Kenka, 25 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, will host its first-ever punk show late tomorrow (Saturday) night, with five bands taking over the restaurant from midnight to 4 a.m.
The lineup features Blu Anxxiety, Nisemono, Hated, Kleptocracy and Infernal Spawn. Tickets are $8 in advance here or $10 cash at the door, with all proceeds going directly to the bands. There will also be $3 Sapporos.
The show is being organized by Kyota Umeki, whose father, Yuji Umeki, the longtime owner of Kenka and the punk-vintage shop Search & Destroy upstairs, died unexpectedly last year.
Kyota, who grew up in the East Village, has said he hopes to use Kenka as a venue to support and reconnect with the neighborhood's punk community.
