Astroland
ABC No Rio (as we know it) hosted its final show, presenting gigs at Silent Barn & Aviv
This weekend, the space hosted its final shows in the old building with a Saturday hardcore (6/25) matinee show, featuring a reunited Disassociate…
Punk Island needs your help; partial 2014 lineup revealed; Sad Boys playing Lulu's before Japan tour
No man is an island. A punk fest? Yeah, we’ll allow it.
The colossal Punk Island show spanning various stages in Staten Island on June 21 still requires your support…
Ed Droste, Feist (who just played w/ BSS) & Yo La Tengo played w/ Wilco (& rode the Cylcone) in Coney Island (setlist)
Leslie Feist & Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste on the Cyclone – July 13, 2009
Like she will Tuesday on Letterman (tonight, 7/14), Leslie Feist joined Wilco on stage at Keyspan Park in Coney Island on Monday night (7/13) for a few songs…
Coney Island 2009 - Mermaid Parade returns (w/ new route), the circus (groan), "Dreamland", Siren & more
2008 Mermaid Parade Ball (more by Eric M Townsend)
The 2009 Mermaid Parade will take place on Saturday, June 20th (2PM) along Coney Island’s boardwalk…
Coney Island rides being taken down (pics) (to Australia?)
“We don’t know about all this talk about the city negotiating with developer Joe Sitt to buy his land, incuding Astroland, in the heart of Coney Island’s amusement district…
Astroland is closed, the Coney Island rides are for sale
“Free rides and food for Thor guests on Thursdays in August. Won’t see any of this next year! It’ll be an empty lot. Goodbye Astroland! Farewell Break Dance…
Astroland in Coney Island to close for good on Sunday
Astroland, Coney Island (Klingon65)After 46 years of calling Coney Island home, Astroland is tearing down and packing up its rides for good.
Owners say they could not come to terms with developer Thor Equities over a lease extension…
the 2008 Coney Island Siren Festival in pictures (part 2)
The year’s festival could be the last in its established location. As usual the bands played on two stages on parallel streets leading to the boardwalk…
The Hook - not totally closed just yet
Someone from The Hook got in touch to let me know that they’re not going out just like that. There will be one final party at the closing venue on October 27th, and strangely – it will be a Halloween party called “The Death of Astroland” – “a laying rest of the Coney Island we all once knew”…
The 2007 Coney Island Rockabilly Festival
The Coney Island Rockabilly Festival takes place August 16 – August 19, 2007. All details below….
