THE GIGOMETER (TM): LAST WEEK
last updated: 2026-05-08 17:54
Thursday 7 May 2026
233 Butler Street
btw Bond & Nevins
Gowanus, Brooklyn
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Web Siteamericana
americana
[7 pm] – $32
253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
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(8-10 pm)
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acoustic
(7 pm)
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https://www.youtube.com/c/queenv
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
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(8-10 pm)
Web Siteballads, boogies & blues
85 Avenue A
Manhattan
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Web Sitemiddle-eastern instrumentals
also Naji Soul [9 pm] – $30
178 7th Avenue South
Manhattan
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with Jason Rigby, Jason Lindner, Chris Morissey
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510 East 11th Street
btw A and B
Manhattan
usually no cover
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(8:30-11 pm)
rock/country
425 Lafayette Street
Manhattan
$30-$80 plus 2 drinks min
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(9 pm)
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$36
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
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(10 pm-midnight)
Web SiteTraditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
Wednesday 6 May 2026
50-04 Vernon Boulevard
LIC, Queens
no cover
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(8-10:30 pm)
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with Charlie Caranicas and Willie Martinez
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
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(8-9:30 pm – $20)
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253 Conover Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
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(8-11 pm)
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6th Avenue and 42nd Street
Manhattan
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(3:30-5 pm)
Web SiteTraditional Jazz with Terry Waldo
151 Bleecker Street
at Thompson
Manhattan
usually no cover
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(7 pm)
Web Siteamericana
425 Lafayette Street
Manhattan
$30-$80 plus 2 drinks min
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a solo retrospective show
(7 pm – $48)
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178 7th Avenue South
Manhattan
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with Jason Rigby, Jason Lindner, Chris Morissey
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510 East 11th Street
btw A and B
Manhattan
usually no cover
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(8:30-11 pm)
Web Siteblues/r&b
326 Spring Street
Manhattan
no cover
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(11 pm-2 am)
Web SiteBlues, Cajun, Country
82 West 3rd Street
btw Thompson & Sullivan
Manhattan
at the bar weeknights: no cover (1drink min); otherwise $10 cover plus drinks.
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(7 & 8:30 pm)
Web Sitejazz piano
$35
Tuesday 5 May 2026
251 Bushwick Avenue
btw Montrose & Johnson Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Web Sitecosmic r&b
and others [7 pm] – $15
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
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(9 pm-midnight)
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376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
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(7-8:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
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709 Lorimer Street
near Frost
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
usually no cover
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(8:30 pm)
Web Siterock/country/americana
(10:30 pm)
Web Sitecountry/rock/folk
J. Killen at 9:30
178 7th Avenue South
Manhattan
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with Jason Rigby, Jason Lindner, Chris Morissey
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510 East 11th Street
btw A and B
Manhattan
usually no cover
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(8:30-11 pm)
Web Sitefolk/americana
1650 Broadway
in the basement, at 51st
Manhattan
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(8:30 pm)
Web Siterock/americana
$38.56 - $51
224 Avenue B
btw 13th & 14th
Manhattan
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(9 pm-midnight)
Web Sitetraditional jazz
Monday 4 May 2026
251 Bushwick Avenue
btw Montrose & Johnson Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Web Siterock
and others [7 pm] – $15
484 Union Avenue
at the BQE
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$5-$10
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(8:30 pm)
Web SiteThe Gospel of Boogie with the Rev on keys and Paula Henderson on barytone.
no cover
169 Avenue A
near 11th
Manhattan
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Woody Guthrie Tribute:
country/americana
with Laura Cantrell, Freedy Johnston, Tammy Faye Starlite, Mary Lee Kortes, Emily Duff, Heidi Lieb, Joanna Choy, and more [7 pm] – $25
228 W. 47th Street
in The Edison Hotel
Manhattan
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(8:30-11:30 pm)
Web Sitetraditional New Orleans jazz
163 West 10th Street
basement, near 7th Ave
Manhattan
$35 and up
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(6 & 7:30 pm – $35)
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Sunday 3 May 2026
503 3rd St
Hoboken Hoboken
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solo
(5:30-7:30 pm)
Web SiteSteve Wynn and The Miracle 3 are one of the best straight-ahead rock bands in New York.
$30
45-58 Vernon Blvd
LIC, Queens
no cover, 2 drinks min
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Thirsty Boots:
(5 pm)
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Web Siteamericana
and guests
354 Grand St,
btw Havemeyer & Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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(8:30-11 pm)
classic blues and americana
251 Bushwick Avenue
btw Montrose & Johnson Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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and others [6 pm] – no cover
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
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(4-7 pm)
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376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
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(8-9:30 pm – $20 sugg.)
Web Sitejazz guitar
(10 pm-midnight – $20 sugg.)
Web Sitejazz violin
315 Columbia Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
usually $10-$15
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Louis Armstrong: "All Music Is Folk Music"
(7:30-9:30 pm)
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$30
Pier 57 in Hudson River Park
11th Ave and 15th St
Chelsea, Manhattan
$20-$50 + $25 min.
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(7:30 pm)
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Nuts & Bolts Revisited – $30 and up
149 Bleecker Street
2nd floor
Manhattan
$5 - $10
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(7-9:30 pm)
Web Site? Ragtime , Traditional Jazz, and Blues
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
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Twangstock:
(6 pm)
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(7 pm)
Web Siteweird...
(8 pm)
Web Sitesurf
(9 pm)
Web Sitelatin surf ... fluctus?
celebrating the 22nd Anniversary of Unsteady Freddie's Surf Rock Shindig!
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
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(10 pm-1 am)
Web Siteblues guitar
Saturday 2 May 2026
45-58 Vernon Blvd
LIC, Queens
no cover, 2 drinks min
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(11 pm-1 am)
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354 Grand St,
btw Havemeyer & Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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(8:30-11 pm)
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345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
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(10 pm-12:30 am)
Web SiteTraditional Blues and Prohibition Jazz
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
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(9 pm-midnight)
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787 3rd Avenue
at 27th St.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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(8 pm)
Web Siteindie rock
no cover
57 Grove Street
near 7th Ave. South
Manhattan
no cover
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(2:30-4:30 pm)
Web Siteblues
6th Avenue and 42nd Street
Manhattan
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band show
(12:30-2:30 pm)
Web SiteRagtime and stride piano.
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
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Twangstock:
(7 pm)
Web Sitesurf/rock instrumentals
(8 pm)
Web Siteinstrumental
(9 pm)
Web Sitesurf
(10 pm)
Web Sitesurf/spy instrumentals
(11 pm)
Web Sitesurf, surfer, surfest!
celebrating the 22nd Anniversary of Unsteady Freddie's Surf Rock Shindig!
736 10th Ave
btw 50th and 51st
Manhattan
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(9 pm)
Web Siteamericana
Friday 1 May 2026
345 Grand Street
btw Havemeyer and Marcy
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$15 + $35 min.
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(10 pm-12:30 am)
trad jazz with Mike Davis
376 9th Street
at 6th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn
usually $15
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(10 pm-midnight – $20 sugg.)
Web Sitejazz/blues
315 Columbia Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn
usually $10-$15
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(8:30-10:30 pm)
Web Siteblues
$25
152 Metropolitan Avenue
at Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
mostly no cover, $5-$10 Thu-Sat
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(9 pm-midnight)
Web Sitea honky-tonk jam shuffle
538 East 14th Street
Manhattan
no cover
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feat. Eric Ambel
(11 pm)
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also Ross Byron Band and Spyder Darling Band from 9 pm – no cover
165 W 26th Street
btw 6th and 7th Ave.
Manhattan
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(7 pm – $20)
Web SiteWeb Sitefolk/jazz
folk/jazz
6th Avenue and 42nd Street
Manhattan
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band show
(12:30-2:30 pm)
Web SiteRagtime and stride piano.