Popular New York indie rock venue Cake Shop will close its doors on New Years Day, Brooklyn Vegan reports. The venue opened on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 2005, and has served as the island’s primary DIY headquarters for the past decade.
The venue will hold a final series of concerts with its End Of The Year/Era Rock Shows. Brooklyn Vegan reports Brooklyn post-punk group caUSE co-MOTION, who broke up in 2010, will reunite for Friday night’s show.
Cake Shop famously holds concerts in its basement concert space, which lies below an operating bar/cafe. The venue, true to its name sake, also sells cakes.
Cake Shop joins fellow DIY venue Elvis Guesthouse in closing shop after the New Year. The East Village club announced its impending closure earlier this month.
Tickets for most of the final few shows are on sale now at Ticketfly, though not all show lineups are announced. Anti-folk artist Jeffrey Lewis played Cake Shop last night. His concert was billed as the following.
A hodge podge of friends and family performing old un rehearsed songs or new songs and noise.
8- Maybe Jeff, Jack and Anders make some noise (yet to confirm if we’ll be playing anything or just jamming, or just hanging out)
830- either Dave Miko will be performing or Jack Lewis/Awkward Energy
9- either Dave Miko will be performing or Jack Lewis/Awkward Energy
945 -maybe Brad Cole from lowest bolt
(Aka Brent Cole/StrictlyBeatz/CandyBoyz) -not sure if he’s showing up)
10 – Professor Louie
10:40 – Jeffrey Lewis plays some new songs
RIP Cake Shop
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