JoesPub

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"Best bar to get romantic and play grown-up - JOE'S PUB Pull out your date's chair and, without missing a beat, boldly ask for "two of your finest mojitos." The waitress replies, "Good choice"; you nod. Private tables, and when the lights go down, you can actually see the performers. This is JOE'S PUB. Dance, comedy, poetry, and music from folk to hip-hop; sooner or later, it turns up here." - Andrew Aber, Village Voice "...the future Norah Joneses are more likely to come from a downtown axis of clubs whose performers gleefully fuzz the boundaries between old and new, and between pop, rock, jazz, rhythm-and-blues, swing, country, world music and performance art. At the nexus of the scene is Joe’s Pub, the thriving satellite of the Joseph Papp Public Theater, where more than 700 acts appear each year, seven nights a week. The stars who appear where the prices are reasonable and the hipness quotient high include Ute Lemper, Richard Thompson, Sandra Bernhard, Audra McDonald, Jimmy Scott and Maria Muldaur." – Stephen Holden, New York Times "Consistently varied, top quality booking...cabaret, globalist pop prevalent, late night hip-hop too...classy interior...comfy, intimate space...A-" – Time Out NY, Music Venue Report Card "Eclecticism reigns at the swank cabaret in The Public Theater; Joe’s may book sultry German chanteuse Ute Lemper, the new millennium burlesque “Jewish Girls Gone Wild,” an indie-rock band or a late night DJ dance party. Even when the bar is crowded, this small room maintains its quiet cool, as downtown hipsters unwind on comfy couches, enjoying the Pub’s Italian fare before a show.Sight lines are full and clear from every seat in the house. " - Time Out New York "We love Joe’s Pub, the eclectic nightclub that might feature a cabaret performer one night, a jazz singer the next and a straight out rocker the night after. Poets, scratch DJ’s, composers performing their own material – you never know what you’ll find next, but you can count on the fact that it will be good, very good." – New York Magazine "... one of the best small music venues I've ever been to." – Charlie Gillett, BBC Radio "...it's not just lower prices that make Joe's Pub ‘the future of cabaret in New York City’ ...It's the combination of spirited young crowds returning to the Joseph Papp Public Theater and the inspired eclecticism of the booking..." – New York Magazine Best of New York Best Excuse To Let A Single Venue Dictate Your Musical Taste – Village Voice Best of New York Best Theater to Catch Rising Stars – CitySearch Best of New York Best Downtown Classical-Music Venue – New York Magainze Best of New York "My favorite rock and roll venue is Joe’s Pub in New York, where you get all the sweat and the heat from the performances." – Alicia Keyes, in Rolling Stone "This room in the East Village offers an eclectic elegance, amazing sight lines, great acoustics and adventurous booking that offers heavy doses of jazz and world music." – Downbeat    "Joe’s Pub has made a reputation for booking some of the most interesting acts around since 1998. With high ceilings and windows, the cabaret-style club has an elevated bar and is ideal for intimate musical performances. Lighting and sound is top notch." – Bizbash NYC