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New York, NY
The Delancey, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a three level club consisting of a music venue, main level bar and rooftop garden. Georgie’s Downstairs Lounge is a performance space equipped with private bar, DJ booth, backline, and state-of-the-art light and sound system. The room accommodates a wide spectrum of events including local, national and international acts, DJs, and private parties. ...
New York, NY
Arlene’s Grocery opened its doors in 1995 as one of the first live music clubs in New York’s Lower East Side. The venue includes two unique spaces. The 75-capacity front bar of Arlene’s Grocery is known as The Butcher Bar. Accommodating up to 110 guests, The Venue is a versatile space with a state-of-the-art sound system, theatrical lighting, and a full bar. ...
New York, NY
Established in 2006 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, Jalopy Theatre and School of Music is a multi-faceted arts space showcasing folk, roots, bluegrass, country, blues and traditional world music from local and traveling artists. The venue has a full kitchen, bar, sound setup, and instrument backline. The School of Music also offers music workshops, classes, and instruments for sale. ...
New York, NY
Created by musicians, for musicians, Brooklyn Music Kitchen is a restaurant and music venue in Clinton Hill that gives local and global artists the opportunity to perform, record, and stream their performances from a live soundstage in an intimate setting. Every Wednesday, bring your instrument or your voice and get up on stage with the house band. ...
New York, NY
Our Wicked Lady is warehouse bar with a rooftop terrace located in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. With rehearsal spaces and artist studios attached, OWL is a bar for Brooklyn’s artist community presenting a wide variety of live shows, rooftop dance parties, and more. ...
New York, NY
Established in 1976, Rough Trade NYC is the leading US independent record store, offering the latest and greatest new music on vinyl. In addition to music, the store features a curated selection of books, Rough Trade t-shirts and totes, turntables, posters and the world famous Rough Trade photo booth. Rough Trade hosts live in-stores and “artist signing” events and stages live events at the Rainbow Room and Rockefeller Plaza, showcasing exciting new talent as well as more familiar legends. ...
New York, NY
Knockdown Center is an art, performance, and live music space in Queens, NY, dedicated to cross-disciplinary projects and collaborations. The converted factory building is comprised of multiple event spaces with adjoining outdoor areas, an art gallery with adjoining Annex, and a unique basement.
The 3,100-capacity Main Hall is a state-of-the-art room for concerts and cultural events that includes original architecture, beams, and surfaces from its form life as a door factory. The venue features a world-class sound system from L-Acoustics.
Arizona offers a more intimate environment suitable for performances, pop-ups, markets, immersive events and concerts.
Texas is a 220-capacity space for concerts, performances, and panel discussions.
The Ready Room is an intimate space tucked inside the venue’s open atrium. It is used for meetings, record release parties, and smaller arts events. The bar remains open during most KDC events.
BASEMENT opened in 2019 underneath the Main Hall of Knockdown Center. The 21+ venue is New York’s home for top and up-and-coming underground techno talent from all over the world.
The Ruins is a 1,550-capacity backyard and patio that is home to seasonal outdoor concerts, parties, performances, and community events. ...
New York, NY
First opened in 2015, Avant Gardner is a multi-functional event space, concert venue, and nightclub located in East Williamsburg’s industrial district in Brooklyn, NY. The vast indoor-outdoor complex includes three separate event spaces: The Brooklyn Mirage, The Great Hall, and The King’s Hall.
The Brooklyn Mirage is a 5,000-capacity open-air sanctuary with an inner courtyard surrounded by towering walls and a captivating 200 foot LED wall. The state-of-the-art venue boasts a KV2 sound system, three-dimensional video projection mapping technology, laser displays and pyrotechnic capabilities.
The Great Hall is a 3,400-capacity warehouse venue with exposed beams and brick walls. A two-level platform gives a viewpoint over hall’s enormous dance floor.
The Kings Hall holds an intimate 800. The venue features world-class KV2 sound, intricately designed lighting fixtures, and complete a dance floor. ...
New York, NY
Opened in 2019, The Shed is an arts and cultural center in Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side. The Shed’s highly adaptable Bloomberg Building is an eight-level structure that includes two large gallery spaces, a versatile theater, and multiple event spaces. The Shed brings together established and emerging artists to create new work in fields ranging from pop to classical music, painting to digital media, theater to literature, and sculpture to dance.
The Shed’s largest space, The McCourt, is formed when a telescoping outer shell is deployed over the adjoining plaza, doubling the building’s footprint. An iconic space for large-scale performances, installations, and events, The McCourt can accommodate a seated audience of 1,250 or up to 2,000 standing.
The Kenneth C. Griffin Theater, on Level 6, seats up to 500 people and can be transformed into two smaller spaces to create more intimate event settings.
The Shed’s column-free, museum-quality galleries on levels 2 and 4 provide large, open spaces for events.
The Tisch Skylights and Lab, on Level 8, are striking spaces for events, rehearsals, and artist development that seat approximately 450 people, with standing room for 750. ...
New York, NY
Nublu is a unique club and record label from the cultural epicenter of New York City, the East Village. There are three entities of the Nublu universe: a live music venue, a record label, and the Nublu Jazz Festival. ...
New York, NY
House of Yes is a performance-infused nightclub and creative collective located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The venue showcases nightlife parties, cabaret shows, circus spectacles, immersive cinema and more in a former ice warehouse. ...
Bars and Event Venues
New York, NY
Opened in 2011, Saint Vitus Bar is a sleek, dark, metal bar and club in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. As well as a venue for the local NYC underground music scene, Saint Vitus is host to local art exhibits, late night synth parties, film screenings, comedy shows, and even heavy metal yoga. The stage is in the bar’s back room. ...
New York, NY
Established in 2013, Baby’s All Right is an independently funded and operated music venue in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. It is comprised of three separate spaces. The Live Room is equipped with a stage and sound system, perfect for a performance based event or a cocktail party with a DJ and dancing. Featuring a service bar and seating, the Restaurant is partitioned from the dance floor. The Front Lounge is steps way from the front bar, DJ booth, and dance floor. ...
Music Venues and Theaters
New York, NY
The ISSUE Project Room is a music venue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2003 by Suzanne Fiol. Located in Downtown Brooklyn, the venue supports a wide variety of contemporary performance, specializing in presenting experimental and avant-garde music. ...
New York, NY
The Hammerstein Ballroom is located within the Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan. A former opera house built in 1906, the ballroom now provides performers with production technology that combines live events with in-house TV/audio recording studios and state-of-the-art post-production suites. ...
Bars and Event Venues
New York, NY
Located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Littlefield is a hip and eco-friendly performance and art space and one of New York’s premier independent live venues since 2009. The venue is fully equipped with a state-of-the-art surround sound system, a customizable LED stage wall, full backline, and full bar. Events include comedy, live music, dance parties, podcasts, art, film and theater. ...
New York, NY
Located in the heart of East Village, DROM is an intimate lounge presenting local, national and international performers in diverse genres from jazz and rock to electronic, soul and funk to hip-hop and world music. DROM also presents burlesque shows, film screenings, dance, comedy, musical theater, and more. DROM has a standing room capacity of 300 people, or cabaret-style seated format of 150 people. ...
New York, NY
Open since 1982, S.O.B.’s (aka Sound of Brazil) is a legendary live music venue in the lower Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo. Emerging artists and industry veterans alike love the opportunity to connect with their fans on a personal level in the intimacy of this room. SOB’s draws both local and international crowds to experience Latin, R&B, hip-hop, Haitian, Brazilian, Caribbean, alternative and world music. ...
New York, NY
Located in Hudson River Park in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, City Winery is a premier live entertainment and music venue with events every day of the week. From large acts on the main stage to more intimate ensembles in The Loft, City Winery NYC hosts big names and up-and-comers alike in every genre from folk to classic rock to comedy. The main stage event space has a built-in stage, state-of-the-art sound and production, and on-site catering in a unique urban winery atmosphere. ...
New York, NY
Opened in 1998 in New York City’s Lower East Side, The Bowery Ballroom is the city’s premiere live music venue. Bowery provides a space unlike any other with three unique floors: the lounge on the lowest level, The Ballroom on the main floor, and the mezzanine above. ...
New York, NY
(le) poisson rouge was founded by musicians in 2008 in the heart of New York City’s historic Greenwich Village. Indie rock, contemporary classical, electronica, metal, jazz, world music, and everything in-between are equally at-home at this underground live music sanctuary. The Main Room at LPR holds up to 700 guests and features a modular stage. The adjacent Gallery Bar holds 150 and hosts art exhibitions, stand-up comedy, drag queen bingo, and more. ...
New York, NY
ShapeShifter Lab is a two-story music and arts space in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The downstairs has a current capacity of 75. The upstairs features a 1250 sq ft space for yoga, live performances, workshops, seminars, dance lessons, and more. ...
New York, NY
Lucky 13 Saloon is a killer metal bar and music venue in Brooklyn, NY, with a back room and live dancers. ...
Bars and Event Venues
New York, NY
Purgatory Brooklyn is a predominantly women and queer-owned bar, venue, and creative space for artists, musicians, and anyone in between. Founded in 2019, Purgatory is a cozy club located in the heart of the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The venue has a bar and small mezzanine area plus individual rooms and nooks named the pink room, blue room, and red room. ...
Bars and Event Venues
New York, NY
Starr Bar is a nightlife venue in Bushwick, Brooklyn that celebrates and supports movements for social justice. Starr Bar hosts parties, mixers, live music, art shows, open mics, karaoke nights, meetings, political discussions, fundraisers, film screenings and film shoots. The event space features a full bar, multiple seating areas, a large dance floor, stage, a high-quality sound system, a HD projector, a full backline, and a full kitchen. ...
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