JoesPub

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

With impeccable sound and lights, the warm and intimate candlelit atmosphere of Joe's Pub is filled with plush velvet couches, softly glowing lucite tables and gorgeously understated architecture. Joe’s Pub is open seven days a week, regularly hosting as many as three shows a day. Dinner and drink service is available during every performance; the venue offers a classic Italian dinner menu and a fully stocked bar.

The Village Voice voted Joe's Pub the “Best Excuse to Let a Single Venue Dictate Your Taste”. Newsweek calls the club "one of the country's best small stages" and New York Magazine raves “you never know what you’ll find next at Joe’s Pub, but you can count on the fact that it will be good, very good."

In addition to our reputation of presenting internationally known stars, Joe’s Pub has also developed into a premier showcase stage for up-and-coming musicians and emerging artists from a variety of disciplines. In 2007 alone, this not-for-profit performance space has provided a home for the very best in pop and rock, both classic (Lesley Gore, Leonard Cohen, Laurie Anderson, Neil Sedaka, Sinead O’Connor, Allen Toussaint, Cowboy Junkies, Michelle Shocked, Suzanne Vega, Lydia Lunch, They Might Be Giants, Frankie Negron) and new (Amy Winehouse, the bird and the bee, Nellie McKay, Petra Haden, Kate Nash, Teitur, Lavender Diamond, Nels Cline (of Wilco), Alexa Ray Joel, Darren Hayes, Momus, Bat for Lashes, Toshi Reagon, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Raul Midon); world music (Vieux Farka Toure, The Yoshida Brothers, Céu, Martirio, Karsh Kale, Richard Bona, Lúnasa, Vinicio Capossela, João Donato, Sheila Chandra, Noche Flamenca with Soledad Barrio, Kodo, The Plastic People of The Universe); country and Americana (Ollabelle, The Holmes Brothers, Uncle Earl, The North Mississippi Allstars, Suzy Bogguss, Kix Brooks (of Brooks and Dunn), Junior Brown, Catherine Russell, Mare Winningham, David Bromberg); jazz and classical (Ute Lemper, Terence Blanchard, Erik Freidlander, Eldar, Lionel Loueke, Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez, Akiko Yano, Andy Bey, Holly Cole, Robert Glasper, Ismail Lumanovski, Gabriela Montero); soul and rhythm and blues (Jaguar Wright, Chuck Brown, Meshell Ndegeocello, Martin Luther, Alice Smith, Stephanie McKay, Martha Reeves); comedy and burlesque (Meow Meow, Murray Hill, Pam Ann, Julie Brown, The Pontani Sisters, Kate Valentine, Varla Jean Merman, Miss Coco Peru) and the stars of Broadway (Kiki and Herb, Leslie Kritzer, Stew, Judy Kuhn, Jackie Hoffman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Manoel Felciano, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Elisabeth Withers, Shoshana Bean) and the silver screen (Minnie Driver, Isaac Mizrahi, Florence Henderson, Julie Taymor, Jena Malone, Harry Shearer, Julia Sweeney, Ann Magnuson).

Over the course of the past ten years, the Pub has hosted literally thousands of artists from every imaginable discipline; including David Byrne, Richard Thompson, Dion, Pete Townshend, Thomas Dolby, Huey Lewis, Bono, Shawn Colvin, Harvey Fierstein, Dolly Parton, Mos Def, Eartha Kitt, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Aimee Mann, Kronos Quartet, Alicia Keys, David Grey, Raul Malo, Norah Jones, Karen Black, Goapele, Maxine Brown, Martha Redbone, Anthony David, Sharon Jones, Nona Hendryx, Bettye LaVette, Lillias White, Dar Williams, Fairport Convention, John Cameron Mitchell, Neko Case, Del McCoury, Marty Stuart, Joss Stone, Diamanda Galas, Wallace Roney, Don Byron, Youssou N’Dour, BETTY, Matmos, Holly Near, Keren Ann, Jill Sobule, Asobi Seksu, Bobby Bare Sr, James Luther Dickinson, Imani Uzuri, Elvis Perkins, Bitter:Sweet, Guy Clark, So Percussion, Chico Hamilton, The Bad Plus, Roy Nathanson, Christian Scott, David Gilmore, Ravi Coltrane, Frank Morgan, Junior Brown, Bela Fleck, Hazel Dickens, Will Oldham, John Lithgow, Sutton Foster, Ana Gasteyer, Capathia Jenkins, Sandra Bernhard, Tony Joe White, Sean Lennon, Evan Dando, Dengue Fever, The Magic Numbers, Ryan Adams, Jason Mraz, The Bellrays, Ben Jelen, Ryan Star (from RockStar: Supernova), Jose Gonzalez, Damon and Naomi, Barb Jungr, Blossom Dearie, Julie Wilson, Diamanda Galas, Audra McDonald, Feist, Liz Phair, Calexico, Sarah Silverman, Bebel Gilberto, Susheela Raman, Asha Puthli, Emeline Michel, Cibelle, Lenine, Tinariwen, Vusi Mahlasela, Gangbe Brass Band, Susana Baca, Otto, Macy Gray, Elvis Costello, Avenue Q's John Tartaglia, Donna McKechnie, Billy Porter, Konono No. 1, Amadou and Mariam, Anoushka Shankar, Alice Coltrane, Angelique Kidjo, Mort Sahl, Oscar Brown Jr., Al Franken, Antony and the Johnsons and Emmylou Harris to name only a few.