Live Music Outdoors and Indoors

With strict governmental restriction still in place, what will happen to downtown Manhattan's live music circuit as the colder weather settles in? Many musicians and sidewalk cafe owners who successfully teamed for live music outdoors during the summer are pondering how to adapt as the seasons change, especially since the government has not yet increased indoor capacity limits from 25% to 50%. Many musicians are still playing outdoor gigs, but the transition to indoor venues is inevitable.

The following musicians were among the many who performed downtown in the past week.

Svetlana & the Delancey Five played vintage hot jazz at City Winery

Leslie Mendelson performed an acoustic set at City Winery

Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes performed ragtime at Rue-B

Puma Perl, Dave Donen, and Joe Sztabnik put poetry to music at the Anyway Cafe

Spike Polite & Sewage played rebel songs at De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center

The Head Peddlers played experimental folk at De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center

OpEd played acoustic songs at De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center

Scott Stenten reinterpreted vintage jazz at Tompkins Square Park

The C.J.McPhatter Trio played free jazz at Pinky's Space

James Labrosse with Jeremy Smith gave flamenco a pop twist at Wayan

PLM Music Revue rocked out the blues on a pickup truck on Avenue A