Evening entertainment suggestions

Our 2nd trip to NY in April, and looking for suggestions for evening entertainment. We%26#39;re staying for 4 nights, and not particularly worried about Broadway productions as we can see most of those in London.

Open to most suggestions, by the way, we are a couple in mid-40%26#39;s so not looking for nightclubs crammed with 20%26#39;s...lol

Evening entertainment suggestions

I should add, we are arriving on Easter Saturday (the 15th April)and leaving on the following Wednesday (19th). Are most things open over easter weekend?

Evening entertainment suggestions

Most things are open Easter Weekend. (also, we don%26#39;t celebrate Easter Monday here.)

Go and hear some music!

Classical:

carnegiehall.org

nyphil.org

metopera.org

Perhaps a jazz club....

Blue Note

Jazz Standard

Iridium (this is a must see, just for the decor!!! Salvador Dali%26#39;s living room!)

Birdland

Sweet Rythyms

Garage

Smoke

Village Vanguard

etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

...or maybe some honky tonk or rock?

Rodeo Bar

Kenny%26#39;s Castaways,

The Back Fence, (or most anything on Bleecker St. bwn 6th AVe. and La Guardia Place)

...or salsa or merengue?...

S.O.B. (Sounds Of Brazil)

...how about a burlesque or DIY-experimental comedy show?

The Slipper Room

Bowery Poetry Club

Also, Makor (UWS), The Cutting Room (Flatiron area) and Joe%26#39;s Pub (Village), BB King%26#39;s (Times Square) have a variety of live music shows.

No matter where you end up, live music clubs are a great way to people-watch.

How about a comedy show:

Comedy Cellar is a great ol%26#39; mainstay, and it%26#39;s in the heart of the Village. It%26#39;s a little worse for wear, but you won%26#39;t be disappointed. It%26#39;s great to walk around the neighborhood.

http://www.comedycellar.com/

Other places are (each website shows calendar):

Comic Strip Live

http://www.comicstriplive.com

Upright Citizens Brigade (improv group sketches)

http://www.ucbtheater.com (select the NY location)

Stand Up NY

http://www.standupny.com/

New York Comedy

www.newyorkcomedyclub.com/scheduleny.htm

Here are some general websites that have listings for music and nightlife. Maybe they%26#39;ll help you narrow down your options:

http://www.ny.com/clubs/

http://bigapplejazz.com/nycjazzclubs.html

http://www.newyork.citysearch.com (click on bars/clubs. You can narrow your search by category, such as ';Over 30';.)

http://www.thelmagazine.com (Also available in hard copy for free in orange street-corner boxes. For a younger audience, but thorough.)

http://www.timeoutnewyork.com (The website isn%26#39;t so great. Buy this magazine when you get here. Very thorough listings by type of music.)

www.newyorkled.com

Wow Queens, thank you...a mine of information, I will take some time to look into all your suggestions...thanks!

One thing we enjoy doing when in NYC is heading up to Cleopatra%26#39;s Needle to listen to live jazz. It is at 92nd and Broadway (take the #1 train to 96th St.). While they serve food there and it is reasonably priced, I would not recommend eating there as the food is mediocre at best. Your best bet would be to go for a drink. Check out their webpage (www.cleopatrasneedleny.com). If you do want to go, I would recommend looking at the webpage since it tells you who is performing on what nights--some nights are just ';open mike'; nights. Best of all, you can go casually dressed and there is no cover charge. Last time we were there, we had 1 drink each and with the tip the cost was $20 total (that%26#39;s the total cost for the 2 drinks and tip).

I think dismissing theater makes no sense.

With the exchange rate the way it is, it%26#39;s much cheaper to go to theater here for you and there are things here you won%26#39;t see in London. There are some really good off Broadway things as well. Have a look on playbill.com or theatermania.com

Swing 46 is a fun place with live music and dancing, good for s 40 somethings. Here%26#39;s another website to check

nymetro.com/nightlife