May 2023
Sunday, May 28th
doors at 6:00pm, show at 7:30pm
The Loft at City Winery, New York City - GARY LUCAS: FROM BEEFHEART TO BUCKLEY AND BEYOND, rare clips, stories and songs from 50 plus albums over the last 43 years, with special guest Feifei Yang and more tba, tickets here
June 2023
Friday, Jun. 23rd
Teatro Garcia Barbon, Vigo, Spain - Gary Lucas plays his live score accompanying the legendary 1931 Spanish "Dracula"
July 2023
Saturday, Jul. 29th
Gary Lucas plays a live solo concert at a private event on the North Fork of Long Island
October 2023
Sunday, Oct. 15th
Roulette, Brooklyn - Gary Lucas and Chuck Smith present "WRITTEN ON THE BODY: A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS ABOUT THE BODY BY 3 RADICAL WOMAN FILMMAKERS" with original solo guitar soundtracks by Gary Lucas and simultaneous solo dances onstage by Alison Clancy, principal dancer of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet corps
The films:
Shirley Clarke A Moment in Love (1957)
Maya Deren The Very Eye of Night (1958)
Barbara Rubin Christmas on Earth (1963)—remix by Chuck Smith
Sunday, Oct. 22nd
StoryFest 2023 at the Westport Library, Westport CT - EARLY HALLOWEEN: Gary is performing his live solo guitar score with the legendary 1931 SPANISH DRACULA—more details tba, Neil Gaiman will be the keynote speaker at this annual arts festival
Recent shows:
April 2023
Sunday, Apr. 2nd
doors at noon, event starts at 1:00pm
City Winery, New York City - Gary is a special guest at City Winery NYC's DOWNTOWN SEDER in their mainspace performing an excerpt of his live score accompanying the German expressionist fantasy classic THE GOLEM (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese). Tickets are available here. Gary goes way back to 1991 performing at the Downtown Seder at the old Knitting Factory and is really looking forward to this special event!
Saturday, Apr. 8th
8:00pm
Roulette, Brooklyn - The NY concert premiere of the late Hal Willner's 1981 "concept album" Amarcord Nino Rota, featuring a great all-star lineup organized and led by Steven Bernstein. Gary is playing several pieces, including a solo "Tema di Giton" from "Fellini Satyricon". More info here
Saturday, Apr. 22nd
The Byrd Theatre, Richmond, Virginia - Gary Lucas performs his live score accompanying Orson Welles's 1938 silent surrealist farce "TOO MUCH JOHNSON" at the JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL, tickets here
March 2023
Gary Lucas tours New South Wales Australia as part of the JEFF BUCKLEY 25 YEARS ON TRIBUTE organized by Pippa Casey (see the poster here)
Thursday, Mar. 2nd
Wollongong Centro CBD, New South Wales, Australia - Jeff Buckley 25 Years On Tribute, tickets here
Friday, Mar. 3rd
The Art House Wyong, New South Wales, Australia - Jeff Buckley 25 Years On Tribute, tickets here
Saturday, Mar. 4th
Sydney Camelot Lounge, New South Wales, Australia - Jeff Buckley 25 Years On Tribute, tickets here
Sunday, Mar. 5th
The Baroque Room Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia - Jeff Buckley 25 Years On Tribute, tickets here
December 2022
Thursday, Dec. 15th
The Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City - Gary Lucas will perform his celebrated live solo guitar score accompanying "THE GOLEM" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese), with an after-film discussion led by Prof. Annette Insdorf ("Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust"), more info and tickets here
November 2022
Friday, Nov. 4th
Bijou Theater, Bridgeport, CT - Gary performs solo at a benefit for WPKN—"The Greatest Radio Station in the World!" —August 2021, The New Yorker, tickets here
October 2022
Friday, Oct. 7th
8:30pm
The Paradox, Tilburg, Netherlands - Gary Lucas solo (unfortunately Peter Willems will be unable to perform), tickets here
Friday, Oct. 21st
1:00pm to 4:00pm
HOWARD THOMPSON'S PURE radio program on WPKN - GARY LUCAS is the special guest of Howard, listen here
Saturday, Oct. 29th
7:30pm
Roxy Cinema, New York City - Gary will be performing his live solo score accompanying the legendary 1931 SPANISH DRACULA as a special Halloween treat, tickets here
September 2022
Wednesday, Sep. 14th
The Bowery Electric, New York City - THE DU-TELS (GARY LUCAS AND PETER STAMPFEL) RECORD RELEASE CONCERT / PARTY celebrating the reissue of their 2000 album NO KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC REQUIRED (Don Giovanni)
Saturday, Sep. 17th
ROCKTOBERFEST, Millburn, NJ - THE EDGE OF HEAVEN featuring Feifei Yang, Fred Liu and Gary
Monday, Sep. 19th
6pm to 9pm EST
WKCR 89.9 FM @ Columbia University, NYC - Gary is the guest of Mitch Goldman on his DEEP FOCUS program where they will wax rhapsodic about incredible South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim a/k/a Dollar Brand, listen live here, and the following Monday it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or here