The Bowery Presents is the East Coast regional partner of

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. It owns and operates multiple venues in

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, New Jersey, New Orleans, Virginia, and Maine. The capacities of the venues operated by The Bowery Presents range from 250 people to 20,000 people.

History

The business evolution of The Bowery Presents: * 1993 – The Mercury Lounge (250 capacity club), focusing on upcoming artists * 1997 –

Bowery Ballroom The Bowery Ballroom is a New York City live-music venue located at 6 Delancey Street in the neighborhood of Bowery in Manhattan. The Bowery Ballroom holds something of a cult status among musicians as well as audiences. ''Rolling Stone'' magazi ...

(600 capacity club or small mid-size venue), headliner-oriented * 2003 –

Webster Hall Webster Hall is a nightclub and concert venue located at 125 East 11th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, near Astor Place, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. It is one of New York City's most historically significant ...

(1400 capacity mid-size club), headliner-oriented * 2006 –

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's New York president Jim Glancy jumps over to become partner and contributes to the company's expansion by doing shows in larger venues with his long-term Live Nation artists and indie rock stars in venues such as

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and

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* 2007 –

Music Hall of Williamsburg Music Hall of Williamsburg (formerly Northsix) is a New York City venue located at 66 North 6th Street in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The venue is operated by The Bowery Presents, a group stemming from Bower ...

, another mid-size club that broadens the company's portfolio of venues creating an "internal" orbit in which they can promote artists at different career-levels and in different neighborhoods. * 2007 – Terminal 5 (3000 capacity mid-size venue) in

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* 2008 –

Wellmont Theatre The Wellmont Theater is a theater and concert venue located in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. The theater is located on the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Seymour Street in downtown Montclair, near the border with neighboring Glen Ridge. ...

(2000 capacity mid-sized theatre) in Montclair, NJ * 2010 – Expansion into Boston * 2013 –

leaves * 2014 –

leaves * 2016 –

acquire a stake in The Bowery Presents * 2017 –

Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn Steel is an 1800-capacity music venue in Brooklyn, New York, United States. In 2018 Brooklyn Steel was named one of the 10 best live music venues in America by Rolling Stone Magazine. Construction for the venue began in July 2016, and it ...

opens, Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge leave *2019 – Webster Hall returns, in operational partnership with BSE Global and AEG Live

Description

The Bowery Presents was founded in 2004 by John Moore, Michael Swier, Michael Winsch, and Brian Swier. In 2006, The Bowery Presents partnered with former LiveNation CEO Jim Glancy, and began to expand to larger venues in New York such as

, Beacon Theatre,

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, and

. From 2008, The Bowery Presents began expanding to other regions including New Jersey, Maine, Boston, Philadelphia. In 2016 it was reported that

had acquired a stake in The Bowery Presents, and in 2017, the company ended its relationship with Michael Swier, Brian Swier, Michael Winsch, and their venues, the

and

Mercury Lounge The Mercury Lounge is a live music venue in the Lower East Side of New York City. Like its brother venue The Bowery Ballroom, The Mercury Lounge is celebrated as an iconic indie venue due to its acoustics, its fostering and even launching of up ...

. The Bowery Presents is currently operated by Jim Glancy and cofounder John Moore.

Locations

Venues

New York City

- 550 capacity; Brooklyn, NY *

- 1,350 capacity; Manhattan, NY *

- 1,800 capacity; Brooklyn, NY * Terminal 5 - 2,800 capacity; Manhattan, NY *

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- 13,000 capacity; Queens, NY

Bowery Boston

Bowery Presents moved to Boston, Massachusetts in April 2010 when the company signed a long-term deal with The Royale to be the sole presenter of live music at the nightclub/music venue. Bowery opened a small office in Boston to run the venue and to book events for larger spaces. Since 2010, Bowery has opened The Sinclair and hired the two promoters of TT the Bear's and Great Scott. The promoters work in conjunction with Bowery Presents to bring events to Great Scott and TT the Bear's, as well as The Royale and The Sinclair. * The Royale is a 1,000 person capacity venue in downtown Boston. It was the company's first space outside of the New York region. * The Sinclair is a live-music venue and restaurant launched in the winter of 2013 in Cambridge. The live music space accommodates 525 people with plans to host 200 shows annually, while the restaurant will seat 104 and will be open seven days a week. The Sinclair is the first restaurant that the company will work with. * Great Scott is a venue in Allston, MA with a capacity of about 240 people. Great Scott closed in 2020 during the pandemic

Other notable venues

Union Transfer Union Transfer is a music venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 1026 Spring Garden Street in the Callowhill neighborhood, it opened on September 21, 2011, as a joint venture between The Bowery Presents, a New York City production compa ...

, opened originally in 1889 as the Spring Garden Farmer's Market, is a live music and entertainment venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After going through several changes over the years, the venue was renovated through a joint venture between R5 Productions, Four Corners Management, and The Bowery Presents in 2011. At capacity, it holds up to about 1100 for standing room. *Franklin Music Hall, formerly known as

Electric Factory Franklin Music Hall is a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is in a converted building once part of the General Electric Switchgear Plant and opened in 1995. It has a capacity between 2,500 and 3,000 people. It is owned and operated ...

, in Philadelphia. * State Theatre is a historic live music venue in downtown Portland, Maine. Opened in the winter of 1929, the theatre has been host to several acts. It reopened in 2010 after an agreement to renovate the property between Alex Crothers from Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont and The Bowery Presents. At capacity, it holds between 1,450 and 1,610 patrons.

References

External links

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