About Southpaw
Southpaw is a large capacity, 5,000 square foot venue located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We bring you local, national, international artists and dj's spanning all musical genres. Carved and created out of a 99 Cent Discount store in the middle of Brooklyn, Southpaw opened its doors in June of 2002 and since then has emerged as one of New Yor
k City's premiere venues for concerts and special events. Southpaw was chosen as one of the top 5 venues in all of New York City by TIME OUT NY. Our famous jukebox (RIP) was also called "jaw-dropping" in Time Out NY's Music Issue. Southpaw has hosted acts such as Deer Tick, Sharon Jones + The Dap Kings, Cat Power, TV On The Radio, Roky Erikson, Bill Callahan, Dave Chappelle, The Felice Brothers, Negative Approach, KRS-One, Built To Spill, Gillian Welch, Big Daddy Kane, Steve Earle, The Fall, Vic Chesnutt, Luna, Devendra Banhart, The Black Angels, Antibalas, Joan Jett, Patton Oswald, ESG, Rocket from The Tombs, Frank Black, The Mummies, High on Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Marva Whitney, The Dirtbombs, Brazillian Girls, Slick Rick and many others to numerous to mention here. Southpaw features a second bar called DownSouth which is available for private parties and more. Visit the DownSouth page for more information. For artists playing Southpaw please read this.
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k City's premiere venues for concerts and special events. Southpaw was chosen as one of the top 5 venues in all of New York City by TIME OUT NY. Our famous jukebox (RIP) was also called "jaw-dropping" in Time Out NY's Music Issue. Southpaw has hosted acts such as Deer Tick, Sharon Jones + The Dap Kings, Cat Power, TV On The Radio, Roky Erikson, Bill Callahan, Dave Chappelle, The Felice Brothers, Negative Approach, KRS-One, Built To Spill, Gillian Welch, Big Daddy Kane, Steve Earle, The Fall, Vic Chesnutt, Luna, Devendra Banhart, The Black Angels, Antibalas, Joan Jett, Patton Oswald, ESG, Rocket from The Tombs, Frank Black, The Mummies, High on Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Marva Whitney, The Dirtbombs, Brazillian Girls, Slick Rick and many others to numerous to mention here. Southpaw features a second bar called DownSouth which is available for private parties and more. Visit the DownSouth page for more information. For artists playing Southpaw please read this.