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The End is Nigh for Music Hall of Williamsburg
The 650-person capacity venue has hosted performances from Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles, The Weeknd, Tame Impala, and countless others over the years
The writing is reportedly on the wall for Music Hall of Williamsburg. 18 years into its storied run at 66 North 6th Street, its next one appears to be its last.
According to an internal memo circulated by Bowery Presents, the venue’s parent company, and obtained by Variety, the owners of the building have chosen not to renew its lease with Bowery, dissolving their nearly two-decade relationship when the lease completes its term at the end of 2026, forcing a relocation in the best case, and a full-on shutdown in the worst.
“Music Hall of Williamsburg arrived at a time when the North Brooklyn neighborhood was having a cultural awakening, and we were among the first music clubs to open in the neighborhood and establish tenure,” wrote Bowery partners John Moore and Jim Glancy in their note to the company. “While we cannot speak to the future of 66 North 6th Street, The Bowery Presents is grateful for our time there, our staff that helps operate the venue night-after-night, and our collective commitment as a company to artist development. And as always, our passion for identifying new and exciting places for artists and fans to experience the transcendental power of live music will continue, as it has since we first crossed the bridge two decades ago,” Moore and Glancy added.
Since opening in 2007, first as a considerably smaller room called “Northsix,” Music Hall of Williamsburg has been a stage dedicated to discovery, and its programming was consistently attuned to quality buzz. The memo makes sure to note some of the most established artists to hit the 650-person capacity theater’s marquee, like Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles, The Weekend, St. Vincent, and a dozen others, but it was also the rare, mid-sized Brooklyn venue that accommodated, and secured the ascent of, artists with growing or niche fanbases like Thundercat, or local breakouts like Nick Hakim, Gabriel Garzon Montano, and Emily King.
While there is a contractual end to its stay, all hope is not entirely lost here. Perhaps some gold-hearted investor will surface to extend its term, or whichever developer is carrot-on-a-sticking the building’s owners will reel it back in. We should know more in the weeks to come, though. For now, the venue still has a number of shows on its calendar for 2026, including performances from Westerman, Whitney, Ryan Davis, and more.
