BAMcafé is Brooklyn's hotspot for eclectic music and spoken word on Friday and Saturday nights. This weekly performance series has featured emerging jazz, spoken word, blues, Afro-pop, Latin, R&B, rock, and experimental artists such as Billy Martin, Survival Soundz, Tracie Morris, Carl Hancock Rux, Duncan Sheik, Chocolate Genius, Bilal, Antibalas, Coati Mundi, and many others.

BAMcafé Hours:
Thurs thru Sat from 5pm til closing.
Open Sunday through Wednesday 5pm till closing on mainstage performance nights in the Howard Gilman Opera House and the Harvey Theater.
Also open 2 hours before a mainstage matinee performance on Saturday or Sunday.

No cover! $10 food/drink minimum.

BAMcafé is now under new management with Great Performances, one of New York's finest restuarateurs.

The BAMcafé menu is a savory selection of fusion cuisine that accommodates a combination of tastes ranging from the simple to the exotic - a little something for every palate. Menu items will be changed seasonally. Click here for sample menu

	Saturday, November 1 at 9pm Sex, Lies and Decadent Ditties: 3 Centuries of Bawdy Songs with Midge Woolsey New York WQXR radio and PBS Channel 13/WNET television personality Midge Woolsey returns to BAMcafé Live with pianist/songwriter Joe Kerr for an evening of titillating tunes by wanton troubadours past and present. Accompanied by guitarist Matt Munisteri and bassist Pat O’Leary, they’ll traverse through well-worn, raunchy tavern classics in addition to original compositions in what they’ve termed, “cozy swing, wicked words.” WQXR midday host Jeff Spurgeon makes a special guest appearance in what promises to be a night of musical wickedness.
Photo: Linda Giammarese	Friday, November 7 at 9pm Caribbean Party: Heritage O.P. Blending traditional musical styles—Southern ring shouts, American Jazz, indigenous Brazilian, Asian, and West African music—Heritage O.P. speaks to convictions of the heart and soul, inspiring positively uplifting, festive, and revelatory moments of righteous hand clapping and foot stomping.
	Saturday, November 8 at 9pm Russian Cabaret Party: Barbez Barbez lead singer Ksenia Vidyaykina-Gest is a striking, Slavic ice goddess who dances across the stage in spectacular marionette–like movements while emanating low, sultry sounds. The band, dressed like gypsies and 1940s gangsters, play an array of musical hybrids—French musette, punk rock, tango, Klezmer, and Russian Folk—in a beautiful, haunting show of post-cabaret torch songs.
	Friday, November 14 at 9pm Brazilian Party: Forro In The Dark The members of Forro in the Dark bring raw Northeastern Brazilian Dance music full of hard, driving rhythms commonly known as baião or forro. The relentless rhythms are built around a trio of accordion, triangle and zabumba—a small bass drum with a huge sound. This combination creates beautiful, distinctly Brazilian melodies for hardworking souls who gather at night for a "forro" to dance their troubles away. Composed of Rob Curto on accordion, Mauro Refosco on zabumba, and Jorginho Amorim on triangle, along with guitarist Smokey Hormel and vocalist Ana Fonteles, Forro In The Dark bring a contagious sense of joy to the room whenever they play these great Gonzaga songs.
	Saturday, November 15 at 9pm Slavic Soul Party Slavic Soul Party is downtown’s answer to Balkan dance music: equal parts funk, free-form jazz, and old school exuberance. Inspired by traditional ensembles from the Macedonian region & beyond, these New York improvisers, featuring composer and vibraphonist Matt Moran, create a new sound to make your heart ache and your feet move.
	Friday, November 21 at 9pm Jahpan Jahpan is one of New York City’s hottest authentic steel drum band ensembles, with musicians hailing from Trinidad and Tobago—the country to which we owe the honor of the creation of steel drums, or “pans”. Crafting Caribbean rhythms with hints of calypso, soca, and reggae, Jahpan brings an internationally known, award-winning steel drum orchestra to BAMcafé Live.
	Saturday, November 22 at 9pm Jewish-Latin Hip-Hop: Hip Hop Hoodíos "Hip Hop Hoodíos are an empowering fusion of New York urban cultures”—New York Newsday Comprised entirely of bilingual musicians from Jewish/Latino backgrounds, the members of Hip Hop Hoodíos (“hoodío” is a twist on the word “judio”, Spanish for “Jew”) are linked by a common love of Latin alternative rock and rap “en Español”, out to change the notions and preconceptions of Latin music entirely. They have been deemed the Jewish respuesta to the Beastie Boys and Tenacious D: one part Latin alternative (a la Café Tacuba, Puya, Aterciopelados) and a hefty chunk of ego and bravado.
Photo: Jackie Duncan	Friday, November 28 at 9pm & Saturday, November 29 at 9pm Wunmi Underground dance music icon Wunmi graces BAMcafé Live for two nights of spiritual soul grooving. Loved the world over by denizens of clubs and aficionados of soul music in its purest form, Wunmi will set the dance floor ablaze these two nights with an electrifying performance of song and dance. First noticed as a Soul II Soul dancer showing the world the moves of a new soul vibe, Wunmi went on to alight the London scene with an unmatched vibrancy. Recent work with the Red Hot + Riot tribute to Fela album (on the track “Zombie”) and work with DJ/producer King Britt on his Oba Funke album (along with Zapp Mama) has simply cemented Wumni’s status as reigning underground Queen of dance and world beat music. For those who take their music and dancing seriously these are nights not to be missed.