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The Mercury Lounge

217 E. Houston St.
New York, NY 10002

212-260-4700 | Website

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Category: Bars/Clubs, Music Venues

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Of all the box-shaped Bowery Presents venues, the Mercury Lounge is the most compact. It's fitted with a fully-stocked, hallway-sized bar and a show space capable of holding 250 people, perfect for its roster of hometown indie rockers who have yet to graduate on to the double-sized Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg. A decent lot of them do.

  • Hours: Sun-Wed 7pm-2am, Thu-Sat 7pm-4am

  • Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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  • 2004 | Best place to show up for a sold-out show

    A hipper-than-thou aesthetic generally goes with good rock clubs, but it's in short supply at MERCURY LOUNGE, especially for those turning up ticketless for a sold-out show. The door guy politely eyes you, puts you in the standby line in his... More >

  • 2001 | Best Club to Corner Band Members

    You're at the MERCURY LOUNGE and you've just seen the best show ever. There could be a couple hundred fellow fans in front of the stage, so think ahead; stand guard somewhere by the bar, which allows for about five feet between frenzied drinkers... More >

  • 2000 | Best-Paying Rock Club

    Some clubs are notorious for paying bands unfairly. Most take normal house expenses out of the door charge before a band sees a penny—i.e., the barback, the sound person, the door, and the promoter all get paid first. Then, the measly leftovers... More >

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  • Laura Gibson

    Laura Gibson

    By SARAH MADGES | Wed, January 18, 2012

    Singer-songwriter Laura Gibson went from strumming nylon strings for the bedridden to recording with fellow Portland projects such as the Decemberists and M. Ward. Her '40s-era folk mixes bare-bones voice and guitar with nostalgic soul and Delta b... More >

  • Fujiya & Miyagi

    Fujiya & Miyagi

    By SARAH MADGES | Wed, January 11, 2012

    Brighton blokes Fujiya & Miyagi take a page from the Krautrock school of electronic ambience while adding pithy lyrics sung in an almost sinister sneer. Although the songs can blend together with their plodding tempos and lo-fi white noise, moment... More >

  • BABY BLUE

    BABY BLUE

    By Johnny Loftus | Wed, January 04, 2012

    In his video for his debut single “Out Getting Ribs,” 17-year-old King Krule croons “I can’t escape my own mistake” as he shoots a sidelong, pissed gaze from underneath a shock of red hair. Though the scrawny young British baritone (real name: Arc... More >

  • MUSIC HENDRIX REDUX

    MUSIC HENDRIX REDUX

    By Richard Gehr | Wed, December 07, 2011

    Gary Clark Jr. as electric blues whippersnapper Sonny Blake was the best thing about John Sayles’s otherwise oversweetened slice of Southern cinematic sociomythology, Honeydripper. But it has taken another four years for the 27-year-old Austinite ... More >

  • Beast Make Bomb

    Beast Make Bomb

    By MARTIKA FINCH | Wed, November 09, 2011

    Beast Make Bomb bring Brooklyn house party vibes to stages all across the nation, moving from the dorms of NYU to opening gigs for bands as big as Queens of the Stone Age and Joy Formidable. Their pop rock gets crowds dancing to coming-of-age stor... More >

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    ianpai1

    | Mon, January 09, 2012

    Event Review: New Villager+Avan Lava | Thu, January 12, 2012

    Can't wait!

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  • jpkerwin

    jpkerwin

    | Mon, November 22, 2010

    I always like seeing a show here because it's small enough that it's cool, but big enough that the bands are actually really good.

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  • fstabile

    fstabile

    | Fri, July 02, 2010

    i love this venue with all my heart. all the big up and comers play here before they get famous. it's my favorite spot in the city

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