Thursday, Dec. 2nd
10pm, $10 | CBGB's Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas, Ernie Brooks, Dee Pop, Jason Candler, Mark Plakias and Felice Rosser play free jazz and fractured blues |
Friday Dec 3rd
10:30pm, $15 | Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks and Billy Ficca, plus special guests Amica, Jason Candler, Joey Hendel, Ellis Hooks (vocals), China Satomi and more surprises |
Friday, Dec. 10th
22:15 (UK time) | Mixing It, BBC Radio 3 will be playing Gary Lucas & Jozef Van Wissem: "The Sickness unto Death" from the album "The Universe of Absence"; the programme can be heard at the BBC website between 3 and 10 December |
Saturday, Dec. 11th
1:00pm-4:00pm | Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York City (212-620-5000) - Gary plays acoustic steel guitar |
Saturday, Dec. 11th
8:00pm | Tribute to John Lennon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - solo, benefit for New Yorkers Against Handguns |
Monday, Dec. 13th
4pm EST | WFMU 91.1 FM, New Jersey - Fast 'n Bulbous, the Captain Beefheart Project, live on Irene Trudel's radio show, listen live here |
Wednesday, Dec. 15th
11pm EST | John Schaefer's "New Sounds" radio show, WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Fast 'n Bulbous plays, listen live at www.wnyc.org |
Friday, Dec. 17th
10:00pm-midnight | Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Fast 'n Bulbous, The Captain Beeefheart Project, featuring Gary Lucas, arranged by Phillip Johnston, pre-release party for our upcoming new album "Pork
Chop Blue Around the Rind" (Cuneiform), out worldwide Jan. 20th |
Wednesday, Dec. 22nd
10:50am GMT | BBC 2 TV - Music composed by Gary featured in new tv documentary "Who Do You Think You Are?", directed by Kate O'Driscoll, edited by John Mister |
Thursday, Dec. 30th
10:00pm GMT | Gary plays solo acoustic at the 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London WC2 (near Tottenham Court Road tube) -- for tickets call +44-207-209-2248 |
| Friday, October 1st | The Borderline, London - solo acoustic |
Saturday, October 2nd
8-10pm GMT | Charlie Gillett's BBC London radio show, broadcast on 94.9 FM, and on Digital Radio - Gary plays live solo acoustic and Gary plays Radio Ping Pong with Charlie |
| Sunday, October 3rd | Paradiso, Amsterdam - solo acoustic, and with Jozef Van Wissem |
| Monday, October 4th | Paradox, Tilburg, Holland - solo acoustic, and with Jozef Van Wissem |
| Thursday, October 7th | Theater Kikker, Utrecht, Holland - solo acoustic, and with Jozef Van Wissem |
Friday, October 8th
10:30am | Amsterdam Music Conservatory, Van Baerlestraat 27, Amsterdam - Gary lectures and gives a guitar masterclass |
| Tuesday, October 12th | Benefit for Concerts for Change/Democratic National Committee/John Kerry at The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters w/Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, Alicia Svigals (Klezmatics), What I Like About Jew, David Krakauer, and others |
Monday, Oct. 18th
10:00am | New York University, 721 Broadway, room 750, New York City - Gary lectures on "Creativity in Music", Professor
Leslie Lee's seminar |
Tuesday, Oct. 19th
11:00pm | John Schaefer's "New
Sounds" radio show, WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem will play tracks from
their new album "The Universe of Absence", listen live at www.wnyc.org |
Wednesday, Oct. 20th
7:00pm | Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park Plaza, New York City - Gary performs solo as part of "Becoming an American Writer: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer", a Singer Centennial Tribute in conjunction with the Library of America, featuring readings by Judd Hirsch, Eleanor Reissa and others
See a blurb on this performance from the "News from the Library of America" here |
| Saturday, October 23rd | Frankfurt Jazz Festival 2004, Frankfurt Germany
11:45pm: Fast 'n Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project featuring Gary Lucas, arranged by Phillip Johnston
Also at 11:30pm: Gary and Phillip accompany Russian circus act Boytsov with original music
The festival will be broadcast on Hessischer Rundfunk |
| Monday, Oct. 25th | Knitting Factory Mainspace, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play "Kerry Rising", a benefit for John Kerry and Concerts for Change, all artists will play songs by Bruce Springsteen, w/Lea Delaria, Martha Redbone, Marshall Crenshaw, and others |
Wednesday, September 8th
8:15pm | Makor, 35 West 67th Street, New York City - Gary plays his original score live to the silent classic "The Golem" (1920) as part of the Festival of Jewish Music and Heritage |
Friday, September 10th
10:00pm | Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, w/ Ernie Brooks (bass) and Billy Ficca (drums) |
Sunday, September 12th
8:00pm | CBGB's Free Improv Series, 315 Bowery between 1st and 2nd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti (drums) and Alexei
Pliousnine (guitar) |
Saturday, September 18th and Sunday, September 19th
8:00pm | Gary's original music featured in Big Dance Theater's Plan B, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul
Lazar, excerpts previewed at the Guggenheim Museum, 5th Avenue and 89th
Street, New York City |
Thursday, September 23rd to Saturday, October 9th
7:30pm | Dance Theater Workshop, 219
West 19th Street, New York City (212-924-0077) - Big Dance Theater presents Plan B, featuring music by Gary Lucas, direction/choreography by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parsons, New York Premiere |
Saturday, September 25th
7:00pm | Naked Angels Theater Company, The Cultural Project, 45 Bleecker Street, New York City - Gary plays solo acoustic as part of The Issues Project: "Democracy", an installation of plays, music and performance |
Tuesday, September 28th
8:00pm | Gershwin Hotel, 7 East
27th Street, New York City - solo acoustic |
| Thursday, July 1st | Academy, Liverpool, England - The Magic Band |
| Friday, July 2nd | Irish Centre, Leeds, England - The Magic Band |
| Saturday, July 3rd | Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter, England - The Magic Band |
| Monday, July 5th | The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland - The Magic Band |
| Tuesday, July 6th | Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, England - The Magic Band |
Wednesday, July 7th
10pm GMT | The Magic Band play live on John Peel's show, BBC Radio 1, listen live on the internet here |
| Thursday, July 8th | open-air show at Barutana, Belgrade, Serbia - The Magic Band |
Sunday, July 18th
4:00pm | Summer Sundays in the Park, 34th Avenue between 77th and 78th Street, Jackson Heights, New York - solo acoustic |
Monday, July 26th
9:15 AM EDT | 1100kfnx AM radio, Phoenix, Arizona - short interview discussing the Guitar Face contest, listen live on the internet here |
| Monday, June 7th | GL plays live on WB-11 morning tv show, NYC as a judge of Guitar Xpress' national "Guitar Face" contest (www.magrack.com) -- other judges include Roger McGuinn, Steve Stevens, Danny Fields, Steve Vai, Dick Dale etc. |
| Friday-Sunday, June 11th-13th | Stamford Guitar Festival, Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St. Mary's St., Stamford, Lincolnshire, England - GL plays solo concerts and conducts workshops, for tickets call +44-1780-763-203, view the flyer here |
| Tuesday, June 22nd | Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland - The Magic Band |
| Wednesday, June 23rd | Concorde 2, Brighton, England - The Magic Band |
| Thursday, June 24th | Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England - The Magic Band |
| Friday, June 25th | Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England - The Magic Band |
| Sunday, June 27th | Carling Academy, Bristol, England - The Magic Band |
| Monday-Tuesday, June 28th-29th | The Garage, London, England - The Magic Band |
Monday, May 3rd
3:00pm | Irene Trudel's show, WFMU 91.1 FM, New Jersey - live performance by Gary Lucas and Josef Van Wissem - listen live on the internet here |
Saturday, May 10th
10:00pm | Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas and lute master Josef Van Wissem |
Saturday, May 15th
10:00pm | Luzhniki Embankment (by Moscow River), free open-air festival, Moscow, Russia - GL plays with Amorphous Androgynous (the Future Sound of London's psychedelic band), w/Garry Cobain and Baluji Shrivastav |
| Sunday, April 4th, 6:30pm | Downtown Seder: Festival of Freedom, The Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York City - Gary Lucas solo; w/Al Franken, Perry Ferrell, Steve Reich, Daniel Libeskind, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and others |
| Wednesday, April 14th, 10:00pm | New Morning, Rue des Petites-Ecuries, Paris, France - Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters 1st ever Paris gig, w/Ernie Brooks and Jonathan Kane |
| Thursday, April 15th | Colchester Arts Centre, Essex, England - Gods and Monsters |
| Friday, April 16th | The Garage, London, England - Gods and Monsters first ever London show |
| Wednesday, April 21st | Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia - solo - view a poster here |
| Friday-Sunday, April 23rd-25th | SKIF Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia - solo and with Henry Kaiser, Caspar Brotzmann and others - read an article about the festival in the St. Petersburg Times here, and view a scan here |
| Wednesday, April 28th | Crobar, 530 West 28th St., New York City - GL accompanies Sandra Bernhard singing his song
"Follow" at the Concert for Freedom to Marry (benefit against the proposed
anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment), with Bob Mould,
Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, Alan Cumming, Margaret Cho, John Cameron Mitchell and others |
| Saturday, March 13th | Independent Broadcast Systems Convention, Pennsylvania Hotel, NYC - Gary Lucas is a guest panelist |
| Friday, March 19th | 3:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen live on the internet here |
| 7:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC AM, AM 820, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen to the archived show here |
| Sunday, March 21st | 2:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC AM, AM 820, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen live on the internet here |
| 7:00pm: "The Ring and I", WNYC FM, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary is interviewed as part of a documentary on Wagner, Listen to the archived show here |
| Saturday, Feb. 7th | Teatro el Albeitar, Leon, Spain - solo acoustic |
Sunday, Feb. 8th
8:00pm | Sala Clamores, Madrid, Spain - solo acoustic |
| Tuesday, Feb. 10th | Teatro Auditorio, Cuenca, Spain - solo acoustic |
Wednesday, Feb. 11th
8:30pm | Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain - solo acoustic |
| Tuesday, Feb. 12th | Sala Indian, Santander, Spain - solo acoustic |
| Friday, Feb. 13th | Aula de Cultura de la C.A.M, Alicante, Spain - solo acoustic |
| Saturday, Feb. 14th | Luz de Gas, Barcelona, Spain - solo acoustic |
| Sunday, Feb. 15th | Forum, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany - GL plays "The Edge of Heaven", solo acoustic midcentury Chinese pop, to coincide with exhibition there of Chinese art from the Bronze Age to Chi'Ing Dynasty, "Treasures of the Sons of Heaven" |
| Monday, Feb. 16th | Cafe Wilhelmina, Eindhoven, Holland - solo acoustic |
| Thursday, Feb. 19th | An Taibhdearc Theatre, Galway, Ireland - solo acoustic |
| Friday, Feb. 20th | Galway Bay FM, John Richards show - Gary Lucas live |
| Saturday, Feb. 28th | Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gods and Monsters (w/Jonathan Kane and Ernie Brooks) |
Friday, Jan. 2nd
9:30pm | Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette at Astor Pl., New York City - The Du-Tels (Gary and Peter Stampfel) |
Tuesday, Jan. 20th
8:30pm-10pm GMT, 3:30pm-5pm EST | Resonance 104.4 FM, "Scratching the Surface" show, London, England - Gary is interviewed, co-dj's with host Mike Barnes (author of "Captain Beefheart" biography), and performs solo acoustic live from London
Also broadcast live over the Net at www.resonancefm.com |
| Friday, Jan. 23rd | Royal Festival Hall, London, England - The Magic Band |
| Saturday, Jan. 24th | Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland - The Magic Band |
Thursday, Jan. 29th
8:00pm | 1st Anniversary celebration of the avant-garde music magazine The Squid’s Ear, at Issue Project Room, 619 East 6th Street, New York City - featuring Gary Lucas solo, Ron Anderson, and Anthony Coleman; click here for more information |