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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
11 West 4th Street at Mercer Street 11 West 4th Street at Mercer 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
Bagel Pub 418 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin 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.
Roy Lichtenstein Studio and Home Tour
Roy Lichtenstein Studio 745 Washington Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Lichtenstein studio is not usually open to the public, so this is a special opportunity to explore the place where one of the 20th century’s most important artists created many of his seminal works of Pop Art. The tour will be led by Nick Holmes, the Whitney’s Legal Counsel and a person who was instrumental in the renovation of the building.
Aché! Bobby Sanabria & Ascensión
Teatro Latea at The Clemente 107 Suffolk St, (Second Floor), New York, NY, United StatesCancelled: Due to New York City building work which has badly overrun, The Clemente, of which the Latea Theater is a part, will now be closed until late September. Sadly, it has proved impossible to relocate this concert at such short notice and we now have no option but to cancel. We at The Village Trip are as disappointed as we know you will be, but we do hope to present Bobby Sanabria and Ascensión, and Antoinette Montague, at the Latea sometime soon. We hope to see you at other festival events.
John Schneider: American Maverick Guitar American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesGrammy Award-winning guitarist John Schneider explores another side of the Greenwich Village music scene, looking at works by the intrepid Harry Partch and Lou Harrison and others and their engagement in world music and the "American Primitive”. Schneider's work is "of a caliber that kept this listener in a state of continuous astonishment" Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times.
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.
Eliza Garth: Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPianist Eliza Garth performs Sonatas and Interludes, John Cage’s 1947 masterpiece for prepared piano, a composition regarded as a formative piano work of the 20th Century. St Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery is known and loved as a gathering place for innovative musicians, dancers, and poets, including Allen Ginsberg and Cage.
William Bland: Village Maverick American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesKevin Gorman, praised for his “passion, technical facility and explosive tonality,” (Fanfare Magazine) is a champion of the piano music of maverick composer, poet, painter William Bland. He has performed and recorded Bland's epic cycle of piano sonatas for Bridge Records to great acclaim.
The Village Trip GuitarFest 24: Featuring soloists Oren Fader and Giacomo Fiore American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesGuitarFest 24 expands on American Primitive, with the wildly inventive Ictus Novus, the Curtis Guitar Quartet, soprano Sharon Harms, and many of New York’s best guitarists. It features music by American Primitives John Fahey, and Julián Carrillo and works by Paul Lansky, Kyle Miller, David Amram, Agustín Castilla-Ávila, and Gary Philo, among others.
Stoned Soul Picnic: Diane Garisto & The Laura Nyro Project
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesSidewalk and pigeon, you look like a city, but you feel like religion to me – Laura Nyro, in her album New York Tendaberry
Laura Nyro was “the very essence of New York City in the most passionate, romantic, and ethereal sense,” said Bette Midler, inducting Nyro into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. At the historic Bitter End, to which Nyro was no stranger, Diane Garisto and the Stoned Soul Picnic band celebrate her remarkable legacy.
Chopping Wood: Thoughts & Stories of a Legendary American Folksinger
Assembly Hall, Judson Memorial Church 239 Thompson Street, New York, NY, United StatesCome celebrate the long life and inspirational work of Pete Seeger, who died in 2014 aged 94, with David Bernz and Jacob Bernz. David will discuss his latest book Chopping Wood, co-authored with Seeger. David and his son Jacob, a founding member of Clearwater's Power of Song group, will also play some of Seeger's songs.
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!
Janis Siegel and Friends: Something to Live For – Celebrating the Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Blue Note 31 West 3rd Street, New York, United StatesThe music of Edward Kennedy Ellington and William Thomas Strayhorn has long been a staple of both the Great American Songbook and the jazz lexicon. This program of lovingly curated music contains some cherished classics, such as “Mood Indigo,” “Prelude to A Kiss,” and “Take The ‘A’ Train,” but also delves into some of the "deeper cuts" like “Star-Crossed Lovers,” “Absinthe (Lament for An Orchid),” and “Johnny Come Lately.”
Genius & Invention: Schoenberg, Ives, Cage & Harrison – An Exploration American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesCelebrating ground-breaking composers Arnold Schoenberg and Charles Ives at 150 with the Hayley/Laufer duo’s stunning interpretation of the lushly expressionistic Book of the Hanging Gardens, and Ives’ violin and piano sonata. Plus Varied Trio and early keyboard music by unlikely Schoenberg students Lou Harrison and John Cage.
Bob Dylan’s Village Trip: An Evening of Songs and Stories
Café Wha? 115 MacDougal St, New York, NY, United States“Those early days in the Village were great,” Bob Dylan told his biographer Robert Shelton around 1970, shortly after he had moved into his townhouse on MacDougal Street, trying to recreate the magic of the early 1960s, when there was “music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air.”
Quattro Mani American Primitive & Inventors of Genius Weekend
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesRenowned duo pianists Susan Grace and Steven Beck perform works by Lou Harrison, John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg, John Adams and Fred Lerdahl who, with linguist Ray Jackendoff, developed the Chomsky-inspired generative theory of tonal music, an endeavor inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s Norton Lectures, given at Harvard in 1973.
The Art & Science of Hang-out-ology:
David Amram in Conversation with Cliff Pearson
Lobby Bar at the Washington Square Hotel
103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United States
David Amram, “Renaissance Man of American Music” and real-life Zelig, is now in his sixth year as Artist Emeritus of The Village Trip. He is the spirit of the festival, and a link to more than a half-century of fabled Village history. Indeed, David has lived much of it—hanging out with the Abstract Expressionists who changed the course of art, jamming with Parker, Monk and Mingus who changed the course of jazz, and composing for the great Joe Papp, who changed the course of theater.
A Parting Glass: Dan Milner, Mick Moloney and Irish Music in Greenwich Village
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesOur memorial concert honors Dan Milner and Mick Moloney--performers, professors, and impresarios who brought great Irish music to settings as varied as the Eagle Tavern on West 14th Street and classrooms at New York University. Performers include Bonnie Milner, Daniel Neely, their friends, and members of the Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra.
East Village Underground: Two Centuries of Creativity and Rebellion, Walking Tour
Ottendorfer Library 135 Second Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Marc Catapano and uncover the dynamic history of NYC's East Village and its famous underground movements. Explore its radical political past, its avant-garde art, and groundbreaking jazz, rock, and punk scenes. Visit iconic sites like CBGB’s, St Mark’s Place, and Tompkins Square Park, and revel in the area's extraordinary cultural legacy.
Go Tell It On the Mountain: James Baldwin in Words and Music
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesAlmost 40 years after his death, the words of James Baldwin are ever more resonant, speaking powerfully to us about culture, faith, race, justice, and identity. This celebration of Baldwin’s centennial honors his remarkable legacy with readings directed by actor and playwright Daniel Carlton, plus performances of the jazz, blues and gospel Baldwin listened to as he wrote, as well as new music by Julian Hornik and Nehemiah Luckett inspired by the novels Giovanni’s Room and Another Country.
The Music of the West Village from Dylan to Springsteen and Beyond, Walking Tour
11 West 4th Street at Mercer Street 11 West 4th Street at Mercer 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.
Donald Judd Home and Studio, Guided Tour
101 Spring Street 101 Spring Street, New York, NY, United StatesOne of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Donald Judd challenged boundaries and definitions in the worlds of art, architecture, and design. Renovated in 2013 by Architecture Research Office (ARO), 101 Spring Street tells the story of Judd’s ideas and presents his work as he dictated it should be when he lived and worked there. Adam Yarinsky, a founding principal at ARO, will lead the tour along with a guide from the Judd Foundation.
Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
Village East by Angelika 189 Second Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesFilm screening at the Architecture & Design Film Festival. Directed by Kelly Anderson, Kathryn Barnier, and Ryan Joseph, this documentary film chronicles a trailblazing housing organizer and her diverse working-class neighbors as they fight Robert Moses, the real estate industry, and five mayors to create the first Community Land Trust in New York City—an oasis of permanent low-income housing in the heart of the rapidly gentrifying Lower East Side.
Stand Up & Be Counted! The Village Trip Comedy Night
The Grisly Pear 107 Macdougal Street, New York, NY, United StatesA great night of comedy featuring some of the best popular and up-and-coming comic talents in the New York area.
Identity, Gender & Cockette Sexual Anarchy
An Evening of Glamour, Wild Tales, Photos & Films with Cockette Fayette Hauser
The Center
208 West 13th Street (Room 301), NY, United States
Fayette Hauser is a founding member of The Cockettes, performing in San Francisco from 1969 to 1972. In a rare Village performance, Fayette will reflect on the Cockette years with a talk and slideshow that will evoke nostalgia in those who were there and envy in those who missed out. She will also introduce two rarely seen films starring The Cockettes.
Greenwich Village at the turn of the 20th Century, Walking Tour
Christopher Park Corner of Christopher & West 4th Streets, New York, NY, United StatesDiscover Greenwich Village in the early 20th century, America’s first great Bohemian center. In the company of Marc Catapano, visit landmarks like the Provincetown Playhouse, where Eugene O’Neill revolutionized theater, the Whitney Studio Club, home to the Ashcan School Painters, and the Washington Square Park Arch, where on January 23, 1917 Village Bohemians proclaimed the Free and Independent Republic of Greenwich Village.
From the Courtyard
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States“Art preserves life in a very special way. Our memories die with us, but art preserves the values and experiences” – Undine Smith Moore
From the Courtyard first recreates the sounds of an East Village tenement courtyard, shared by multicultural immigrant families, then moves into the concert hall to hear how the rich legacy of folk music inspired later generations of composers. The concert features a premiere by Clarice Assad.
Presented in cooperation with the Tenement Museum.
Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square
Garibaldi Plaza Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village Trip’s signature free concert in Washington Square Park this year celebrates girl power and sister acts! We are thrilled to welcome Tish and Snooky, glam punk rock legends of the Lower East Side; Janie Barnett, acclaimed as both session singer and Americana soloist; and BETTY, the indie rock trio who are Gloria Steinem’s favorite band. A program that’s as diverse as the Village itself.
World Central Kitchen Fundraiser
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesWorld Central Kitchen is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. We, as artists, support this non-profit organization with our music and poetry, helping to raise awareness and money for their worthy cause by organizing this event and inviting everyone to join us in supporting World Central Kitchen.
Presented by Composers Concordance in association with The Village Trip.
Old-Fashioned Coffee House Night: David Roth and a Singer-Songwriter Showcase
Assembly Hall, Judson Memorial Church 239 Thompson Street, New York, NY, United StatesGet into a 1960s groove as Peoples' Voice Café takes you back to the era of subterranean Greenwich Village coffee houses. No microphones, no amps, no speakers and of course no live-streaming. Just acoustic instruments and natural voices with chairs arranged in a circle and the lights low. Home-made music as it was and still can be.