Sunnys Bar

Lady Gaga 'Dive Bar Tour' promo filmed at Sunny's in Red Hook

Lady Gaga begins her dive bar tour in Nashville on Wednesday, followed by two more TBA. The promo video was filmed at Sunny’s in Brooklyn.

memorial benefit for Sunny's owner Sunny Balzano happening at Pioneer Works with Marc Ribot & more

Sunny Balzano, proprietor of the legendary Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, sadly passed away a few weeks ago, and now the bar is throwing a special tribute to the man that doubles as a fundraiser for his funeral costs. The event goes down on April 14 at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, and will feature […]

Sunny Balzano, owner of Sunny's Bar, RIP

The proprietor of the much-loved Red Hook bar was 81.

Marc Ribot playing Sunny's Bar residency and other shows in NYC (and elsewhere)

The virtuoso jazz guitarist has a lot of NYC shows lineup up, in various groups, before he heads out on tour.

The Low Anthem touring w/ Death Vessel, playing Ray Smith Studio

The Low Anthem at MHOW in 2011 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Indie folk collective The Low Anthem have announced they’ll go on a short tour with the falsetto-fueled Death Vessel and Last Good Tooth this July…

Sunny's Bar reopened last night

Ten months after Hurricane Sandy swamped the place, much-loved Red Hook watering hole Sunny’s finally reopened last (8/29) after friends, patrons, and neighbors helped raise over $100,000 to repair it…

Sunny's still not open; Benefit tonight

At the end of November we reported that Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook was still closed and raising money to repait itself from Hurricane Sandy. Five months later and not too much has changed, from a high level at least…

Sunny's in Red Hook still closed, running Kickstarter to help fund repairs from Sandy

Due to Hurricane Sandy, Sunny’s was badly damaged and we have been unable to reopen. We have been pumping, cleaning and trying to restore order since teh day after the storm…

Red Hook still needs help, residents without heat, businesses destroyed (though Sunny's is reopening) -- more pics & info

“While electricity is on in some of the buildings in the Red Hook Houses, almost none have heat. For the second day in a row RHI purchased and distributed 150 space heaters…