Brought to you by Bowery Presents, the concert promoters for the Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge and Terminal 5, this new-in-2007 Brooklyn venue holds 550 people and recreates the style and substance of the Bowery Ballroom . . . in Brooklyn. Patti Smith was the debut concert. This mid-size venue showcases such mid-size bands as the Weakerthans, Pelican, and Tigercity.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's New York City 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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