[EVG photo from July 13]
We heard from a lot of people over the weekend about Coney Island Baby, the 15-month-old live music venue at 169 Avenue A between 10th Street and 11th Street.
For starters, the name is no longer on the recently renovated exterior...
[Photo Friday by Shawn Chittle]
And the show scheduled for Saturday night had been moved to Berlin at 25 Avenue A while Wednesday night's EP release show is now at Bowery Electric.
A co-owner described the temporary closure to me as "a quick reboot," with more details coming soon. Another tipster with knowledge of the club offered that "they’ve decided to do a different concept in that space" with more events and fewer bands.
[Reader-submitted photo from Saturday]
Coney Island Baby debuted on April 26, 2018, with a show by hardcore legends Murphy's Law, HR of Bad Brains and Craig Finn of the Hold Steady. Recent highlights include a sorta secret Sunday matinee featuring arena band The Raconteurs.
The venue's partners are reportedly Laura McCarthy, former owner of indie-rock club Brownies (in this space from 1989-2002), Jesse Malin of Avenue A's Niagara, Berlin and Bowery Electric as well as Tom Baker and Don DiLego of Velvet Elk Records.
4 comments:
I heard that the new venue will be called Save The Reboots.
As usual with Malin's venues, horrible sightlines. Only a fraction of paying customers could've seen the band playing really.
The Coney Island Baby concept didn't work. I hope they can come up with something that makes more sense. I miss the old Brownie's.
The change is not going to work, when you have a small space, and try for a club vibe in manhattan. Not happening.
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