Our Wicked Lady

NYC venues temporarily closing & requiring masks amid Omicron surge; Tours cancelling

NYC has fallen rapidly into the grip of a surge of the Omicron COVID variant, and some venues are cancelling and postponing shows, and implementing new mask policies, in response.

Wiki, Shamir & more playing Independent Venue Week livestreams to benefit NYC clubs

Baby’s All Right, Our Wicked Lady, The Sultan Room, The Broadway and Purgatory are all curating streaming shows you can either watch online or at Trans-Pecos’ backyard (with food pop-ups and more).

New benefit t-shirt on sale to help keep SOB’s, Baby’s & other independent NYC venues alive

The shirt itself highlights various NYC venues and proceeds go to the National Independent Venue Association’s Emergency Relief Fund, and all venues listed on the tee…

150+ NYC clubs form the NY Independent Venue Association to help survive COVID-19

Bowery Ballroom, United Palace, Town Hall, Baby’s All Right, Elsewhere, City Winery, Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus, Joe’s Pub and Union Pool are just a few of the NYC venues part of NYIVA which seeks aid for independent venues that have been closed during COVID-19.

over 1200 independent venues form NIVA coalition to help survive COVID-19 pandemic

”Independent venues exist in every state across the country; they were the first to be closed, they will be the last to open,” a statement from the National Independent Venue Association reads.

AdHoc left Webster Hall, booking Knockdown Center, Villain, Irving, Warsaw & much more

Talent buyer Alex Rossiter left Webster Hall to work at AdHoc, where he’s focusing exclusively on bigger clubs. Ric also no longer works at Webster Hall (which was just sold).