Mercury Lounge

Mercury Lounge NYC
Mercury Lounge exterior in 2008
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Address217 E Houston St
LocationNew York, NY 10002 USA
Coordinates40°43′19″N 73°59′13″W / 40.7220°N 73.98682°W / 40.7220; -73.98682
OwnerMichael Swier, Michael Winsch, Brian Swier
TypeLive Music Venue / Nightclub / Bar
Genre(s)Music
Seating typestanding only
Capacity250
Construction
Opened1993
Renovated1992
ArchitectBrian Swier
Website
mercuryloungenyc.com

The Mercury Lounge is a live music venue in the Lower East Side of New York City. Like its brother venue The Bowery Ballroom, The Mercury Lounge is celebrated as an iconic indie venue[1] due to its acoustics, its fostering and even launching of upcoming artists,[2] and its no-frills, rock n' roll presentation.[3] It has made numerous top-ten lists over the years including that of Billboard Magazine.[4] It has a capacity of 250 people.[5] A scholarly account of Mercury Lounge and its place in the wider history of the city's rock music history and Lower Manhattan was published in 2020.[6]

  1. ^ "Blogging 'Bout The Band: Playing The Mercury Lounge". Nyack News and Views. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  2. ^ Farley, Donovan (2018-12-04). "The Muckers' Long Road to Freedom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ^ "Mercury Lounge | in Lower East Side, New York". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  4. ^ Farley, Donovan (2018-12-04). "The Muckers' Long Road to Freedom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. ^ Carlson, Jen (2007-08-14). "New Venue Alert: Terminal 5". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  6. ^ Holt, Fabian (2020). Everyone Loves Live Music: A Theory of Performance Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.