Programs
BAMcafé Live 2023
BAMcafé Live 2023 Upcoming Dates:
Apr 21 & 22, May 12 & 13, Jun 9 & 10
The beloved BAMcafé Live is back! On select Fridays and Saturdays, BAMcafé Live features a diverse mix of free live music and performance from Brooklyn and beyond. Featuring rock, jazz, R&B, world music, and more, these free performances feature new artists announced each month. Started in 1999, BAMcafé Live has served as a career launchpad for many new artists and an intimate performance home for established artists.
Please note: BAMcafé will open an hour before the event.
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs
provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for BAMcafé Live provided by the The Lepercq Charitable Foundation
Made up of first-generation sons of immigrant parents from Guatemala and Mexico, the group echoes then remixes history, inviting you to give in to rhythmic elation.
Don’t miss this multi-award winning bass virtuoso as she brings her ecstatic blend of classic and contemporary jazz to BAMcafé Live.
Jamaica-born bassist and activist Russell Hall is an Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe nominee.
Genre-defying musical trio HARRIET TUBMAN offers a deep and soulful meditation on freedom.
Performing live shows for diverse audiences with boundary-crossing “East-African retro-pop."
Jamaica-born bassist and activist Russell Hall is an Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe nominee.
A celebration fusing African musical traditions with jazz and soul.
Gili Yalo’s ensemble explores a new vision of traditional Ethiopian music.
A spectacular blend of West-African Afrobeats and jazz.
This Indian music collective explores matrilineal folk music and beat-driven chutney anthems.