st Place. Make left. Walk down past highway to Columbia St. Make left to 315 Columbia.
usually $10-$15
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
$43
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
486 Halsey St
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
A/C to Utica
$10 per set
Web    Map
(9 pm-11:30p)
Web Site Wayne Tucker
jazz trumpet and vocals
$10
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(10 pm-midnight – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Big Lazy
jazz/blues
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(10 pm-12:30 am)
Web Site The Milkman & Sons
Traditional Blues and Prohibition Jazz
Saturday 3 January 2026
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$50-$150 + $25 min.
Web    Map
(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
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
Web    Map
(8-9:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Jack Grace
folk/americana
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
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Hubby Jenkins
Carolina Chocolate Drops
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
(10 pm-midnight – $20 sugg.)
Web Site Daisy Castro
jazz violin
20-26 Marcy Ave.
btw Hope & Metropolitan
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
G to Metropolitan/L to Lorimer
Web    Map
(3 pm)
$23
Monday 5 January 2026
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
(8:30 pm)
Web Site Laura Rebel Angel
country & rockabilly with Laura Palmer from Screamin' Rebel Angels
no cover
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
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
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
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)

country
no cover
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
(8-10:30 pm)
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
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
(9 pm)
Web Site The Rover Boys Trio
rockabilly
(10 pm)
Web Site GoatRoper
Abbey Janii & Mike Lee play country-rock
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
Friday 9 January 2026
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
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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
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(10 pm-12:30 am)
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
(10 pm-1 am)
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
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
Web    Map
(8 pm)
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Hubby Jenkins
Carolina Chocolate Drops
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
Thirsty Boots:
Web Site Emily Frembgen
folk/americana
Web Site Leah Tash
Web Site Low Roller
americana/country
also Robert Bock, Caroline Kuhn, Mert Spalty [5 - 8 pm]
Monday 12 January 2026
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
(10 pm)
Web Site Miss Maybell
? Ragtime , Traditional Jazz, and Blues
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
486 Halsey St
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
A/C to Utica
$10 per set
Web    Map
(9 pm-11:30p)
$10
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
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
(10 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
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Hubby Jenkins
Carolina Chocolate Drops
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
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Samoa Wilson
traditional/old time
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
(7:30 pm)
Web Site Byzantine Stompers
Erik Della Penna, Daisy Castro, and Wade Schuman
no cover
Monday 19 January 2026
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(8:15 pm)
$39
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
(8 pm)
(9 pm)

folk/americana
Tuesday 20 January 2026
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
Wednesday 21 January 2026
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(8:30 pm – $28)
feat. Ricky Byrd, Jeff Kazee, Aaron Comess, Bob Stander
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
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
(10 pm)
Web Site GoatRoper
Abbey Janii & Mike Lee play country-rock
Thursday 22 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
1066 Nostrand Avenue
btw Lincoln & Lefferts
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
2/5 to Sterling
Web    Map
(8-11 pm)
Web Site Steve Cardenas
Jazz guitar.
Jazz guitar.
1 drink min.
Friday 23 January 2026
147 Bleecker Street
at LaGuardia Pl.
Manhattan
usually $7-$10
Web    Map
(9:30 pm – $18)
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Miss Maybell
? Ragtime , Traditional Jazz, and Blues
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
7th Ave btw 133rd and 134th
Harlem, Manhattan
135th St stop on the 2/3 or B train; M2 bus
Web    Map
(8-10 pm)
Web Site Bill Popp and The Tapes
back to the 60s!
Saturday 24 January 2026
235 W 46th Street
near 8th Ave.
Manhattan
Web    Map
(8 pm)
$59 and up
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
Web    Map
(10 pm-12:30 am)
Sunday 25 January 2026
315 West 44th Street
Manhattan
Web    Map
(5:30 pm – $36 and up)
Web Site Miss Maybell
? Ragtime , Traditional Jazz, and Blues
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
Web    Map
(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site Samoa Wilson
traditional/old time
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
(5-8 pm)
Monday 26 January 2026
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-midnight)
Web Site Demolition String Band
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
(7 & 8:30 pm)
$35
Tuesday 27 January 2026
36 Peck Slip
at Front St
Seaport District, Manhattan
2/3/A/C/J/Z to Fulton
Web    Map
(7-10 pm)
Web Site(*) The Combine
standards/ exotica/ pop instrumentals with Jonathan Gregg and the gang
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
Web    Map
(9 pm-midnight)
Web Site Mona's Hot Five
traditional jazz
Wednesday 28 January 2026
486 Halsey St
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
A/C to Utica
$10 per set
Web    Map
(9 pm-11:30p)
Web Site Big Lazy
jazz/blues
$10
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
7 Train To Vernon Jackson
ex Domaine Wine Bar
no cover
    Map
(8-10:30 pm)
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
(10 pm)
Web Site GoatRoper
Abbey Janii & Mike Lee play country-rock
Thursday 29 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
Friday 30 January 2026
6 Delancey Street
at the Bowery
Manhattan
Web    Map
[7 pm] – $38
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 Ricky Stein
country rock
503 3rd St
Hoboken NJ
Web    Map
(7:30-9 pm)
$35
Saturday 31 January 2026
6 Delancey Street
at the Bowery
Manhattan
Web    Map
[7 pm] – $38
1650 Broadway
in the basement, at 51st
Manhattan
Web    Map
(8:30 pm)
1066 Nostrand Avenue
btw Lincoln & Lefferts
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
2/5 to Sterling
Web    Map
Passerine (8-11 pm)
1 drink min.
486 Halsey St
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
A/C to Utica
$10 per set
Web    Map
(9 pm-11:30p)
$10
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 Sam Brown
singer/songwriter; country
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.