where we look
i12c pulls NYC event data fresh three times daily. Here's how it works and where we look.
how it works
- We show what's on tonight and tomorrow. "Tonight" runs until 4am, so a 1am set still counts as tonight. Anything further out isn't here yet.
- Search returns up to 10 results. If you get 10, there are probably more - narrow the search, or try the map to see everything at once.
- Tonight's shows drop off the list about 3 hours after they start.
search tips
Behind the scenes, my French friend Claude (Anthropic's AI - not actually French, and neither is the namesake, Claude Shannon) tags every event with genre, vibe, and mood when the pipeline runs three times daily. The search itself is powered by Meilisearch (this one genuinely French) with semantic embeddings from OpenAI (whose French connection is extra hilarious). No keywords required - search understands plain English. 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 Barbes", "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"
- Time of day - e.g. "late night shows", "shows after 9pm", "before 8", "early show tonight", "afternoon jazz"
- 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
- Bandsintown - concert discovery platform; Playwright scrape with full pagination
- Bowery Presents - promoter covering Terminal 5, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn Steel, Webster Hall, Racket NYC, Beacon Theatre, Kings Theatre, Hammerstein Ballroom, Radio City Music Hall, Forest Hills Stadium and Under the K Bridge Park; website scrape
- DICE NYC - ticketing platform covering ~20 NYC venues; Next.js data scrape
- Early Birds Club - events promoter running shows at rotating NYC venues; WordPress Tribe events API
- Fusicology - multi-venue aggregator focused on jazz, soul, Latin, and world music; JSON-LD scrape
- GEMS NY - Gotham Early Music Scene presenter booking early-music concerts at rotating NYC venues; website scrape
- Live Music Project - nonprofit listing service for classical, chamber, choral and new-music concerts across NYC venues; website scrape
- Matinee Social Club - NYC party collective hosting events at rotating venues; CDN JSON feed
- NYC Noise - listings site covering ~30 indie/experimental venues; website scrape
- Oh My Rockness - NYC listings platform covering indie and rock shows across the city; Playwright JSON API scrape
- Posh - event platform covering 10+ NYC venues; Playwright listing scrape plus per-event detail pages
- Songkick - concert discovery platform; JSON-LD scrape with NYC bounding box filter
- Ticketmaster - covers Berlin, Brooklyn Bowl, Irving Plaza, Kings Theatre, Warsaw, and more; Discovery API
- WBGO Jazz Calendar - jazz radio station calendar covering Birdland, Blue Note, Iridium, Apollo, and more; CitySpark API
- Withfriends - community ticketing platform covering Spectacle and other DIY spaces; website scrape
Brooklyn
- Bar Bayeux - Flatbush; Squarespace events scrape
- Bar LunAtico - Bed-Stuy; Tockify iCal feed
- Barzakh Cafe - Crown Heights; Playwright candy-bowl scrape
- The Bell House - Park Slope; Next.js data scrape
- Brooklyn Monarch - Williamsburg; KYD Labs API
- Brooklyn Music Kitchen - Clinton Hill; Squarespace events scrape
- Brooklyn Roots Co - Bushwick; Squarespace events scrape
- The Broadway - Bed-Stuy; Squarespace events scrape
- Cafe Ornithology - Bushwick; website scrape
- Desert Five Spot - Williamsburg; Webflow CMS scrape
- Dive Bar BK - Bushwick; Squarespace events scrape
- Elsewhere - Bushwick; Next.js data scrape
- Freddy's Bar - Park Slope; Squarespace events scrape
- Friends & Lovers - Crown Heights; Squarespace scrape
- Good Room - Greenpoint; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- House of Yes - Bushwick; Shotgun.live Playwright scrape
- Jalopy Theatre - Red Hook; Viewcy API scrape
- Knitting Factory Brooklyn - Williamsburg; JS calendar scrape
- Littlefield - Gowanus; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- Lowlands Bar - Gowanus; Squarespace events scrape
- Moodring - Bushwick; Squarespace events scrape
- National Sawdust - Williamsburg; website scrape
- Ornithology Jazz Club - Bushwick; website scrape
- Barbes - Park Slope; Viewcy embed scrape
- Pete's Candy Store - Williamsburg; Squarespace events scrape
- P.I.T. (Property Is Theft) - Williamsburg; Squarespace events scrape
- Public Records - Gowanus; WordPress events scrape
- Roulette - Downtown Brooklyn; website scrape
- ShapeShifter Lab - Park Slope; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- SI-BK - Williamsburg; Squarespace events scrape
- Skinny Dennis - Williamsburg; Squarespace events scrape
- St. Mazie Bar - Williamsburg; Squarespace events scrape
- Starr Bar - Bushwick; Squarespace events scrape
- Sunny's Bar - Red Hook; Tockify iCal feed
- Talon Bar - Bushwick; Squarespace events scrape
- Troost - Greenpoint; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- Union Hall - Park Slope; website scrape
- Union Pool - Williamsburg; DICE API scrape
- Wonderville - Bushwick; Squarespace scrape
- Williamsburg Music Center (WMC Jazz) - Williamsburg; GoDaddy site scrape
- Young Ethel's - Park Slope; Squarespace events scrape
Manhattan
- Apollo Theater - Harlem; website scrape
- Arlene's Grocery - Lower East Side; Afton Tickets API
- The Bitter End - Greenwich Village; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- Sugar Bar - Upper West Side; WordPress events scrape
- Cafe Wha? - Greenwich Village; Playwright scrape
- Carnegie Hall - Midtown; Algolia search API
- City Winery NYC - Chelsea (Pier 57); public events API
- The Cutting Room - Koreatown; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- The Django - Tribeca; WordPress events scrape
- DROM - Alphabet City; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- The Ear Inn - SoHo; Squarespace events scrape
- 11th Street Bar - East Village; Squarespace events scrape
- The Flatiron Room - NoMad; WordPress events scrape
- Fraunces Tavern - Financial District; Squarespace events scrape
- Groove - Greenwich Village; Events Calendar broker API
- Haswell Green's - Hell's Kitchen; Squarespace events scrape
- Jazz Gallery - NoMad; Squarespace scrape
- Klub 45 - Midtown; Squarespace events scrape
- Lincoln Center - Upper West Side; headless browser scrape
- Le Poisson Rouge - Greenwich Village; KYD Labs JSON-LD
- Lucinda's - East Village; Squarespace events scrape
- Music Before 1800 - Morningside Heights; Squarespace events scrape
- Night Club 101 - East Village; JS calendar scrape (shared with Knitting Factory)
- Nublu 151 / Studio 151 - East Village; Drupal CMS scrape
- Parkside Lounge - Alphabet City; Squarespace events scrape
- The Pocket Jazz Club - Midtown; website scrape with JSON-LD detail pages
- Prohibition - Upper West Side; Squarespace events scrape
- The Red Lion - Greenwich Village; Tockify iCal feed
- Red Rooster Harlem - Harlem; website scrape
- Rosevale Cocktail Room - Hell's Kitchen; WordPress events scrape
- Russian Samovar - Theater District; AddToCalendar widget scrape
- Shrine - Harlem; direct HTML scrape
- Silvana - Harlem; custom PHP calendar scrape
- SOB's - Hudson Square; website scrape
- Sony Hall - Midtown; WordPress scrape
- Sour Mouse - Lower East Side; Events Calendar broker API
- The Town Hall - Midtown; website scrape
- The Triad - Upper West Side; ColdFusion site scrape
- Zinc Bar - Greenwich Village; Playwright calendar scrape
Queens
- Bar Freda - Ridgewood; Playwright Venuepilot scrape
- Culture Lab LIC - Long Island City; Boomtech calendar API
- H0L0 - Ridgewood; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- LIC Bar - Long Island City; headless browser scrape (Wix)
- Melrose Ballroom - Astoria; Squarespace events scrape
- Summer Club - Queensbridge; TicketSauce API
- Terraza 7 - Elmhurst; Squarespace events scrape
- Trans-Pecos - Ridgewood; Venuepilot GraphQL API
- TV Eye - Ridgewood; website scrape
The Bronx
- An Beal Bocht Cafe - Riverdale; Squarespace events scrape
Staten Island
- St. George Theatre - Saint George; WordPress events scrape
where we're blocked
Some venues have blocked automated access. We respect that. You should take a look at what they may have!
want to add more?
Know a show we're missing? Submit it →
Know a venue we should cover? Suggest it →
looking beyond i12c
Other suggested NYC event and music resources - Sites we love for finding shows, screenings, festivals, and things to do around the city.