The Awesome 80s Prom is a brand new blast-from-the-past party in the style of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding and The Donkey Show set at Wanaget High's Senior Prom... in 1989! All your favorite characters from your favorite '80s movies are at [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...]

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...]

The Gospel Choir at the Love Fellowshop Tabernacle Church is spectacular (and award- winning). For a rousing spirit lifting singalong, Sunday service is a must.

One of the best small music venues I have been to in New York. Great atmosphere, great acts. Make sure you reserve one of the tables on the raised area around the bar to take in the scene best. They serve dinner, which looks fine [more...]

Even born and raised New Yorkers haven't taken enough advantage of this historic jazz spot in Harlem, right off the 1,2,3 stop at 125th. Go for an authentic, old school jam. Hip in the old sense, and as real as they come.

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...]

This guitar store is known worldwide. It is a music mecca and you should go even if you can only play Mary Had A Little Lamb on your crappy thrift store guitar. The [more...]

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

MOMA has a Summer Contemporary Classical Music Garden Series.
On most summer weekends MOMA presents free concerts of "avante-garde" contemporary classical music in the museum's Sculpture Garden.

This is really neat. BargeMusic at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn, (718) 624-2083, (718) 624-4061.
Bargemusic presents chamber music on a converted barge on the Brooklyn waterfront. There are amazing views of the skyline [more...]

The Juilliard School of Music at Lincoln Center, is a great place to see free concerts by extremely talented classical musicians. The Paul Recital Hall hosts free student recitals almost daily during the school year. A good way to do [more...]

For those with a taste for sophistication, dress up for an evening out with legendary lounge singer Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel, (76th Street and Madison). Just know it's about $60 per person. For all the [more...]

Sweet Basil has sets Monday-Sunday at 9, 11 and (Fri-Sat only) 12:30 am; open daily from noon to 2 am for lunch, dinner, late supper, plus no-cover weekend brunch. [more...]

Metronome has no cover charge or minimum, but the food and drinks are kinda pricey. The things that set it apart from a lot of the hole-in-the-wall places: it's [more...]

Bradley's is at 70 University Place at 11th Avenue. Phone: (212) 228-6440. This is a jazz man's jazz club - they play nothing else. It is pricier than some other places, but in this case, you still get more than what you pay for.