Bowery Ballroom
Hip-hop, Soul, R&B & Funk, Indie rock, Rock & roll, Reggae, Comedy, Food & Drink, Nightlife
- $
Live music clubs, Full bar, Big kids (5–8), Tweens (9–12), Gay & Lesbian
Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz
What's on at Bowery Ballroom
Great Lake Swimmers + Cold Specks
Indie rock
- $$
Toronto’s Tony Dekker, who records under the moniker Great Lake Swimmers, plays bare-bones songs that spin like an afterword to a schlep across Erie or Ontario: He’s empty and downtrodden from the journey, but wiser for the hardship. Go get pensive tonight,...
- Until Wed May 30
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- advance $15, at the door $17
Joe Pug + David Wax Museum
Blues, Roots & Country
- $$
Young Chicago singer-songwriter Pug recently supported the Flatlanders and has a lot scruffy charm, as well as a lot of songs that sound like Bob Dylan. Right now he's touring behind his second record, The Great Despiser, a typically mellow collection...
- Thu May 31
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- advance $13, at the door $15
Freelance Whales + Lucius + Spanish Prisoners
Indie rock
- Critics' pick
Tonight's show stars Freelance Whales, a Queens band that plays catchy, string-based indie folk that's buoyed by whimsical synths. The band's got a new record coming out later this year, and you'll be hearing from the as-yet untitled LP tonight. Also...
- Fri Jun 1
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- sold out
Anders Osborne
Rock, Pop & Hip-hop
- $$
Though he was born in Sweden, the way Anders Osborne mixes Delta grooves into his chicken-strut funk, you can tell he's an adopted New Orleanian.
- Sat Jun 2
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- $20
Azealia Banks
Hip-hop
- $$
- Critics' pick
The Bowery Ballroom has become the place for heat-seeking stars on their way to world domination to play secret(ish) shows (see also the Weeknd, Frank Ocean), and tonight Harlem MC Azealia Banks kicks off her global tour with this relatively tiny gig....
- Sun Jun 3
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- $25
Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys + Jesse Malin
Blues, Country & folk
- $$
- Critics' pick
Having bounced back from a life-threatening bout with hepatitis C a few years back, late-blooming roots-rock auteur Alejandro Escovedo is making some of the darkest, most personally charged music of his career. The Austin songwriter, who turns 61 this...
- Tue Jun 5
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- $25
The Walkmen
Alternative rock, Indie rock
- $$
- Critics' pick
This long-running New York alt-rock institution celebrates the release of Heaven, its seventh album, with an unusually intimate hometown show. As on its last disc, You & Me, the new set proves that growing older gracefully is not beyond the capacity of...
- Wed Jun 6
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- $25
Jonathan Richman
Rock, Pop & Hip-hop
- $$
- Critics' pick
A Jonathan Richman show is always cause for excitement, particularly in the last few years, as he lightens his Dylan-like touring schedule. A few decades after he helped start punk rock with the Modern Lovers, Richman remains one of the country's most...
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Tue Jun 12
– Wed Jun 13 - Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- $16
Moonface
Indie rock
- $$
- Critics' pick
Spencer Krug, the multi-instrumentalist member of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Swan Lake, is now going solo with Moonface. His third album, With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery, is as dark a summer album as you can get, chronicling his loveless misery....
- Sat Jun 30
- Bowery Ballroom 6 Delancey St, (between Bowery and Chrystie St), Lower East Side, New York
- $15














