Singer-Songwriter venues
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Midtown West54 BelowAt 54 Below, every table is within 24 feet of the stage, putting Broadway performers on the scale of a supper-club conversation.Next: Sun Dec 6 · 9:30 PM · 54 Celebrates Hanukkah: A Festival of WritersBushwickAlphavilleAlphaville pairs a Bushwick band stage with a bar you can settle into, making a small concert feel like part of a neighborhood visit.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 7:30 PM · Miles Hewitt, Mol Sullivan, AnywhereKingsbridgeAn Beal Bocht CafeAn Beal Bocht combines an Irish pub's food and pints with live music, poetry and small-scale theater in Kingsbridge.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · FaustoGreenwich VillageBlue NoteBlue Note brings established jazz musicians into a Greenwich Village club that also makes space for soul, hip-hop and younger artists.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 8:00 PM · Robert Glasper OG Acoustic Piano TrioLower East SideBowery BallroomPrimarily a live-music hall, Bowery Ballroom occasionally makes sense for comedy when a touring comic needs a proper stage rather than a club setup.Next: Wed Nov 18 · 7:00 PM · Liana FloresDowntown BrooklynBrooklyn ParamountBrooklyn Paramount stages modern concert tours inside a 1928 movie palace, with the old theatrical architecture still surrounding the crowd.Next: Tue Oct 20 · 7:00 PM · Paris Paloma: The Fatal Flaw TourMidtown WestCarnegie HallCarnegie Hall offers several sizes of close listening, from a solo recital to a full orchestra filling its main auditorium.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 2:30 PM · Matt DoyleRidgewoodCassetteCassette pairs a Ridgewood cocktail bar with a dedicated performance space, so a band booking and a neighborhood drink can share the same visit.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:30 PM · Sachi Keiko (Ep Release), Rebecca Mccartney & Jon Seale, Kenyon DuncanChelseaCity Winery New YorkCity Winery pairs a seated concert with food and its own wines at Pier 57, beside the Hudson River in Chelsea.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 7:00 PM · An evening with Andrew McMahon and his pianoBushwickElsewhereElsewhere spreads live bands and dance floors across three stories in Bushwick, with a rooftop adding an outdoor stage.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · Madi Diaz, TashaGramercyGramercy TheatreNext: Tue Oct 20 · 7:00 PM · Lifehouse - Best Of AcousticUnion SquareIrving PlazaIrving Plaza brings touring bands to Union Square, with a calendar broad enough to move from punk to soul and country.Next: Tue Oct 20 · 6:00 PM · Allison Russell: In The Hour of Chaos TourColumbia Street WaterfrontJalopy TheatreJalopy is a Red Hook listening space and music school where old-time, folk and country players share a stage with the students learning it.Next: Wed Oct 28 · 8:30 PM · Josephine Foster & No Land with sonic-spirit collaboratorsNoHoJoe's PubThe cabaret stage inside the Public Theater's Lafayette Street building, booking named comedy and variety acts alongside music, in front of a seated audience.Next: Thu Nov 5 · 7:00 PM · Basia BulatFlatbushKings TheatreKings brings concerts and live performance into a Flatbush movie palace whose chandeliers make their own argument for arriving before the show.Next: Sat Dec 19 · 8:00 PM · An Evening with Lord HuronEast VillageLa MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa gives experimental performance an East Village home, with visiting artists and local productions sharing a long-running commitment to trying things out.Next: Wed Nov 11 · 8:30 PM · Endless FormsGreenwich VillageLe Poisson RougeLe Poisson Rouge treats contemporary classical music, metal and electronic acts as plausible neighbors on one Greenwich Village calendar.Next: Sun Nov 8 · 7:30 PM · Olivia BartonUpper West SideLincoln Center for the Performing ArtsLincoln Center gathers opera, ballet, orchestral music, theater and film on one Upper West Side campus, with several calendars running at once.Next: Fri Jan 29 · 7:30 PM · Samantha CrainLower East SideMercury LoungeMercury Lounge keeps touring bands and local acts close to the audience on the Lower East Side, with opening sets worth making time for.Next: Mon Oct 12 · 6:00 PM · Brett Cameron SteinbergWilliamsburgMusic Hall of WilliamsburgMusic Hall of Williamsburg gives a standing concert more than one vantage point, with a mezzanine above the floor and bars across three levels.Next: Wed Nov 4 · 7:30 PM · Jeff Tweedy (Solo) with special guest Case OatsWilliamsburgNational SawdustNational Sawdust hides a carefully isolated concert hall inside a former Williamsburg factory, built for close attention to sound.Next: Wed Nov 4 · 7:30 PM · Francisca ValenzuelaStamfordPalace Theatre StamfordThe Palace is Stamford's downtown theater, booking touring comedy, tribute acts and music an hour up the line from Grand Central.Next: Sun Nov 29 · 7:00 PM · Jessica Lynn's A Very Merry Classic ChristmasGowanusPublic RecordsPublic Records puts live music and DJs inside a former ASPCA headquarters in Gowanus, with a plant nursery among its performance settings.Next: Wed Oct 28 · 7:00 PM · Dent May, BenétChelseaRacketRacket puts a 650-person concert upstairs across from Chelsea Market, keeping the stage on a scale where the crowd still feels gathered together.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 8:00 PM · Brennan WedlBushwickSaint VitusSaint Vitus brings its heavy-music identity to Troutman Street, giving Bushwick a dedicated stop for metal and the bands around it.Next: Thu Dec 10 · 6:00 PM · Emma Ruth Rundle, Cinder WellGreenwich VillageTerra BluesTerra Blues takes the music one floor above Bleecker Street, under an arched ceiling in a dedicated Greenwich Village blues club.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM · Bobby Bryan AcousticGreenwich VillageThe Bitter EndThe Bitter End's red brick backdrop frames a Greenwich Village stage shared by generations of songwriters, bands and comedians.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM · Tony LuccaMurray HillThe Cutting RoomA 30-foot guitar gives this Murray Hill music club a suitably oversized calling card, while the performances stay on a club scale.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:00 PM · Barnaby Bright (Indie Folk Singer Songwriter)Midtown WestThe IridiumThe Iridium carries Les Paul's history into a Midtown West club where jazz, rock and blues still make the guitar a central attraction.Next: Wed Oct 21 · 8:30 PM · Acoustic AlchemyBushwickThe Sultan RoomA Bushwick music stage attached to a transplanted Wisconsin supper club, with dinner, kebabs and a rooftop gathered around the same address.Next: Sun Nov 8 · 7:00 PM · Fenne Lily, WilbyMidtown WestThe Town HallThe Town Hall began with suffragists who wanted a public forum, a civic purpose that still gives its concert stage some weight.Next: Thu Dec 3 · 8:00 PM · Jim James (Solo Acoustic) - Wowed Out TourRidgewoodTrans-PecosTrans-Pecos gives all-ages shows a foothold in Ridgewood, with a community program that makes the venue useful beyond the concert calendar.Next: Thu Oct 22 · 7:00 PM · Sarah Katherine Lawless / Evangeline Young / Sofia D’AngeloWilliamsburgUnion PoolA former pool-supply store in Williamsburg, Union Pool puts live bands, a patio taco truck and a neighborhood bar under one address.Next: Tue Nov 10 · 7:00 PM · Hohnen FordGreenwich VillageZinc BarZinc Bar combines jazz and Brazilian music with velvet, brass and an actual zinc bar on West Third Street.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 12:00 AM · Sarah King