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Framing the Village 2023: OPEN CALL: Thank you
Open Call for a group exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photography of portraits depicting persons past and present who are associated with, live in, or have lived in Greenwich Village/East Village. All mediums including photography are welcome. The exhibition is being curated by long-time Village artist Marc Kehoe.
What they said about The Village Trip
A selection of reactions to the Village Trip in 2019, from David Amram, The Village Trip Artist Emeritus | Arthur Levy, music historian, researcher and archivist | Andrew Berman, Executive Director, Village Preservation | Gianluca Tramontana, music journalist and broadcaster | Trevor Sumner, President, Washington Square Association
Suzzy Roche
Sing Out! The Village Trip Hootenanny | The Bitter End | Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 7.30pm
Joyce Gold
Salons, Saloons and Lonely Night Vigils: Great American Writers in Greenwich Village | Walking Tour | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 2pm
Dancing in the street – The Village Trip big-tent program offers something for everyone during its nine-day run
The Village Trip program for 2021: music, tours, busking, readings, discussions, and events for children.
Press Coverage 2019
Read Reviews of The Village Trip 2019 The Village Trip Returns With Glorious Hootenanny at Iconic Greenwich Venue Billboard Concerts, poetry and panel talks topped the bigger-and-better Village Trip festival … Read More
The Village Trip 2019 – photographs and reviews
Summer in the city, to coin a phrase from John Sebastian. Late summer in the city in fact, and The Village Trip 2019 was bathed in sunshine as it celebrated … Read More
Woody Guthrie and ‘Old Man Trump’ – The Village Trip hosts Will Kaufman
It was standing room only in the Revelation Gallery at St John’s in the West Village when Will Kaufman hit town to present his livewords-and-music documentary about the life and … Read More
The Village Trip moves into high gear with two key appointments
With dates set for The Village Trip 2019, and new local and creative partnerships to be unveiled shortly, the organisers are thrilled to announce two appointments that will set the … Read More
EVENT: Woody Guthrie vs Trump!
Come join us for an evening of good old American protest songs at St John’s in the Village on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, at 7pm Old Man Trump is the … Read More
Suzanne Vega returns to her roots
Suzanne Vega – whose career began in Greenwich Village in the new folk revival of the 1980s – is to headline Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square, the free concert in Washington Square Park which is the focal point of The Village Trip. Also on the bill are Martha Redbone, and VickiKristrinaBarcelona.
The Village Trip: Press Release
September 27 – 30, 2018 Music | Poetry | Theater | Photography Suzanne Vega to headline concert in Washington Square Park Premiere of Greenwich Village Portraits for Saxophone and Piano … Read More
Legendary club, The Bitter End, to host a celebratory event for The Village Trip festival
The Bitter End, one of the most historic clubs in Greenwich Village, is the venue for the closing event of this year’s The Village Trip festival. On Sunday September 30 … Read More
Danny Kapilian announced as producer of The Village Trip’s concert in Washington Square Park
Danny Kapilian is to produce Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square, the Saturday afternoon concert that is the centerpiece of The Village Trip. Kapilian is a Brooklyn-based producer … Read More
The Village Trip is honored to announce David Amram as Artist-in-Residence
David Amram – whose distinguished seventy-year career embraces every sphere of music and who has collaborated with such diverse figures as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller, Charles Mingus, Hunter S Thompson and Willie Nelson – is to be Artist-in-Residence at The Village Trip.
Memories and reflections of Greenwich Village
Artist Lori Loebelsohn has created an evocative poster for The Village Trip inspired by her longstanding connections with the Washington Square Hotel in Greenwich Village.