If you’re not planning on pounding Game of Thrones episodes until Sunday’s new episode premieres, you’ve got LOTS of get-out-of-your-house options this weekend! Whether you’re into spirit seances, queer dance parties, Trump protests, after hours soirees at museums and/or all of the comedy, I can pretty much guarantee you’ll find something you want to do listed below. Before we get into all of that, here’s what you may have missed on BYT this week:
- We told you which books are best to read poolside in 2017! (Obviously I suggested one about quantum physics! Relaxing!)
- I asked Dia Frampton what her go-to karaoke song is, and she said “All By Myself” // CHAMPION OF MY HEART.
- We got Simon Doom, Wild Rivers and SHAED to give us summer playlists!
- We told you how to live with people and how to live without them.
- And we hung out in the desert! And it was tight!
- Tonight most definitely get to Nowadays for a $15 show from El Guincho!
- You can also catch Mothica, Glassio and The Undercover Dreamers at Mercury Lounge for $10-$12, plus stick around for The Kickback’s record release show for another $15!
- Plus Rey Pila, The Britanys and ROMES are all at Baby’s All Right for $12!
- You can also see round two of Pokey LaFarge, this time at Rough Trade for another $25…
- …or hit up Berlin for a $10 show from Champagne Superchillin, Lionlimb and more.
- Just wanna d-d-d-d-dance? Pop over to Good Room for a $20+ John Talabot set.
- Too poor? Head to the Seaport for a free Salt Cathedral gig!
- For comedy, get to Union Hall for a new round of I’m New Here w/ Jon Ronson and Maeve Higgins! Tickets are $12.
- You can also hit up UCB East for Lasers In The Jungle ($7, w/ Nate Fernald), Fresh Out ($7, w/ Nore Davis) AND Taste Flavor ($5, w/ John Early) tonight!
- Or if you’re just trying to watch a movie, get to BK Bridge Park for a free outdoor screening of Pariah.
- Just wanna hang out at a museum after hours? Head to PS1 for a $15 PopRally party!
- For starters, hit up LPR to catch El Guincho again for $15-$18!
- Plus head to Good Room for sets by SOPHIE, UMFANG and more for $20+…
- …and/or Output for a $20 Atlas Genius set!
- You can also hit up Mercury Lounge for a $10-$15 show from JUBILEE and Salt Cathedral…
- …or go early to catch a $10 show from Cape Francis!
- Or if you’ve got $50, go celebrate The National’s “Guilty Party” with tunes from Buke & Gase, Nadia Sirota and more, plus beer by Mikkeller, over at Basilica Hudson!
- Don’t mind a trip out to NJ? Catch Echo & The Bunnymen and The Violent Femmes again for $42+ at Stone Pony.
- Or if you want to keep it more local and/or cheaper, just hit up Union Pool for a $10 Simon Doom show.
- Totally bankrupt? Just get yourself to Prospect Park for a free show from Quantic and Tei Shi.
- If you DO stumble upon some funding, though, go get your mind read by the inimitable VINNY DEPONTO at Union Hall for $15!
- Plus stick around for Literati after that w/ Ana Fabrega, Tim Platt and more for $8-$10!
- At UCB East, meanwhile, it’s a new Gentrify w/ Michael Hartney, Rajiv Satyal and more! Tickets are $7…
- …and at QED it’s a new round of Relationshit w/ Lynn Bixenspan and Morgan Pielli! Tickets are $8-$10.
- Movies more your speed? Get to Nitehawk for a midnight screening of Let Me In!
- First, there’s a protest happening outside Trump Tower from 4pm-7pm.
- And while you’re in Manhattan, maybe hit up Washington Square Park’s bubble party…
- …or WitchsFest 2017 at Astor Place!
- You can also go on a $65 food tour of Flushing w/ MoCA…
- …or head to the Bronx for this year’s Greatest Day Ever w/ Dillon Francis and tons more! Tickets are $65+.
- Later, hit up Littlefield for Tinder Live w/ Lane Moore (and David Cross!) for $15!
- (And if you’re into queer dance parties, stick around for a $5 Be Cute Brooklyn!)
- Tunes-wise, obviously grab $20 tickets to see Waxahatchee’s album release party at Warsaw.
- And it’s Out In The Streets this weekend! Catch sets from Caveman, Balun, Psychic Twin, Monogold and more // single day passes are $15, while weekend passes are $25.
- Later, head to Brooklyn Bowl for an Animal Collective DJ set! Tickets are $15.
- Or if Oxbow’s more your jam, hit up Brooklyn Bazaar for an $18 gig.
- Meanwhile, you can catch a $10-$12 show from Work Drugs at Mercury Lounge, and if you stick around, Room Full of Strangers are on for $10-$12 after that.
- Plus you can hit up Bowery Ballroom for a $15 Woods show…
- …or head to Rough Trade for a $15 Filmshop gig.
- More into Tsunami Bomb? You’re gonna want to get to Cape House for a $15 show.
- If Bellows and Yowler are more your speed, pop over to Baby’s All Right for a $10-$12 show!
- Or if you wanna hit up that National celebration party w/ Buke & Gase and co. again, then head to Basilica Hudson for another $50 evening.
- Don’t mind a trip out to NJ? Pop on over to Stone Pony for another 311 gig! Tickets are $45+.
- Even pricier than that (but potentially worth it) is a $64+ My Morning Jacket show at Forest Hills Stadium.
- Plus Masta Killa is at City Winery for $25!
- Got all the feelings? Get to Gramercy Theatre for a $15 Morrissey + The Smiths tribute show.
- Or for maximal posi-vibes, head to Highline Ballroom for a $25+ Wailers show!
- Just wanna cut a rug? Hit up Output for a $25 Horse Meat Disco set…
- …and/or pop by Cape House for a $6 Feelin’ Gloomy summer dance party…
- …and/or Baby’s All Right to dance to Rihanna, Beyonce and Nicki for $10.
- But if you’re a proper pauper, just head to Central Park for a free show from Los Pericos and Chicano Batman.
- PLUS Japanese Breakfast and Yohuna play Union Pool for free starting at 2pm!
- Comedy-wise, head to Union Hall for Summer Fling w/ Anna Drezen, Will Miles, Julio Torres and MORE! Tickets are $5.
- More into movies? Hit up a midnight screening of Battle Royale at Videology! Tickets are $10.
- Or, you know, just hit up a spirit seance at Catland for $15 // YOU DO YOU!
- My top pick for tonight is Annie Hart’s record release show at Baby’s All Right! Tickets are $10-$12.
- And don’t forget it’s day two of Out In The Streets! Single-day passes are $15.
- It’s also day two of Greatest Day Ever, and today’s headliner is Diplo if you’re into that! Tickets are still $65+.
- Comedy-wise, post up at the Bell House for a $5-$8 show with Josh Gondelman + Jeffery Self, plus it’s Sasheer Zamata Party Time for $8-$10 after that!
- Over at Union Hall, meanwhile, it’s Picture This w/ Dave Hill, Joel Kim Booster and more! Tickets are $8-$10.
- Plus at UCB East it’s a new If You Build It ft. Rob Cantrell and more for just $7…
- …and hit up Here for the Drama’s presentation of Whatever Happened To Kim Richards at Littlefield for $15-$18.
- For movies, scope My Dinner w/ Andre at Videology! Tickets are $30-$70 and come w/ bonus wine ‘n amaretto.
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