Performers & Booking

	Peoples' Voice Cafe
	A Progressive Musical Venue in NYC for over 28 years

Partial List of Links to Performers Who Have Played at the Peoples' Voice
Click here for pictures from our 25th Anniversary Concert!

Performers A-H
Performers I-Q
Performers R-Z

Want to perform at the Peoples Voice? Click here for performer guidelines.
For a partial list of performers without websites, click here

Sharon Abreu

African Folk Heritage Circle

Lou and Peter Berryman

Betty and the Baby Boomers

Marc Blitzstein Centennial

Tony Bird

Marcie Boyd

Oscar Brand

Brooklyn Women's Chorus

Concerts for Compassion

Debra Cowan

The Caroline Cutroneo Band

Disabled in Action Singers

Lara Gonzalez & Yael Shacham

Kim and Reggie Harris

Carolyn Hester

Priscilla Herdman

Jenny Hill

Michael Hill’s Blues Mob

Lara & Yael Percussion duo

Lavendar Light Gospel Choir

MacDougal Street Rent Party

Magpie

Jay Mankita

George Mann

George Mann & Julius Margolin

Bruce Markow

Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou and Music of the Andes

Theater of The Oppressed

Dan & Molly Lynn Watt

Workmen's Circle Chorus

Liz Zelvin

To send more links to this website of performers who have played at the Peoples' Voice Cafe, please email the Webmistress. Please be sure to link http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org to your website!

If you are interested in performing at the Peoples' Voice Cafe, please READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.

BOOKING CRITERIA
Please read the following information carefully before applying to perform at Peoples’ Voice Café.
PVC has three requirements for booking acts to play at the café: performance quality, political content and an audience base in NYC. Please consider whether you believe you meet all three of these criteria before applying to perform.
1. Performance Quality – Many outstanding performers live in NYC and many more visit from all over the world during the course of a year. NYC audiences have come to expect quality, professional performances in their city’s venues. Given the number of interested performers and the expectations of our audiences, booking is on a highly selective basis.

2. Political Content – PVC was founded and has been run over its 25-year history by volunteers who believe there should be an established NYC venue presenting music that relates directly to humanitarian and social justice concerns. While all music may be political in some respects, PVC seeks something more direct. For example: a modern day Woody Guthrie; a folk band offering the indigenous music of an oppressed culture; a gay or lesbian singer; labor singers; an act presenting songs about the protection of our environment; musicians speaking out with their music for racial justice; performers offering songs from the women’s struggle for equality… The list goes on.

3. Audience base in NYC – Unfortunately, this criteria has become necessary for the survival of the café. The out-of-pocket costs to PVC for a single evening are high and the larger share of the money taken in at the gate goes directly to the performers. The amount requested for admission is kept quite modest for political/ethical reasons and people wishing to attend may pay more or less as they choose. This means that for PVC to survive economically, it needs to book either a single act or two separate acts each evening that really can attract an audience either on the strength of their name or through their own grassroots followings.

**If you believe your act meets the first two criteria, but doesn’t have a NYC draw, there are some strategies that may work for you. Some performers have put together a combination show--yourself and someone with a big draw willing to share with you. Perhaps, the other act (with all the NYC fans) has no draw in the town where you are famous and popular, so they do a show there with you as an exchange. Maybe they just like you and believe in you. Another plan is to work with a local group, such as an activist organization or a union, that will support your performance with its members and publicity.

If you're interested in performing and feel you meet our criteria, please contact us at peoplesvoicecafe@gmail.com, and include the following information: brief description of your material, short bio, list of the last several venues where you have performed, and a link to any website where an MP3 of your music is available. Or you may attach an MP3 to your email.Other people who have performed at the Peoples' Voice Cafe but who don't have their own websites (yet, that we know of) include: David Blume, Bright Morning Star, Jay Byrd, Len Chandler, Church Ladies for Choice, Ellen Davidson, Jacqué DuPree, Four Shillings Short, Marshall Jones, Matthew Jones, David Laibman, Chris Lang, Legacy (Zenobia, Jacque DuPree & Ben Silver), Eric Levine, Professor Louie and Fast Eddie, Bobbie McGee, Movement in Motion, Luci Murphy, Pam Parker, Pearls of Wisdom (Elders Share the Arts), NYC Streetsingers, Peter Pasco, Bill Perlman, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Adelle Rolider, Elizabeth Rose, Faith Schwartz, Chris Seymour, The Solidarity Singers, Three Card Monte, Gina Tlamsa, Sarah Underhill, Dan Ellen Weiss, Willow, Barbara Wren, and many more.

Please note, we are a volunteer-run organization, so allow us some time to respond. Thanks.