DECEMBER 2005
Thursday, Dec. 1st
The Prince Ballroom, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Gary Lucas plays with Amorphous Androgynous (Future Sound of London's live psychedelic band)
Saturday, Dec. 3rd
Earthcore Festival, Queensland, Australia - Gary Lucas plays with Amorphous Androgynous (Future Sound of London's live psychedelic band)
Wednesday, Dec. 7th
6:30pm
Gary's original score featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "LALEE'S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON" (2001), a film by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, and Albert Maysles, as part of the "Maysles Films: Five Decades" retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York City
Wednesday, Dec. 7th
7:30pm
Makor, 35 West 67th Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in award winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "The Legacy of Jedwabne"; the film maker will do a q and a after the screening
for more info and tickets click here
Tuesday, Dec. 13th
9:00pm
Epistrophy, 200 Mott St. (between Spring and Kenmare), New York City - solo acoustic with Andy Statman
Saturday, Dec. 17th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters featuring Ernie Brooks and Billy Ficca, with special guests Felice Rosser, Michael Schoen, Jason Candler, Kristin Diable, and Joe Hendel
Wednesday, Dec. 18th
5:00pm GMT
Gary plays live and is interviewed on Kevin Head's Resonance Radio program, London, listen live at www.resonancefm.com
Thursday, Dec. 29th
9:00pm
The 12-Bar Club, Denmark Street, London, England - Gary Lucas solo acoustic
NOVEMBER 2005
Friday, Nov. 4th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic with special guest lutist Jozef Van Wissem
Thursday, Nov. 17th
midnight to 2:00am EST
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas plays solo and is interviewed by the legendary Bob Fass on his long-running program "Radio Unnameable", click here to listen to the archived show
Saturday, Nov. 26th
Earthcore Global Carnival, Victoria, Australia - Gary Lucas plays with Amorphous Androgynous (Future Sound of London's live psychedelic band)
Wednesday, Nov. 30th
7:30pm
Gary's original score featured in the Academy Award nominated documentary, "LALEE’S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON" (2001), a film by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, and Albert Maysles at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois
OCTOBER 2005
Thursday, Oct. 6th
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City - Gary Lucas plays as part of a Tribute to Steve Lacy, with Roswell Rudd, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Irene Aebi and others
Friday, Oct. 14th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks and
Billy Ficca, plus special guests Michael Schoen, Felice Rosser and Amica
Saturday, Oct. 15th
11:00pm
Gary and lutist Jozef Van Wissem play live on
John Schaefer's "New Sounds", WNYC FM, click here for more info
Tuesday, Oct. 25th
8:00pm
Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street btw. Delancey and Rivington, New York City - Church of the Blood: Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti, and James Ilgenfritz with special guest Felice Rosser
Thursday, Oct. 27th
9:50pm GMT
Underground Britain, BBC 2 - Gary's music featured in new tv documentary "Hotel Hoogstraten" (d. Saul Dibb)
Sunday, Oct. 30th
8:00pm GMT
"The 6 Mix", BBC 6 Digital Music Channel - Gary is interviewed by Future Sound of London's Gaz Cobain, click here to listen (the show will be available live and for a week after broadcast)
SEPTEMBER 2005
Friday, Sept. 2nd
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas with special guests Felice Rosser, Michael Schoen and Peter
Stampfel
Saturday, Sept. 10th
10:00pm
Theatre Marni Jazz Festival, 25 rue de Bergnies, Brussels, Belgium - Gary Lucas and lute master Jozef Van Wissem, tel. +32-(0)2-639-09-80
Wednesday, Sept. 14th
Cafe Merleyn, Hertogstraat 13 6511 RV, Nijmegen, Holland (phone: 024-3224737) - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
Thursday, Sept. 15th
Amsterdam Music Conservatorium, Hoofdgebouw, Van Baerlestraat 27, Amsterdam (tel. 020-527 75 50) - Gary lectures on songwriting, his life in music, and gives a guitar masterclass
Friday, Sept. 16th
BimHuis, Amsterdam - Gary and Jozef Van Wissem
Saturday, Sept. 17th
Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, Germany - Gary and Jozef Van Wissem
Tuesday, Sept. 20th
Objekt 5, Halle, Germany - Gary and Jozef Van Wissem
Wednesday, Sept. 21st
11pm to midnight (5pm-6pm EDT)
Club 3VOOR12 hosted by Jaap Boots, VPRO Radio, Amsterdam - Gary Lucas plays live as special guest of electronica artist Pascal Plantinga
Friday, Sept. 23rd
Sunset Jazz Club (tel: 01 40 26 46 60), 60 rue des Lombards, Paris, France - Gary Lucas solo acoustic
Sunday, Sept. 25th
Bristol Silents presents Flicker at the Watershed Media Centre, +44 (0)117 927 6444, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol, UK - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem"
Monday, September 26th
Silent September Season, Dukes Theatre & Cinema, +44 (0) 1524 598505, Moor Lane, Lancaster, UK - Gary plays "The Golem"
Friday, Sept. 30th
The Tunnels, Aberdeen, Scotland - Gary Lucas solo acoustic
AUGUST 2005
Saturday, Aug. 13th
21:30 GMT
Jazz Em Agosto Festival, Lisbon, Portugal - Fast 'N' Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project featuring Gary Lucas
listen live on the internet here
Tuesday, Aug. 23rd
22:35 GMT
Late Junction on BBC Radio 3, London, England - Gary's version of Grainger's "Children's March" will be played, listen live (and for a week after) on the internet here
JULY 2005
Tuesday, July 5th
8:00pm
Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti, James Ilgenfritz improv trio
Thursday, July 7th
11:00pm
The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street (between Stanton and Rivington), New York City - Gary Lucas with special guest Michael Schoen, acoustic
Friday, July 8th
2 sets starting at 8:00pm
Firehouse 12 (203-785-0468), 47 Crown Street, New Haven, CT - solo acoustic
Sunday, July 10th
4:00pm
Summer Sundays in the Park, Travers Park, Jackson Heights, New York - solo acoustic
Tuesday, July 12th
9:00pm
The C-Note (212-677-8142), 157 Ave. C, New York City - Gary Lucas, Dee Pop, Felice Rosser, Ernie Brooks, and Dave Sewelson free improv
Monday July 18th
9:45pm
Nublu, 62 Ave. C between 5th and 6th St., New York City - Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti and James Ilgenfritz improv trio with special guest vocalist Mai Lingani
Thursday, July 21st
35MM Theater (tel. 7095 917-54-92), Pokrovka 37/24, Moscow, Russia - Gary plays his original solo guitar score accompanying the silent film "The Golem" (1920) — see the poster here)
Saturday, July 23rd
"House Of Cinema" (DOM KINO) (tel. 7095 314-06-38), Caravannaya 12, St. Petersburg, Russia - Gary plays "The Golem" — see the poster here
Monday, July 25th
Club Moloko (tel. 274-94-67), Perekopniy Per. 12, St. Petersburg, Russia - Gary plays with guitarist Alexei Pliousnine
JUNE 2005
Wednesday, June 1st
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, England - The Magic Band
Thursday, June 2nd
Fleece and Firkin, Bristol, England - The Magic Band
Friday, June 3rd
The Acorn Theatre, Penzance, England (Box Office 01736 365520) - The Magic Band
Sunday, June 5th
Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, England - The Magic Band
Monday, June 6th
Zodiac, Oxford, England - The Magic Band
Wednesday, June 8th
Astoria, London, England - The Magic Band
Sunday, June 12th
5:00pm till ?
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary is special guest at "Mama Kangaroos: Philly Women Sing Beefheart" show, with 8 bands including EDO with Essra Mohawk, Jane Gilday Aquatet, Kiss Kiss Kill, Sweetie and more
Friday, June 17th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Fast 'n Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project, only NYC show!
Sunday, June 19th
5:00pm
Downtown Music Gallery, 342 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic, Bruce Gallanter's Gemini Birthday Bash and Father's Day Celebration
Friday, June 24th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas and friends special birthday bash, with special guests Ernie Brooks, Michael Schoen, Felice Rosser, Fay Victor, Mustafa Ahmed and Kristin Diable
Saturday, June 25th
9:40pm
JVC Jazz Festival, Knitting Factory Old Office, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - solo, with special guests
Joe Hendel, Felice Rosser, Lukas Ligeti and James Ilgenfritz (Jozef Van Wissem's appearance with Gary canceled due to illness)
MAY 2005
Wednesday, May 4th
The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London - Gary solo acoustic
Thursday, May 5th
The Tunnels, Carneigies Brae, Aberdeen, Scotland - Gary solo acoustic
Thursday, May 12th
11:00pm
The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street (between Stanton and Rivington), New York City - Gary Lucas and Michael Schoen, acoustic
Saturday, May 14th
1:00pm-4:00pm
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York City (212-620-5000) - Gary plays acoustic steel guitar
Sunday, May 15th
2 sets
CBGB's Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York City - free improv series: Gary Lucas and friends (Dee Pop, Ernie Brooks, Felice Rosser, Jason Candler)
Monday, May 16th
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas, Lukas Ligeti, and James Ilgenfritz improv trio
Monday, May 23rd
The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland - The Magic Band (Gary "Mantis" Lucas, John "Drumbo" French, Denny "Feelers Rebo" Walley, Mark "Rockette Morton" Boston, and Michael "Swamp Monk" Traylor)
Tuesday, May 24th
Leeds Irish Centre, Leeds, England - The Magic Band
Wednesday, May 25th
Manchester Academy, Manchester, England - The Magic Band
Thursday, May 26th
Rock Café, Stourbridge, England - The Magic Band
Friday, May 27th
The Leadmill, Sheffield, England - The Magic Band
Saturday, May 28th
Liverpool Academy, Liverpool, England - The Magic Band
Sunday, May 29th
Sugarmill, Stoke, England - The Magic Band
Tuesday, May 31st
Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, England - The Magic Band
APRIL 2005
Wednesday, Apr. 13th
9:00pm
National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, in the movie theater - Gary plays "The Golem", accompanying live a screening of the 1920 silent film with his original score to celebrate the opening of "HR Giger in Prague", a 3-month exhibition of the artist's work — for further info go to www.hrgiger.com and http://www.giger.cz/cz/akce.htm
Thursday, Apr. 14th
6:00pm
National Technical Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, in the movie theater - Gary plays "The Golem", accompanying live a screening of the 1920 silent film with his original score to celebrate the opening of "HR Giger in Prague", a 3-month exhibition of the artist's work — for further info go to www.hrgiger.com and http://www.giger.cz/cz/akce.htm
Wednesday, Apr. 20th
10:00pm
Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street, New York City - Gary and Michael Schoen solo acoustic
Thursday, Apr. 21st
World Cafe Live (www.worldcafelive.com), main room, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with the Note Killers
MARCH 2005
Thursday, Mar. 3rd
10:00pm
Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters (with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel and special guest Michael
Schoen)
Saturday, Mar. 5th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem accompany Bob Holman reading his poetry, Bowey Bums Celebrate Pisces
Wednesday, Mar. 9th
World Cafe Live Upstairs, 3025 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA (215-222-1400) - Gary plays solo acoustic as special guest, Genus Records party for the release of new CD "Mama Kangaroos: Philly Women Sing Captain Beefheart", Gary will also sit in with Deerfrance and Jane Gilday, purchase tickets here
Tuesday, Mar. 15th
8:00pm
Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, New York City - Gary celebrates the release of photographer Roy Stuart's new Taschen book "The Fourth Body" with a live accompaniment to Roy's new DVD (featuring music by Gary) included in the book
Saturday, Mar. 19th
11:00pm
South by Southwest, The Drink on 6th, 512 Trinity Street, Austin, Texas - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and special guest Michael Schoen
Sunday, Mar. 20th
11:00pm GMT
BBC 6 Music - Gary interviewed by Marc Riley on his "Mint" programme, listen live, or hear the program for a week after the broadcast date here
FEBRUARY 2005
Friday, Feb. 4th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with special guest Michael Schoen
Friday, Feb. 11th
11:45pm
Pussycat Lounge, 96 Greenwich
Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with special guest Michael Schoen, Benefit for Gods Love We Deliver charity for AIDS victims
Friday, Feb. 18th
8:00pm
Benefit for Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters (with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and special guest Michael Schoen)
Friday Feb. 18th
10:15pm GMT
BBC Radio 3, Fast 'N' Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project, featured on Mixing It, listen here
Saturday, Feb. 19th
9:00pm
Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street (between Houston and Stanton), New York City - Gary solo acoustic with special guest Michael Schoen
Thursday, Feb. 24th
5:00pm
Gary and Jozef Van Wissem play live on the New Afternoon Show, WNYU 89.1 FM, listen live at www.wnyu.org
Friday, Feb. 25th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem play fantasias for lute and guitar
JANUARY 2005
Friday, Jan. 7th
8:00pm, $15
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, w/ Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel and Amica
Sunday, Jan. 9th
5:40pm
Knitting Factory Tap Bar, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with special guest Ellis Hooks, NYC Winter JazzFest, Arts Presenters Showcase
Sunday & Monday, Jan. 9th & 10th
Saint Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York - Plan B, a theater piece featuring music by Gary Lucas, Big Dance Theater, directed by Annie-B Parsons
Tuesday, Jan. 11th
Gibson/Epiphone Showroom at the Hit Factory, 421 West 54th Street, New York City - Gary is a judge at Mag Rack's Guitar Face contest to introduce the winner of the Guitar Face search, to be televised nationally
Thursday, Jan. 13th
8:00pm
CBGB's Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas, Dee Pop, Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Felice Rosser, Dave Sewelson and Mark Plakias play free jazz and fractured blues
Thursday, Jan. 13th
10:45pm GMT
BBC Radio 3, London - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem blend National steel guitar with renaissance lute on "Late Junction", hosted by Verity Sharp, click here to listen
Sunday, Jan. 30th
2:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage (646-437-4200), 36 Battery Place, New York City - Gary's original music score featured in screening of Judd Ehrlich's documentary "Mayor of the West Side"