Friday, August 1, 2025

This weekend: the 37th annual Tompkins Square Park riot reunion

The free concerts commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Police Riot of Aug. 6, 1988, are happening this weekend. 

Bands are scheduled for both afternoons: 

Aug. 2
  1. L.O.T.I.O.N. 
  2. Dollhouse 
  3. Cruciform 
  4. Pure Terror
  5. Decept
  6. Hated 

Aug. 3:
  • Rebelmatic 
  • Ricanstruction 
  • Future Strangers 
  • Frida Kill 
  • Skitzopolis
  • Carlos the Chords 
And here are the individual posters for each day...

2 comments:

  1. 1988 was 37 years ago?!?!!? I was expecting the date to be like 1967 or something

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  2. That first poster is FANTASTIC. And while I saw dozens of expensive SUVs moving NYU kids and their golf clubs into their new apartments as I waited for a friend this morning, I am happy to know that there's still some memory of the neighborhood's revolutionary past.

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