The Avalon Lounge

The Avalon Lounge Kitchen open 5-10 Weds-Mon. Bar stays open until around Midnight Weds/Thuds, 2AM Fri/Sat, 11 Sunday
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WEDNESDAY 7/22Booker Stardrum + Elori Saxl / Isaac Sherman / Saapato *** 8PM, $15 adv / $20 doorStardrum + Saxl is an ab...
07/20/2026

WEDNESDAY 7/22
Booker Stardrum + Elori Saxl / Isaac Sherman / Saapato *** 8PM, $15 adv / $20 door
Stardrum + Saxl is an absolutely killer meeting of electroacoustic improvisers in their prime. LA’s Sherman writes compositions withelectronic elements recalling the work of Terry Riley or Laurie Spiegel. Local ambient wizard Saapato opens… great bill
UPSTAIRS: Tall and Green *** 7-8PM, Free

THURSDAY 7/23
Grocer / Sad13 / $500 / Spain *** 8PM, $15
Philly’s Grocer return to Avalon for the third time… fantastic art-rock /power-pop trio with a ‘lil dose of cheeky prog. Sad13 is Sadie Dupuis, guitarist/singer/songwriter of Speedy Ortiz! $500 are a great post-punk crew out of Kingston, Spain are a new local post-hardcore band

FRIDAY 7/24
Clarissa Bitar / Hashishen *** 8PM, $20
Clarissa Bitar is an award-winning Palestinian oud musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and cultural worker. Their work is anchored in their ancestral Arab heritage, while treating the oud as a living, iterative tradition. Poughkeepsie’s Hashishen is a Palestinian-American artist exploring raw saxophone improvisation

SATURDAY 7/25
Bridge Street Dance - Open Stage Show *** 8PM, $20
A fusion belly dance show hosted by Francesca Avani, feat. emerging and established dancers in multiple styles and an after-party by DJ LYN

SUNDAY 7/26
Being Dead / Sarah La Puerta *** $15 adv / $20 door
Austin’s Being Dead are one of our new favorite bands, weirdo-surf-punk with elements of Devo, 60’s psych, and a ramshackle indie sound that reminds us a lil bit of The Unicorns. The fantastic Sarah La Puerta opens, exotica/tropicalia-kissed indie pop. This one might sell out

FUN FACT this already excellent bill on Thursday just got an added opening set from speedy ortiz ÷ sadie dupuis aka Spee...
07/19/2026

FUN FACT this already excellent bill on Thursday just got an added opening set from speedy ortiz ÷ sadie dupuis aka Speedy Ortiz guitarist/songwriter/singer Sadie Dupuis 🙀🙀🙀
as always with a stacked bill on a weeknight, we will keep set lengths friendly and the show moving along so you can catch all of these killer bands

tonight - Vorhex Angel is an ecstatic psych/noise act featuring members of Jeff the Brotherhood and Silver Synthetic! Lu...
07/18/2026

tonight - Vorhex Angel is an ecstatic psych/noise act featuring members of Jeff the Brotherhood and Silver Synthetic! Luke Schneider writes gorgeous ambient pedal steel compositions, and opener Miyaxx is one of my favorite new local acts, fuzz folk somewhere between grouper, slowdive and talk talk. Going to be a really beautiful night

WEDNESDAY 7/15Slow Packer / Sophia Corinne / Glenn Echo *** 8PM, $15Two great indie folk / chamber pop artists visit fro...
07/13/2026

WEDNESDAY 7/15
Slow Packer / Sophia Corinne / Glenn Echo *** 8PM, $15
Two great indie folk / chamber pop artists visit from Asheville, with Hudson Valley songwriter Glenn Echo opening
UPSTAIRS: Nico Soffiato & Co. *** 7-8PM, Free

THURSDAY 7/16
CHEER-ACCIDENT / Ava Mendoza *** 8PM, $20
CHEER-ACCIDENT are a legendary Chicago crew who have been performing their unique experimental/noise/prog rock for over 30 years! Mendoza is an experimental guitar virtuoso who’s work pulls in elements of free jazz, blues, out improv, and feedback

FRIDAY 7/17
DCxPC Presents: Cellmate / The Car Bomb Parade / Cat Crash / Mental Weather *** 8PM, $12 adv / $15 door
Fantastic punk lineup. Kingston’s Cellmate folds in elements of garage / dance rock to their hi-energy sound, NYC’s Car Bomb Parade plays anarcho-hardcore, Cat Crash is a riot grrrl/power pop crew, Mental Weather are a queercore punk band out of Troy
UPSTAIRS: DJs CMD+JAZMINE / Double XP Weekend / Maxxi S *** 9PM, Free Hyperpop, trance, industrial, techno

SATURDAY 7/18
Vorhex Angel / Luke Schneider / Miyaxx *** 8PM, $15 adv / $20 door
Vorhex Angel is an experimental psych/noise rock band feat. members of Jeff the Brotherhood and Silver Synthetic. Schneider plays beautiful ambient pedal steel… Miyaxx is the Catskill-based duo of Lea Thomas + John Thayer playing nighttime fuzz-folk

SUNDAY 7/19
WOB / Phantom Sleeze / S.C.A.B.G.I.S.M *** 8PM, $10
Punk / Thrash

tonight! A digital open mic. We set up the projector, you list the search terms for your favorite YouTube video on the s...
07/08/2026

tonight! A digital open mic. We set up the projector, you list the search terms for your favorite YouTube video on the signup sheet, our MC will take care of the rest. 5-ish minute vid limit, 1 per person… no cover

next month, we’re so excited to host the Austin-based Through a Glass, Darkly - a heavy, doomy instrumental shoegaze ban...
07/07/2026

next month, we’re so excited to host the Austin-based Through a Glass, Darkly - a heavy, doomy instrumental shoegaze band that carries on the lineage of great Texas post-rock. Sharing the bill is Vines who we are so thrilled to have back to Avalon - if you haven’t heard the ambient versions of Silver Springs and Teenage Dirtbag she just dropped, do yourself a favor and get to her covers EP now. Opening the eve is SisterhoodOfSleep a great dark ambient duo out of Troy with shades of Dead Can Dance in their sound. going to be a moody, dreamy, heavy night - tix on sale now!

WEDNESDAY 7/8YouTube in the round *** 7:30PM, FreeA digital open mic. We set up the projector, you list the search terms...
07/05/2026

WEDNESDAY 7/8
YouTube in the round *** 7:30PM, Free
A digital open mic. We set up the projector, you list the search terms for your favorite YouTube video on the signup sheet, our MC will take care of the rest. 5-ish minute vid limit, 1 per person
UPSTAIRS: Xondra *** 7-8PM, Free

THURSDAY 7/9
Juma Sultan / The Sweet Clementines *** 8PM, $15
Juma Sultan is a percussionist out of the 60s/70’s NYC loft scene who’s worked with Jimi Hendrix, Albert Ayler, Pharaoh Sanders, and so many others. His ensemble of musicians from diverse musical backgrounds makes a sound described as “World-Beat Garage Jazz”

FRIDAY 7/10
The Whimbrels / PG Six / Mike Donovan *** 8PM, $15
Whimbrels are a NYC post-punk band w members of Swans, Glenn Branca ensemble, New Radiant Storm King & more. PG Six is psych-folk by Pat Gubler. Donovan (ex Six Alps) makes garage/art-punk

SATURDAY 7/11
Northern Catskills Mutual Aid Presents: an Undue Medical Debt Fundraiser w/ Nora Knight / Onlyness / Noah B Harley / Music For Furniture / DJ Former Baby***8PM, $20
Local indie folk, experimental musicians, and DJs perform to raise $ for a Rolling Jubilee-style debt erasure campaign in Greene County!

SUNDAY 7/12
Animal, Surrender! / Tacoma Park / Seawind of Battery / Dan Schwartz *** 7:30PM, $15
Awesome lineup of new composition, post-rock, minimalism, ambient. Every one of these artists is A+

opening up on a tuesday later this month for this absolute face-melter of a show. NYC no-wave / art-noise OGs Live Skull...
07/01/2026

opening up on a tuesday later this month for this absolute face-melter of a show. NYC no-wave / art-noise OGs Live Skull return to the Avalon, plus our first visit from The Owners a DC-based power pop group featuring members of Gray Matter, Ex Hex, The Shirks, Iron Cross, and The Problematics (and others)! tix on sale now

WEDNESDAY 7/1Open Mic w/ Ryder Cooley *** 6:30 Sign up, 7 ShowUPSTAIRS: Larry Legend *** 7-8PM, FreeUSA World Cup knocko...
06/29/2026

WEDNESDAY 7/1
Open Mic w/ Ryder Cooley *** 6:30 Sign up, 7 Show
UPSTAIRS: Larry Legend *** 7-8PM, Free
USA World Cup knockout round game screening

THURSDAY 7/2
On the Fly Story Slam***6:30 Sign up, 7PM Stories, $5
Stories on a theme, a’la the Moth radio hour! Come tell yours

FRIDAY 7/3
Chore Boys (NOLA) / DJ Guy *** 9PM, $20
Bounce N Wiggle dance party from New Orleans DJs Messy & Rusty Lazer who’ve worked with Big Freeda, Katey Red, Nicky Da B and more! Live-remixed dance floor mayhem

SATURDAY 7/4
Earthlings Presents: Space Jam w/ Forfex all night long
8PM, $15 a night of jittery acid, warped techno, & a ‘lil Italo

SUNDAY 7/5
Devin Shaffer / Ben Seretan / Lena Bartels *** 8PM, $15
NYC’s Shaffer writes gorgeous minimalist folk with elements of ambient experimentation. Our friend Ben Seretan opens with a power trio exploring his unique combination of ecstatic songwriting and sonic exploration

july calendar is out! can’t stop won’t stop. we’ll be opening for some more world cup screenings with Chosen Family as w...
06/26/2026

july calendar is out! can’t stop won’t stop. we’ll be opening for some more world cup screenings with Chosen Family as well, still sorting out the details

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29 Church Street
Catskill, NY
12414

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Wednesday 5pm - 11pm
Thursday 5pm - 11pm
Friday 5pm - 2am
Saturday 5pm - 2am
Sunday 5pm - 11pm

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