The iconic CBGB name will return to the New York City music scene this fall with the newly revived CBGB Festival, a one-day punk and alternative music event taking place on September 27, 2025, at ...

On this day 19 years ago, the iconic New York City music club CBGB, famous for its role in the punk rock and new wave scene, closed its doors after 33 years — but not before one last epic show ...

The legendary NYC punk venue CBGB has been closed since 2006, but the name was revived for the CBGB Festival, which went down in NYC in 2012, 2013, and 2014, and now CBGB Festival returns for another ...

Hillel "Hilly" Kristal opened a music club on the Bowery in December 1973, naming it CBGB, an acronym for Country, Bluegrass, and Blues, but the seminal venue in New York City’s East Village quickly ...

CBGB, the legendary birthplace of punk rock, may have closed in 2006 but its spirit is getting a jump-start with the CBGB Festival, presented in partnership with Bowery Presents, taking place ...

Many would consider the New York City club, CBGB, to be the hot spot in the 1970s where American punk rockers and new wave artists came to fame. While the club has sadly closed down as of 2006, that ...

Taking care of business. Hilly Kristal, as depicted on the cover of ‘CBGB - A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986,’ outside the venue he ran Central to what he covered in this remarkable role call was ...

Never mind the Bollocks, here’s the CBGB Festival‘s 2026 lineup. The recently-revived punk fest — the first edition went down last year — just announced all the anti-authoritarian household names they ...