KJ Denhert and Crys Matthews first met at our Brooklyn Bridge Park Stage  in 2023. Feb. 27th double bill at City Vineyard Sessions on Pier 26 NYC.  KJ is an artist with a rich history; a legend of Urban Folk & Jazz. Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. Congratulations on her Folk Alliance International - Song of the Year Award 2026. (Pictured above with Festival Founder Jan Bell)

12th Annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, 2026

Thursday, Sept 10 - Jalopy Theatre 

Saturday, September 12 - Dumbo Archway 

Sunday, September 13 - Superfine

Plus! Evening Shows at 

68 Jay St Bar in Dumbo

& Sunny's Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Previous events

Dumbo Archway: 5pm Allie Chip & Louie Lou Louis / 6pm Katie Martucci / 6:45pm Cactus Rose / 7:15pm Eliane Amherd /

8pm FERD / 9pm Wilson & Walsh

Sunny's Bar - Pi Power Trio 8pm - 10pm

68 Jay St Bar Georgia Parker & Hunter Burgamy 6pm - 8pm

FREE ALL AGES

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Tenth Annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival

Dumbo Archway

6pm Georgia Parker & Hunter Burgamy / 7pm Binoculars / 8pm Tyrone Cotton / 9pm FERD /

68 Jay St Bar - The Lonesome Heroes 8pm / Superfine After Party featuring - Evrette 9pm

FREE ALL AGES

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Day 1 Brooklyn Americana Music Festival -

Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY 11231

Tyrone Cotton, Jesse Lenat, Annie Keating, Hilary Hawke with Ross Martin (Fern Maddie unable to play at the last minute).

Pre-theatre set in Jalopy Tavern by Eliane Amherde 7:30pm. Matt Wiffen 9:00pm

$22 ADV / $25 Day of Show

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‘Sounds at Sunset’ Presented by Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 from 7pm - 9:30pm Curated by Brooklyn Americana Music. 7pm The Maybelles / 8pm Tyrone Cotton / 8:45pm Mike Younger

FREE ALL AGES

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Live at the Archway

Dumbo Archway, 155 Water Street, Broolyn NY 11201

Summer Music + Art Series in the Dumbo Archway LIVE AT THE ARCHWAY Music + Art in the Dumbo Archway! 6pm: Music Free, all ages, & rain or shine. JULY 25 - Jerron Paxton (formerly “Blind Boy” Paxton) and Dennis Lichtman are both world-renowned multi-instrumentalists and vocalists whose musical friendship has grown organically in New York City for more than a decade. Their formal partnership began with a video shoot, Just Cross the River From Queens, at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in 2017.

GETTING TO THE ARCHWAY The Dumbo Archway is a public plaza underneath the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, Brooklyn. It’s on Water St between Anchorage Place and Adams St. You can use "28 Adams Street" for the purposes of maps. Parking in Dumbo is tricky! We strongly encourage you to take public transit.

FREE

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Brooklyn Americana Fest.

Dumbo Archway - Day Two, 155 Water St at Anchorage, Dumbo, Brooklyn NYC

FREE for All Ages. 9th semi annual BKAMF ij the 7000' sq foot cobblestone archway under the Manhattan Bridge. Brooklyn based bands alongside artists on tour from Nashville TN, New Orleans, and Austin TX. 5:00 Ramses Montero 5:45 Hannah Juanita & Mose Wilson 6:45 AC Sapphire 7:30 Queen Esther 8:30 Saudia Young

After Party at Superfine, 126 Front St, Brooklyn NY 11201 8:00 Neha Jiwrajka 9:00 Taylor Plas

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9th semi annual BKAMF - Free and for all ages - in the 7000' sq foot cobblestone archway under the Manhattan Bridge. Brooklyn based bands alongside artists on tour from Nashville TN, New Orleans, and Austin TX. 6:00 Samoa Wilson 7:00 Brittany Ann Tranbaugh 7:30 Joy Clark 8:00 Caleb Caudle 9:00 Gentleman Brawlers - Dance in the Archway Party!

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