2021 Total Shows: 202
Indoors: 115
Outdoors: 87
In a cast: 47 (4/14–5/30 , 7/2–8/15)
#LiveMusicChallenge Total Donation to FAN: $404
2020 Total Shows: 96
2019 Total Shows: 130
2018 Total Shows: 200
Longest stretch without seeing live music: 65 days (1/2 Brass Queens @ Wildbirds — 3/8 Ethan Iverson Trio @ Smalls)
Total states seeing live music: 8 + 1 District (NY, NJ, CT, RI, PA, CA, CO, NV, DC)
Shows by month/Top 3 by month:
January: 1
- 1/2 Brass Queens @ Wildbirds
February: 0
March: 9
- 3/26 Bill Frisell Trio @ Carroll St.
- 3/8 Ethan Iverson Trio @ Smalls
- 3/13 41 Players @ Hometown BBQ
April: 11 (broke both arms 4/14)
- 4/3 Medeski, Karina, & Kimock @ Tree of Life
- 4/17 Chris Thile, Louis Cato, Rachael Price, Bridget Kearny, Akie Bermiss @ East River Park Ampitheater (RIP)
- 4/28 Gyan Riley @ Barbés
May: 24
- 5/21 Ches Smith, Bill Frisell, Mat Maneri, Craig Taborn @ Roulette Intermedium
- 5/11 Subtonics @ Letlove Inn
- 5/1 RKT SCI @ Bond Street Riviera
June: 40
- 6/22 Trey Anastasio @ The Beacon
- 6/8 Medeski/Martin & Ceramic Dog @ Bearsville Theater
- 6/24 Liz Cooper @ Mercury Lounge
Honorable Mentions:
6/5 Ryley Walker @ Burnell’s Secret Garden
6/19 Nels Cline 4 @ Hometown Industry City
July: 17 (surgery 7/2)
- 7/25 Folk On! @ Fort Adams State Park (Allison Russel’s Once & Future Sounds feat Chaka Khan)
- 7/26 Folk On! @ Fort Adams State Park (Billy Strings)
- 7/28 Folk On! @ Fort Adams State Park (Lake Street Dive)
August: 15
- 8/31 Phish @ Shoreline Ampitheater
- 8/1 Lucy Dacus @ MHOW
- 8/25 Wayne Krantz Trio @ Hometown Industry City
September: 18
- 9/19 ROZET & Noga Erez @ TV Eye
- 9/25 Woodsist Festival @ Arrowood Brewery (John Andrews & The Yawns, Cassandra Jenkins, 75 Dollar Bill, Kevin Morby, Yo La Tengo)
- 9/18 XPN Fest (Great Time, Cimafunk, Adia Victoria, Ani DiFranco)
October: 23
- 10/23 Phish @ NICU Ampitheater
- 10/15 Japanese Breakfast @ BK Steel
- 10/2 TAB @ Radio City Music Hall
Honorable Mentions:
10/28 & 10/29 Phish @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
November: 19
- 11/20 Scherr, Gayton, Blake, Rojas, Cruz, Ismaily @ Hometown BBQ
- 11/19 Zoh Amba, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski @ The Stone
- 11/24 LCD Soundsystem @ Brooklyn Steel
December: 25 (COVID 12/13)
- 12/10 Krantz, Marien, Genus @ 55 Bar
- 12/27 Organ Monk Trio @ Bar Lunatico
- 12/2 Hiss Golden Messenger @ Webster Hall
Most seen bands:
Phish — 17
Subtonics — 11
Tie: Yonatan Gat/Garcia Peoples — 4
Most seen musicians:
Trey Anastasio — 21
Costas Baltazanis — 13
Tony Scherr — 9
Top 10 Personal Favorites:
- 10/23 Phish @ NICU Ampitheater
- 8/31 Phish @ Shoreline Ampitheater
- 10/15 Japanese Breakfast @ BK Steel
- 6/8 Medeski/Martin & Ceramic Dog @ Bearsville Theater
- 5/21 Ches Smith, Bill Frisell, Mat Maneri, Craig Taborn @ Roulette Intermedium
- 6/22 Trey Anastasio @ The Beacon
- 11/24 LCD Soundsystem @ Brooklyn Steel
- 6/5 Ryley Walker @ Burnell’s Secret Garden
- 8/1 Lucy Dacus @ MHOW
- 4/3 Medeski, Karina, & Kimock @ Tree of Life
Favorite Set(s):
- 11/20 Scherr, Gayton, Blake, Rojas, Cruz, Ismaily @ Hometown BBQ
- 12/10 Krantz, Marien, Genus @ 55 Bar
- 7/24 Yasmin Williams @ Folk On!
- 7/25 Allison Russell’s “Once & Future Sounds” @ Folk On!
- 9/18 Adia Victoria @ XPN Fest
- 6/12 Gyan Riley & Arooj Aftab @ Live On 25
- 7/28 Lake Street Dive @ Folk On!
- 6/25 Spencer Zahn Quarter @ Nublu151
- 5/1 Aaron Burnett/Tyshawn Sorey/Peter Evans/Nick Jozwiak @ Seneca Village/Central Park
- 6/25 Kris Davis “Constellations” @ Jazz Gallery
Total Venues Attended: 72
Most attended venues:
- Nublu151 —12
- Letlove Inn — 11
- 55 Bar — 10
Best New Venue: Westville Music Bowl
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