Bowery Presents, promoter of the Music Hall of Williamsburg, has announced the impending closure of the iconic venue following the loss of its lease in a memo to staff.
First opening its doors under the name of Northsix in early 2001, the Music Hall of Williamsburg has served the New York City music scene with a vast array of bookings that have spanned indie in its truest form to intimate shows performed by household names faithfully for well over two decades now.
Given its acquiring and consequent renovation by Bowery Presents in 2010 and the star-studded list of names that have swept through the space since then, fears of closure due to lack of ticket sales or other similar struggles felt by countless venues post-Covid felt distant if not unnecessary.
Perhaps it was the comfort in its consistency that resulted in the sudden heartache felt by employees and local live music fans alike when a memo detailing the venue’s closure sent to Bowery Presents staff went public on December 17.
Co-partners Jim Glancy and John Moore detail the beginning of their venture as Bowery Presents and the eventual inclusion of the Music Hall, then explaining that “after nearly two decades, The Bowery Presents has been notified by the owners of 66 North 6th Street that our lease for Music Hall of Williamsburg will not be renewed, and our time in the building will come to an end at the conclusion of 2026.”…