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Cafe Wha?, New York City, NYC, Live Music, Restaurant Near Me With Live Music, Live Music Near Me

LIVE MUSIC IN NYC

SINCE 1959

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Cafe Wha?, New York City, NYC, Live Music, Restaurant Near Me With Live Music, Live Music Near Me, Cafe Wha? House Band

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The Cafe Wha? House Band

Wednesday through Sunday

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UPCOMING SHOWS

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Funk Night 

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Set 1 at 9PM

Funk Night 

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Set 2 10:30PM

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Mighty Mystic

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The Mallett Brothers Band

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Cabinet

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Danielle Nicole

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Amish Outlaws

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Kaia Kater

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w/ Allegra Krieger

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Thunderstorm Artis

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29

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Wyn Starks

MAY

2

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Giacomo Turra

8 & 10PM Shows!

MAY

3

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Ladies of Soul

MAY

14

ft. Emiliee Surtees

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Bob Dylan B-Day

MAY

24

ft. National Reserve + More

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Tommy Prine

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25

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The Empty Pockets

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View All Upcoming Shows at Cafe Wha? 

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OUR HISTORY

“Just got here from the West,” the gangly 19-year-old told Manny Roth, owner of the Greenwich Village nightclub “Cafe Wha?” “Name’s Bob Dylan. I’d like to do a few songs? Can I?” Sure, Mr. Roth said; on “hootenanny” nights, as he called them, anybody could sing a song or two, and this was a hootenanny night, a bitterly cold one, Jan. 24, 1961. And so Mr. Dylan took out his guitar and sang a handful of Woody Guthrie songs. The crowd “flipped” in excitement, Mr. Dylan later said. He had hitchhiked to New York from Minnesota, and after showing up at the Cafe Wha?, he mentioned to Mr. Roth that he had no place to sleep. So Mr. Roth later asked the audience “if anybody has a couch he can crash on” — and somebody did.
 

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GALLERY

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