Iconic punk venue CBGB is coming back for a one-day-only festival this September
A dearly departed piece of New York's punk past is being resurrected for one night only this fall. CBGB —the iconic East Village music club that helped kickstart the careers of many notable punk rock and new wave bands, including Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, Dead Boys and Patti Smith Group, among others—has announced that it will be popping up once again as CBGB Festival on September 27 at Under the K Bridge Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. (The original CBGB shuttered for good in 2006 at 315 Bowery.)
Presented with The Bowery Presents, the one-day gig—a 'festival for uplifting gormandizers,' per organizers, nodding to the old club's full name—will kick off the tunes at 3pm and feature 21 bands, many of whom previously rattled and rocked that historic music hall during its heyday in the 1970s and '80. Along with high-profile headliners Iggy Pop and Jack White, the lineup will span three stages with performers such as Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr, Lunachicks, Marky Ramone, The Damned, Melvins.
But it's not just old favorites on the docket: 'The CBGB Festival celebrates New York City's gritty, sticker-covered past through the lens of the modern punk era, with a lineup bridging punk's origins to its future torchbearers,' proclaims the festival website. That means fresh-faced rockers like The Linda Lindas, Destroy Boys, Angel Du$t, Scowl, Pinkshift, Teen Mortgage, YHWH Nailgun and Lip Critic, among others, will also be taking the CBGB stage.
Presale registration is open now at CBGBFEST.COM. Presale begins Thursday, May 15 at 10am Eastern Time, with general ticket sales kicking off Friday, May 16 at 10am. Ticket prices range from a $73 'Young Punks' option (reserved for concertgoers under 24 years old) to good ol' general admission tickets starting at $149.
Along with those mosh-ready musical sets, CBGB Festival will also feature vintage and new merch collections, loads of local food & beverage options, and expansive CBGB installations including relics from the original club. Check out more information at the CBGB Festival website.
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