Gaslight Cafe

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coffeehouse music venue nightclub performance venue

The Gaslight Cafe was a famed Greenwich Village coffeehouse and performance venue that became a central hub of the 1960s folk music revival in New York City.

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Label Occurrences
The Gaslight Cafe 4
Gaslight Cafe canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coffeehouse ⓘ
music venue ⓘ
nightclub ⓘ
performance venue ⓘ
activeDuring 1960s ⓘ
associatedWith MacDougal Street music clubs ⓘ
Village coffeehouse circuit ⓘ
audienceType artists and writers ⓘ
bohemian crowd ⓘ
college students ⓘ
closedIn 1970s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalMovement American folk music revival NERFINISHED ⓘ
era postwar American counterculture ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
hostedPerformer Allen Ginsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bill Cosby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dave Van Ronk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eric Andersen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jose Feliciano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi John Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phil Ochs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richie Havens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Paxton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woody Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor beat poetry readings ⓘ
being a hub of the 1960s folk music revival ⓘ
comedy performances ⓘ
folk music performances ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
location Greenwich Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborhood Greenwich Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor intimate performance space ⓘ
low-paying but influential gigs for musicians ⓘ
role in New York City folk revival history ⓘ
openedIn 1950s ⓘ
scene Greenwich Village beat scene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenwich Village folk scene ⓘ
significance central gathering place for folk musicians in New York City ⓘ
helped launch careers of notable folk artists ⓘ
important venue for emerging singer-songwriters ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ

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Dave Van Ronk → associatedWith → Gaslight Cafe ⓘ
Susie Myerson → employedAt → Gaslight Cafe ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gaslight Cafe
Miriam Midge Maisel → performsAt → Gaslight Cafe ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gaslight Cafe
Joel Maisel → worksAt → Gaslight Cafe ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gaslight Cafe
Llewyn Davis → performsAt → Gaslight Cafe ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gaslight Cafe