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Concerts Series:

Tuesday, September 26th: 6:30: DAVE MILLER / PATRICK BRENNAN / STAM ZENKOFF / JODIE HAYFORD // 7:30: YOONA KIM - Ajaeng (Korean Bow/Zither) / HENRY LINDENNBAUM - Vibes // 8:30: GUILLERMO GREGORIO / IVAN BARENBOIM / SARAH BERNSTEIN / KEN FILIANO / JAMES PAUL NADIEN // 9:30: CHRIS COCHRANE / LORI GOLD

THE DMG 32nd ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE FREE MUSIC SERIES Continues with:

Tuesday, October 3rd:
6:30: IVAN NAHEM & MARC SLOAN - RITUAL TENSION RETURNS!
7:30: BENJAMIN VERGARA / BRANDON LOPEZ - Trumpet / ContraBass
8:30: STIGMATA DENTATA: JOHANNA MONK - No-input Mixer / VANITA MONK - Voice / SUZANA LAȘCU - Guitar, Synths

Tuesday, October 10th:
6:30: JOYCE MAX NGUYEN / SHOGO ELLEFSON
7:30: JAMES PAUL NADIEN
8:30: HS / CZ / RK TRIO

Tuesday, October 17th:
6:30: GIAN PEREZ - Solo Guitar
7:30: JONATHAN RESIN - Solo Tenor Sax
8:30: DAWOUD KRINGLE - Solo Sitar
9:30: KYN TRIO with HS / NOA FORT / YOON SUN CHOI - New Vocal Trio

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Notes from Underground

THE 27th ANNUAL VISION FESTIVAL 2023 - June 12th - June 18th, 2023

I’ve been attending the Vision Festival ever since it began in 1996, every year and practically every set. I must admit that I am a music fest junkie ever since running away from home in August of 1969 (at age 15) to attend the Atlantic City Rock Festival, since my parents said I was too young to go...

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FIMAV 39 - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MUSIQUE ACTUELLE VICTORIAVILLE - May 15th-21, 2023

Considering that I’ve been attending this annual Creative Music Festival since 1987, it seems hard to believe that this just might be the last edition of this wonderful, enchanting, challenging and important fest that I/we’ve grown to appreciate more every year that my friends and myself have traveled up to the Quebec countryside.

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DMG History

Bruce Lee Gallanter discusses his legacy at home and asks for some advice.

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A recent history of DMG. Excerpts from in-store gigs. Short interviews with Creative Musicians at DMG.

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Happy 30th Anniversary to Downtown Music Gallery!

Saturday, May 1st was the actual anniversary of Downtown Music Gallery, 30 years to the day! I am immensely proud of all we’ve accomplished since we opened out doors on 211 East 5th St. in the East Village. Special thanks to all of the well-wishers who’ve written to us or come down in the past month, we do appreciate your kind words of support! We, here at DMG, are going to celebrate for the entire month with some live outdoor events, some in-store on-line events and a series of on-line epis

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