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Address | 217 E Houston St |
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Location | New York, NY 10002 USA |
Coordinates | 40°43′19″N 73°59′13″W / 40.7220°N 73.98682°W |
Owner | Michael Swier, Michael Winsch, Brian Swier |
Type | Live Music Venue / Nightclub / Bar |
Genre(s) | Music |
Seating type | standing only |
Capacity | 250 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1993 |
Renovated | 1992 |
Architect | Brian 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]