where we look
i12c pulls NYC event data fresh three times daily. Here's how it works and where we look.
search tips
Search is powered by AI (currently, my French friend Claude) and understands plain English - no keywords required. Here are some things you can search by:
- Artist or band name - e.g. "Japanther", "The Hold Steady", "Patti Smith", "Arooj Aftab", "Marc Ribot"
- Genre - jazz, ska, punk, experimental, cumbia, reggae…
- Venue name - e.g. "shows at Barbès", "what's at LPR"
- Neighborhood - e.g. "shows in Bushwick", "Park Slope tonight"
- Borough - e.g. "Brooklyn shows", "what's happening in Queens"
- Subway line - e.g. "near the L train", "shows near the A/C/E"
- Subway stop - e.g. "near Morgan Ave", "near Bedford Ave station"
- Zip code - e.g. "shows in 11237"
- Day - add "tonight" or "tomorrow" to any search, e.g. "jazz tonight", "Brooklyn shows tomorrow"
- Vibe or mood - e.g. "something low-key", "loud show tonight", "good for a first date"
- Price - e.g. "free shows", "under $15", "cheap"
- "Near me" button - tap to find shows near your current location automatically
sources we pull from
Platforms, listings, promoters and other multi-venue sources
- NYC Noise - listings site covering ~30 indie/experimental venues; website scrape
- DICE NYC - ticketing platform covering ~20 NYC venues; Next.js data scrape
- Bowery Presents - promoter covering Terminal 5, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn Steel, Webster Hall, Racket NYC; website scrape
- Withfriends - community ticketing platform covering Spectacle and other DIY spaces; website scrape
- WBGO Jazz Calendar - jazz radio station calendar covering Birdland, Blue Note, Iridium, Apollo, and more; CitySpark API
- Eventbrite NYC Music - ticketing platform covering live music, classical, DJ nights, club and rooftop events; website scrape
Brooklyn
- Roulette - Boerum Hill; website scrape
- Cafe Ornithology - Bushwick; website scrape
- Ornithology Jazz Club - Bushwick; website scrape
- Friends & Lovers - Crown Heights; Squarespace scrape
- Barbès - Park Slope; Viewcy embed scrape
- Sunny's Bar - Red Hook; Tockify iCal feed
- Elsewhere - Bushwick; Next.js data scrape
- National Sawdust - Williamsburg; website scrape
- Wonderville - Bushwick; Squarespace scrape
Manhattan
- Le Poisson Rouge - Greenwich Village; KYD Labs JSON-LD
- Shrine NYC - Harlem; direct HTML scrape
- City Winery NYC - Hudson Square; public events API
- Arlene's Grocery - Lower East Side; Afton Tickets API
- Desert Five Spot - Midtown; Webflow CMS scrape
- Lincoln Center Presents - Upper West Side; headless browser scrape
Queens
- Culture Lab LIC - Long Island City; Humanitix JSON-LD
- LIC Bar - Long Island City; headless browser scrape (Wix)
- TV Eye - Ridgewood; website scrape
where we're blocked
Some venues have blocked automated access. We respect that. You should take a look at what they may have!
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