The Duff Guide to Ska Winter/Spring 2020 NYC Ska Calendar #1

Friday, January 31, 2020 @ 11:30 pm

Barbicide (plus DJ Ryan Midnight spinning ska in the front room from 6:00-10:00 pm)

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (Aves A and B)
New York, NY
No cover, but bring cash for band tip bucket!

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Friday, January 31, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Top Shotta Band featuring Screechy Dan, Boomshot!, plus Selector Agent Jay

Piano's
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
$10/21+

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Friday, February 28, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Subway to Skaville presents: The Ladrones, Barbicide, Calavera NY Club, J Wahlberg (of The Screw-Ups), plus DJ Ryan Midnight

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (Aves A and B)
New York, NY
No cover, but bring cash for band tip bucket!

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Friday, March 27, 2020 @ 8:30 pm

The Slackers, Crazy and the Brains, The Scotch Bonnets

White Eagle Hall
337 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
$20

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Friday, April 24, 2020 @ 8:30 pm

Crazy and the Brains, Catbite, Answering Machine, Love is a Fist

The Gutter
200 North 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY
$8 in advance/$10 day of the show
21+

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

The Aggrolites, The Far East

Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20/All ages

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Thursday, May 21, 2020 @ 7:30 pm

NY Ska Jazz Ensemble

The Iridium1650 Broadway
New York
$25/All ages

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Friday, May 22, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Madness (40th Anniversary Tour), The English Beat (featuring Dave Wakeling)

Manhattan Center
311 West 34th Street
New York, NY
$44.50-$110
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Saturday, June 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Calavera NY Club, Sgt. Scag, Stop the Presses, Disposable

Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton Street
New York, NY
$10 in advance/$12 day of show
21+

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Saturday, June 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Radicsfest w/The Toasters and more TBA

Gramercy Theatre
127 East 23rd Street
New York, NY
(Tix not on sale yet.)

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The Duff Guide to Ska Winter/Spring/Summer 2019 NYC Ska Calendar #1

The (English) Beat

Friday, February 15, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Brooklyn Dub Club w/ Channel One Sound System (London, UK), Bukkha Meets Super HiFi (Spain/Brooklyn), Grand Ancestor (Washington, DC), Dub-Stuy Records (Brooklyn)

The Paper Box
17 Meadow Street
Brooklyn, NY
$15

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Saturday, February 16, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Move Your Mule: Boomshot, Milagro Verde w/selectors Agent Jay, Li'l Jerk, Johnny Metro, Rata, Jah Point

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (between Avenues A and B)
New York, NY
No cover (bring cash for the tip bucket!)/21+

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Saturday, February 23, 2019 @ 6:00 pm

The Skatalites, Royal Khao

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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Saturday, February 23, 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Inspecter 7, Uncle Djuzeppe and The Mob, Guns Don't Run, Ensemble Calaveras, Comadr, D-FX Music

Queens Brewery
1539 Covert Street
Ridgewood (Queens), NY
$15 in advance/$18 day of show
18+

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Friday, March 15, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

100% Ska at Otto's Shrunken Head: 2 Tone Celebration w/DJ Ryan Midnight

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (between Avenues A and B)
New York, NY
No cover/21+

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Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Bumpin' Uglies, Rude Boy George, Uncle Jerome

Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10 in advance/$12 day of show
All ages

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Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

David Hillyard and The Rocksteady 7, DJ 100dbs

Hank's Saloon
345 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY
$8 in advance/$10 day of show
21+

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Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Mephiskapheles, The Press, The Take, Sewer Skrewer, Gilipollas

The Kingsland Bar and Grill
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$15 in advance/$20 day of show
16+

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Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Slackfest: The Slackers play Big Tunes (potential set list includes "Married Girl," "Sarah," "Rude and Reckless," and more; go vote www.theslackers.com/polls) with The Hempsteadys, The Fad, DJ Rata

The Kingsland Bar and Grill
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20 in advance/$25 day of show (3-day passes available)
16+

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Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Slackfest: The Slackers play Love and War (potential set list includes "Red Light," "Feed My Girl," "International War Criminal," and more; Go vote www.theslackers.com/polls) with Westbound Train, The Scotch Bonnets, DJ Miss Haps

The Kingsland Bar and Grill
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20 in advance/$25 day of show (3-day passes available)
16+

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Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Slackfest: The Slackers play Deep Cuts (potential set list includes "Stars," "Sing Your Song," "Contemplation," and more; go vote www.theslackers.com/polls) with The Far East, Ensemble Calaveras, DJ One Hundred Decibels

The Kingsland Bar and Grill
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$18 in advance/$22 day of show (3-day passes available)
16+

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Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Subway to Skaville Presents: The Pandemics, Sgt. Scagnetti, The Twilights, Fink's Constant w/DJ Ryan Midnight

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (between Avenues A and B)
New York, NY
No cover (but bring cash for tip bucket!)/21+

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Friday, June 14, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

The Specials

Brooklyn Steel
319 Frost Street
Brooklyn, NY
$45 in advance/$50 day of show
16+

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Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Aggrolites, Mike Pinto

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20/21+

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Friday, August 30, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

The Skapones (UK)

The Kingsland Bar and Grill
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
16+

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The Duff Guide to Ska NYC Fall/Winter 2018 Ska Calendar #10

Friday, October 26, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Big D and the Kids Table, BIGWIG, The Creepshow, Sgt. Scag

Brooklyn Bazaar
150 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Tix: Advance - $15 / Day of show - $17
16+

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Friday, October 26, 2018

Punky Reggae Party with Boomshot Riddim Collective, Escasos Recursos, Nufok Rebels, plus sound selectors Grace of Spades, Rata, Tenosh, Pdrito

Email revqc@eastrev for address.

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Saturday, October 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Lee "Scratch" Perry and Subatomic Sound System: 45th Anniversary Performance of "Blackboard Jungle Dub," Top Shotta Band

Elsewhere
599 Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$25/16+

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Saturday, November 3, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

The Full Watts Band, Boomshot

C'mon Everybody
325 Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10 in advance/$13 at door
21+

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

Fishbone, Living Color, Brass Against

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$25/21+

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Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Stacked Like Pancakes, Beat Brigade

The Kingsland
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10 in advance/$13 day of show
16+

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Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 9:30 pm

The Scofflaws, The Big Takeover

Diviera Drive
131 Berry Street
Brooklyn, NY
$10

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Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Mustard Plug, Sgt. Scag

Bowery Electric
327 Bowery
New York, NY
Tix: Advance - $14/Day of show - $16
21+

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Saturday, December 1, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

Streetlight Manifesto, Mephiskapheles

Playstation Theater
1515 Broadway (at West 44th Street)
New York, NY
$29.50/16+

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Saturday, December 22, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

The Slackers

Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
New York, NY
$22/All ages

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If you don't see a NYC ska show listed here, send us all of the details to duffguidetoska@gmail.com!

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The Duff Guide to Ska NYC Winter 2018 Ska Calendar #1

The Autocratics are not playing here (yet?).

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

The Original Wailers, Tribal Seeds, The Expanders

Gramercy Theatre
127 East 23rd Street
New York, NY
$20

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Saturday, January 13, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

Full Watts Band with Boomshot

C'mon Everybody
325 Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10-$12/21+

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Thursday, January 25, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

Benefit for Action Against Fascism and Xenophobia (Charlottesville Legal Fund) w/The Ladrones, SkullCaster, Out of System Transfer, Uncle Djuzeppe

The Silent Barn
603 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$5-$20/All ages

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Friday, February 9, 2018 @ 9:00 pm

HR and Human Rights, Crazy Baldhead Dub Apparatus

El Cortez
17 Ingraham Street
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

The Pietasters and High School Football Heroes

Brooklyn Bazaar
150 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$17 in advance/$20 day of show
All ages

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Thursday, February 15, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

The Wailers, The Far East

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20/21+

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Friday, February 23, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

The Skatalites, The Alchemystics

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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Friday, March 2, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

45 Adapters, Hub City Stompers, Legion 76, Guns Don't Run, No Parole, Los Perros

Kingsland
269 Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/16+

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Friday, March 9, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Coolie Ranx Birthday Bash with Pilfers, Full Watts Band, Reggay Lords, Love Always, Typhoid Rosie

Brooklyn Bazaar
150 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20/All ages

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Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

St. Patrick's Day Celebration with Beat Brigade, The Ladrones, Super Hi-Fi, Joker's Republic

RUBULAD
Bushwick, Brookyn
Get in touch with Dj Gorilla Presents through FB event page for address.
$10/All ages

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Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Hollie Cook, The Far East

Elsewhere (Hall)
599 Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$20 in advance/$22 day of show/16+

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Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

The English Beat w/Dave Wakeling

City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, NY
$40-$60

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Monday, March 26, 2018 @ 8:00 pm

The English Beat w/Dave Wakeling

City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, NY
$40-$60

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Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

The Annual 4:20 Reggae Fiesta on the River w/Dub is a Weapon, Crazy Baldhead Dub Apparatus, plus Specials Guests TBA

Rocks Off Concert Cruise - Aboard the Harbor Lights
Boards 23rd Street and the FDR
Manhattan, NY
$29 in advance/$35 day of show
21+

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The Duff Guide to Ska NYC Winter/Spring 2017 Ska Calendar #46

The one and only Lee "Scratch" Perry.

Saturday, April 15, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

New Kingston, Rude Boy George

Highline Ballroom
431 West 16th Street
New York, NY
$15

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Friday, April 21, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

DJ Gorilla presents The Last Ska Dance w/Beat Brigade, The Shipwrecks, Boomshot, The Damn Long Hairs, Changala Changala, plus DJ Miss Hap!

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Friday, April 21, 2017 @ 6:00 pm

100% Ska at Otto's Shrunken Head - Selections by DJ Ryan Midnight

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (between Aves A and B)
New York, NY
No cover

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Saturday, April 29, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

ReadJunk 20th Anniversary Party w/Rude Boy George (two sets) and DJ Duff

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (between Aves A and B)
New York, NY
No cover

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Saturday, April 29, 2017 @ 9:00 pm

The Ladrones Record Release Party w/The Applecores

Tobacco Road
355 West 41st Street
New York, NY

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Lee "Scratch" Perry, Subatomic Sound System

Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY
$25 in advance/$30 day of show
18+

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Friday, May 12, 2017 @ 9:00 pm

Mephiskapheles, NYC Ska Orchestra

The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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Friday, May 19, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Askultura and The Ladrones

Tobacco Road
354 West 41st Street
New York, NY

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

J. Navarro and The Traitors

Cape House
2 Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

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Friday, May 26, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Monty Neysmith Montgomery of Symarip, The Bishops

Cape House
2 Knickerbocker Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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Saturday, June 3, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Ska/Punky/Reggae Party II w/The Rudie Crew, The Omega Men, Super Hi-Fi, Necrotic Society, Skum City, Curb Ya Horse, plus DJ Gorilla

Pista bandas unidas oficial
96-11 Roosevelt Avenue
Queens, NY
All ages

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Friday, June 9, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

The Specials, The Far East

Brooklyn Steel
319 Frost Street
Brooklyn, NY
$50/16+

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Saturday, June 10, 2017 @ 9:00 pm (2 sets!)

Larry McDonald's 80th Birthday Party w/Dave Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, plus DJ One Hundred Decibels
Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$8

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Friday, June 23, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

The Slackers

Rocks Off Concert Cruise
The Liberty Belle
299 South Street
New York, NY
$30/21+

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The Duff Guide to Ska NYC Fall 2016 Ska Calendar #38

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

King Django, The Duppies, The Pandemics, Wake the Town

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Thursday, October 6, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

The Selecter, Hub City Stompers, High School Football Heroes

The Gramercy Theatre
127 East 23rd Street
New York, NY
$41.50/16+

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Friday, October 7, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Chris Murray, Boomshot, Todd Fausnacht (of The Snails), John Glenn Sound

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Saturday, October 22, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

DJ Gorilla Fest w/Beat Brigade, Raise the Kicks, Ras Majesty and the New Vibration Band, Escasos Recursos, Blaire Alise and The Bombshells, Bodega Satellite, PrinceLionSound, plus DJ Ryan Midnight

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Vic Ruggiero and The Snails (Sam The Sham & The Pharaos cover set), The Othermen

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Sunday, October 30, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

5th Annual Devil's Night Danse w/Mephiskapheles, The Pietasters, The Brooklyn Attractors, and Murphy's Law!

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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Thursday, November 3, 2016 @ 6:00 pm (doors)/8:00 pm (show)

Toots and the Maytals

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$28.50-$31.00/21+

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Monday, November 7, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Yellowman

BB Kings Blues Club and Grill
237 West 42nd Street
New York, NY
$22.50 plus fees

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The Duff Guide to Ska NYC Summer/Fall 2016 Ska Calendar #37

The one and only Prince Buster. Rest in peace.

Saturday, September 24, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

The Toasters, The Pomps, Skarroñeros

The Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$15 in advance/$17 at the door
21+

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

NYC Ska Orchestra, Screechy Dan, and Deadly Dragon Sound System featuring Johnny Go Figure and Scratch Famous

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Thursday, October 6, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

The Selecter, Hub City Stompers, High School Football Heroes

The Gramercy Theatre
127 East 23rd Street
New York, NY
$41.50/16+

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Friday, October 7, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Chris Murray, Boomshot, Todd Fausnacht (of The Snails), John Glenn Sound

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Saturday, October 22, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

DJ Gorilla Fest w/Beat Brigade, Raise the Kicks, Ras Majesty and the New Vibration Band, Escasos Recursos, Blaire Alise and The Bombshells, Bodega Satellite, PrinceLionSound, plus DJ Ryan Midnight

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10/21+

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Sunday, October 30, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

5th Annual Devil's Night Danse w/Mephiskapheles, The Pietasters, The Brooklyn Attractors, and Murphy's Law!

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave
Brooklyn, NY
$15/21+

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The Duff Guide to Ska NYC Spring/Summer 2016 Ska Calendar #28

The Bodysnatchers from back in the day...

Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Brother Jerome, The Ladrones, Faith

The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery
New York, NY

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Saturday, April 23, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Lonely Atom Records presents The Oneness, The Screw-Ups, Love is a Fist, Bears Bears Bears (w/DJ Ryan Midnight)

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street
New York, NY
21+/No cover

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Friday, April 29, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

NOFX, Direct Hit!, Mephiskapheles

Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
New York, NY
$27/16+

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Friday, April 29, 2016

Rent Party w/Rude Boy George

The Woodland
60 Woodland Road
Maplewood, NJ
$10

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Sunday, May 1, 2016 @ 9:00 AM

Rude Boy George

Five Boro Bike Tour
21st Street and 38th Avenue
Long Island City, Queens
Free

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Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 3:00 pm

Barra Brava, (A)TRUTH, Boomshot, LAKRAS

Big Band
69-24 Queens Boulevard
Queens, NY
$15

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Mustard Plug, Rude Boy George

Bell's Eccentric Cafe Back Room
355 East Kalamazoo Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI

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Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dubistry

The Shrine
2271 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
New York, NY
No cover!

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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Mustard Plug, Rude Boy George

Founders Brewing Co.
235 Grandville Avenue SW
Grand Rapids, MI

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Monday, May 16, 2016 @ 6:30 pm

Stacked Like Pancakes, Beat Brigade (featuring original BB sax man Nelson Rivera!), Whaleneck

Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
$10/18+

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Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Rude Boy George

West Orange Street Fair
Edison National Historic Site
211 Main Street
West Orange, NJ
Free

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Thursday, June 16, 2016 @ 8:30 pm

The Duff Guide to Ska presents: The Rudie Crew All-Stars, Skarroñeros, and 1592 (from Detroit!) w/DJ Ryan Midnight

Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street (between Avenues A and B)
Alphabet City
New York
No cover/21+

(Bring some extra cash for when we pass the hat for each band!)

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Sunday, June 19, 2016--from Noon to 10:00 pm

*****The Well and The Duff Guide to Ska present Skamela: An All-Star NYC Ska Benefit for Roy Radics' Family*****

Pilfers, King Django, The Rudie Crew All-Stars, Reggay Lords, The Ladrones, Funkface, and many more bands and artists to be announced soon!

Outdoor/All-day festival!

The Well
272 Meserole Street
Brooklyn, NY

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

The Toasters

Revolution Bar and Music Hall
140 Merrick Road
Amityville, NY

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Saturday, July 9, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

The Scofflaws, Lowhency Pierre, Atlantic Avenue, Thin Lear

Pianos NYC
158 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
$10/21+

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Friday, August 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm (boat departs at 8:00 pm)

Rocks Off Booze Cruise with The Slackers

The Liberty Belle departs from Pier 36
299 South Street
Manhattan, NY
21+
$30 in advance/$35 day of show

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Friday, September 9, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

The Specials

Terminal 5
610 West 56th Street
Manhattan, NY
$45.00 (plus service fees)

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