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Brooklyn Knitting Factory Opening, Les Savy Fav Playing
Image: Knitting Factory
The Knitting Factory had been a fixture of downtown New York for decades until it closed last year. After much delay, it is finally reopening in Brooklyn, at 361 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg to be exact.
To celebrate their grand opening tomorrow (Wednesday September 9), Les Savy Fav will be playing. It’s all sold out (probably to industry insiders), but the bar will still be open to the public.
They have some great other shows scheduled for September though:
Thursday, September… More »
Free Summer Concerts
Image: Devorah Klein
M. Ward at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, 2008
The schedule for some of the FREE summer concerts are starting to roll in, and so far so good. Here’s what I know so far (please note that there are ticketed shows at some of these venues this summer. Those listed here are all free):
South Street Seaport:
June 27 – New York City Opera
July 03 – Here We Go Magic and Bachelorette
July 10 – The Pains of Being Pure… More »
Yeasayer To Play New Year’s Eve Show
Myopenbar.com is throwing a little New Year’s Eve shindig:
Complimentary Bass Pale Ale and vodka bar all night with live performances by:
11:25pm: Shilpa Ray of Beat The Devil
12:20am: Yeasayer
3:00am: Shellshag
DJs Michael Leviton (La Laque), rekLES and seanMFNRoberts
It’s at Shangri-La in Brooklyn
21+, $15 with RSVP, $20 without. RSVP here.
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