NYS Music 20​18

Tag: City Winery

  • New York’s City Winery Forced to Vacate Location by Disney

    New York’s City Winery, which is located currently at Varick Street in Manhattan, is being forced to relocate by none other than Disney itself. The City Winery is known for putting on well-attended shows by a variety of artists. Disney has bought out the building where the winery has been located for the past decade and plans to make room for the company’s new NYC headquarters by demolishing it and the surrounding city block.

    Photo of Radnor & Lee (Josh Radnor & Ben Lee) performing courtesy of City Winery’s social media taken by Ehud Lazin.

    According to Gothamist, Disney signed a $650 million, 99-year lease with Trinity Church for the entire city block, with all the buildings to be demolished. “This is not unanticipated,” City Winery CEO Michael Dorf tells Gothamist. “When we signed our lease ten years ago there was a discussion and a clause about what would happen if they were to demolish the building. It foretold of the future. Trinity Church has been a good landlord and communicating with me about what was happening over the last couple of years. It was not a surprise at all. No one anticipated Disney to consummate the deal so quickly.”

    The Winery hopes to be able to move on to “bigger, better and improved space,” according to their press release, in attempts to try to find the bright side in their forced relocation. Their hope is to reopen the new space on January 1, 2020 with a main venue with a 300 capacity and have a secondary venue with a 150- capacity performance space. They are also hoping to be able to update their kitchens and add a wine making facility.

  • Squirrel Nut Zippers to Release Long-Anticipated New Album and Expand Upon US Tour

    The Squirrel Nut Zippers are back in business with their highly anticipated new album, Beasts of Burgundy is the first release in eighteen years.The twelve tracks are “inspired by the city of New Orleans, the poet Ron Cuccia, and a disregard for convention.” Pre-orders are being taken for the album, which will be available March 23 via Southern Broadcasting. They are already on tour for the album, and additional dates have been scheduled. They’ll be playing in the Northeast from late March to early April, with shows at the Center for the Arts of Homer on March 25 and City Winery in New York City on March 28. Tickets are on sale now.

    Squirrel Nut Zippers – 2018 Tour Dates

    March 2 – Palm Springs, CA – McCallum
    March 3 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House
    March 4 – Berkeley, CA – Freight & Salvage
    March 5 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
    March 6 – Arcata, CA – Humboldt State
    March 7 – Nevada City, CA  – Miner’s Foundry
    March 8 – Reno, NV – The Saint
    March 9 – Grants Pass, OR – The Rogue Theatre
    March 10 – Eugene, OR  –  Jacqua Concert Hall
    March 11 – Portland, OR –  Aladdin Theater
    March 13 – Seattle, WA  -Triple Door
    March 14 – Seattle, WA  – Triple Door
    March 22 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
    March 23 – Pittsburgh, PA  – Jergels
    March 24 – Williamsport, PA – Arts Center
    March 25 – Homer, NY – Homer Arts Center
    March 27 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe
    March 28 – New York, NY – City Winery
    March 29 – New Haven, CT – The Ballroom
    March 30 – Fall River, MA – Narrows
    March 31 – Plymouth, NH – Flying Monkey
    April 1 -Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
    April 2 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
    April 28 – Oxford, MS – Double Decker Festival
    April 29 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
    May 10 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
    May 11 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater
    May 12 – Tulsa, OK – The Vanguard
    May 13 – Wichita, KS – Crown Uptown Theatre
    May 15 – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi
    May 16 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
    May 17 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
    May 18 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
    May 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Wilson Center
    May 20 – Chicago, IL – City Winery