December 2023
Thursday, Dec. 7th
BimHuis, Netherlands - DOUBLE DARE (Gary Lucas guitar and vocals and Peter Willems acoustic bass and vocals) perform at the the Netherlands' premiere jazz club, details and tickets here
Tuesday, Dec. 12th
San Francisco JCC - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem" as part of their "Jewish Magic" series, More details tba
Friday, Dec. 15th
7:00pm - 10:00pm
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York City - Gary will be playing solo in the Rose Reading Room (shhhhhh) at "THE LIBRARY AFTER HOURS: UNCENSORED" event, more info here
November 2023
Saturday, Nov. 25th
MOSAE ZAPPA Festival, Heerlen, Netherlands - Gary is performing both solo and sitting in with the band Wrong Object, details and tickets here
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
Details and tickets here
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, details here, Neil Gaiman will be the keynote speaker at this annual arts festival
September 2023
Friday, Sep. 8th
6:00pm
Hotel Des Voyageurs dans Ile d'Yeu Bretagne - Gary is playing a solo acoustic concert on the patio of l'hotel—with special guest vocalists Laure-Lucile Simon and (maybe) Catherine Despont. Free and open to the public!
July 2023
Friday, Jul. 7th
Royal Theater, Heerlen, Netherlands - Gary is accompanying ORSON WELLES'S legendary 1938 silent farce TOO MUCH JOHNSON with his live solo score followed by his solo tribute to CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
Saturday, Jul. 29th
Gary Lucas plays a live solo concert at a private event on the North Fork of Long Island
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
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