The Village Trip GuitarFest II – Mel Powell Centenary – My Guy’s Come Back
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThe TVT GuitarFest assembles a formidable group of guitarists from all over the Western Hemisphere for a 3-day festival of new and old music for guitars. GuitarFest II focuses on the centenary of jazz legend Mel Powell.
Jazz for Justice: Freedom First – We Are With You / Estamos Contigo
Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street, NY, United StatesAn all-star concert for Keith LaMar, who has spent almost 34 years in solitary confinement on death row in Ohio for a crime he didn’t commit.
The Village Trip GuitarFest III – Finding Beauty in Small Things – Mel Powell to Chester Biscardi
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesAmong the finest guitarists of all time” (American Record Guide), David Leisner will perform three solos written for him by Chester Biscardi, Laura Kaminsky and Bun-Ching Lam. Guitarist Xingxing Yao, from Hangzhou performs Mel Powell; Chilean guitarist Sebastian Molina, Bowers Fader Duo, and more…
The Avant Garde Moves East: East Village Art and History Walk with Marc Kehoe
The Cube at Astor Place at Lafayette Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis comprehensive walking tour explores the crucible for avant-garde arts and social change that the East Village has been for the last eighty years.
Seeking Refuge: Sounding loss and displacement
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesPoet Mascha Kaléko is your guide to an afternoon of song and chamber music that explores the themes of loss, isolation and displacement common to so many refugees. Soprano Sharon Harms is joined by pianist Joan Forsyth and guitarist William Anderson to perform music by Dawe, Hailstork, Pollock and more.
Living In Twilight with Carol Lipnik and Gordon Beeferman
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesA harrowing, hysterical look at life on the edge of the apocalypse. A genre-defying, comedic romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.
Shanah Tovah! A Joyous New Year’s Musical Celebration with Avram Pengas, David Amram & friends
DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United StatesSongs of New York City’s Yiddish theater, Sephardic folklore and their global roots will welcome in the new year. Come to listen, sing along, and dance to the music of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities which continue to enrich the music of the world.
Public/Private: Gail Papp, in conversation with George C Wolfe
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesMore than half a century after the Public Theater opened its doors with Hair, Gail Papp returns to the Theater to talk, for the first time, about her vivid and fascinating behind-the scenes memoir Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater.
So Surreal – Anarchy Under the Arch! Innovators, Radicals, Mavericks and Game-changers
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village has long been home to artistic and social mavericks; young Bohemians, innovators and free-thinkers. This concert explores the connections between the French surrealist movement and American musicians, Dadaism, theosophy and spiritualism. Music by Satie, Cage, Ives, Seeger, Wolpe, more.
Simic Colors at Salmagundi: baritone Joseph Keckler, soprano Sharon Harms
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBaritone Joseph Keckler & soprano Sharon Harms perform new settings of Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Charles Simic by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Gene Pritsker; Carman Moore’s “A Village Triptych” treats of a group of Greenwich Village poets including his dear friend Lennox Raphael; Jospeh Keckler’s biting dramatic works.
Plays and Playwrights of Greenwich Village
HB Playwrights Theatre 124 Bank St, New York, NY, United StatesA conversation with Angelina Fiordellisi and playwrights of The Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project recognizing the Cherry Lane’s 100th, torch-passing year.
The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation Open House
The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation 526 Laguardia Place, New York, NY, United StatesExplore the home and studio of sculptor Chaim Gross (1902-91) and his wife Renee (1909-2005) who played important roles in the Greenwich Village art scene for much of the 20th century.
Statuesque: A Drag Celebration of BIPOC LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
The Stonewall Inn 53 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United StatesA drag celebration of BIPOC LGBTQ+ heroes, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Stormé DeLarverie at the Stonewall Inn, the place where it all began. The event, sponsored by The New School, will draw attention to the epidemic of violence against trans women of color that remains more than 50 years later, and will fundraise for the first statue honoring a trans person in New Jersey, commemorating Marsha P. Johnson. Legendary Queen, Harmonica Sunbeam, will host and headline the event.
Uncommon Women: Celebrating Joan Tower
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesA piano salute to women composers, dedicated to Joan Tower, who originally founded the Greenwich House Series of New Music. Six new music pianists perform music by women associated with the Village, including works by Meredith Monk, Faye-Ellen Silverman, guest Errollyn Wallen and of course Tower herself.
Stand Up & Be Counted! The Village Trip Comedy Night
The Grisly Pear 107 Macdougal Street, New York, NY, United StatesA night of comedy showcasing some of the best popular and up-and-coming comics in the New York area.
Zora Rasmussen at Pangea
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesZora Rasmussen returns for a monthly residency bringing to Pangea a set of smoky vocals with a twist of comedy.
Let Freedom Ring! Music and Voices of the March for Civil Rights, Then and Now
Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, NY, United StatesIn the Great Hall where Lincoln spoke and the NAACP was born, Let Freedom Ring! Music and Voices of the March for Civil Rights, Then and Now will honor the sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington, with an evening of song, dance, and oratory that address the way our society confronts discrimination, inequality, and oppression.
The 2nd Birthplace: Hip-Hop at 50 Walking Tour
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesDid you know that the first place in NYC where all four Hip Hop elements were presented together for the first time and outside of the Bronx was at a club/concert hall in the East Village? Did you know that rappers like Mos Def and Biggies got their start at an open mic show in the West Village? The tour is led by Tara Crichlow, aka “Big Tara,” a native of the Lower East Side, and a cultural ambassador.
Loisaida, My Love
Third Street Music School Third Street Music School, New York, NY, United StatesA celebration of the vibrant culture of the Lower East Side and the musical talents the area has nurtured — virtuoso pianist Teresa Carreño, tango master Astor Piazzolo and salsa star Celia Cruz. Soprano Adriana Valdes, George Lopez, piano, Ceylon Mitchell, flute, and more…
The 2nd Birthplace: Hip-Hop at 50 Walking Tour
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesDid you know that the first place in NYC where all four Hip Hop elements were presented together for the first time and outside of the Bronx was at a club/concert hall in the East Village? Did you know that rappers like Mos Def and Biggies got their start at an open mic show in the West Village? The tour is led by Tara Crichlow, aka “Big Tara,” a native of the Lower East Side, and a cultural ambassador.
Julie Gold: Closing the Distance
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesAn intimate evening of songs and stories with the inimitable Julie Gold, Greenwich Village’s own Grammy winner, a singer-songwriter known the world over for “From a Distance,” a song which has been read into the Congressional Record and which was used to wake up the astronauts on the Mir Space Station the very first time the Americans hooked up with the Russians in outer space. Join Julie – a wonderful raconteur as well as songwriter – for a very special evening.
Lafcadio Hearn Project: Four ghost stories for speaker and pianist
Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street, NY, United StatesTenri Cultural Institute has a 30-year history of celebrating Japanese and Western culture. The Irish poet Lafcadio Hearn became an important bridge between Japan and the West. Four composers created musical works for narrator with piano based on Hearn’s much loved, “Kwaidan”, a chilling collection of Japanese ghost stories.
David Mills: Glamour + Despair
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesA harrowing, hysterical look at life on the edge of the apocalypse. A genre-defying, comedic romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.
Picture Book Bohemia: A Children’s-Book Walking Tour of Greenwich Village Led by Historian and Critic Leonard Marcus
Opposite the Forbes Building Fifth Avenue & 12th Street, NY, United StatesThis tour is postponed to Sunday 24, at 10am (due to forecast of thunderstorms on Saturday)
Greenwich Village was a vibrant creative crossroads for children’s literature’s greats. On this walking tour, we’ll visit the sites where 'Where the Wild Things Are', 'The Very Hungry Caterpiller', and - yes - 'Make Way for Ducklings' were all created + more
In the Wake of the High Line: New Architecture in the Far West Village and Hudson Square. Walking Tour with Architect Kyle Johnson
The plaza between the Whitney Museum and the south end of the High Line 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, United StatesExplore the rapidly changing western edge of Greenwich Village and Hudson Square, where luxury apartment towers by star architects and new office complexes for major tech and entertainment companies, are replacing old warehouses and industrial structures.
Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square. Free concert with the Peace Poets, People of Earth, & BETTY
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesDue to the high chance of heavy thunderstorms, this concert in Washington Square Park has been cancelled.
Geographically and spiritually, Washington Square has always been the center of the Village. Bohemia’s beating heart. A place to gather, whether to protest or just hang out, often with a guitar – and to dance! The signature event of each year’s Village Trip festival, this concert in the Park brings together a stellar selection of New York City talent: People of Earth, The Peace Poets and BETTY, the award-winning indie rock trio which (as Gloria Steinem puts it) “spreads the most lasting kind of revolution”.
Horszowski Trio: Chamber music by Village composers
Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street, NY, United StatesThe celebrated Horszowski Trio presents music by composers who have lived in Greenwich Village - Elliott Carter, Paul Chihara, Louis Karchin and Wang Jie, performed alongside Shostakovich's landmark Second Trio. The Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, Ole Akahoshi and Rieko Aizawa) has been described as "eloquent and enthralling" by the Boston Globe.
Electric Circus: presented by Composers Concordance & Marsyas Productions
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesComposers Concordance brings together two e-guitar quartets – Bodies Electric and My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama – celebrating the Mel Powell centenary and offering new works by William Anderson, Bruce Arnold, Dan Cooper, Jane Getter, Patrick Grant, Kyle Miller, Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldier.
The Intimate Village: A West Village Walking Tour with Critic Michael Kimmelman
Churchill Square corner of Downing Street and Sixth Avenue, New York, United StatesThe event has been rescheduled from Sept. 24 to Saturday, Sept. 30.
Walk the West Village with New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman. The tour will unpack some of the social and cultural history of the Village.
A Tribute to Martin Boykan: Cygnus with Sharon Harms and Jessica Bowers
Loft 393 393 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesCygnus with soprano Sharon Harms and mezzo Jessica Bowers
Program includes:
David Claman: The Maldive Shark
Martin Boykan: Diptych (quintet for Cygnus) and Sea Gardens, featuring Sharon Harms, soprano and Joan Forsyth, piano
Richard Festinger, Hidden Spring
Carman Moore: A Village Triptych for guitars, mandolins and soprano (setttings of poems by Gamel Woolsey, Djuna Barnes and Lennox Raphael)
It Was 60 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Conversation with Cousin Brucie and Jamie Bernstein
The Loft at City Winery 11th Avenue at 15th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ first visit to America and their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. The harmonies of the duo Blac Rabbit (“Maybe the Best Beatles Cover Band Ever,” New York Times) will transport us back to the heady days of Beatlemania.
Cannabis + Creativity
Admission is free, but please book tickets below. Attendees must be 21 years or older. Screening of Elana Frankel’s short documentary on six people who use cannabis to enhance their […]
Framing the Village: Identity
Exhibition until Sept 28
Moshava Art
45 W 8th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States
The third annual Village Trip art show, curated by long-time Village artist Marc Kehoe. This year’s group exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photography powerfully explores notions of identity.
Monday to Saturday 2pm - 5pm
Meet Teatro Cuatro
Exhibition until Sept 30
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio
73 Avenue C, New York, United States
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio presents a multimedia journey back to the East Village of the 1970s. where you will learn about Teatro Quatro, a street youth theater group, founded at Mobilization for Youth (MFY), a federally funded antipoverty program on East 4th Street.
Thursday to Saturday 2pm - 7pm and by appointment
The Long-Gone But Not-Forgotten 1970s Music Venues of the East Village, Walking Tour
105 Second Avenue at 6th Street 105 Second Avenue at 6th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Ann McDermott and travel back to the East Village of the 1960s and ‘70s, when the music was rocking, apartments were cheap, and you had to show up in person to buy a ticket! Visit 11 venues, including the Fillmore East, the Bottom Line, and CBGBs, where careers were launched, and stars were born.
Painting the Village: The Village Trip Art Walk – A Tour with Artist and Historian Marc Kehoe
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesGreenwich Village has spawned more influential artists and art movements than any other place in America. Walk the Village streets with artist and historian Marc Kehoe as he traces the history of the Hudson River School, the work of John Sloan and the Ashcan School, and the provocations of Dada in New York.
The Village Trip on West 4th Street
West 4th Street between Jones Street and Barrow Street West 4th Street, New York, United StatesPresented with the West Village BID the festival’s traditional opening block party takes place this year on West 4th Street, “New York’s Left Bank,” centered around the historic Music Inn, a Village fixture for more than half a century, and a hangout for the many musicians who played down the street at Gerdes Folk City and the Bottom Line.
Beatnik Greenwich Village, Walking Tour
Stumpdown Coffee Corner of West 8th & MacDougal Streets, New York, NY, United StatesStraighten your shades Daddy-o, Marc Catapano’s walking tour goes right through the heart of Beatnik Greenwich Village. Visit the hottest spots, where the Beatniks made the scene and meet some of its hippest characters, like Jack Kerouac, Jackson Pollock, Lenny Bruce, and Diane DiPrima. Be there or be square!
The Colors of My Life – A Cy Coleman Songbook
Janis Siegel & Yaron Gershovsky
Blue Note
31 West 3rd Street, New York, United States
Marking the 20th anniversary of Cy Coleman’s death and the release of Janis Siegel and Yaron Gershovsky’s acclaimed new album, this concert will be an unmissable celebration of the composer of such immortal classics as “Witchcraft,” “Rhythm of Life,” “The Best is Yet to Come” – and “The Colors of My Life.”
East Village Art Tour with Marc Kehoe
The Cube at Astor Place at Lafayette Street, New York, NY, United StatesArtist and historian Marc Kehoe leads you through the streets of the legendary East Village, cradle of counterculture and home of ground-breaking artists of the 1950s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Though the scene declined in the 1990s, it has experienced a surprising rebirth of galleries and artistic activity in recent years.
In Memory of Sean Satin
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesComposers Concordance presents a concert in memory of Sean Satin as part of The Village Trip Festival. The event celebrates the life of guitarist Sean Satin, who passed away too soon in April 2024. Sean was a guitarist and a teacher at Greenwich House in the West Village, a dear friend, husband, and all-around beautiful person. During the concert, Composers Concordance will launch The Sean Satin Memorial Prize for Guitar. Free to attend but booking required .
Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll
The Loft at City Winery 11th Avenue at 15th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe New York City première of Curt Hahn’s authorized documentary Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll, which explores the extraordinary journey of music icon Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music. As George Harrison once put it: "No Lead Belly, no Beatles."
The Music of the Bard: Words & Music of Shakespeare in the Park 1956-1967
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United States“We have public libraries. Why not public theaters?” said Joseph Papp, facing down Robert Moses, New York City’s infamous “power broker,” when the New York Theater Workshop was just two years old. This year marks the 70th birthday of what became Shakespeare in the Park, which we celebrate with David Amram who, from 1956 to 1967, composed the music for 25 of its productions. Gail Merrifield Papp, Joe’s widow and theatrical partner for 25 years, will be among the friends joining him for this unique evening.
The Music of the West Village from Dylan to Springsteen and Beyond, Walking Tour
1 West 4th Street at the corner of Mercer and W 4th Street 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Ann McDermott and visit the venues and hear the stories of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, two of the most prolific and popular artists of our times. Explore the sites of the dimly lit Greenwich Village clubs, such as The Gaslight Café and Gerde’s Folk City, from where they started out.
Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital
David Browne in conversation with Liz Thomson
La Lanterna di Vittorio
129 MacDougal Street, New York, NY, United States
A publication-day conversation with Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne, whose latest book, Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital – based on 150 interviews and previously unseen documents – is an enthralling and long-overdue history of music’s most influential neighborhood. And what better place for an intimate chat than the fabled MacDougal Street coffeehouse that was once home to Pete and Toshi Seeger!
Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock: A Celebration in Music
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesGeorgia O'Keeffe described music as being able to be "translated into something for the eye.” This unique concert features music inspired of by three of New York City’s most iconic artists, all of whom lived and worked in Greenwich Village and shared the heartbeat of the city: Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock. The concert – presented in partnership with Cutting Edge Concerts – takes place in an elegant art-filled Italianate townhouse that for over 150 years has been home to one of New York City’s most celebrated arts clubs.
The Village Trip Lecture: Ruth Feldstein – Performing Politics in the Village: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement
Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United StatesThe third annual Village Trip lecture will be given by Ruth Feldstein, Professor of History and American Studies at Rutgers University and award-winning author of How It Feels To Be Free, which provided the basis for a 2020 PBS documentary produced by Alicia Keys that examined Black women performers who played critical roles in political and social activism.
American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
The Village, long home to many musical innovators, has always pushed the boundaries of arts, activism, and ideas. This year, The Village Trip is proud to welcome musical scholars and composers from twelve countries to give talks, demonstrations, lecture recitals and concerts touching on American Primitive and those "inventors of genius" who changed the conversation. Come be part of it.
Microtonal Village Conference, hosted by composer Agustín Castilla-Ávila American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
Composers and musicologists from around the world gather to present their music and thoughts on the microtonality of American Primitive and other new directions, with attention to developments in Greenwich Village through visionaries like Cage, Harrison and Partch. Agustín Castilla-Ávila—a tireless advocate for composers around the world who are exploring new and old tuning systems, and President of the Ekmelic Society of Salzburg—will preside.
Greenwich Village A Go Go : The Greenwich Village Rock and Pop Scene of the 1960s, Walking Tour
Join Marc Catapano and Ann McDermott on a journey of discovery of the Mod, Pop, Happening world of 1960s Greenwich Village. Visit iconic spots like Café Wha? and Kettle of Fish, where legends like Bob Dylan, Edie Sedgwick, and Jimi Hendrix turned the Village into a cultural epicenter. Immerse yourself in the era's wild energy and liberating spirit.