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Concerts Series:

Monday, January 19th: Relative Pitch Series: Set 1: CHUCK ROTH - Guitar / FRANCESCA H - Sax // Set 2: CHUCK ROTH - Guitar / KELSEY MINES - Contrabass // Set 3: CHUCK ROTH / FRANCESCA H / KELSEY MINES

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THE DMG 35th ANNIVERSARY IN-STORE CONCERT CELEBRATION CONTINUES with:

Tuesday, January 20th:
6:30: DAN KURFIRST - Drums / DANIEL CARTER - Reeds & Trumpet / STELOIS MIHAS - Guitar / ADAM LANE - Bass
7:30: HENRY SUTTER - Drums / WILL CURRY - Saxophone / MATEI PREDESCU - Piano
8:30: AIDAN O'CONNELL - Bass / MATT KNOEGEL - Sax

Tuesday, January 27th:
6:30: MICHAEL EATON - Soprano Sax / DAN WICKS - Keyboard(s)
7:30: DAVID AARON - Tenor Sax / ZACH SWANSON - Bass / DAVE MILLER - Drums
8:30: PATRICK GOLDEN - Drums / SANA NAGANO - Violin / MATT HOLLENBERG - Guitar / LIM YANG - Bass
9:30: TASHI DORJI - Solo Guitar

Rare Monday Night, February 2nd, 2026:
6:30: transparency kestra (mini): reverse stagger: patrick brennan - alto sax - compositions / ELI ASHER - trumpet / CHERYL PYLE - Flute / CLAIRE de BRUNNER - bassoon / FUNG CHERN HWEI - violin / WESTBROOK JOHNSON - trombone / JOSH SINTON - baritone sax / KEVIN ANTHANIEL HYLTON - shakere / MICHAEL TA THOMPSON - brushes

Tuesday, February 3rd:
6:30: STEVE SWELL - Solo Trombone
7:15: SARA SCHOENBECK - Solo Bassoon
8:00: ELIHU S. CONANT-HAQUE - Solo Tuba!
8:45: SPIRIT BRASS TRIO with STEVE, SARA & ELIHU

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Notes from Underground

THE Big Bad Beautiful USED CD sale list - Updated for 10/9/2025

Sale!

Here's the deal for this list:

1-3 CD's no discount
4-9 CD's take 10% off
10 & more CD's, take 20% off

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VISION FESTIVAL 2025, Number 29 or 30!?!? Shining a Light through the Darkness!

The 29th or 30th (depending on who you ask) annual Vision Festival ended last night and it was indeed one of the real highlights of this year! 28 sets over six nights and all sets (that I caught) were well worth exploring and being inspired by. I’ve attended each and every Vision Fest since it began in 1995 and have rarely missed a set since I find the fest to be an endless source of Positive Art, Protest

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DMG History

Bruce Lee Gallanter discusses his legacy at home and asks for some advice.

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A recent history of DMG. Excerpts from in-store gigs. Short interviews with Creative Musicians at DMG.

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Happy 30th Anniversary to Downtown Music Gallery!

Saturday, May 1st was the actual anniversary of Downtown Music Gallery, 30 years to the day! I am immensely proud of all we’ve accomplished since we opened out doors on 211 East 5th St. in the East Village. Special thanks to all of the well-wishers who’ve written to us or come down in the past month, we do appreciate your kind words of support! We, here at DMG, are going to celebrate for the entire month with some live outdoor events, some in-store on-line event

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