Join 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.
Greenwich 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.
Presented 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.
