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Fashion’s Night Out, September 8, FREE
Lots of great free performances for Fashion’s Night Out on Thursday, but unless you’re Michael Keaton you’ll have to choose wisely. Here are some of the night’s best:
Thursday, September 8 at 6:00 p.m. The VPL Block Party, 5 Mercer Street at Howard Street; Soho.
Thursday, September 8 at 6:00 p.m. Theory, 38 Gansevoort Street New York, NY 10014; 212.300.0800
Thursday, September 8 5:00 p.m. Sak's Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Avenue; Midtown.
Thursday, September 8 at 6:00 p.m. Helmut Lang, 93 Mercer Street at Spring Street; Soho.
Thursday, September 8 at 8:00p.m. Steven Alan, 103 Franklin Street (between Church and West Broadway streets); Tribeca.
Thursday, September 8 at 6:00p.m. Treasure & Bond, 350 West Broadway (between Grand and Broome streets); Soho.
Thursday, September 8 at 6:45p.m. Bergdorf Goodman, 745 Fifth Avenue at West 58th Street; Midtown.
Real Estate at Dirty Durty Party
September 8, Ash Soho and the Dirty Durty Diary, Free.
Thursday, September 8 at 6:00p.m. Ash Soho, 44 Mercer Street (between Grand and Broome streets); Soho.
Thursday, September 8 at 6:00p.m. Gary Graham, 176 Franklin Street (between Hudson & Greenwich streets); Tribeca.
Thursday, September 8 at 9:00p.m. Tommy Hilfiger, 681 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street; Midtown.
TV on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, September 8, The Williamsburg Waterfront, $39.50
If you aren’t caught up in the hoopla of Fashion’s Night Out, Perennial indie rock heavyweights TV on the Radio and Broken Social Scene play the Williamsburg waterfront the same night. Both bands have honed their anthemic live sets to perfection, and together the bill is a stadium-worthy celebration that will make you forget that summer really is over.
Thursday, September 8 at 5:30p.m. The Williamsburg Waterfront, North 8th Street at Kent Avenue; Brooklyn.
Active Child, Com Truise, Young Athletes League, September 6, Bowery Ballroom, $15
If your idea of a good time is the sonic equivalent of being trapped inside an ‘80s Atari game (it’s definitely ours!), then you’ll want to check out this bill at the Bowery Ballroom. The analog synth extravaganza is headlined by the squelchy, cathartic tones of Active Child with support from spooneristic synthesizer fetishist Com Truise.
Saturday, September 10 at Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street (between Bowery and Chrystie); 212-533-2111