While it’s actual name is an ackronymn for ‘Country, BlueGrass, and Blues’, the Bowery’s CBGB became known as the birthplace of American punk rock and New Wave throughout the seventies and eighties, hosting the likes of The Ramones, Misfits, Blondie, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, and many more. In the eighties and nineties it evolved into ground zero of hardcore punk with bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Sick of It All, Gorilla Biscuits, and more. Unfortunately, the NYC music scene moved on from the small space (that had been understandably ravaged over the many years…), and CBGB closed in 2006 with a final performance by Patti Smith.
But CBGB the instution lives on, including fashion, radio, and now the CBGB Festival, Thursday to Sunday, July 5th to 8th. While it can’t play 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street any more, CBGB Festival can rock venues across Manhattan & more:
QRO Recommendation
THURSDAY, JULY 5TH
B.B. King Blues Club, 237 W 42nd St., Manhattan
Popa Chubby – 8:00PM
The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., Manhattan
The Whiskey Violets – 11:00PM
Minor Soul – 10:00PM
Lachi and Meridian Gold – 9:00PM
Joe Rapolla – 8:00PM
The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, Manhattan
Cheetah Chrome – 12:30AM
She Wolves – 11:50PM
The Waldos – 11:00PM
The Bullys – 10:20PM
The Rattlers – 9:55PM
Tuff Darts – 9:25PM
Bear 54 – 9:00PM
The Miamis – 8:30PM
Certain General – 8:00PM
Walter Steding – 7:30PM
The Indecent – 7:00PM
Bowery Electric packs them in on Thursday (unfortunately Richard Lloyd had to cancel due to illness).
The Box, 189 Chrystie St., Manhattan
TBA
Cafe Wha?, 115 MacDougal St., Manhattan
The Secret History – 8:00PM
Still Saffire – 7:00PM
Canal Room, 285 W Broadway, Manhattan – QRO venue review
Ben Taylor – 10:00PM
Shayfer James – 9:00PM
Printer’s Row – 8:00PM
City Winery, 155 Varick St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
The Baseball Project – 9:30PM
Craig Finn – 8:15PM
Joe D’Urso & Stone Caravan – 7:30PM
Enjoy the national pastime with The Baseball Project (QRO photos), which includes Mike Mills pinch-hitting for Peter Buck (QRO photos) – both of the late, great, R.E.M. (QRO album review), if you somehow didn’t know that already.
The Delancey, 168 Delancey St., Manhattan
about: – 12:00AM
Band of Outsiders – 11:00PM
Gods and Monsters – 10:00PM
Jon DeRosa – 9:00PM
Vera Beren’s Gothic Chamber Blues Ensemble – 8:00PM
Eataly’s Birreria, 200 5th Ave., Manhattan
Mike Peters – 11:00PM
‘Vinyl’ after party with Mike Peters (QRO photos) of The Alarm.
The Flat, 308 Hooper St., Brooklyn
Violent Bullshit – 10:30PM
Chron Turbine – 9:30PM
Cave Bros – 8:30PM
Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Kelsey Byrne – 11:00PM
Ward White – 10:00PM
Pete Herger – 9:00PM
Bill Popp and the Tapes – 8:00PM
Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
The Dirty Pearls – 11:00PM
Bebe Buell Band – 10:00PM
The Killing Floor – 9:00PM
The Noise – 8:15PM
Ingrid and the Defectors – 7:30PM
Lightouts – 6:45PM
Hill Country, 30 W 26th St., Manhattan
Surreal McCoys – 11:00PM
Late Nite Catfight – 10:00PM
Chris Berardo – 9:00PM
Shane Cooley – 8:00PM
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Harry Waters – 10:30PM
Dayna Kurtz – 9:30PM
(le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Escort – 11:00PM
Xylos – 10:00PM
Firehorse – 9:00PM
Ursa Minor – 8:00PM
Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Killer Whales – 10:00PM
Love Skills – 9:00PM
Littlefield, 622 Degraw St., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
Brothers NYC – 11:00PM
American Darlings – 10:00PM
My Pet Dragon – 9:00PM
Eytan and the Embassy – 8:00PM
The Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Glen Matlock – 11:00PM
California – 10:00PM
Jaymay – 9:00PM
Lou-is – 8:00PM
Aurical – 7:00PM
That’s Glen Matlock (QRO photos) of The Sex Pistols…
The Local 269, 269 E Houston St., Manhattan
The Dirty Words – 11:00PM
Changing Modes – 10:00PM
Olya – 9:00PM
Stolen Rhodes – 8:00PM
Map Room at Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, Manhattan
Deborah Frost – 1:10AM
Steve Almaas – 12:40AM
Tom Wynbrandt – 12:10AM
Andy Shernoff – 11:40PM
Jahn Xavier – 11:10PM
Tommy Ramone – 10:40PM
Sick F*cks – 10:10PM
Faith – 9:30PM
Deerfrance – 9:00PM
Lauren Agnelli & Dave Rave – 8:30PM
James Wynbrandt – 8:00PM
Eric Ambel – 7:30PM
Jean Caffeine – 7:00PM
Need a map to navigate all of these acts at Bowery Electric…
Otto’s Shrunken Head, 538 E 14th St., Manhattan
The Von Frankensteins – 10:00PM
searching for daylight – 9:00PM
P as in Peter – 8:00PM
Piano’s, 157 Ludlow St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
The Clox – 12:00AM
Man on Earth – 11:00PM
Two Lights – 10:00PM
Bear Ceuse – 9:00PM
Edelweiss – 8:00PM
Gone By Daylight – 7:00PM
Rodeo Bar, 375 3rd Ave., Manhattan
Grant’s Tomb – 11:00PM
Jack & Jill – 10:00PM
David Goddess Group – 9:00PM
Erin Hill And Her Psychedelic Harp – 8:00PM
Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan St., Manhattan
Strawberry Jam – 11:00PM
David Johansen – 10:00PM
Daddy Long Legs – 9:00PM
The Liza Colby Sound – 8:00PM
Andy & The Rattlesnakes – 7:00PM
The Studio at Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
FIDLAR – 9:30PM
The Pinz – 9:00PM
Suicide Bitches – 8:00PM
The Wicked Tomorrow – 7:15PM
Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St., Manhattan
The Obvious – 11:00PM
La Res – 10:00PM
Mike Rocket & The Stars – 9:00PM
Oy Vey – 8:00PM
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St., Brooklyn
Black Wing Halo – 11:00PM
Bobby Hollar – 10:00PM
Billy Dodge – 9:00PM
Brett Gleason – 8:00PM
Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Agnostic Front – 9:30PM
Madball – 8:30PM
Murphy’s Law – 7:45PM
Maximum Penalty – 7:00PM
Punk rock hits Webster Hall!
Zirzamin, 90 W Houston St., Manhattan
Linda Chorney – 11:15PM
Scott Krokoff – 10:15PM
Sophie Madelein – 9:15PM
Sam Grow – 8:15PM
Gilbane Peck – 7:30PM
FRIDAY, JULY 6TH
The Bell House, 149 7th St., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
Reggie Watts – 11:00PM
Radio 4 – 10:00PM
The Jigglers – 9:00PM
Aaron Zimmer – 8:00PM
Best Buy Theater, 1515 Broadway, Manhattan
MxPx – 9:30PM
I Am The Avalanche – 8:45PM
Such Gold – 8:00PM
The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., Manhattan
NCM – 11:00PM
Michelle Cleary – 10:00PM
James Arlowe & The Ruffian Circus – 9:00PM
The Field Effect – 8:00PM
The Box, 189 Chrystie St., Manhattan
Jonathan Toubin – 8:00PM
VietNam – 8:00PM
Endless Boogie – 8:00PM
TV Baby – 8:00PM
Celebrate the recovery & return of all-star DJ Jonathan Toubin (QRO photos from Toubin benefit).
The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, Manhattan
The Virgins – 11:00PM
Mykke Blanco – 10:00PM
Grand Rapids – 9:00PM
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
Donovan Frankenreiter – 9:00PM
Rayland Baxter – 8:00PM
Cameo, 93 N 6th St., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
The Harmonica Lewinskies – 10:30PM
The Dough Rollers – 9:30PM
Shoshin – 8:30PM
The Delancey, 168 Delancey St., Manhattan
Elliot & The Ghost – 10:00PM
Nescora – 9:00PM
Stone Cold Fox – 8:00PM
Bardot – 7:00PM
Eataly’s Birreria, 200 5th Ave., Manhattan
Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle – 11:00PM
Hunter Miller – 10:00PM
Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Isle of Rhodes – 12:00AM
Wyldlife – 11:00PM
Sick F*cks – 10:00PM
New Yorkestra – 9:00PM
The Baghdaddios – 8:00PM
Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23rd St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
JD Samson & MEN – 9:30PM
P.S. I Love You – 8:30PM
The So So Glos – 7:30PM
QRO knew P.S. I Love You (QRO album review) before you did.
Hill Country, 30 W 26th St., Manhattan
East Coast Avenue – 11:00PM
Lisa Bianco and The Fury – 9:00PM
Mark Newman – 8:00PM
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Willie Nile – 7:00PM
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
Greg Smith & The Broken English – 12:00AM
Van Hunt – 11:00PM
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds – 9:00PM
Empire Beats featuring Camille Atkinson – 8:00PM
Erin Barra – 7:00PM
The Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Hollis Brown – 12:00AM
Sean – 11:00PM
The Naturals – 10:15PM
Hollis Brown – 9:00PM
Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why – 8:00PM
Jon Caspi & The First Gun – 7:00PM
Hank’s Saloon, 46 3rd Ave., Brooklyn
Runny – 12:00AM
The 10 Cent F$ck Flicks – 11:15PM
The Archive – 10:30PM
Man’s Gin – 9:45PM
Thee Swank Bastards – 8:00PM
Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – 10:00PM
Lissy Trullie – 9:00PM
Fawn – 8:00PM
Lit Lounge, 93 2nd Ave., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Figo – 11:00PM
Tora – 10:00PM
Mean Little Blanket – 9:00PM
The Living Room (upstairs), 154 Ludlow St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Kevin McWha Steele – 10:00PM
Brett Ferguson – 9:00PM
The Local 269, 269 E Houston St., Manhattan
Tara Elliott & The Red Velvets – 11:00PM
Soundspeak – 10:00PM
Our Marvelous Lives – 9:00PM
Sins of The Loose Buttons – 8:00PM
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N 6th St., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
Redd Kross – 8:00PM
The Men – 8:00PM
Labor Pool – 8:00PM
Return of punk rock vets Redd Kross.
Otto’s Shrunken Head, 538 E 14th St., Manhattan
The Rockaz – 12:00AM
Stuyvesant – 11:00PM
Easy Company – 10:00PM
Johnny Black – 9:00PM
Eytan and the Embassy – 8:00PM
Piano’s, 157 Ludlow St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Waking Heroes – 12:00AM
Yellowdogs – 11:00PM
The Everymen – 10:00PM
The Brooklyn What? – 9:00PM
The Shipwrecks – 8:00PM
Rodeo Bar, 375 3rd Ave., Manhattan
The Colt Six – 11:00PM
The Van Allen Belt – 10:00PM
Jana Peri – 9:00PM
The Lounge Act – 8:00PM
Saint Vitus, 1120 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan
L.A. Guns – 11:00PM
Electric Black Horse – 10:00PM
Srotakin IV – 9:00PM
The Studio at Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Lido Beach – 10:00PM
Diagnostics – 9:15PM
Science – 8:30PM
Tammany Hall, 152 Orchard St., Manhattan
Plastiq Passion – 10:00PM
Music Box Dynamo – 9:00PM
Tension – 8:00PM
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St., Brooklyn
The Blackboard Nails – 11:00PM
Bury Me A Lion – 10:00PM
Room Full Of Strangers – 9:00PM
The Baby Grand – 8:00PM
Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Sick of It All – 9:20PM
Cro-Mags – 8:15PM
Vision Of Disorder – 7:20PM
Absolution – 6:40PM
Sai Nam – 6:00PM
Another night of punk rock at Webster Hall (and QRO Mag has always had a soft spot for Cro-Mags…).
Zirzamin, 90 W Houston St., Manhattan
Seth Adam – 10:45PM
Seth Walker – 9:15PM
Phoebe Hunt and Diana Lawrence – 8:00PM
SATURDAY, JULY 7TH
Central Park SummerStage, 830 5th Ave., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Guided By Voices – 6:00PM
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – 4:45PM
The War on Drugs – 3:45PM
Cloud Nothings – 3:00PM
Times Square
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – 12:00PM
The Hold Steady – 12:00PM
Glint – 12:00PM
Superchunk – 12:00PM
Duff McKagan’s Loaded – 12:00PM
Upper West – 12:00PM
Zulu Wave – 12:00PM
CBGB Festival heads outdoors & free for a big show at Central Park SummerStage with Guided by Voices (QRO album review), The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (QRO live review), The War on Drugs (QRO live review), and Cloud Nothings (QRO live review) – and an even bigger one in Times Square, with bands like Superchunk (QRO live review), The Hold Steady (QRO live review), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (QRO live review), and more under the Jumbotron.
The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery, Manhattan
D Generation – 11:00PM
Romans – 10:00PM
Brass Knuckle Evangelists – 9:00PM
The Bamboo Kids – 8:00PM
Lower East Side locals D Generation (QRO photos) have already sold out their show to the public – limited CBGB badges allowed in.
Hank’s Saloon, 46 3rd Ave., Brooklyn
Mongrel Bitch – 11:45PM
The Whores – 11:00PM
A Devil’s Broadcast – 10:15PM
Brunch of the Living Dead – 9:30PM
Drugstore – 8:45PM
Bannor – 8:00PM
The Studio at Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., Manhattan – QRO venue review
Soft White Sixties – 10:00PM
The Young Things – 9:00PM
Raccoon Fighters – 8:00PM
The Head – 7:00PM
SUNDAY, JULY 8TH
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn – QRO venue review
Fishbone – 9:00PM
Paranoid Social Club – 8:00PM
And here’s a handy map of all the venues:
View QRO Magazine 2012 CBGB Festival Map in a larger map
