An anti-cabaret holiday cabaret! 

Morgan James is a Juilliard trained singer, songwriter, actress and recording artist in New York City. She is currently on tour supporting her fifth studio album, Nobody’s Fool.

Join Obie Award winning singer/songwriter Shaina Taub as she continues her acclaimed solo residency this fall!

Natalie Weiss will be serving some iconic pop covers, musical theatre classics, and hilarious anecdotes per yoozh.

The Loser’s Lounge 30^th Anniversary Spectacular: Honoring Burt Bacharach! December 6 – 9 & 18, 2023.

Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir spend most of their time on the street or in contested spaces fighting for Justice which they do with music; wild singing, spectacle performance, ecstatic joy, and honesty.

Come experience the musical journey of "Sin Fronteras" presented by Mireya Ramos and The Poor Choices.

We're back! Arts Ignite (Formerly ASTEP) is celebrating the return of its annual benefit concert!

SHOW HO HO HO BIZ !!! NYC’s beloved comedian, actor, and larger-than-life personality MURRAY HILL (aka Mr. Showbiz) gives the much-needed gift of holiday cheer and showbiz denial to Joe’s Pub with his legendary Yuletide holiday show: A Murray Little Christmas. 

Join a cast of New York City's funniest queer comedians and performers for a live reading of The L Word Christmas Carol

The uproarious cabaret sensation, Kiki Ball-Change makes her Joe's Pub debut with an all-new holiday cabaret spectacular, HANUKIKI.

Sharing the pain, the power and everything in between of growing into yourself- Ana Villafañe's show is a love letter to being way more than what the world expects from you.

Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell (“Joe vs. Carole,” Hedwig and the Angry Inch), one of alt-culture’s boldest creators, joins forces with international cabaret star Amber Martin and special guests for a world premiere evening of songs, stories and characters

Isle of Klezbos approaches Yiddish musical traditions with loving irreverence and profound respect. Now in their 25th anniversary year, with a touring history from Vienna to Vancouver, the group is proud to imminently release the new album Yiddish Silver Screen (Zilberne Kino).

Join Eva and Rodney for a festive cuckoo cabaret celebrating the holiday season.

Following their national Kiki and Herb tour, JVB returns to the Joe’s Pub stage with Icing, a shimmering solstice celebration and a musical exploration of wintry wonder.

Featuring songs from the three years of Advent Carolndar, as well as one-time-only improvised carols, Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner stir up dingle-bongle (holiday cheer) and mayhem, with special guests, clams and a Christmas witch!

Visionary artist Chloe Flower became the most talked about pianist in the world after a show-stopping performance with rap queen Cardi B at the 2019 Grammy Awards, launching her into viral fame nearly overnight and prompting her major label debut with Sony Music Masterworks.

Ride along with Sandy as she takes you on a tour of her musical influences

Mischief-makers of jazz the Hot Sardines have toured their always-evolving Holiday Stomp show from Toronto to Tokyo — and they’re bringing it to NYC for the first time in six years.

The trio freely explores the kindred spirit of Raga music and Jazz, resulting in a deeply invigorating and spiritual experience. Arun’s original work tells stories of migration and cultural connection.

Following their national Kiki and Herb tour, JVB returns to the Joe’s Pub stage with Icing, a shimmering solstice celebration and a musical exploration of wintry wonder.

Through story based standup, music, and her viral celebrity impressions, Anna Roisman brings you a night of laughs that you’ll never forget.

Celebrity sex and dating guru Dr. Alex Schiller leads her audience through a wildly entertaining comedy show where people laugh, learn, and literally hook up with each other!

International tenor Miles Mykkanen steps away from the opera stage for his debut at Joe's Pub with music director Adam Rothenberg (Broadway's Sweeney Todd, Company). The versatile duo will jump between cabaret classics, operatic arias, and musical theater showstoppers while sharing stories from on and off the world's stages.

Two performances only, one night not to be missed; return with us to FUN HOME.

Seriously Entertaining is House of SpeakEasy's acclaimed series of literary cabarets where authors take the stage to riff and ruminate informally, dinner-theater-style, on the evening’s theme.

After over a year hiatus from the NYC cabaret scene, mermaid pop star Lagoona Bloo makes a triumphant return to the spotlight at Joe’s Pub.

Hey, you. Feel like the world might be ending? Well maybe it is (and maybe it always has been). Nadia Quinn and Matthew Wilkas want to help you celebrate this very MOMENT, because tonight might just be... The Last Night on Earth.

Fresh off a winter run in Munich with contemporary circus production LIMBO, Sxip Shirey curates a night of surprising sounds, beautiful songs and mesmerizing compositions.

Start the New Year right with Peter Smith (and a band!) singing songs and slinging stories in celebration of fresh starts. Kick off 2024 at Joe’s Pub with one of New York’s favorite showgirls, whose long legs can straddle both uptown and downtown…

New York based and Canadian born singer, trumpeter, and songwriter Bria Skonberg has been described as one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation”. Ever charismatic, prolific and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence.

Celebrate AMERI’KANA is a journey into the rich tapestry of American music, celebrating its diverse origins and the individuals who contributed to its evolution.

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band (JKIBB) is a sonic celebration of the diversity and vitality of Indigenous voices in jazz: past, present, and future.
Mali Obomsawin is a bassist, singer and composer from Odanak First Nation.

Bitch is a longstanding queer music icon who released her newest album Bitchcraft in 2022 on Kill Rock Stars. Kaia Kater’s jazz-fueled voice and deft songcraft have garnered acclaim from NPR's Tiny Desk, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and No Depression.

James Brandon Lewis’ melodic identity encompasses ancient and future, inside and outside, density and openness, church and street. At the heart of ETHEL is a collaborative ethos — a quest for common creative expression, forged in listening and community.

Sirintip is an award-winning experimental Swedish-Thai singer and composer clout in both the pop and jazz worlds. Rolling Stone Magazine has called Kaki King "a genre unto herself," and The New York Times has shared that Kaki King makes music as "ornate as a healing crystal." Pipo Romero, a gifted composer and virtuoso acoustic guitarist from Cádiz, Spain, has become a prominent figure in the acoustic guitar scene.

From downtown New York’s most articulate artistic survivor, comes Penny Arcade’s revealing and often hilarious musical memoir, The Art of Becoming.

Born and bred in New York City, Monét X Change is an entertainment spitfire and the first double crown winner from RuPaul's Drag Race having earned the title Miss Congeniality on Season 10 and becoming the first queen of color inducted into the hall of fame after winning All-Stars 4.

Donny McCaslin is a progressive jazz artist whose music is forward-reaching while being tethered to the roots of many musical traditions.

Life in a Blender celebrates the release of their 10th album: Bent by the Weather.

Jo Lampert (Public Theater's former Joan of Arc), alongside long-time collaborator Ada Westfall and a full band, will present an evening of re-orchestrated cover songs from within the Dyke canon.

A singer songwriter from New York, Hannah Corneau blends genres with her sweeping vocal range.

YahZarah has simultaneously been compared to Minnie Riperton, Grace Jones & Tina Turner. 

Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely return for Toshi's 40th annual birthday celebration. Reagon's annual birthday shows have become staples of the New York performance ecosystem, and these performances will mark an incredible artist's journey.

Lau Noah presents the live version of her first full length album with an extraordinary band and multiple special guests that will elevate the night to the highest levels of musicianship and poetry.

Nella has quickly skyrocketed to international renown, fueled by her powerhouse voice and undeniable presence.

Dubbed the city’s “Best Lounge Act” by New York Magazine, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra return to the Pub to plays songs from their upcoming fifth studio album, Did You Do The Thing We Talked About?

Part performance art play, part dance production, and part dinner party, Open Invitation is a farcical riot of an evening.

Justin Elizabeth Sayre brings back their classic comedy-variety show, The Meeting* for another more round of fun.

TRANS AM is a daring, new, one-woman rock musical by Lisa Stephen Friday, featuring the music of Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday

Ring of Keys, a 501(c)3 artist service and advocacy organization and the only network of queer women, trans, and gender non-conforming professional artists working on and offstage in musical theatre, has announced its first-ever gala to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the organization. The gala will include the latest installment of the organization’s Queering the Canon series, with Queering the Canon: Alan Menken

Jill Sobule, an award-winning artist with the ECR Music Group, has released a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, tackling social issues with her trademark wit and aplomb.

Rae Covey’s new song cycle spans the physical and psychological terrain of characters caught between Point A and Point B.

Seriously Entertaining is House of SpeakEasy's acclaimed series of literary cabarets where authors take the stage to riff and ruminate informally, dinner-theater-style, on the evening’s theme.

Described by Broadway World as the "David Bowie of cabaret," "slyly subversive" by The Wall Street Journal, and labeled the "male Marlene Dietrich" by The New York Times, Australian cabaret performer Kim David Smith conjures the glitter, doom, and decadence of 1920’s Berlin and beyond in his intimate celebration of Dietrich’s musical and cultural legacy: “Mostly Marlene.”

Back in the Nick of Time is an autobiographical piece, celebrating Audrey Heffernan Meyer’s folk-rock style and soaring soprano, features music from the 60’s and 70’s by the most influential female singer-songwriters of that time.

Ruby McCollister presents notes, thoughts, pieces from her newest work in progress solo show: Hollywood Soldier. A night of revelations, laughs, and special guests.

Gracie McGraw takes the audience on a journey through her love life and self-discovery, featuring theater songs and hits from the ‘70s that speak to different aspects of relationships.

Matt Alber is a Grammy® Award-winning recording artist, filmmaker and youth mentor based in Portland, OR.

Generation Women is a multigenerational storytelling night that invites a woman or non-binary performer in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s+ to share an original true story on a theme.

An uplifting and transportive evening of music and recitation, immersing us in the images, rhythms, and liberating messages that pulse through the poetry of the beloved sage and mystic Rumi, and the mind of acclaimed translator and vocalist Haleh Liza Gafori.

Debut Album Release Celebration for American Patchwork Quartet, comprised of musicians Clay Ross, Falu, Yasushi Nakamura, and Clarence Penn.

Born and bred in New York City, Monét X Change is an entertainment spitfire and the first double crown winner from RuPaul's Drag Race having earned the title Miss Congeniality on Season 10 and becoming the first queen of color inducted into the hall of fame after winning All-Stars 4.

Based on a true story, Fouad of Nazareth follows a Palestinian New Yorker at the awkward-crux-of-adolescence as he revisits his birthplace for the first time.

Tamika Lawrence, a Drama Desk nominee and Grammy winner, is set to captivate audiences with her upcoming self-exploratory concert "The Farewell" before leading the upcoming Broadway musical, Heart of Rock & Roll, in the spring.

Writer/performer Isaac Oliver (Intimacy Idiot, The New York Times, "High Maintenance," "GLOW," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel") returns to Joe's Pub for his annual Valentine's eve night of solo sit-down comedy.

Legendary indie-rock band BETTY celebrates their 38th continual year as a band by celebrating the release of their 11th album!

Welcome to Tease Factory. An all Black cabaret bringing you the best burlesque, spoken word, and variety performers in NYC.

Join this exclusive evening of stories and songs from the cast & creatives behind the show, before THE OUTSIDERS begins performances on Broadway.

At Xavier’s Ladies of Soul Tribute celebration, his groove hungry and adventurous palate makes sure no funky b-side or deep cut gets left behind.

With a voice that can move mountains and lyrics that touch the soul, Marcus Paul James is a modern-day troubadour. His music transcends genres, effortlessly blending elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and pop, creating a sound that's uniquely his own.

Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and former refugee, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural activism.

Magatte Fall brings to you a mixture of African percussion throughout west Africa. You will experience a night of pure west African drumming, singing and dance.

Music enthusiasts will gather for a heartfelt tribute to the legendary singer, guitarist, and bass player Juan Carlos Formell who died suddenly last summer while performing a show at Lehmen Center with Cuban band Los Van Van.

One of Australia’s finest cabaret artistes, Mama Alto, makes her solo USA debut at Joe’s Pub. Mama Alto is a jazz singer, cabaret artiste and gender transcendent diva.

Known as the enigmatic spirit of African Soul, South Africa’s Bongeziwe Mabandla is amultiple award-winning artist who has recorded four acclaimed albums, performed on an array of national andinternational stages, become a sought-after creative collaborator and expanded his talents into film andvisual art.

Tim Murray is thrilled to return to Joe’s Pub with his hour of stand-up and musical comedy after selling out his critically acclaimed comedy show Witches at Joe’s Pub, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and all over the UK, Canada and the U.S.

Badi Assad, the remarkable Brazilian artist, defies music genres with her voice, guitar, and percussion talents. She is currently touring the world in support of this great catalogue of beloved and fresh Brazilian music.

Nashville-based Sunny War has crafted an eclectic set of songs that draw on a range of ideas and styles: ecstatic gospel, dusty country blues, thoughtful folk, rip-roaring rock and roll, even avant-garde studio experiments.

The EPIC Underground: Storytellers is a night of dramatic storytelling, stand-up and spoken word featuring our neuro-diverse performers and their original works centered around the theme of: Origins.

Celebrity sex and dating guru Dr. Alex Schiller leads her audience through a wildly entertaining comedy show where people laugh, learn, and literally hook up with each other!

Joe McGinty & The Loser's Lounge present the music of Neil Young!

Majid Khaliq's ability to forge a multi-dimensional string orchestra sound with a jazz-rock sensibility showcases his innovative approach to music.

Singer, composer, and multifaceted creator Joseph Keckler has been applauded by The New York Times as a "major vocal talent—phenomenal—with a trickster's dark wit." Grace Bergere joins as a special guest. 

GMHC’s Cabaret & Howard Ashman Award is a star-studded event featuring Broadway actors and celebrities performing beloved Broadway classics and the latest hits.

The most famous family in the world. An experimental fertility treatment that goes awry. Temporary amnesia. The reversal of Roe v Wade and what six women with 1.2 billion Instagram followers can do about it

Join Amy Jo Jackson, music director/arranger Brian Nash, and a full rock band for an evening of legendary music, spanning Annie Lennox’s early days with Eurythmics on through her illustrious solo career.

Greg Bank$ is a true original. A mix of Alt R&B, Funk and Soul hailing from New Orleans Louisiana by way of Brooklyn, New York.

The free improvisation trio consisting of Gian Perez (guitar), Marc Edwards (drums), and Caroline Morton (bass) blends elements of free jazz, noise rock, and experimental ambient music to create a sound unlike anything heard before in the Downtown music scene.