It’s time once again for the monthly calendar. December looks pretty strong with good shows almost every night, and with some nights sporting two or three really good shows opposite each other. When that happens, just pick one, because when you have multiple good choices, what ever choice you make will be a good one.
Things around Christmas and the week after have yet to be posted, but they will be, and this calendar will be updated periodically to include those shows. I’m not including New Years Eve shows here, but will have a separate post about them later.
With the ground rules out of the way, start your planning!
Dec. 1 – Lelia Broussard – Rockwood Stage 2 – 8pm
Dec. 2 –Karen Rockower – Union Hall – 8pm
Dec. 2 – Kristin Diable – The Living Room – 10pm
Dec. 3 – Lenny Kaye – Banjo Jim’s – 7pm
Dec.3 – Clare Burson – The Rock Shop – 7:30pm
Dec.5 – Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells), KaiserCartel – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7:30pm
Dec. 5 – Songwriters from Hell with Karen Hudson 7:30pm, Emily Zuzik 8:30 pm, Sousalves 9:30 pm, Cristina Black 10pm, Karen Rockower, 10:30 pm, and others – Parkside Lounge
Dec. 5 – Israel Nash Gripka – Spike Hill – 8pm
Dec. 6 – Rich Hinman – The Rockwood Music Hall – 11pm
Dec. 7 – Harper Blynn, The Madison Square Gardeners & Taurus – Rockwood Stage 2 – 9pm
Dec. 8 – Maura Kennedy, Edward Rogers & Don Piper – The Bowery Electric – doors 7pm / show 7:30pm*
Dec. 9 – Katie Moore – Spike Hill -8pm
Dec. 9 – Milton – The Living Room – 9pm
Dec. 9 – Serena Jean – Spike Hill – 9pm
Dec. 9 – Jim Keller Band – Lakeside Lounge – 9pm
Dec. 9 – Keren Ann – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm**
Dec. 9 – Basement Band – Spike Hill – 10pm
Dec. 9 – Hobson’s Choice – Spike Hill – 11pm*
Dec. 10 – Keren Ann and Dayna Kurtz – The Bell House – doors 7pm
Dec. 10 – The Nields – The Living Room – 7-9pm
Dec. 10 – Phosphorescent – Bowery Ballroom – doors 8pm /show 9pm
Dec. 11 – Elliott Murphy – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7:30pm
Dec. 12 – The Lascivious Biddies – The Rockwood Music Hall – 4pm
Dec. 12 – Teddy Thompson and Friends – City Winery – 8pm
Dec. 12 – Notes from Brooklyn: Holiday Benefit Concert for Brooklyn Community Services – Johnny Pisano, Deni Bonet, Erin Hill & her Psychedelic Harp and Christine Ohlman – Jalopy – 7pm**
Dec. 14 – Harper Blynn, The Madison Square Gardeners & Taurus – Rockwood Stage 2 – 9pm
Dec. 14 – Emily Zuzik – Banjo Jim’s – Time TBD
Dec. 14 – Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – Bowery Ballroom – doors 8pm /show 9pm
Dec. 14 – The Amygdaloids – Parkside Lounge – 10pm*
Dec.16 -A Holiday Benefit Volume 4: Hosted by NY1’s Roger Clark featuring Casey Shea, Bryan Dunn, Chris Abad, Benjamin Wagner, Wes Hutchinson, Charlotte Sometimes, Rachel Platten, Dave Pittinger, Kelli Rae Powell, Zach & Sarah, Vienna Teng & Alex Wong– Rockwood Stage 2 – 7pm
Dec. 16 – Poundcake (Holiday Show) – Rockwood Stage 2 – 10:30pm
Dec. 17 – David Roche – The Good Coffeehouse at Brooklyn Ethical Culture – 8pm
Dec. 17 – James Maddock – Rockwood Stage 2 – 8:30pm
Dec. 18 – Sydney Wayser – Pianos – Time TBD*
Dec. 18 – Amy Speace (DECEMBERSONGS with Jon Vezner, Sally Barris and Dan Navarro) – The Living Room – 7-9pm
Dec. 18 – Pretty Good Dance Moves – Pianos – 8pm§
Dec. 18 – Spanking Charlene – Lakeside Lounge – 11pm
Dec. 19 – Jon Graboff’s Pedal Steel Guitar World of Discovery – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7pm
Dec. 20 – Willie Nile – Don Hill’s – doors 7pm / show 7:30pm§
Dec. 21 – Harper Blynn, The Madison Square Gardeners & Taurus – Rockwood Stage 2 – 9pm
Dec. 23 – Allison Weiss – The Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm*
Dec. 24 – Jewmongous – City Winery – 8pm
Dec. 26 – Dayna Kurtz – Barbes – 6pm§
Dec. 26 – Dar Williams, KaiserCartel – The Bell House – 7pm§
Dec. 26 – Sasha Dobson – Rockwood Stage 2 – 9pm§
Dec. 29 – My Pet Dragon – Rockwood Stage 2 – 10pm§
Dec. 30 – Sasha Dobson – The Living Room – 9pm§
*Updated Nov. 30 – Dec. 8
§Updated Dec. 18
