Programs
BAMcafé Live 2019
Free live music on select Friday and Saturday nights, featuring rock, jazz, R&B, world music, pop, and more from Brooklyn and beyond.
BAMcafé Live features a diverse mix of free live music and performance in BAM's Lepercq Space, a bar and lounge space in the Peter Jay Sharp Building. Started in 1999, BAMcafé Live has served as a career launchpad for many new artists and an intimate performance home for established artists.

This DC area-based duo fuses lush soundscapes with old school soul vocals.

This Jamaica, Queens native brings his unique style of introspective hip-hop to BAMcafé.

The South African rapper and soul singer brings her signature style to BAMcafé Live.

This soulful group brings its infectious brand of east African retropop to BAMcafé Live.

Jazz pianist Aruán Ortiz and clarinetist Don Byron are a New York-based duo.

This Brooklyn-based vocalist brings a mix of soul, electronica, and trip-hop to BAMcafé Live.

This high-energy quartet plays melodic jazz fusion with elements of rock, funk, and R&B.

These Brooklyn emcees bring intricate raps, hard-hitting beats, and lyrical insights to BAMcafé.

Expand the definition of jazz in this evening with two adventurous female artists.