This Park Slope restaurant and bar offers a genteel atmosphere in which to dine and watch the game. Sports fans can dig in to Blackened Catfish, served with Basmati rice and roasted carrots or the Smoked Brisket, served with Mashed [more...]

Whether you come to Three of Cups for their delicious food, their daily Happy Hour, or the DJs spinning 6 nights a week until 4am. Traditional Italian is on the menu; we dig the Spaghetti Puttanesca–spicy plum tomato sauce with [more...]

Pete's Candy Store is a great venue, offering live music every night, along with standup comedy, quiz night, spelling bees, bingo, scrabble, reading series, poetry and no doubt various other activities and performances they can dream [more...]

Lit Lounge is a stocked bar with Rock music DJs and a basement with live band sets or darker lounge space.

The atmosphere is very alternative - with music you can bob your head to and other bar-fiends who enjoy the same scene. If [more...]

Do you Habla Espanol? Even if you don't, SOB's has free salsa lessons on Fridays just before a live salsa band performs putting your two-step to the ultimate test!

SOB's is a jamming place to enjoy many different types of [more...]

Some of the cheaper concert venues in town host bands and singers like They Might Be Giants, Vanessa Carlton, The Automatic, and Joshua Radin. The lounge, itself, hosts smaller bands for more intimate performances.

The venue [more...]

RHYTHM AND BLUES FESTIVAL
Every Thursday from 12noon to 2pm
MetroTech Center

Every week until August 9th, a thursday is graced with a special set of live music bringing blue, jazz, hip-hop, and funk to the streets of [more...]

Even though a cafe spelled with two F's may seem classy, this cozy joint is a comfortable and intimate setting to enjoy various live bands footsteps away from your table. Caffe Vivaldi showcases an interesting mix of rock, alternative, [more...]

So, you want to shoot some pool in the city? Or, maybe some shuffleboard!? Fat Cat on Christopher Street offer a slew of games in its Live Jazz Lounge. Billiards, shuffleboard, and pingpong are $5/person/hour, while Foosball ($1/game), [more...]

Seaport Music Festival
presents
EVERY FRIDAY a free LIVE MUSIC show at the Seaport!
7PM START

From Camera Obscura to Fujiya & Miyagi, bands that I barely know will perform live on Pier 17 by Fulton Street. [more...]

This bar/music venue is decked in red and black and boasts an attractive, but low key staff and a packed dance floor on Saturday nights. They have live music [more...]

Brooklyn's floating concert site, offering world class chamber music. They have all kinds of great student discounts.

JVC Jazz Festival was a blast. From their website (they can explain it better than I can):

Considered one of the most prestigious jazz [more...]

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is one of the biggest, most well-attended festivals in the country. It plays host to three stages, workshops, and a children's area, [more...]

The River to River Festival from May to Sept is the largest Arts Festival in NYC. It happens in several locations:
Downtown NY - Battery Park - City Hall
Many acts and much fun.

We've seen A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Blackalicious’s Lyrics Born here. It's an intimate place in Park Slope and worth the trip - SOUTHPAW on 125 Fifth Ave.

FEINSTEIN’S AT THE REGENCY 212-363-3000 is a great place to go see top notch broadway greats in an intimate space doing a low key, single piano cabaret performance.

S.O.B.'s is an authentic Brazilian dance spot plus some. There are all kinds of live Latin music, Hip Hop, Reggae, and African. Tickets are between $0 - $20. Every weekend is like Carnival in Rio.

This is a classic Rock and Roll venue. Apparently Jagger and Bowie are regulars. The people are crazy fun to watch and hang out with, but if you want to dance, you're in the wrong place. Cover: $20. The China Club.

The Bowery Ballroom Is an Art Deco lounge and concert hall. You can come here to dance to live Electronica, Alternative and Indie-rock. Downstairs opens at 7pm, [more...]