THISWKNEW YORK
AN EXPERIENCE EDIT

Live music & nights

Live music and dance floors. Pick the room, bring your people.

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Piano in Bryant Park

Ragtime and stride on the Bryant Park piano, lunchtime, very civilized.

Tue Sep 22
Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park)
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Climate Jam

Climate Jam returns to Brooklyn Bowl for year two, a Climate Week benefit for Protect Our Winters with Karl Denson and a stacked lineup...

Tue Sep 22
Brooklyn Bowl
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Kalisway

Kalisway at Mercury Lounge, $15 at the door, 9pm doors — a low-stakes LES weeknight if you're already in the neighborhood.

Wed Sep 23
Mercury Lounge
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Golden Hour at Greeley Square Park

Jalopy, the Jazz Gallery, Sofar and friends take turns programming a free sunset set in the middle of Midtown — a real festival lineup...

Thu Sep 24
Greeley Square Park
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Paul Cauthen

Paul Cauthen's big-room country voice at Bowery Ballroom — the kind of show that fills up by door time.

Thu Sep 24
Bowery Ballroom
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TopHouse

TopHouse at Brooklyn Bowl — eight pm, eighteen plus.

Thu Sep 24
Brooklyn Bowl
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William Beckmann

A $20 country set at Mercury Lounge, which is usually a good sign.

Fri Sep 25
Mercury Lounge
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Horse Jumper of Love

Horse Jumper of Love at Warsaw, a quiet indie show worth cabbing to Greenpoint for.

Fri Sep 25
Warsaw
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Piano+ #52

An evening of new piano pieces at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, composers in the room, a glass of wine after — the kind of small,...

Fri Sep 25
Old Stone House (in Washington Park)
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CLUB SLAYYY: SLAYYYTER + HYPERPOP NIGHT

A hyperpop DJ set at Bowery Ballroom spinning Charli, SOPHIE, and Kim Petras all night — basically a genre mood board with a dance floor.

Fri Sep 25
Bowery Ballroom
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Yellow Shoots, Kendra Morris

A 9pm soul show at Mercury for $17 — the kind of late set that rewards being already downtown.

Fri Sep 25
Mercury Lounge
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The Holdup

Mercury Lounge, three bands, $22 in advance, doors at 9. A real Lower East Side kind of night.

Sat Sep 26
Mercury Lounge
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Smaller rooms.
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