Free Kick-Off Concert on Eighth Street
Intersection of Eighth and MacDougal streets Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United StatesDavid Amram will headline a free outdoor concert to launch The Village Trip 2021 and will be joined by special guests, including Rene Manning, Earl McIntyre, and guitar quartet Bodies Electric.
Walk on the Wild Side: The Folk Scene, Before and After Bob Dylan
Abingdon Square Veterinary Clinic 130 West 10th Street, New York, United StatesMusic historian Jesse Rifkin leads us back, “down the foggy ruins of time”, on a tour of places associated with the folk revival. The tour examines the fabled Greenwich Village folk music scene of the early 1960s while largely ignoring its most famous participant, Bob Dylan. Instead, we'll discuss both the flourishing scene that predated […]
Land of the Blacks Walking Experience
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesBlack Gotham Experience will present a walking experience called "Land of the Blacks" for The Village Trip 2021. The walk will center around the lives of Black people that lived in the area in and around Washington Square Park. Participants can expect to travel through mind and time to see the African impact on New […]
Storytime in Washington Square Park
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesChildren's Book Readings. Hear authors, including Diane Zahler, Ann Burg and Giselle Potter, read from their latest books and take questions from the audience. Free for kids of all ages. More about Ann Burg. More about Giselle Potter. More about Diane Zahler. The readings will be in the northwest corner of the park.
Busking in Father Demo Square
Father Demo Square 220 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesFolk, rock, jazz, classical – come and experience the infinite variety of Village music and musicians!
Eating the Village: Pizza, pork, pastries, and more
Visit some of the Village's independent food purveyors--from the city's oldest butcher to a favorite pizza parlor and a French pastry shop--and hear the stories behind them and the neighborhood. Samples from each location are included in the price of the tour. This tour is offered by Manhattan Walking Tours. To receive a special 25% […]
Bad, Rad, and Boho Women of the Village Walking Tour
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesJoin public historian Kathleen Hulser to hear about mavericks such as Emma Goldman, Isadora Duncan, Dorothy Day, Mabel Dodge, Louise Bryant, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Jane Jacobs, and Angela Davis and the many other rebellious spirits who left their mark on Greenwich Village – and on the world. More about Kathleen Husler. Meet […]
Hear The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Bill Groom, Production Designer, talk about the hit series
North Square Lounge at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesHear Bill Groom, production designer of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, talk about using Greenwich Village as one of the key locations for the hit television series and how he and his team are able to turn back the clock to mid-century. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel recently wrapped filming on season four. More about Bill Groom. Ticket […]
From Washington Square to Stonewall: An LGBT History Walk
Join the experts at the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project for a walking tour of Greenwich Village. Learn about the LGBT presence in the Bohemian Village and hear about the places and people from the 1890s through the post-Stonewall LGBT civil rights movement and their lasting impact on American culture. Stops will include places connected to groups […]
Smash Cut: Author Talk with Brad Gooch
Lobby Bar at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesBrad Gooch will speak about his book Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the 70s & the 80s. Vanity Fair has described the memoir, chronicling an incandescent moment in Greenwich Village and downtown New York City, as “A gorgeous memoir…a potent mix of love, art, and death.” More about Brad Gooch. A drink is […]
West Village Theater Crawl
Visit the Lucille Lortel, Cherry Lane, Rattlestick, the New Ohio Theater and other theaters and hear about their illustrious histories, the talented people who have performed there, and their upcoming shows. Meeting point Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street.
Diana Wege’s Earth Requiem: Wake Up + World Premiere of Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola by David Amram, performed by Consuelo Sherba
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A unique opportunity to experience Eve Beglarian’s opening movement of Earth Requiem: Wake Up and the world première performance of Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola by David Amram, Artist Emeritus of The Village Trip, commissioned for this year’s festival by the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music. Performed by Consuelo Sherba.
“It’s Difficult to Write This Without Sounding Alarmist…” Larry Kramer and the Start of AIDS Activism
NYC AIDS Memorial Park 76 Greenwich Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe quote comes from the start of Larry Kramer’s first article on AIDS, “A Personal Appeal” published in August 1981 in the New York Native, a gay newspaper of the time. This year marks the 40th anniversary of those first reports of the disease that became known as AIDS. NBC’s Bill Goldstein, who is writing […]
Lorraine Hansberry’s Village Voice
Virtual Webinar on ZoomPlaywright, activist, and villager Lorraine Hansberry is best known for her award-winning play A Raisin in the Sun, which premiered on Broadway in 1959. She had an unflinching commitment to social justice which brought her under FBI surveillance in her early twenties. Hansberry was close friends with James Baldwin as well as Nina Simone, whose […]
An Evening of Chamber Music by Harold Meltzer
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A journey through the “graceful, sensual and contemplative” sound worlds of the much-garlanded East Village composer
New York Studio School – A Tour of the Arts with Bee Chessman
New York Studio School 8 West 8th Street, New York, NY, United StatesSince its founding in 1964, the New York Studio School has been an innovator in arts education, prioritizing daily continuity of study for artists through work in the studio. In 1965, the school moved into what had been the original Whitney Museum of American Art on West 8th Street, where it continues today to offer […]
New York Studio School – A Tour of the Arts with Bee Chessman
Since its founding in 1964, the New York Studio School has been an innovator in arts education, prioritizing daily continuity of study for artists through work in the studio. In 1965, the school moved into what had been the original Whitney Museum of American Art on West 8th Street, where it continues today to offer […]
Eating the Village: Pizza, pork, pastries, and more
Visit some of the Village's independent food purveyors--from the city's oldest butcher to a favorite pizza parlor and a French pastry shop--and hear the stories behind them and the neighborhood. Samples from each location are included in the price of the tour. This tour is offered by Manhattan Walking Tours. To receive a special 25% […]
David Del Tredici, in Black and White
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
Pianist Marc Peloquin celebrates the keyboard music of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Westbeth composer, with whom he enjoys a symbiotic relationship
Painting the Village: The Village Trip Arts Walk with a Village Artist
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesJoin historian, painter, filmmaker, performance artist and exuberant raconteur Marc Kehoe for a stroll through the artist's Greenwich Village, birthplace of American Modern Art. Greenwich Village, has spawned more influential artists than any other place in America. Walk the Village streets and hear tales of Sloan, Duchamp, Gertrude Whitney, Pollock, Berenice Abbott, Schnabel among many, […]
Walk on the Wild Side: The Birth of Punk
NYU D'agostino Hall 110 West 3rd Street, New York, NY, United StatesMusic historian Jesse Rifkin traces the development of the city's punk scene, from Andy Warhol's discovery of the Velvet Underground in the mid-'60s through the early-'70s glam rock scene and culminating in punk's emergence in the mid- and late-'70s. See venues, homes, and album cover locations associated with artists such as the Ramones, Lou Reed, […]
Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square – Free Concert in the Park with Bobby Sanabria and His Multiverse Big Band
Garibaldi Plaza Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesA free concert headlined by Latin jazz great Bobby Sanabria and his Multiverse Big Band, plus friends and special guests, including Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer. Bring your dancing shoes for the ultimate high-energy, feel-good afternoon.
The Joy of Music: A Concert by Students of The Third Street Music School Settlement
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
Music is not a luxury but a necessity. Since 1894, Third Street has ensured that every child experiences its transformative and enriching power
Bodies Electric Celebrates the Music of Edgard Varèse, and Frank Zappa and the Psychedelic Circus
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesFathers of invention – the first wild man of classical music and the cultural gadfly. Two great iconoclasts who never met yet have much in common
Eating the Village: Pizza, pork, pastries, and more
Visit some of the Village's independent food purveyors--from the city's oldest butcher to a favorite pizza parlor and a French pastry shop--and hear the stories behind them and the neighborhood. Samples from each location are included in the price of the tour. This tour is offered by Manhattan Walking Tours. To receive a special 25% […]
Walking Tour with David Amram: Sixty-five Joyous Years in the Village
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesA truly unique opportunity to join Village Trip Artist Emeritus David Amram on a walk through his own gilded and colorful life. Photo shows Larry Rivers, Jack Kerouac, David Amram, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso.
Sing Out! The Village Trip Hootenanny
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A glorious finale to The Village Trip! Join Christine Lavin and friends David Buskin and Robin Batteau, David Massengill, Hannah Reimann, Michele Temple and of course David Amram, Artist Emeritus of the festival, for the now-traditional Village Trip hoot, a celebration of the New York folk revival and its rich and enduring heritage.
BLUE: celebrating the 50th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s acclaimed album
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesHannah Reimann and Michele Temple perform Joni Mitchell's Blue in its entirety, a performance that marks the album’s fifty-year anniversary.
Framing the Village Exhibition
Revelation Gallery at St John's in the Village 218 W 11th Street, NY, United StatesBy the 1850s, the Village was a living art colony and by the time sculptor and heiress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney established her first gallery in MacDougal Alley in 1907 there was an embarrassment of riches for her to choose from.
NYU & Washington Square: Walking Tour with Architect Kyle Johnson
Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United StatesTour the Washington Square area and hear architect Kyle Johnson talk about NYU’s impact on the neighborhood and some of the key buildings it has erected and renovated around the park.
Eating the Village Food Tour: Pizza, pastries, and more
Experience this culinary and cultural hot-spot of downtown Manhattan. Discover New York City’s most historic residential neighborhood, Greenwich Village. Hidden streets, gorgeous Brownstones, and the best pizza in NYC are just a few of the highlights waiting for you on this small-group food tour. This tour is given daily.
OFFBEATS Sidewalk Book Launch
Printed Matter 38 St Marks Place, NY, United StatesLower East Side artist-archivist Clayton Patterson and author John Strausbaugh come to Printed Matter/St. Marks for a sidewalk launch and sale of their new book OFFBEATS: LOWER EAST SIDE PORTRAITS. It's a collection of their writings about some fascinating Lower East Side figures who have given the neighborhood its unique character. It includes portraits of […]
The Village Trip – The Eighth Street Experience
Intersection of Eighth and MacDougal streets Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United StatesThe David Amram Septet plus pianist Dave Keyes and special guests kick off this year’s Village Trip and are joined by Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars at this family friendly, outdoor street party. Food, fun, furry friends and games for children of all ages – it’s all happening on Eighth Street as we herald our fourth neighborhood festival.
The Village Trip GuitarFest:
Ah, Let’s go Back to the Village
St John’s in the Village
218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States
Celebrate the Jack Kerouac centenary with the world premiere of David Amram’s Ah, Let’s Go Back to the Village, a chamber music composition commissioned by The Village Trip and based on text from Kerouac’s book Lonesome Traveler. Tilted Axes – twenty electric guitars – kick off this unique guitar extravaganza. There follows a program of South American guitar music, and twenty classical guitarists wrap up, joining David Amram, who will jam on his score for the Robert Frank film Pull My Daisy.
Steven Zumbo
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesSteven Zumbo presents an eclectic show of story and song, delivered with his unique, comedic touch and rich voice.
Labor Rights After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Social Justice Walk with Historian Daniel Katz
Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, NY, United StatesOn Saturday, March 25, 1911, at the end of the work day, a fire began on the 8th floor of the Triangle Garment Factory. Within thirty minutes,146 of the 500 workers laboring on floors eight, nine, and ten would die. The tragedy provoked outrage, union movement building, and led to political reform.
East Village TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour
Puck Building 295 Lafayette Street, NY, United StatesTake part in the action of downtown NYC! On the East Village TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour, you'll be able to pose in front of The Puck Building featured in Will & Grace and American Psycho; explore St. Mark’s Place to see locations from Desperately Seeking Susan, Broad City and Mad Men; visit Veniero’s […]
The Dark Side of Bohemia: Peace, Love, and Murder among the Hippies and the Beats, walking tour
SW corner of East 9th Street and Avenue C 137 Avenue C, NY, United StatesPeace, Love, and Dismemberment - the flip side of a magical mystery tour, this “tragical history tour” will explore the dark side of utopian Greenwich Village bohemia. Your tour guide, Eddie Newton, is New York City's leading true crime historian.
You n Yours: The Father File
HB Studio Playwrights Theatre 124 Bank Street, NY, United StatesScreening of David Deblinger's "pilot for a 'Sesame Street for adults,'" mining New York's great creativity and diversity to explore one word, "Father."
Classical Jack: Chamber Music Which Inspired Kerouac and Music Inspired by Him
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesMusically as important as Beethoven,
Yet not regarded as such at all
So wrote Jack Kerouac in the 240th chorus of Mexico City Blues, speaking of Charlie “Bird” Parker, whom he regarded as the perfect musician. But Jack’s love of jazz did not diminish his great love for classical music and his knowledge of it. His innate musicianship, of course explains the music of his prose, and his ability to improvise words to music, as he did with his old friend David Amram. The program will include works by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, and Amram performed by a group of distinguished musicians: pianist Yoshiko Kline, saxophonist Ken Radnofsky, and violist Consuelo Sherba.
Wonderful Town: Walking Tour with Jamie Bernstein
Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, NY, United StatesJoin a unique walking tour with Maestro Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie and explore the crooked streets of Greenwich Village which inspired the great 20th-century musical 'Wonderful Town'. It begins – as the musical does – at Washington Square and Waverly Place! New starting point: Meet at Northwest corner of 14th St and 7th Ave. Please assemble at 3:45pm
Wonderful Town: Cabaret and Cocktails with Janis Siegel and Friends
North Square Lounge at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesA unique and intimate cabaret – featuring the Grammy-garlanded Janis Siegel with baritone Michael Kelly, Jamie Bernstein and The Manhattan Transfer's long-time musical director Yaron Gershovsky on keyboards – is a glorious celebration of songs such as “Ohio,” “Pass the Football,” and “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man,” plus more.
Conversations with Claywoman, presented by TWEED
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesClaywoman is a 500 year old extra-terrestrial from the Mirillion Galaxy. She frequently visits Earth, her favorite planet, giving lectures at various events.
In and Around the Square: A Story-Stroll through Washington Square with author John Sorensen
Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United StatesThe heart and soul of Greenwich Village is Washington Square Park. To truly know the Village, you must first get to know the Park. This walking tour is a kind of “Washington Square 101” introducing participants to some of the historical and cultural highlights of the near neighborhood. It explores the rich and powerful history of the Square – from the days of the Lenape Native Americans through to the more recent times of great modern Village artists such as writer Willa Cather, painter Edward Hopper and photographer Diane Arbus.
7th Ave. S, Cygnus Ensemble
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesApologies, but we have had to postpone this event due to Covid.
In the New York Times, Paul Griffiths described Cygnus as an "enterprising and supple group featuring guitars, strings and woodwinds in pairs….” Composer Allison Loggins-Hull’s latest work, 7th Ave. S. calls for an electric guitar, bridging into the psychedelic sound-world of Greenwich Village, and telling her Village Stories in three movements.
Renowned soprano Leah Brzyski will join Cygnus for the premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s Gypsum, setting of poems by Diedre Huckaby.
Carman Moore riffs on “Cygnus” in Swans Across the Milky Way.
Painting the Village: The Village Trip Arts Walk with a Village Artist
Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United StatesJoin historian, painter, filmmaker, performance artist and exuberant raconteur Marc Kehoe for a stroll through the artist's Greenwich Village, birthplace of American Modern Art.
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Whitney Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art 555 West Street, NY, United StatesAn overview of the Whitney Museum’s Renzo Piano-designed building, and a behind the scenes view of spaces rarely open to the public.
Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York by Ron Goldberg
LGBTQ Center 208 W 13 Street, NY, United StatesJoin Second Tuesday for this coming-of-age memoir by Ron Goldberg about life on the frontlines of the AIDS crisis with ACT UP New York.
Painting the Village: The Village Trip Arts Walk with a Village Artist
Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United StatesJoin historian, painter, filmmaker, performance artist and exuberant raconteur Marc Kehoe for a stroll through the artist's Greenwich Village, birthplace of American Modern Art.