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Jalopy Presents Burstin' Boots with Nathan Xander at Brooklyn Grange

OFFSITE EVENT! Sargent Seedoo teaches yr feet The moves and swings he'll chant Gd respects us when we work But Loves us when we dance! 7pm: Doors 7:30-8pm: Simple 2 Step Lesson, Simple Line Dance Lesson 8-8:45pm: Band strikes up and we dance 9-9:30pm: A lil tougher line dance and some more 2 Step moves 9:30-10:15pm: Band strikes up and we dance 10:15pm: Last Call, Move it on over to the Jackson Lynch Band at Jalopy Tavern at 317 Columbia Street! $20 adv / $25 DOS Nathan Xander writes songs that are steeped in the quiet, restrained tension of what Greil Marcus called the ‘Old, Weird America’. The New York based songwriter has spent the last decade refining his craft across stages of all sizes, from dive bars to folk festivals; having shared bills with Justin Townes Earle, Tyler Childers, Lydia Loveless, Tommy Stinson, Robbie Fulks, and Howe Gelb of Giant Sand. Xander sorts through love, loss, and evolving identity as he stands on the threshold of a new era in his own career.

Oct 03, 2025

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Bleecker Trading Presents Andy Friedman / Alex Battles

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $25 adv / $30 DOS A key figure in the early-2000s “Brooklyn Country” scene, Andy Friedman didn’t pick up a guitar until age 30. Less than a year later, he recorded his debut album Taken Man (2006), featuring Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor. The title track landed on the New York Post’s “207 Best Songs” list alongside Bruce Springsteen and Amy Winehouse. Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers called “Probably Shouldn’t Call,” a ballad from the album, a favorite in Vanity Fair. His 2008 follow-up, Weary Things, was named one of the year’s most overlooked albums by the Associated Press. From 2002 to 2012, Friedman toured widely. NPR called him a compelling live act, and The New Yorker praised his deep ties to American musical traditions. LA Weekly, NoDepression, and The Nashville Scene highlighted his raw, humorous, and artful voice. As a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker, Friedman has published under his name and the pseudonym Larry Hat. His 20+ illustrated features range from visual music reviews (DJ Shadow, Pokey LaFarge) to interviews (Hank Azaria, Dave Van Ronk, Kathleen Edwards). Since 2021, Topps has released three 100-card sets of Friedman’s paintings. His 2024 set, Spotlight Baseball, which featured two short-printed cards of his old tour posters, sold out in minutes. His latest, 2025 Topps x Shoebox Treasures, sold out even quicker. Friedman’s return to Jalopy marks his first Brooklyn show in a decade. All ticket holders receive a limited-edition custom designed collectible ticket. The first 25 in the door receive a variant edition numbered to 25. A post-show signing presented by Bleecker Trading will follow. * Tickets redeemable at the venue prior to the end of the performance on 10/4 only. Unclaimed tickets will be redistributed.

Oct 05, 2025

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Bulgarian Singing with Carol Freeman - A Workshop

Bulgarian Singing Workshop with Carol Freeman Sunday October 5th, 2-4 pm Sing with Increased Comfort, Clarity and Control Beautiful Centuries Old Songs taught in deatil from Original Recordings Intricate Ornamentation Uneven Meters Exceptional Authentic Harmonies The exquisite music of Bulgaria is renowned for its remarkable vocal techniques as well as for its luxuriant melodies, intricate ornamentation, uneven rhythms, and exceptional two-voiced harmonies. Workshop participants will learn how to produce the distinctively powerful yet effortless sound of Bulgarian singers, and will learn centuries old, traditional songs taught in detail from original recordings, selected from a repertoire that includes solo, antiphonal, diaphonic, and polyphonic songs from musically diverse regions of Bulgaria. Students will learn to find the center of their natural voices, and effortlessly sing with increased comfort, clarity, and control, and learn how to sing intricate embellishments, microtonal scales, odd meters, and drone harmonies, through a process that is fluid and fun. The workshop is open to singers of all levels, and no prior knowledge of the languages or vocal styles is needed. Well known as a performer, researcher, and teacher of a variety of Balkan, Greek, Judaic, and other singing traditions, Carol Freeman has performed since 1970 as vocalist for The Smyrneiki Kompania, Sevda Balkan Music Ensemble, Song of the Shtetl, Village Voices, and Zhenska Pesna, and as a solo interpreter of traditional song, and has appeared at major arts centers, festivals, museums, and universities, and on radio and television, throughout North America. A master vocal instructor, Carol Freeman has taught extensively as a private instructor and at specialized arts schools, music seminars, universities, and museums for four decades. She is a 2023, 2024, and 2025 NYS Council on the Arts Master of Folk Arts.

Oct 05, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

The Good Ms. Padgett

Come sing, dance, and act out stories with The Good Ms. Padgett! The Good Ms. Padgett sings lovely lullabies and wild rock jams about lollipops, monsters, singing rabbits, and pizza. "A nice eclectic collection for us nice eclectic families," says Cool Mom Picks. The Good Ms. Padgett is joined by her 15-year-old daughter Penelope and many special guests, both young and older.

Oct 05, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Ira Khonen Temple: Strange Tongue Album Release / Mistame-Loshn

Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm $20 adv / $25 DOS ALBUM RELEASE PARTY Ira Khonen Temple: Strange Tongue / Mistame-Loshn: Yiddish songs about heartbreak, courage and rebellion Featuring Dave Licht, Eleonore Oppenheim, Zoë Aqua, Eléonore Weill, Beila Ungar, and Raffi Boden Opening Set by Maeve Steier Sukkes Dance Party to follow with Michael Winograd’s Heimishe Klezmer Band Strange Tongue / Mistame-Loshn is an exuberant and irreverent entanglement with Yiddish protest music, love songs, and anthems. It’s queer, trans antifolk music that is informed by klezmer and Romanian dance. It’s totally bilingual and an amazing gateway into a defiant tradition of survival and solidarity. Raucous and intimate in turns, this music makes as much space for joy as it does for grief. It's what I need right now and it might be what you need too. Featuring members of NYC’s rad-trad klezmer scene—including violinist Zoë Aqua, bassist Zoë Guigueno, vocalist Eléonore Weill, drummer David Licht of the Klezmatics and Bongwater, trombonist Daniel Blacksberg, and Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics who did vocal production on the album.

Oct 06, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Krissie's 40th Dance Party!

You’re invited to celebrate Krissie’s 40th with a Cajun/Swing Dance Party! When: Thursday, October 9, 8-10:30ish Where: Jalopy Theatre Your Swamp host Krissie is hitting the big 4-0, and she’s throwing down the best way she knows how—on the dance floor! The night kicks off with her vintage swing band Krissie & the Kranks , followed by Brooklyn’s own Cajun favorites The Red Aces Trio . This party is FREE / pay-what-you-can —so come ready to tip the bands, dance your heart out, and grab a slice of birthday cake. And don’t forget: all jewelry gifts go straight to Krissie 😉. See y'all there!!

Oct 10, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Hannah Lee Thompson Record Release Show ft. Charlie Perry & Jules Olson

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $15 adv / $20 DOS Hannah Lee Thompson is a musician and an organizer based in Baltimore and New York. She grew up in Brooklyn, performing frequently at the Jalopy Theatre and other local venues around New York. As a kid, she studied clawhammer banjo from Eli Smith of the Downhill Strugglers and Brooklyn Folk Festival. In 2021, she played the lead role in the feature film Hannah Ha Ha, which went on to win Best Narrative Feature and Best Acting Performance at Slamdance 2022, and premiered in theaters as a New York Times Critic's Pick in February of 2023. Hannah will be debuting her sophomore album, Margaret, with long time collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Perry at Jalopy on October 10th, 2025. Jules Olson is a songwriter and musician based in Brooklyn, New York. Her vulnerability-forward songs weave together elements of indie folk, alt-country, and soul with tasteful acoustic guitar melodies, descriptive lyricism, and sweet, moving vocals. In recent years she's had the opportunity to share the stage with artists such as Margaret Glaspy, The Gipsy Kings, and Pinegrove. She released her debut full length album "Heavy Hitter" in the fall of 2023.

Oct 11, 2025

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Martha Spencer & The Wonderland Band

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS Led by Martha Spencer, the Wonderland Band will take you on a musical journey from the roots of Appalachia to beautiful songwriting and a few traditional country stops along the way. Featuring Lu Furtado on bass, Lucas Pasley on fiddle/banjo/vocals and Jake Dwyer on percussion/washboard/dance, the Wonderland Band has toured across Ireland and the USA from California to Nashville- performing such venues as the Lowell Folk Festival, Westport Folk Festival, Topanga Banjo Fiddle Festival, Buck Owens Crystal Palace, Ashkenaz Center, the Oklahoma Banjo Museum, and Song of the Mountains PBS. Martha is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and learned to play several instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, mandolin) and flatfoot/clog at a young age. She performs and has recorded with various groups and has been involved with several roots music projects. She has played shows, festivals and led workshops across the US, Australia, UK, and Europe. Martha’s first solo album has been featured in articles in Rolling Stone Country, No Depression, Wide Open Country, Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, PopMatters and more. She also has been included in articles in the NY Times, Austin Chronicle and Billboard and was a part of the Fiddlin’ documentary movie.

Oct 12, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Paper Anniversary / The Y'all Stars

Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm $15 adv / $20 DOS Paper Anniversary is led by husband and wife songwriting duo Katherine Slingluff and Andy Stuckey. Their songs are a blend of Country, Bluegrass and Americana that spotlight the highs and lows of being in a relationship. Their debut album Signature Confessions was released in 2014. Stuckey and Slingluff are both from Dothan, Alabama but currently live in Brooklyn, NY. They have played Joe’s Pub, The Atlantic, Jalopy, Rockwood Music Hall, The Egremont Barn and can be seen brightening commuters days in the NYC Subways as part of the Music Under New York program. The band is made up of Cole Rotante on dobro, Diane Stockwell on fiddle, and an awesome bass player who likely plays in a few other bands because all the good ones do. Fans of close harmony, early country, and bluegrass rejoice! This is the first time the Y’all Stars have played a full set since 2008. The band features Charles Puckette on guitar and tenor guitar, Diane Stockwell on fiddle, Ben Fraker on mandolin, Fran Leadon on guitar, Nancy Polstein on snare, and Sam Dallas on bass.

Oct 16, 2025

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Burstin' Boots Dance Party with The Slide Stops and Sargent Seedoo!

$20 adv / $25 door Sargent Seedoo teaches yr feet The moves and swings he'll chant Gd respects us when we work But Loves us when we dance! 7:30-8pm: Simple 2 Step Lesson, Simple Line Dance Lesson 8-8:45pm: Band strikes up and we dance 9-9:30pm: A lil tougher line dance and some more 2 Step moves 9:30-10:15pm: Band strikes up and we dance 10:15pm: Last Call, Move it on over to the Jackson Lynch Band at Jalopy Tavern Line dancing provides a space for everybody to move w/ one another and feel that power of dancing in time w/ others w/o the touch.

Oct 17, 2025

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Michael Daves, Tony Trischka, and Erik Alvar

Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm $30 adv / $35 DOS Tony Trischka is considered to be the consummate banjo artist and one of the most influential banjo players in the roots music world. For more than 50 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians with the many voices he has brought to the instrument. He’s been nominated twice for Grammy awards, and has won numerous International Bluegrass Music Association awards including Banjo Player of the Year. Heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times, Georgia-born guitarist/singer Michael Daves has garnered attention for his work with Tony Trischka, Steve Martin, and Chris Thile, with whom he shares a Grammy nomination for their 2011 album Sleep With One Eye Open. Daves’ unruly interpretations of American roots music standards have won him a place of almost fanatical admiration as a "renegade traditionalist." Erik Alvar is one of NYC’s most formidable upright bassists, bringing together deep bluegrass feel with classical chops. He has toured with Billy Strings, Nefesh Mountain, Tony Trischka, Rebecca Frazier, The Roys, and Jim Hurst among others. This will be one of Erik’s last gigs as NYC resident, before a move to North Carolina. Come give him a fond farewell!

Oct 20, 2025

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Ryan Lee Crosby / Todd Albright

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm Ryan Lee Crosby is currently based in Rhode Island, but his musical heart is in Mississippi. He has released numerous albums, toured internationally and is a leading practitioner of the Bentonia School of rural Delta blues, as well as a world music explorer. Smithsonian Magazine praised his ability to "bring influences from Africa and India to the Bentonia sound." Crosby's new album "At the Blue Front" (featuring Grammy nominated bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes) offers a haunting, hypnotic meld of Bentonia and Hill Country blues. Recorded on reel to reel tape over two afternoons at Holmes’ iconic Mississippi juke joint, the album was produced, recorded and mixed by Crosby, with a selection of original compositions, traditional repertoire and fully improvised songs. Crosby finds deep inspiration and spiritual refuge in Bentonia, where he has been mentored for six years by Holmes, the man who is widely regarded as the last living master of the style. Blending reverence for tradition with a modern, trance-inducing approach, Crosby's process is informed by diverse influences that include Indian raga, ambient music and post-punk rock. For Crosby, all these seemingly disparate threads weave together through the meditative power of the blues. With collaborators Grant Smith and Jay Scheffler, At the Blue Front captures a moving journey of self-discovery, resilience, and artistic clarity. “Playing with Jimmy,” Crosby says, “it’s the joy, it’s the learning, it’s the connection and transcendence and what feels to me like a fulfillment of life’s purpose.” “What first intrigued me about Ryan Lee Crosby is how rare he is on paper: a former English major and post-punk rocker who can channel 1930s Mississippi.” - Lauren Daley — WBUR/NPR Todd Albright is a country blues, twelve-string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939), Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell, George Carter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work continues the distinguished tradition of the very roots of American music as told by the African American musicians who created it. Todd Albright joined Jack White’s Third Man Records in 2016. Todd's vigorous, gritty and soulful performances are accompanied by stories of the masters and a deep intuitive sense of respect for craft, providing audiences with a meaningful experience while creating a transcendent moment. One of the top blues guitarists in the world, Todd is the only contemporary twelve string player in his genre. Todd's first full-length LP, Fourth Floor Visitor, was released by Jett Plastic Recordings out of Detroit, Michigan (2017). His latest album, Detroit Twelve String: Blues & Rags, is out now on Third Man Records (2017). His forthcoming third album is set to be released by Third Man Records. " Many musicians can cop the notes played by blues and ragtime greats, but few contemporary guitarists are as successful at conveying the unscripted energy and driving feel of this music as Todd Albright." - Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Oct 23, 2025

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Hootenanny Family Music 2025

It’s been a couple of years but it’s time for another Hootenanny, celebrating the family music community that’s built over the past twenty years and, importantly, looking to the future as well. The Hoot is our family industry gathering/showcase that originally (way back in 2006) helped grow the collaborative family music community and then operated as KindieFest for many years. These are always an epic blast for all involved and attending which included fellow artists, promoters and media. And we’re back! Come on out for a great time (aimed at grown-ups!). Featuring: Miss Katie Sings & Sonia De Los Santos Little Miss Ann & Miss Tutti Marsha and the Positrons & Davey & Peter The Pop Ups & SteveSongs Mega Ran & BTTY's After School Band Svetlana/Swing Makes You Sing & Snookuk Princess Backpack & Benjamin & Jesse Jukebox Todd ‘n’ Tina & Lloyd Miller (of the Deedle Deedle Dees

Oct 24, 2025

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Old-Time Songs and Harmony - A Workshop with Phyllis Elkind and Jen Larson

with Phyllis Elkind and Jen Larson Sunday, October 26th, 11 AM - 1 PM Explore songs and styles from the early days of rural Southern commercial music – the roots of bluegrass and country music. You will learn songs by artists including The Carter Family, Riley Puckett, Jimmie Rodgers, the Delmore Brothers, Coon Creek Girls, and Blue Sky Boys. We love these songs and think you will too! Most of the songs have harmony parts - no instrument is needed, and all levels of experience are welcome! Jen Larson is a Nashville-based archivist, historian, bluegrass vocalist, and educator. She has performed at regional and national festivals, participated in educational programs through Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and appeared on “Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion.” In 2014, she released “Burning House,” an EP produced by Michael Daves. Jen has performed and co-taught with Daves, contributed vocals to his ArtistWorks Bluegrass Vocals course, and taught at Bluegrass Week at Augusta Heritage Center. From 2016 to 2023, she was Archives Manager for the Grand Ole Opry and is now researching bluegrass pioneer Hazel Dickens. Phyllis Elkind is a singer, guitarist, and teacher. She performs in two bluegrass trios – The Sentimentals, with Gene Yellin and Sam Dallas, and Say Darlin Say, with Melody Allegra Berger and Sam Dallas – and is an active participant in NYC’s vibrant jam scene. Phyllis has taught harmony classes at Jalopy since 2014 and has also taught Doo Wop singing at the McBurney YMCA. In the Hudson Valley, she leads harmony workshops for the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association, for the Old-Timey Song Swap, and at The Muse.

Oct 26, 2025

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Halloween Special from Spiffemol Industries

Just in time for Halloween! Absurdly spooky and original audio theater in an old-time radio style. Walk through hell with us, check yourself into Transylvania Hospital, and cope with an onslaught of Trick or Treaters. Also enjoy a vintage episode of Suspense from 1946. Both in-person AND streaming live from Jalopy. $15 suggested donation.

Oct 26, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Anti-Fascist Song Night, Book Event, and DSA Fund Benefit

This event will end with a 30 minute performance by the DSA choir, Sing in Solidarity. We will also provide information on how to get involved with the DSA and Zohran Mamdani's campaign ! Celebrate the launch of From the Flag to the Cross and We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System with author and activist Jonathan Rosenblum, members of the Amazon Labor Union, and a performance by the DSA choir. We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon and Upended Big-City Politics From inside Kshama Sawant’s historic tenure in Seattle City Hall comes a blueprint for twenty-first-century socialists, a counterpoint to the strategies favored by The Squad and other progressive activists. From the Flag to the Cross: Fascism American Style Has fascism arrived dressed in stars and stripes? This book offers a sharp analysis of American authoritarianism, how we got here, how to organize, and how to resist.

Oct 30, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Peter Stampfel's 'Song Shards' Album Release

Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS “Next to Bob Dylan, Stampfel is the closest thing to a genius that [the folk scene] produced.” – Robert Christgau "Song Shards" is a new album from Peter Stampfel, founder of the Holy Modal Rounders and the Fugs. This 46 track album features ancient Stoic aphorisms, set to to music by Stampfel, as well as his own aphorisms (song shards) - and a selection of 1940's advertising jingles. Most of the songs are very short! Help us celebrate the release of this great new album on Jalopy Records Don’t miss this special night of music! Check out the album at: JalopyRecords.org — And available on all your favorite streaming services. And don't miss the extensive, illustrated, 14,000 word liner notes, available digitally.

Oct 30, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Jalopoween Burstin' Boots Dance Party with The Slide Stops and Sargent Seedoo!

Oct 31, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Smyrnëka and Rebetika with Carol Freeman - A Workshop

Smyrnëka and Rebetika Workshop with Carol Freeman Sunday November 2nd, 2-4 pm Songs of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s Urban Greek ala Turka Cafe Amans and Hashish Dens Sing Makam, Intricate Ornamentation, and Uneven Rhythms Sing with Increased Comfort, Clarity, and Control This workshop will teach participants to sing the magnificent vocal repertoire of early 20th Century Asia Minor Greek artists, as well as the heartfelt songs of later renowned Greek Rebetika performers, with authenticity and ease. We will learn to sing deliciously intricate ornamentation, complex rhythms, and microtonal scales - makam, or dhromi (roads) in Greek - in a process that is fluid and fun. By learning how to carefully listen to source recordings and then learning simple tricks to make singing the songs effortless, we'll be able to sing an involved repertoire with comfort, clarity, and control, as well as with original vocal styling. We will also learn how to seamlessly switch between vocal placements without detection, will learn how to produce optimal tone, and will learn how to phrase songs so as to provide for maximum depth of expression, artistry, and musicality. The songs have simply gorgeous melodies, and are lush with embellishment. The texts leave no stone unturned, and deal with scorching love, unbearable pain, cocaine, hashish, and heroine, lesbianism, monkey serum fountain of youth injections, harem girls, Hawaiian guitar music, and anything else one may fancy. Though the repertoire is challenging and instruction is detailed and specific, the workshop is taught in a supportive, comfortable and relaxed setting, and is always fun. Well known as a performer, researcher, and teacher of a variety of Balkan, Greek, Judaic, and other singing traditions, Carol Freeman has performed since 1970 as vocalist for The Smyrneīki Kompania, Sevda Balkan Music Ensemble, Song of the Shtetl, Village Voices, and Zhenska Pesna, and as a solo interpreter of traditional song, and has appeared at major arts centers, festivals, museums, and universities, and on radio and television, throughout North America. A master vocal instructor, Carol Freeman has taught extensively as a private instructor and at specialized arts schools, music seminars, universities, and museums since 1970. She is a 2023, 2024, and 2025 NYS Council on the Arts Master of Folk Arts. She has been actively researching, performing, and teaching Smyrnëika and Rebetika for close to five decades.

Nov 02, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

The 2025 Brooklyn Folk Fest Friday Ticket

VIEW LINEUP HERE! Brought to you in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Howard Gilman Foundation, the Epstein Foundation, the Folk Music Society of New York, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the O'Connell Organization, Archer Roose Wines, and Five Boroughs Brewery.

Nov 08, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

The 2025 Brooklyn Folk Fest Saturday Afternoon Ticket

Nov 08, 2025

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The 2025 Brooklyn Folk Fest Saturday Evening Ticket

Nov 09, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

The 2025 Brooklyn Folk Fest Sunday Afternoon Ticket

Nov 09, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

The 2025 Brooklyn Folk Fest Sunday Evening Ticket

Nov 09, 2025

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Finding Lucinda - Live Film Screening

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS Aspiring singer-songwriter ISMAY (Avery Hellman) takes a soul-searching road trip through the American South to uncover the roots of music legend Lucinda Williams. Featuring newly discovered early recordings and intimate interviews with Lucinda herself, Finding Lucinda is a deeply personal documentary about the transformative power of music and creative self-discovery. Featuring Lucinda Williams, Charlie Sexton, Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, Max & Josh Baca, and more.

Nov 14, 2025

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Brivele / A Glezele Tey

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS Brivele is a Seattle-based duo who braid together Yiddish song, anti-fascist and labor balladry, folk-punk, and contemporary rabble-rousing in stirring vocal harmony. In Yiddish, Brivele ( עלעווירב ( means "little letter." Like letters, songs travel — through time and over borders. They pick up dirt, aromas, fingerprints. They are sent to lovers, they foment revolution, they get stolen and censored, burned and salvaged, sewn into our clothes. Brivele is Maia Brown and Stefanie Brendler, who journey into the archives of Yiddish anti-fascist musical tradition, bringing together anti authoritarian satire, mournful remembrances, and the disguised political commentary in folk ditties and theater classics. These songs are a correspondence: ancestors' voices speaking clearly and uncompromisingly, sometimes sweetly, to the present moment. brivele.com A Glezele Tey (Yiddish for “a little glass of tea”) invites you into their living room for a little glass of tea from the samovar, bringing audiences into an intimate and enthralling world of klezmer, Yiddish folk song, and tkhines (traditional Ashkenazi prayers centering the experiences of women, trans, and gender non-conforming people, set to new melodies). Drawing from old recordings and contemporary culture rooted in the Eastern European Jewish diaspora, A Glezele Tey’s music is an act of deep care—rooted in community gathering, lineage, and ritual, we raise our collective voices to move through grief, inspire action, and build a frayer velt (a freer world). A Glezele Tey is comprised of acclaimed klezmer musicians and composers Ariel Shapiro, Rachel Leader, and Richie Barshay. aglezeletey.com

Nov 15, 2025

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Theater in Asylum presents: 7 Deadly Sins Cabaret

Pride. Greed. Wrath. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Sloth. These seven impulses have endured in the human imagination for thousands of years. What do they mean now? Are they sins? Are deadly? Are they escapable? For Theater in Asylum’s next cabaret, we ask artists to create a 10-20 minute original theater piece looking at the Seven Deadly Sins. Artists may focus on one or multiple of these sins, disparately or as a set. Theater in Asylum will be bringing an except from its still-gestating Faust pieces featuring the Seven Deadly Sins individually personified. More info coming soon! We’d like to thank The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project. The 7 Deadly Sins Cabaret is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.

Nov 21, 2025

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Jalopy Theatre Presents: Family Music for Food Bank NYC Concert

Saturday, November 22nd 11-1pm Jalopy Theatre Presents: Family Music for Food Bank NYC Concert doors: 10:45am show: 11am tickets: $10 Kids/$15 Adults We welcome you to donate more for this important cause if you are able at the event! More About the Event: Join Suzi Shelton, Esther Crow, and other children's musicians for their 2nd Annual FUNdraiser to help feed NYC families. As family musicians, we wanted to partner with a local organization helping to feed hungry families in the New York area. With a 90,000 Sq Foot warehouse in the Bronx, Food Bank for NYC helps deliver food to families in all five boroughs of New York City. We are thankful to Jalopy Theatre for their partnership and commitment to community events that bring people together, and for embracing this important cause. More About Food Bank for NYC: Driven by our mission to empower every New Yorker to achieve food security for good, we harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and volunteers to activate the right resources, supports, and expertise across the five boroughs. Our work with 800+ soup kitchens, food pantries, and campus partners provides immediate and reliable access to food and nutrition education, while our economic empowerment programs give people the tools and know-how to improve their financial wellness. Community by community, we work together to make progress on a more hopeful, dignified, and equitable future for all. Featured Performers: Suzi Shelton, Esther Crow, Michael Napolitano (Michael and the Rockness Monsters), Little Miss Ann, Strawbitty Yops, Evan V, Sonia De Los Santos, Princess Backpack and Benjamin, Jesse Goldman (Moozika), Vered Ronen (Baby In Tune) and Hopalong Andrew! With your support, you are helping to nourish the 1.2 million New Yorkers experiencing hunger across the five boroughs. $1 = 5 meals!

Nov 22, 2025

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Kate Taylor

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $30 adv / $35 DOS Kate Taylor is excited to come to the Jalopy Theater! As fans know, she’s famous for her dynamic stage presence, a rich, emotive voice honed by 5 decades of performing and recording, and her ability to draw upon a deep musical repertoire ranging from folk to gospel, rock’n’roll and R&B. Like her brothers James and Livingston, Kate grew up in North Carolina and spent summers on Martha’s Vineyard; we hear the echoes of both places in her songs. She has an almost uncanny ability to connect with her audiences on a nearly visceral level – guaranteeing an unforgettable show Link to song from her latest album. https://youtu.be/QLCE1rXXYjY

Nov 23, 2025

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Bitch

Doors. 8pm, Show 8:30pm $25 adv / $30 DOS Bitch is a longstanding queer music icon who Yahoo Entertainment called “a feminist force that the world needs now more than ever” when she released “Bitchcraft,” her 9th studio album, on the legendary label Kill Rock Stars in 2022. With her signature electric violin and lyrical smarts front and center over huge beats and deep synths, Bitch coined the genre “Poet Pop” and she has been touring nationally ever since, igniting her loyal following and inspiring new followers with her colorful and bold stage shows. With a new EP on the way in 2025, and her full length follow-up to “Bitchcraft” also en route in 2026, Bitch continues to occupy a singular position in the music industry, while her live show has developed into a truly unique theatrical experience, spanning decades and genres.

Nov 24, 2025

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Stephen Kellogg's Old Friends Tour with Marc Roberge

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $35 Marc Roberge is a songwriter and co-founder of the legendary American rock band O.A.R. Throughout nearly three decades of releasing music and touring with the band, Roberge has enjoyed scaled down, personal acoustic performances in which he can stretch out and tell the stories that give life to the songs. A Stephen Kellogg performance is like watching Ted Lasso live. Whether he’s playing music or doing stand-up, his shows leave people inspired and restored. For more than two decades, this wordsmith, Tedx speaker, stand- up comic, author and troubadour, has delighted audiences around the world. Planet Bluegrass calls him “a first class songwriter with a poet's gift for fresh imagery,” and Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz says of Kellogg, “there are few people in rock n’ roll who are just so great.” He has received the Armed Forces Entertainer of the Year award and has had his work nominated for a Grammy. Rolling Stone magazine describes his sound as “John Prine fronting the Heartbreakers.” The recent “Sit Down & Stand Up” Tour was a one man show that opened to rave reviews from fans and critics alike, culminating in a two-night filming for a forthcoming one-hour comedy special. A mix of music, humor and storytelling, each performance paints a unique canvas that covers the full spectrum of human emotions. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll go home with a full heart.

Dec 09, 2025

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Caleb Caudle & the Sweet Critters / Nathan Xander

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS Just as the marbled salamanders emerge from under damp logs and leaves, the mushrooms—smooth, pearlescent ones and spongy morels—turn on like night lights glowing in the dark, and the long-horned beetles and regal moths begin buzzing. The fiddlehead ferns and trout lilies curl inward, a copperhead slowly swerves, and a fox steps into the moonlight looking for prey. It is here, in that restless middle of the night, under cover of darkness, where Caleb Caudle ’s sixth studio LP Sweet Critters is nestled. Through sometimes shadowy arrangements that creep and lurk, Caudle continues to mine both the brightest and murkiest corners of his imagination, finding that purest of points where tenderness and grit collide, inspired by musical heroes like Buddy Miller and Guy Clark, and mentors like Elizabeth Cook and John Paul White. It was White who Caudle tapped to produce Sweet Critters, along with Ben Tanner, at the duo’s Florence, Alabama studio Sun Drop Sound. "I was very excited to work with Caleb on this record. Iʼve been a fan for years and count him as a friend,” White says of working with Caudle. “Heʼs a stellar songwriter, so I knew heʼd bring the goods. And he did.” The album features Allison Russell, Aoife OʼDonovan, John Paul White, and Caudleʼs own touring band. These songs are a showcase of Caudle’s singular command of language. He sees the world through a hyperreal lens wholly unique to him, one that renders dank humidity “horsefly heat,” a moody sky “cast iron skillet” dark, or a loved one’s “wind chime of a smile.” For Caudle, details are the last frontier in a world where thousands of new songs are created every day. As such, he weaves his intricate tales of redemption, sacrifice, forgiveness, and loss with the colorful threads of living, breathing characters and all the rich idiosyncrasies and ephemera that fill out their worlds. Caudle and his band have played The Grand Ole Opry, Stagecoach, Cayamo, Luck Reunion, Mountain Stage, Merlefest, Americanafest, The Long Road (UK), AMAUK (UK), and recently supported Marty Stuart, Steve Earle, Hayes Carll, Elizabeth Cook, Brent Cobb, Charles Wesley Godwin, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many more. Nathan Xander writes songs that are steeped in the quiet, restrained tension of what Greil Marcus called the ‘Old, Weird America’. The New York based songwriter has spent the last decade refining his craft across stages of all sizes, from dive bars to folk festivals; having shared bills with Justin Townes Earle, Tyler Childers, Lydia Loveless, Tommy Stinson, Robbie Fulks, and Howe Gelb of Giant Sand. Xander sorts through love, loss, and evolving identity as he stands on the threshold of a new era in his own career.

Dec 11, 2025

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Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm Michael Daves and Jacob Jolliff are two of America’s premier bluegrass talents. After years of collaborating in various bands and informal settings they have teamed up as a formidable duo featuring high lonesome vocal harmony and fiery flatpicking. Their sound is an homage to the classic guitar-mandolin “brother duets” while leaving plenty of room for improvisation and inspired left turns. They effortlessly straddle the line between hard-core traditional bluegrass and experimental forms. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Michael Daves grew up playing bluegrass in the grand old tradition of staying up late & singing loud. Although he’s since moved north, the Southern roots permeate his music, however traditional or experimental. Heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times, Daves has garnered attention for his work with Chris Thile, Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, Bruce Molsky and others in addition to his solo performances. His album “Sleep With One Eye Open” with Thile earned a 2011 Grammy nomination. Daves is also one of the most experienced instructors in bluegrass music, with a vocal school on ArtistWorks, presentations at many festivals, camps, and institutions including Carnegie Hall, and a private studio going back to the mid- 1990s. Jacob Jolliff has become one of the country's most notable contemporary mandolinists. He was a member of the beloved New England roots band Joy Kills Sorrow, while attending Berklee School of Music on a full scholarship. In 2012, Jolliff won the National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, KS. Now a fixture of the national bluegrass community, he has collaborated and shared the stage with Darol Anger, Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, Jerry Douglas, Tony Trischka, and David Grisman among others. When Joy Kills Sorrow disbanded in 2014, Jolliff got the call to join Yonder Mountain String Band with whom he toured full time through 2019. In 2022 Jolliff released a self-titled Jacob Jolliff Band album and toured with Béla Fleck as part of My Bluegrass Heart. Photo credit: Aidan Grant

Dec 15, 2025

Jalopy Theatre

Andy’s Ramble Bluegrass Band

Doors @ 7pm, Show @ 7:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS Andy Statman is universally recognized as one of the world’s foremost mandolin virtuoso’s! He began initially as a bluegrass performer and played in the iconic group, Breakfast Special, in his early years. A short time later his musical journey took him to the world of Klezmer music and he developed similar virtuosic facility on the clarinet. He has toured extensively all over the world in the past 35 years with his trio, playing Klezmer and Bluegrass music. He has recorded over a dozen albums. He recently was featured on the Grand Ole Opry and appears regularly with Itzhak Perlman. His website is www.andystatman.org, where a full description of his career accomplishments can be viewed. Gene Yellin , guitar, is a 40 year veteran of the New York bluegrass scene.Gene has played with Hazel Dickens, Breakfast Special (Kenny Kosek, Andy Statman, etc), Yellin Grass (with his bluegrass banjo playing brother, Bob), Eastbound Freight and American Flyer (with Ben Freed). He has recorded with Hazel Dickens and Gene Lowinger. He is critically recognized as one of the best bluegrass singers to come out of the New York area. Terry McGill , banjo, is one of the best known traditional banjo players in the Northeast having played and recorded with many ensembles over a 30 year period. He fronted his own band, “Straight Drive” for several years and their album of the same name received favorable airplay nationwide. He has been highlighted in Banjo Newsletter and has authored a book, “Alternate Tunings for Five-String Banjo” available from Mel Bay Publications. He has recorded two albums for Cabinwood Music. Greg Vongas , bass, has been a mainstay of the acoustic music scene in both New York and New Jersey for over 30 years! He has played with Peter Rowan, Tex Logan, Larry Sparks, and Tony Trischka among others and for many years he was a member of guitar virtuoso Orin Starr’s band. He plays an eclectic variety of music, but bluegrass is his main love!

Jan 19, 2026

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Kathleen Parks

Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm $20 adv / $25 DOS Kathleen Parks is a fiddler, singer, and songwriter who brings joyful and creative energy to the stage and studio. For the last 10 years, she has been heavily involved in touring and recording with her Americana/Jamgrass band Twisted Pine, where she sings, writes, and fiddles. On her upcoming solo album, her captivating songs lean more toward Pop, Folk, and classic Jazz, while her virtuosic fiddle blends and reimagines traditional and modern musical styles with boundless groove and playful improvisational spirit. Her deep grounding in Celtic and American roots music combines with her love for pop songwriting, soulful vocals, and groove-based improvisation, making every KP performance unexpected yet familiar: a musical journey from beginning to end. Over the years, Parks has shared the stage with artists such as Paula Cole, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Gordon Lightfoot, Aoife O’Donovan, The Punch Brothers, Jerry Douglas, and Sierra Hull. Pre-Release Music: HERE Video: HERE

Feb 07, 2026

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Andy Statman & Michael Daves

Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm $25 adv / $30 DOS Andy Statman is one of his generation's most creative and influential mandolinists, having achieved legendary status for his unique melding of bluegrass, traditional Jewish music, and avant-garde jazz. "Bill Monroe and John Coltrane poured into one person. .. He plays all those just great crazy jazz kind of licks, but with the heart and fire of Bill Monroe ... I don't know anyone else that approaches the mandolin the way he does." -Ricky Skaggs, NPR "One of the greatest mandolinists of this - or any - era ... He thinks at the speed of light and can play whatever he thinks of. As an improviser, he is fearless, and his musical vocabulary has no limitations." -Chicago Tribune Grammy-nominated singer and guitarist Michael Daves was heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times. Daves has garnered attention for his work with Chris Thile, Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, and Bruce Molksy in addition to his solo performances.

Feb 09, 2026

Jalopy Theatre

The Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies

Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm Described by the international press as a “shamanic orchestra of the technological age” and “a living museum of sound” the Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies recovers and brings to artistic life hundreds of forgotten indigenous musical instruments. The Orchestra will present the show “Hidden Sounds of the Americas”, an audiovisual journey through the sound geography from Alaska to Patagonia featuring traditional music and contemporary compositions. Through a scenic and audiovisual display the Orchestra unites ancestral sounds with electronic technologies as well as Native dances and masks of the Americas. The concert will feature replicas of unknown pre-Columbian instruments recovered by the Orchestra from archaeological Museums as well as from indigenous communities in the Amazonas, the Andes and Mesoamerica. This program is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Ibermúsicas.

Apr 15, 2026

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The 11th Annual Brooklyn World Wide (Friday Ticket)

LINE UP TBD! This program was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Department of Transportation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Falconworks Theater Company, and Von Trapp Brewery.

Jun 05, 2026

Jalopy Theatre

The 11th Annual Brooklyn World Wide (Saturday Ticket)

Jun 06, 2026