Thursday, April 20th
8:00 pm
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.
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Wednesday March 1st
7:00 pm
Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Corner of Church St.
in TriBeCa, Manhattan
$7.00 Cover
Have a hankerin' for good country music in New York City? Well, stop by the Knitting Factory Tap Bar for a new monthly country music showcase curated by our friends Alex Battles and Doc Oscar. This month's show will feature these great bands:
Enjoy.
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Wednesday February 1st
7:00 pm
Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Corner of Church St.
in TriBeCa, Manhattan
$7.00 Cover
Have a hankerin' for good country music in New York City? Well, stop by the Knitting Factory Tap Bar for a new monthly country music showcase curated by our friends Alex Battles and Doc Oscar. This month's show will feature these great bands:
Enjoy.
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Sunday, January 1st
8pm - 1am
Rodeo Bar
375 Third avenue
Corner of 27th St.
Manhattan
Full Dinner Menu
FREE
Celebrate the New Year with the annual Hank-O-Rama festival. This year five of New York's best country and honky-tonk bands will be playing at the Rodeo Bar from 8:00pm till 1:00am. It's free and it should be a blast.
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Thursday,December 15th
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.
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Wednesday, December 14th
10:00 pm
Rodeo Bar
375 Third avenue
Corner of 27th St.
Manhattan
Full Dinner Menu
Free
Sean Kershaw is the kind of drunk who makes things happen. In the past two years, he has gone from singing alone next to the pool table in a mostly empty dive bar to assembling an all-star classic country band; and, in the process, he has transformed Sunday nights at Hank’s Saloon into the place to be for ass-shaking Brooklyn honky-tonk. The lineup varies from week to week, but usually includes two guitars, a banjo, mandolin, bass, drums, and pedal steel., and features members of Uncle Fucker and, occasionally, someone from Sean's other, hard-rockin' band, The Blind Pharaohs. The set list rests heavily on the classics—Hank, Johnny, Merle, assorted bluegrass—but also veers into the realm of originals, Pogues covers, and a crowd-frenzying rendition of “Eastbound and Down” (a.k.a. the theme from Smokey and the Bandit.) When these boys play, there are only two things you can be sure of: Somebody in the band is gonna end up loaded, and somebody in the audience is gonna end up dancing.
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Sunday, December 11th
7:00 pm - Midnight
The Living Room
154 Ludlow Street
(between of Stanton and Rivington)
Lower East Side, Manhattan
$10 Cover
The night of Sunday, December 11th, a circle of New York musicians will be hosting a benefit for the millions left homeless in latest earthquake in Pakistan. Participating performers will include a mixture of American - roots music and contemporary takes on traditional Pakistani devotional songs, Ghazal. All donations, including the $10 door cover will be given to Americares, a non - profit supplying direct and sustainable aid in the form of medicine and shelter to the affected regions.
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Friday, November 11th
9:00 PM
Lillie's
46 Beard Street
Corner of Dwight St.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
$5.00 Cover
It's CMA week here in NYC and the New York country music scene is up in arms over being excluded from Nashville's shining lights. There are many events coming up this week. Starting Friday, November 11th at Lillie's Bar. It's the Red Hook Roundup! Featuring six great New York country bands. It's only five bucks and a subway ride away.
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Friday, Nov. 4th & Saturday, Nov. 5th
Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St.
(between Thompson and Sullivan)
Greenwhich Village, Manhattan
Every year the luminaries of the New York Bluegrass and Old-Time scene gather at the Baggot Inn for the annual Sherriff Sessions. This years festival features thirteen amazing bands and special guests. Make a note of these dates and trek on down to the Village for two nights of amazing music.
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It’s a rare person who can actually make a living playing any kind of music in New York City, let alone country. But Brooklyn-born Jack Grace seems to be doing a good job of cornering the market--whether it's in the back room of Howard Johnson's, or warming up ballrooms for Merle Haggard.
With a warmly understated vintage-hollowbody sound, a crack team of backup folks (including, on various occasions, lap steel, organ, and accordion), and a booming set of pipes that sound like some long-lost Texas crooner remastered, Jack and the gang can be found on some back-corner stage most nights of the week, belting out future country-rock classics, and busting their asses to make it sound easy.
This October there are a number of opportunities to hear Jack Grace play:
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