Thursday, July 20, 2023

Details about some upcoming shows via the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on Avenue A

Baker Falls had its soft opening last week at 101 Avenue A ... first with a release party for Jesse Rifkin's book "This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City" as well as Lach and Friends Anti-Folk/Anti-Hoot, a nod to the now-closed Sidewalk Bar and Restaurant. 

Starting tonight, the performance space — Knitting Factory New York at Baker Falls — will ramp up with the first of many concerts to come... Sunflower Bean (below) headlines a bill with GIFT and Slow Fiction
Steve Gunn (and friends!) performs on Friday...  and there's an all-ages matinee on Sunday featuring a handful of bands, including EVG favorite Jade Tourniquet (photo below by Stacie Joy)...
Other upcoming shows include cumgirl8 on July 28...
There are several bands — local, national and international — a week on the calendar now. Check it out here.

These select shows at Knitting Factory New York at Baker Falls are curated by Knitting Factory Talent Buyer Carson Ehlert with support from Senior Talent Buyer James Irvine. The duo is reprising their roles from Knitting Factory Brooklyn in Williamsburg, which closed last August.

As previously reported, East Village resident Nick Bodor, whose past and current establishments have included the Library bar, alt.coffee and the Cake Shop music venue, serves as the managing partner and creative director of Baker Falls.

In the weeks ahead, you can expect a coffee shop, all-day cafe, bar and community events at the two-level space between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. 

Previously on EV Grieve:
• Generation next: Baker Falls will bring together a cafe, bar and the Knitting Factory at the former Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Nov. 28, 2022)

• The next iteration of the Knitting Factory coming to the East Village (Aug. 24, 2022

• Baker Falls set to debut this week on Avenue A (July 10)  

Sunflower Bean and cumgirl8 photos courtesy of Knitting Factory at Baker Falls

11 comments:

  1. They just announced Les Savy Fav + Marnie Stern too - Aug 17!

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  2. This is super exciting, more live music in the EV please! Modern English is there in September, talk about a blast from the past!

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  3. MrNiceGuy,

    Thanks. Meant to give them a shout-out too. Not sure what their setlist looks like... their debut album, Mesh & Lace, is quite good... and probably under-appreciated after the mega-success of "I Melt With You."

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  4. Wha???
    How they going to accommodate capacity for a show like that? This is still the Pyramid, right?

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  5. The press materials from Knitting Factory at Baker Falls listed the capacity at 298.

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  6. Hmmm maybe a titsdickass show soon too. TDA forever

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  7. Modern English is always touring, and visiting NY pretty often. I think Sony Hall might have been the venue on a couple of occasions, and I seem to recall one Merc Lounge gig too.

    LSV and Marnie Stern is an exciting addition to the calendar.

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  8. $35 for Sunflower Bean was too much, to this avid concertgoer opinion.

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  9. 298 in the old Pyramid ground floor space? As someone who used to go there a lot, that number is about 100 high. It would be terrifying to be packed in there with that many; breathing would be by mutual consent.

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  10. Nico lived on the 2nd floor in the '60s. Let's call it the Nico Lounge.

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  11. I'm with ya Bill @ 7:35am - Nico Lounge it is !

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