Market Hotel

Apr 28

Brooklyn DIY Is Dead, Long Live Brooklyn DIY

It takes years to make DIY music venues legit, so instead of just snarking 'there'll always be another one,' maybe you ought to get involved.

By Justin Joffe

Oct 13

NYPD Conducts ‘Gotcha’ Raid on Nonprofit Market Hotel, Tweets High Fives

The police have raided the space again, slapping Market Hotel with a criminal summons for warehousing alcohol unlawfully.

By Justin Joffe

Jun 23

DIY Venue Owner Todd Patrick: Only the Bourgeois Think NY Is Dead

"To say that we have a dying community of music is not true. It's such a fucking entitled, upper-middle-class bourgeois attitude to say there's always gonna be a new space opening."

By Justin Joffe

Jun 9

The Best Debuts of 2016 So Far Were Played Live in Small Spaces

By Justin Joffe

Dec 29

The Quiet Death of New York’s Noisy Loft Parties

By Matt Chaban

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