New York’s a go-go…
Well the poster above pretty well says it all really. David Binder and Josh Wood have announced the H&M High Line Festival line-up. High Line runs from May 9th through 19th in NYC and it is curated by David Bowie.
David was honoured to have been asked to curate this first festival, as he explains here:
“I thought it a very cool deal to be asked to curate the Highline Festival. The request was for me to choose artists and acts that I myself would go out of my way to see. Although this inaugural year will be modest in scale we’ve been pretty lucky in that many whom I asked have accepted.
I’m also pleased that many emerging artists are participating alongside more established talents that represent a fairly wide cross section of disciplines within the arts community. I would really hope that the exposure this festival affords will help these folk get the attention they deserve.”
You can find everything you need to know by going to
For those who prefer not to leave the relative safety of BowieNet, here’s the schedule as it stands…
MUSIC
May 9th THE ARCADE FIRE Radio City Music Hall 1260 Avenue of the Americas, 8:00pm.
May 10th AIR Theatre at Madison Square Garden 4 Penn Plaza, 8:00pm.
May 11th THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Hammerstein Ballroom 311 West 34th Street, 8:00pm.
May 15th DEERHOOF Irving Plaza 17 Irving Place, 8:00pm.
May 16th DANIEL JOHNSTON, BANG ON A CAN ALL STARS, THE LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY High Line Ballroom 431 West 16th Street, 8:00 pm.
May 19th THE SECRET MACHINES High Line Ballroom 431 West 16th Street, 8:00pm.
COMEDY
May 19th RICKY GERVAIS Theatre at Madison Square Garden 4 Penn Plaza, 8pm.
PERFORMANCE
May 16th & 17th KEN NORDINE The Kitchen 512 West 19th Street, 8:00pm.
May 17th & 18th LAURIE ANDERSON High Line Ballroom 431 West 16th Street, 7:30 pm.
May 18th MEOW, MEOW INCITED BY JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL Hiro Ballroom 371 West 16th Street, 7:30pm.
VISUAL ART
CLAUDE CAHUN PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION Featuring Photography from Jersey Heritage Trust & Panel Discussion at Aperture Under The High Line LAURIE MCLEOD PRESENTS WATERHAVEN UNDERWATER FILMS Location TBD
FILM
May 11th – 18th BOWIE’S PICKS 10 Spanish Language Classics of the Last 100 Years Clearview Chelsea Cinemas, 260 West 23rd Street. Show times TBA
Tickets go on sale this coming Friday the 30th of March and we’ll post more information as we get it. Meanwhile keep an eye on