Mercury Lounge

The Mercury Lounge is a club/music venue, in the Lower East Side section, of New York City. The structure, at 217 East Houston Street, housed the servants to the Astor Mansion, connected to it by an underground labyrinth of tunnels. Garfein's Restaurant occupied the space in the early part of the twentieth century and from 1933 to 1993 the storefront housed a seller of tombstones. The Bowery Presents is the leading New York City-based independentconcert promoter. Its business is built around great music and itsmission is to bring the best bands to the NYC metropolitan area andthe rest of the Northeast, while providing the best concert experiencefor both fans and artists at reasonable ticket prices. Bowery has estab-lished itself as a dynamic entertainment experience and is the ultimatemusic tastemaker. The Bowery has been on music’s cutting edge sinceits inception, and it produced more concerts in 2010 than any otherorganization in New York.