Creative NYC Musicians Develop Audiences by Performing on Unconventional Stages

With most larger music venues still closed and the Parks Enforcement Patrols increasingly evicting amplified musicians from public parks, inventive musicians are finding unusual places to play. 

Almaluna played the soundtrack for an outdoor burlesque show on the sidewalk outside the Duane Park restaurant on May 1

Silver Relics performed in the storefront window of the Gene Frankel Theatre on April 17

Pinc Louds at Astor Place Plaza on May 1

Greg Banks at the Nexus Flea Market on Peretz Square on April 17

Robert Leslie at the Nexus Flea Market on Peretz Square on May 1

The Underground Horns roamed the streets of Greenwich Village on April 30,
performing for tips from diners in the various restaurants' curbside sheds

The Parks Enforcement Patrol evicted EveryTing from Tompkins Square Park due to amplification
on May 1, so the duo relocated across Avenue A alongside the Doc Holliday bar before it opened

The Jake D'Ambra Trio performed on the corner of MacDougal and Bleecker Streets on April 17

Musical Storefronts ended last week after a three-month run from January 21 to April 28. More than 200 musicians performed 107 concerts behind the glass windows of an empty storefront at Broadway and West 62nd Street to 31,200 spectators. Kaufman Music Center presented the series in partnership with the Alphadyne Foundation. The photographs below are by Joan Jasrebski.

Darian Donovan Thomas, violin, at Musical Storefronts on March 25

Brooklyn Raga Massive (Neel Murgai, sitar & Aaron Schragge, trumpet) at Musical Storefronts on March 28

Monica K. Davis, violin, at Musical Storefronts on March 31

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. All photographs are by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise. For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music." For a listing of  upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's  May 2021 calendar.