Joe's Pub Announces Justin Bond And More In Upcoming Show Schedule

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

With impeccable sound and lights, the warm and intimate candlelit atmosphere of Joe's Pub is filled with plush velvet couches, softly glowing lucite tables and gorgeously understated architecture. Joe's Pub is open seven days a week, regularly hosting as many as three shows a day. Dinner and drink service is available during every performance; the venue offers a classic Italian dinner menu and a fully stocked bar.

APRIL 18-20

JOHN CARLIN & THE KIDS MUSIC UNDERGROUND

Sunday, April 18 at Noon

'The Sly and the Family Stone of kids' music' - John Carlin & The Kids Music Underground is truly family entertainment for the WHOLE family.

A respected early childhood music educator in NYC for nearly a decade, Carlin also has genuine indie cred. (His old band toured with Radiohead and PJ Harvey, among others.) His exciting 6-piece family band is made up of pros, and they know how to rock. In concert, they've been known get crowds hopping around like kangaroos, and pounding their chests like big gorillas. With music that's goofy and groovy, silly and sophisticated, John Carlin & The KMU continue to prove to audiences of all ages why they've earned the label 'one of the best kids' bands in NYC'. $15 (under 2 free)

BROADWAY RECYCLED: YOUR FAVORITE BROADWAY STARS AND SONGS - REDUCED, REUSED, AND RECYCLED

Sunday, April 18 at 7:00 PM

Broadway Recycled, an Earth Day concert benefitting the Broadway Green Alliance and At Hand Theatre Company, will be presented at Joe's Pub on April 18th. The 7pm show will showcase Broadway stars performing cut songs from musicals - songs that shouldn't go to waste! Concert goers can expect to hear numbers that were cut from Next To Normal, 9 to 5, High Fidelity, Yank!, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Ordinary Days, Once on this Island and more!

The evening will feature performances by Mario Cantone, Jeffry Denman, Jerry Dixon, Kathy Fitzgerald, Adam Gwon, Ann Harada, Van Hughes, Tyler Maynard, Charlie Pollock, Tory Ross and Anthony Rapp... with more names to be announced soon. The concert will be directed by Dave Solomon with musical direction by Julie McBride. $30 advance / $35 at the door / $100 ticket includes a signed poster by the cast, BGA tote bag and a reusable water bottle

Justin Bond

Sundays, March 21 & 28, April 4, 18 & 25 & May 9 at 9:30 PM

"Justin Bond is a trans-Atlantic cabaret messiah" - Time Out London

Being the Mother of the House of Whimsy, Justin Bond will be playing it fast and loose with this latest residency at the Pub and each week will be different. To kick off the season on March 21st, he will be joined by Thomas Bartlett AKA Doveman who is producing Mx Bond's new CD, Sam Amidon and some other amazing musicians. Other confirmed guests during this residency are Martha Wainwright, Jake Shears, Sandra Bernhard and a few other amazing surprise guests. Justin will be introducing some original songs and will also be bringing back favorite covers, characters and sketches she's done in the past. Expect the unexpected. One to be determined week will be an all-request night of songs that fans have requested on Facebook... The final Sunday, May 9th is both Mother's Day AND mx Bond's birthday so it should be quite a blow-out! $20

David Raleigh: BEGINNING AGAIN CD RELEASE

Monday, April 19 at 7:30 PM

New York City Entertainer David Raleigh returns with 'Beginning Again' - a piano-driven record that intertwines classic R&B songwriting with a modern pop edge. Songs from the highly anticipated new album will be performed with his band as the album marks its official release. $15 in advance, $20 at the door

AND SHE SAID, HE SAID, I SAID YES

Monday, April 19 at 10:00 PM

"Harrison David Rivers's three monologues about relationships gone wrong get a number of things right." - Time Out New York

"Funny and Incisive! The ring of truth-honesty; authenticity-is continually in evidence." "Joyner, Lipede, and Young are all on the brink of what should be promising careers."- NYTheatre.com

And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes

Based on the stories of

and performed by

Melissa Joyner, Rory Lipede, and Jehan O. Young

Written by Harrison David Rivers

Conceived and Directed by Eric Louie and Anika Chapin

Produced by DRD Theatricals/Anthony Francavilla

By recounting stories of playground love affairs, missed connections, backfired breakups, and unruly hair growth, three dynamic and unforgettable women begin to take stock of their lives, offering a vibrant and potent look at what it means to be part of Generation Y. After playing to packed houses as part of The 2009 NY Fringe Festival, And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes returns to the stage re-imagined and revised for this special Joe's Pub performance. $15 in advance, $20 at the door

PRISCILLA RENEA

Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 PM

Priscilla Renea has come a long way - from her Vero Beach, Florida bedroom, where she'd upload singing clips to YouTube, to the storied roster at Capitol Records. Fresh off a stirring performance at Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Renea is readying her debut album, Jukebox. The first single "Dollhouse" is an up-tempo empowerment anthem that shows off Renea's airy vocals and earnest, endearing lyrics. Over a bouncy 4/4 beat from Benny Blanco (Britney Spears, 3OH!3) and Lil' Ronnie (Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly), Renea sings fiercely for relationship independence and chides an insensitive, indifferent partner with the line "I ain't a doll, this ain't a dollhouse!". "Dollhouse" bears Renea's immediacy and relevance, the two hallmarks that distinguish her from scores of aspiring singers and elevated her to an internet sensation. $12

BACKYARD TIRE FIRE

Tuesday, April 20 at 9:30 PM

Based in Bloomington, Illinois, Backyard Tire Fire have worked the national circuit tirelessly, sharing stages with fellow-travelers Cracker, the Reverend Horton Heat, Govt. Mule, Alejandro Escovedo, James McMurtry and Los Lobos. Good To Be, released February 16th on the band's own Kelsey Street Records (distributed by Thirty Tigers/Red), was recorded in luxurious, hand-tooled analog with Los Lobos' Steve Berlin producing. With their fifth full-length disc, Good To Be, Backyard Tire Fire have achieved one of those big-time, long-haul records that matter far more than the sum of its considerable parts-and not via grandiose, larger-than-life lyrical imagery but through blue-collar, common sense miniatures that remind us of the simple beauty present in mundane, daily, person-to-person experience-a reminder that the hard work and struggle that these times are so dead-set about avoiding are the only actual treasures, the only worthwhile endeavors that bear fruit of substance. $12

TICKETS

Online at joespub.com, phone 212-967-7555, In Person At the Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM), or at the Joe's Pub Box Office from (6 PM to 10 PM) both located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

For table reservations please call 212-539-8778. Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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