The Venue
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St
Mercury Lounge keeps touring bands and local acts close to the audience on the Lower East Side, with opening sets worth making time for.
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Shape The Night
Before
Lucy'sLucy Mickevicius took the bar over in December 1987 and ran it on her own terms until an eviction closed it in 2024. It reopened in March 2025 under Golden Age Hospitality with the ceiling soundproofed, the bathrooms made accessible and a new jukebox put in, and the rest of the character left alone.
9:00 PM · Halocene
After
The International BarA narrow front bar on First Avenue with a rear alcove and a yard behind it, every surface layered in graffiti and stickers. It opened on St Marks Place in 1979 and moved here soon after, sat empty for years, and was brought back in 2008. The doors open at 10am.