CBGB, the New York club that famously served as the home base for NYC’s punk scene in the ’70s, shut down way back in 2006, but it lives on as a brand activation. Back in 2023, the CBGB Festival came ...
New York's legendary punk club CBGB will once again be revived for a special festival, with The Sex Pistols & Frank Carter, Militarie Gun, Violet Grohl & more set to perform.
Nike is referencing an iconic New York City music club for the upcoming Dunk Low release, as seen in the images here from leaker @Brandon1an on X. That venue is the CBGB club, known to be the ...
The CBGB Festival pays tribute to New York City’s gritty, sticker-covered past through the lens of modern punk. The lineup connects punk’s originators with its fiercest future voices, all answering one core question: Who would be playing at CBGB today?
In 1998, Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB, wrote a brief history of the club. Here it is in its unedited entirety:
Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973 on the Bowery, CBGB became an icon of raw energy, rebellion, and underground music, launching the careers of the Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Television, and countless others. The CBGB Festival pays tribute to New York City’s gritty, sticker-covered past through the lens of modern punk.
Morrissey, Patti Smith and Interpol lead the lineup for the 2026 CBGB Festival, taking place Sept. 26 in Brooklyn, New York.The bill also includes Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Bikini Kill, ...
It was the dingiest of dive bars on one of the least safe streets in a dangerous city. But the CBGB club gave birth to a whole new genre of music - and a galaxy of stars ...