day10-28
Greenwich Village to Woodstock: The Greenwich Village Rock and Pop Scene of the 1960s, Walking Tour
Bagel Pub 815 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesTake a trip to the Mod, Pop, Happening world of 1960s Greenwich Village, when the streets turned from black and white to Technicolor. Visit the Night Owl Cafe, where the Lovin’ Spoonful re-invented folk music, the Cafe Bizarre, where the Velvet Underground re-invented rock and roll, and the Cafe Wha? where Jimi Hendrix re-invented guitar playing. Discover Trude Heller’s, New York’s most swinging go-go dance club, and delve into Bruce Springsteen’s garage rock beginnings. Experience the era’s explosive energy that ignited revolutions in music, art, and fashion that directly led to the 1969 Woodstock Festival, with 400,000 souls the biggest “happening” of the decade. Join Marc Catapano to relive this magical, transformative time.
ETHEL with Kyle Miller, electric guitar
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesAcclaimed guitarist-composer Kyle Miller joins the ever exciting and eclectic string quartet ETHEL for a dynamic program rooted in their shared New York City songbooks.
Composers Concordance: Ciabatta Cantata
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesComposers Concordance and friends explore themes of food and politics in new music for chorus, guitar and theorbo. The program includes music by Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper, and William Anderson. Enjoy fresh ciabatta from the Grandaisy Bakery during the performance.
Unsung Heroes and Untold Stories: Another Side of the Village Folk Scene
Café Wha? 115 MacDougal St, New York, NY, United StatesLong before Dylan electrified Newport and folk-rock became a mainstream cultural movement, Greenwich Village was already humming with voices, stories, and songs that rarely made the headlines—but shaped a generation. Cafés and clubs echoed with the music of Fred Neil, Karen Dalton, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pat Sky, Tim Hardin, Bonnie Dobson, Richie Havens, Dave Van Ronk, and many others who helped define the soul of a movement.