Past Shows in 2010
— DECEMBER 2010 —
Saturday, Dec. 4th
10:00pm
Velvet Club and Factory, via S. Aquilina 2147900, Rimini, Italy - Gary is performing solo and with singers as a Special Guest at the Second Italian Official Tribute to Jeff Buckley with Massimiliano Lalli, Claudia Macori, Alessio Franchini and others tba
Wednesday, Dec. 8th
9:00pm
32nd Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (32nd Havana Film Festival), Salon Vedado of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba - Gary performs his "Cinefantastique" program of film music by Nino Rota, Alberto Iglesias and others, as a special event
Thursday, Dec. 9th
32nd Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (32nd Havana Film Festival), Havana, Cuba
1:00pm: Gary Lucas plays an outdoor solo concert at the Pabellon Cuba, Calle 23 y Calle N
3:00pm: Gary Lucas press conference at the Salon Taganana, Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Friday, Dec. 10th
9:00pm
32nd Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (32nd Havana Film Festival), Havana, Cuba - Gary Lucas performs the world premiere of his new solo guitar score accompanying a screening of Jose Mojica Marins a/k/a Coffin Joe's 1966 Brazilian cinema classic "Esta Noite Encarnerei no Teu Cadaver" ("This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse")
Saturday, Dec. 11th
10:30pm
Gaia Arts Center, Havana, Cuba - Gary performs a special rooftop concert, see the press release and poster here
Thursday, Dec. 16th
26th Annual Havana International Jazz Festival, Havana, Cuba:
Gary Lucas performs solo and with guitarists Jorge Luis Chico and Pablo Menendez
6:00pm: Gary will be performing in the garden of the Teatro Mella, with rising young Cuban vocalist Danae Blanco and veteran Cuban musicians Orlando Sanchez "Cubajazz" on keyboards, Eugenio Rodriguez on congas, Robertico Garcia on trumpet, and Enrique Platt (Irakere) on drums
Wednesday, Dec. 22nd
2:00pm
WNYC 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary will be a guest live on John Schaefer's Soundcheck where he will discuss working with Don Van Vliet, perform solo acoustic, play tracks from current projects as well as preview new work—listen live here
Monday, Dec. 27th
11:00pm Dutch time (5:00pm EST)
Radio 6 (Netherlands) - Dutch Captain Beefheart Radio Special this Monday night featuring a re-broadcast of "I Have a Cat", a collaboration Gary did with Co de Kloet in which he perfoms a solo guitar score accompanying the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet; listen live here
— NOVEMBER 2010 —
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd
8:00pm
Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th St., New York City - Gary Lucas performs his "Cinefantastique" project—solo guitar arrangements of famous film music by Nino Rita, Bernard Herrmann, George Gershwin and more; Curated by Neke Carson and Michael Weiner
Friday, Nov. 5th
9:00 pm: VII Edicion del Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo 2010/7th Sevilla Film Festival, Teatro Lope de Vega de Sevilla - teaser performance at the Inaugural Gala
Also: The Eden Project, Cornwall, England - Gary Lucas' new collaboration with UK visual artist Paul McGowan, a psychedelic environmental installation, opens today at The Eden Project; read an article from Western News (UK) here, more information here
Monday, Nov. 8th
9:00pm
VII Edicion del Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo 2010/7th Sevilla Film Festival, Teatro Lope de Vega de Sevilla - full performance with Spanish "Dracula" as part of the "Night of Terror"
Tuesday, Nov. 9th
7:30pm to 9:00pm French time
Radio Aligre FM 91.3 (Paris' long-running non-commercial radio station) - Gary will be performing live on the "Sonic Trip" show in support of his appearance at La Machine du Moulin Rouge's Cine Party Friday Nov. 12th for Jerome de Missolz's new Arte Channel rock documentary "Wild Thing"; listen live at http://www.aligrefm.org
Friday, Nov. 12th
9:00pm
La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris, France - Gary Lucas plays solo and w/Jean-Francois Pauvros and special guests at a party open to the public celebrating French film maker Jerome de Missolz's new Arte Channel rock documentary "Wild Thing" featuring the Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Love, Eric Burdon, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, Tim Buckley, Nirvana, Joy Division, Lemmy, Richard Hell, Genesis P. Orridge, and Gary Lucas; sponsored by Les Inrockuptibles Magazine
Wednesday, Nov. 17th
9:00pm
Divadlo Hudby, Prostejov, Czech Republic - Gary Lucas performs solo acoustic blues
Thursday, Nov. 18th
8:45pm French time: Voila Channel France - Gary's music is featured in a French tv screening of erotique photographer Roy Stuart's feature film "The Lost Door"
9:00pm: Mestke Kino, Mikulov, Czech Republic - Gary Lucas performs solo acoustic blues
Friday, Nov. 19th
Sumperk, Czech Republic - Gary Lucas performs solo acoustic blues at the Sumperk Blues Alive Festival
Sunday, Nov. 21st
1:00pm: Royal Festival Hall, Spirit Level, London, England - Gary participates as guest artist in "The Write Stuff"—a Q & A with 8 aspiring UK jazz journalists sponsored by Jazzwise Magazine and hosted by Kevin Legendre
6:00pm: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England - Gary Lucas closes the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC 3 with the UK premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" project, on a double bill entitled "Frankenstein V. Dracula" also featuring Dave Douglas' new film and music project
— OCTOBER 2010 —
Thursday, Oct. 7th
midnight EDT (actually Fri. morning)
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City - Gary is a guest on legendary Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program on WBAI 99.5 FM New York, listen live at http://stream.wbai.org/—it's fund-raising time there so give generously to one of the last bastions of free-thinking radio in the universe!
Saturday, Oct. 9th
9:30pm
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City - US premiere of Gary's Spanish "Dracula" project during the closing weekend of the 48th NY Film Festival
Friday, Oct. 22nd
9:00pm
Roulette, 20 Greene Street, bet. Canal and Grand, New York City - "I Cover the Waterfront": Gary Lucas solo acoustic concert with special guest Jim Staley, trombone
Saturday, Oct. 23rd
9:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - CMJ Showcase: Gary Lucas' psychedelic supergroup Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers), Billy Ficca (Television), Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) and Joe Hendel (Faddy Acids)
Thursday, Oct. 28th
7:00pm
Gary plays "The Golem" for a special pre-Halloween event at the landmark historic Eldridge Street Synagogue on NYC's lower eastside, 12 Eldridge Street between Canal and Division Street, New York City
Sunday, Oct. 31st (Halloween)
11:40am GMT
BBC 6 Music - Gary is interviewed about the upcoming UK premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" project Nov. 21st closing the London Jazz Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Cerys Matthews show, listen live at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/
— SEPTEMBER 2010 —
Friday, Sep. 10th
9:00pm
The Magic Room, 155 North Beacon St., Boston, MA - Gary Lucas conducts a 2 hour "Beefheart Symposium", a lecture and musical demonstration about his former mentor, America maverick genius Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart, including rare archival video clips and a slideshow of his paintings and drawings and a live solo guitar performance, with special guest Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright reading poems by Don Van Vliet
Monday, Sep. 13th
7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Stone, corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas conducts a 2 hour "Beefheart Symposium", a lecture/demonstration with archival recordings and clips, and a live solo guitar performance, with special guest Film Society of Lincoln Center Director Richard Pena reading poems by Don Van Vliet
Tuesday, Sep. 14th
9:00pm
Rodeo Bar, 375 3rd Ave., New York City - Gary plays solo acoustic at a benefit for Band of Susans bassist and stroke survivor Ron Spitzer, donations $25 or you can just buy a drink
Friday, Sep. 17th
7:30pm
LSO St. Luke's, London, England - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album with Shirish Manji, tabla at the Barbican Transcender Festival, on a bill with Parvathy Baul
Sunday, Sep. 19th
3:00pm
Hope Street Feast Festival, Liverpool, England - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album, with Sirish Manji, tabla
Tuesday, Sep. 21st
1:00pm French time (7:00am EDT): Radio France Internationale RFI - Gary and Najma Akhtar are interviewed by Laurence Aloir, listen live here
9:00pm: New Morning, 7 & 9 Rue des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album with Shirish Manji, tabla
Friday, Sep. 24th
Madame Guitar Festival, Tricesimo, Italy - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album, with Sirish Manji, tabla; read the program notes here
Sunday, Sep. 26th
8:00pm
Paradiso (main hall), Amsterdam, Holland - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album, with Sirish Manji, tabla
— AUGUST 2010 —
Thursday, Aug. 5th
9:00pm
Chinatown Shanghai Club, Shanghai, China - Gary makes his mainland China performing debut during Shanghai World Expo 2010 playing a solo acoustic concert featuring songs from his "Edge of Heaven" album, featuring special guest vocalist Sally Kwok
— JULY 2010 —
Saturday, Jul. 3rd
9:00pm
Trash Bar, 256 Grand Street (bet. Driggs & Roebling), Williamsburg, NYC - Gary Lucas performs solo acoustic for DJ Mojo's birthday party
Monday, Jul. 5th
7:00pm
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, 29-19 24th Avenue, Astoria, Queens - Gary Lucas plays a solo acoustic concert featuring his arrangements of Czech classical music by Dvorak, Smetana, and Janacek, see the flyer here
Wednesday, Jul. 14th
6:00pm-7:00pm UK time
Resonance Radio 104.4 FM, London - Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas will be performing live and spinning some of their favorite tracks in preparation for their Jazz Cafe show on Thursday July 15th; listen live at http://resonancefm.com/listen
Thursday, Jul. 15th
9:00pm
Jazz Cafe, London - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album, with Hanif Khan on tabla
Friday, Jul. 16th
The Tin Angel, Coventry, England - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album, with Hanif Khan on tabla
Friday, Jul. 23rd
10:30pm
Open Air Festival, University of Sevilla, Spain - Gary Lucas Plays "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id"
Saturday, Jul. 31st
4:00pm
Sfinks World Music Festival, Boechout, Belgium - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform their celebrated "Rishte" album, with Sirish Manji, tabla
— JUNE 2010 —
Wednesday, Jun. 2nd
7:00pm: Seattle International Film Festival, Neptune Theatre, 1303 Northeast 45th St., Seattle, Washington - Screening of Sebastian Doggart's "American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi" with music by Gary Lucas
9:30pm: Transylvania International Film Festival, Zorki Club, Cluj, Romania - Gary Lucas performs the European premiere of his "Cinefantastique" project playing his arrangements of famous film themes
Weds., Jun. 2nd-Fri., Jun. 4th: JCC Krakow, Krakow, Poland - Gary Lucas' original scores are featured in a screening of award-winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "The Legacy of Jedwabne" and his film "Paint What You Remember—I Was Mayer July"
Thursday, Jun. 3rd
4:30pm
Seattle International Film Festival, SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St., Seattle, Washington - second screening of "American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi", with music by Gary Lucas
Saturday, Jun. 5th
8:00pm
McCabe's, 3101 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA - "An Evening With Gary Lucas—Solo Acoustic"
Saturday, Jun. 12th
7:30pm
Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY - Gary Lucas plays his solo guitar score live accompanying a screening of "The Golem" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese)
Sunday, Jun. 20th
Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park, New Jersey - Gary Lucas solo acoustic, Songwriters by the Sea series, see the flyer here: front and back, and the press release
Friday, Jun. 25th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters w/Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel
Sunday, Jun. 27th
8:00pm
Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park, New Jersey - opening the Jersey Shore Film Festival with "The Golem", see the flyer here: front and back
— MAY 2010 —
Thursday, May 6th
11:00pm
WNYC FM, 93.9 FM - Gary Lucas' live solo guitar score to his "Sounds of the Surreal" project is featured on John Schaefer's "New Sounds" show, listen live at http://www.wnyc.org/flashplayer/player.html
Thursday, May 13th
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, Wales - Gary Lucas' music is featured in the score for Sebastian Doggart's new documentary "American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi", screening at the Swansea Bay Film Festival
midnight (Thursday night): WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas is interviewed and plays live solo acoustic on the legendary Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program as part of a fund-raising drive for WBAI FM, listen live at http://stream.wbai.org/
Saturday, May 15th
9:30pm
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., New York City - Gary Lucas performs a solo acoustic concert, see the flyer here
Thursday, May 20th
11:00pm
WNYC FM, 93.9 FM - Gary Lucas' live solo guitar score to his "Sounds of the Surreal" project is featured on John Schaefer's "New Sounds" show, listen live at http://www.wnyc.org/flashplayer/player.html
Saturday, May 22nd
10:00am-noon
WKCR FM, 89.9. FM - Gary Lucas is interviewed and plays live selections from his album of 30's Shanghai pop "The Edge of Heaven" on Jing Li's Chinese music program, listen live at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/netcastload.html
Friday, May 28th
3:10pm: DocMiami Film Festival, Miami, Florida - Gary Lucas' music is featured in Emmy Award-winning film maker Peter Bull's new documentary "Dirty Business"
9:45pm: Transylvania International Film Festival, Cluj Napoca, Romania - Main Square, Cluj - Gary Lucas plays a 10 minute Teaser Concert before Opening Ceremony of the Festival and Opening Screening (Soul Kitchen, d. Fatih Akin)
Sunday, May 30th
9:30pm
Transylvania International Film Festival, Bannfy Castle, Bontida, Romania - Gary Lucas performs the European premiere of his Spanish "Dracula" live solo guitar score accompanying the film outside Banffy Castle in the open-air courtyard
— APRIL 2010 —
Thursday, Apr. 1st
midnight
Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program, WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas and Spanish spoken-word artist Bruno Galindo are guests on legendary Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program, listen live at http://stream.wbai.org
Friday, Apr. 2nd
9:00pm
BAMcafe, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn - Gary Lucas and celebrated Spanish spoken word artist Bruno Galindo reunite for an evening of music and poetry
Friday, Apr. 9th
4:00pm
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, NC - Gary Lucas's score featured in the world premiere of Emmy Award winning film maker Peter Bull's new documentary "Dirty Business"
Saturday, Apr. 10th
9:00pm, doors open at 8:00pm
Magic Room Gallery @ Sound Museum, 155 North Beacon St., Brighton, Mass. - Gary performs solo acoustic
Monday, Apr. 12th
7:00pm
Local 269, 269 East Houston St., New York City - Gary Lucas and vocalist Mossa Bildner perform as a duo
Wednesday, Apr. 14th
10:30pm
Tribeca Grand Hotel, 2 Ave. of the Americas, New York City - Gary Lucas plays a solo acoustic concert in the Sanctum Room after a 7:45pm screening of Sebastian Doggart's new documentary "American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi" featuring music by Gary Lucas
Saturday, Apr. 24th
4:10pm
Appalachian Film Festival, Huntington, West Virginia - Gary Lucas' score featured in a screening of Emmy Award winning film maker Peter Bull's new documentary "Dirty Business"
Thursday, Apr. 29th
9:15pm
Gibson Guitars Showroom, New York City - Gary Lucas performs solo acoustic at the Virtue and Vice Party, sponsored by Limelight/Rights Flow, see the poster here and the flyer here
— MARCH 2010 —
Thursday, Mar. 4th and Friday, Mar. 5th
Gary plays the Cross-Linx Festival Holland (fusing avant-garde, indie pop, and classical music):
March 4th - Muziekcentrum Vrendenburg Utrecht, time tba
March 5th - Muziekcentrum Frits Philips Eindhoven, time tba
with Jozef Van Wssem, Jaap Blonk, Rik Van Iersel and others
Monday, Mar. 8th
8:30pm
MusicMatrix, KNSM Laan 11 - 13, 1019 LA Amsterdam, Holland - Gary gives an acoustic guitar masterclass
Monday, Mar. 22nd
Le Point FMR, Paris, France - Gary Lucas acoustic with special guests Daniel Yvinec and Melissa Mars, co-bill with Sylvain Vanot
Tuesday, Mar. 23rd
Le Cave du Bleu Lezard, Lausanne, Switzerland - Gary Lucas plays solo, co-bill with Silvain Vanot
Wednesday, Mar. 24th
9:00pm
Jazzwelten Festival, Filmtheater Schauburg, Dresden, Germany - Gary Lucas plays "Sounds of the Surreal" and solo acoustic
Friday, Mar. 26th
9:00pm
L'Embobineuse, Marseille, France - Gary Lucas performs solo acoustic on a double bill with French singer/songwriter Sylvain Vanot
— FEBRUARY 2010 —
Friday, Feb. 5th
7:00pm
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St., New York City - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem" as part of the CabaretCinema "Visions of the Cosmos" series, see the press release here
Tuesday, Feb. 9th
8:00pm
Gershwin Hotel, New York City - Gary Lucas plays "Cinefantastique", a program of his solo arrangements of classic film music by Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann, Alberto Iglesias and others
— JANUARY 2010 —
Saturday, Jan. 9th
7:30pm
2010 APAP Conference (Association of Performing Arts Presenters), Regent Parlour, Hilton Hotel, 1335 6th Ave., New York City - Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman) perform a showcase under the auspices of Golden Land Concerts
Wednesday, Jan. 13th
10:00am
62nd ISPA Congress (International Society for the Performing Arts), Times Centre Auditorium, New York City - Gary Lucas performs excerpts from his original live score for Abel Gance's silent anti-war masterpiece "J'Accuse", commissioned by the Holland Festival, in a presentation conducted by Lieven Bertels
Friday, Jan. 15th
9:00pm
Knitting Factory, Williamsburg, Brooklyn - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters featuring Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers), Billy Ficca (Television), Jasom Candler (Hungry March Band) and Joe Hendel (Faddy Acids), with special guest Dean Bowman
Friday, Jan. 22nd
St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn - Gary Lucas plays a Benefit for legendary Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs with Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Ed Sanders and others; produced by Hal Willner
Thursday, Jan. 28th
7:00pm
Jewish Artists for Haiti Benefit Concert, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 West 68th St., New York City - Gary Lucas performs, along with Frank London, Pharoah's Daughter, Neshama Carlebach, and others
Friday, Jan. 29th
7:00pm
Czech Republic and Friends' Benefit for Haiti, Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd St. between 1st and 2nd Ave., New York City - Gary performs solo, along with Marta Topferova, Lucia Pulido and other artists tba—suggested donation , all proceeds go to the Red Cross
Sunday, Jan. 31st
4:00pm EST
Outsight Radio Hours - Gary is interviewed live by Tom Shulte, listen live on the web at http://www.bounceradio.net and http://www.radiogetswild.com
