The Apollo’s Music Café and Apollo Comedy Club Returns Live and In-Person
Line-up includes comedians: Saya Meads, Kenney Woo, Dylan Tucker and DerrickEason, (October 6) and vocalists: George Lovett (October 7) and Stout (October 8)
WHAT: The Apollo kicks off Apollo Comedy Club and Apollo Music Café shows, starting Thursday, October 6.
The Apollo Comedy Club celebrates the theater’s rich comedic roots with the best up-and-coming talent today. Presented in partnership with the legendary Bob Sumner (producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire). The October 6 line-up includes Saya Meads, Kenney Woo, Dylan Tucker, and (Host) Derrick Eason.
The Apollo Music Café presents independent artists to a unique audience. Featuring diverse performances across a myriad of genres (R&B, hip hop, soul, jazz, pop, funk, and rock), the series showcases artists drawn from the independent music scene who impact the way music is heard and experienced. For October, the soulful sounds of George Lovett (Oct. 7) and vocal powerhouse Stout (Oct. 8) will perform in front of a live audience. The Apollo Music Café and Comedy Club are part of “The Next Movement”, Apollo’s Fall 2022 season.
WHERE: Apollo’s Soundstage (253 W 125th Street, New York, NY 10027)
WHEN: October 6, 7, 8. Doors open at 9PM EST. Shows begin at 10PM EST.
TICKETS: Tickets start at $26.50. For more information visit www.ApolloTheater.org.
FALL/WINTER LINE UP:
October:
Thursday, October 6
Comedians: Dylan Tucker, Saya Meads & Kenney Woo; hosted by Derrick Eason
Friday, October 7
George Lovett
Saturday, October 8
Stout
November
Thursday, November 10
Comedians Apple Brown Betty, Anthony Oakes, & Rio Paris; hosted by Timmy Hall
Friday, November 11 Grace Gibson
Saturday, November 12 Jade Novah
December
Thursday, December 1
Comedians Mason Victor King, Lisha Perkins & Comedian Roy; hosted by Brad Lowery
Friday, December 2
Lawrence Flowers & Intercession
Saturday, December 3
David Michael Wyatt
ACCESSIBILITY
The Apollo is wheelchair accessible throughout the building and offers assisted listening devices. For more information on accessibility or to request special assistance, please visit apollotheater.org/accessibility or contact the Apollo Box office at access@apollotheater.org or (212) 531-5305.
ABOUT THE APOLLO
The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world. With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes the world premiere of the theatrical adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and the New York premiere of the opera We Shall Not Be Moved; special programs such as the blockbuster concert Bruno Mars Live at the Apollo; 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella; and the annual Africa Now! Festival.
The non-profit Apollo Theater is a performing arts presenter, commissioner, and collaborator that also produces festivals and large-scale dance and musical works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens, including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival as well as other multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.
Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms and has ushered in many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, H.E.R., D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, and Miri Ben Ari; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy. For more information about the Apollo, visit www.apollotheater.org.
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About The Apollo
The Apollo is an American cultural treasure. It is a vibrant non-profit organization rooted in the Harlem community that engages people from around New York, the nation, and the world. Since 1934, The Apollo has celebrated, created, and presented work that centers Black artists and voices from across the African Diaspora. It has also been a catalyst for social and civic advocacy. Today, The Apollo is the largest performing arts institution committed to Black culture and creativity.
The Apollo is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the African American narrative and its role in the development of American and global culture.
The Apollo envisions a new American canon centered on contributions to the performing arts by artists of the African diaspora, in America and beyond.
