Knitting Factory Brooklyn 2009-2022

Le Butcherettes at Knitting Factory

Bellows at Knitting Factory

Boss Hog at Knitting Factory

Bridget Everett at Knitting Factory

Bridget Everett at Knitting Factory

Cindy Wilson at Knitting Factory

clipping at Knitting Factory

Dam-Funk at Knitting Factory

Danny Brown at Knitting Factory

Future of the Left at Knitting Factory

Hunx and His Punx at Knitting Factory

Hunx and His Punx at Knitting Factory

Le Butcherettes at Knitting Factory

Le Butcherettes at Knitting Factory

LE1F at Knitting Factory

Long Neck at Knitting Factory

Mal Devisa at Knitting Factory

Method Man at Knitting Factory

Mitski at Knitting Factory

Mitski at Knitting Factory

Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire at Knitting Factory

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult at Knitting Factory

Mykki Blanco at Knitting Factory

Open Mike Eagle at Knitting Factory

Oxymorrons at Knitting Factory

Prince Rama at Knitting Factory

Quasi at Knitting Factory

Quasi at Knitting Factory

Scallops Hotel at Knitting Factory

Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers at Knitting Factory

The Coathangers at Knitting Factory

During The Coathangers at Knitting Factory

The Coathangers at Knitting Factory

The Dirtbombs at Knitting Factory

The Spits at Knitting Factory

Turbo Fruits at Knitting Factory

Turbo Fruits at Knitting Factory

TV Ghost at Knitting Factory

Ty Dolla $ign at Knitting Factory

Vic Mensa at Knitting Factory

Youth Code at Knitting Factory

On June 17, 2022, Knitting Factory Brooklyn announced they will close their doors on Sunday, August 21st.

The venue opened on Wednesday, September 9th with a comedy set from Hannibal Buress (who would be the first host of their weekly Sunday night comedy series, Comedy at the Knitting Factory) and Les Savy Fav. Although I attended their first show in their new space, I was unsure of the camera policy so I didn’t bring my camera with me on the first night (there are pics from the opening night by Tim Griffin on BrooklynVegan here). On the following night, Boss Hog played with Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers and I rectified my mistake from the night before by bringing my camera.

I haven’t attended an event at Knitting Factory in a while but I always enjoyed the shows that I went to. I saw quite a few acts in that small room who would go on to headline much larger ones later (Danny Brown, Vic Mensa, and Mitski immediately come to mind).

Thanks to Knitting Factory to relocating from lower Manhattan to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2009 and hopefully they’ll reopen their doors somewhere else in NYC. According to an interview with Brooklyn Magazine, they do have something in the works locally and it’s a shame they’re closing again due to a massive rent hike.

Below is an attempt to list the shows I’ve documented there by year.

2009

• Boss Hog and Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers on September 10th

2010

• The Dirtbombs and Davila 666 on February 25th

• MEN & No Bra on June 25th

• Dâm-Funk and Javelin on July 20th

• Kid Congo Powers & Hunx and His Punx on July 23rd

• Turbo Fruits and Heavy Cream on October 23rd

2011

• Nobunny, TV Ghost, and Shellshag on July 1st

• Main Attrakionz on October 20th

• Girl in a Coma, The Coathangers, and Noveller on November 11th

2012

• The Spits, TV Ghost, DJ Tony Lo-Fi on March 2nd

• Chain and the Gang, Habibi, and Alex Minoff on April 15th

• Hannibal Buress’ Animal Furnace release show on May 20th

• LE1F, Big Baby Gandhi, Lakutis, DVS, Dapwell, and Mike Finito on May 25th

• Tumblr CMJ showcase featuring Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Mykki Blanco, Troy Ave, Prince Rama, and The So So Glos on October 20th

• Future of the Left, Roomrunner, and Chron Turbine on November 27th

2013

• Danny Brown, LE1F, The Skins, and Oxymorrons on March 21st

• Quasi and Jeffrey Lewis on October 13th

• Vic Mensa, Ty Dolla $ign, and Deniro Farrar on November 13th

2014

• Comedy at the Knitting Factory with Jean Grae and Open Mike Eagle on January 19th

• Comedy at the Knitting Factory with Method Man, Bridgett Everett, and more on March 30th

• Mitski, Bellows, Small Wonder, and 100 Watt Horse on December 18th

2016

• Mitski, Mal Devisa, and 100% on February 14th

• clipping., Youth Code, and World War on October 26th

2017

• Free Cake for Every Creature, Adult Mom, and Long Neck on July 2nd

• Cindy Wilson (of The B-52’s) on September 11th

• Open Mike Eagle, Scallops Hotel, and SAMMUS on September 26th

2018

• My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, CHMCL STR8 JCKT, and DJ Jet on April 16th

• Le Butcherettes and De Lilith on August 24th

Additional photos I have taken at their space on Leonard Street in Manhattan prior to 2009 can be found here, here, and here.