Mercury Lounge

Live music venue in New York

217 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002, 10002Capacity: 2502 Av (5 min walk)

About Mercury Lounge

Mercury Lounge is a live music venue in Manhattan, New York. It sits at 217 E Houston St. The nearest station is 2 Av, about a five-minute walk away. Delancey St–Essex St station is also close by, roughly seven minutes on foot.

The venue has a capacity of around 250 people. Mercury Lounge is a sibling venue to The Bowery Ballroom, and is known for its acoustics, for supporting and helping launch upcoming artists, and for a no-frills rock n' roll style. Over the years it has featured on numerous top-ten lists, among them one from Billboard Magazine. In 2020, a scholarly account was published examining Mercury Lounge's place in the rock music history of the city and of Lower Manhattan.

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Minimum age
21+
Cloakroom
Yes

Nearest stations

  • 2 Av5 min walk
  • Delancey St–Essex St7 min walk

Opening hours

Monday
17:30 – 04:00
Tuesday
17:30 – 04:00
Wednesday
17:30 – 04:00
Thursday
17:30 – 04:00
Friday
17:30 – 04:00
Saturday
17:30 – 04:00

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