Sunday, August 3, 2025

Day 1 of the Tompkins Square Park riot reunion shows

Photos by Stacie Joy

Day 1 of the free shows commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park police riot of Aug. 6, 1988,  got off to an epic start yesterday with an — shall we say? — energetic crowd.

Let's take a look ... in the crowd and from the stage...
The set from Dollhouse was a highlight of the afternoon ...
Day 2 starts this afternoon with music expected at 2 p.m.

2 comments:

  1. Not my cuppa tea but it looks like THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT! Glad to see happy faces enjoying music in our park. Come through, next gen!

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  2. From what I can deduce, there are apparently a dozen or so of people that were actually at the original riot. To quote the late, great Joe Strummer, "I want a riot of my own" or is it "Should I stay or should I go".

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