Toshi Reagon's 43rd Annual Birthday Concerts
Joe's Pub425 Lafayette Street, New York 10003
Joe’s Pub hosts Toshi Reagon’s 43rd Annual Birthday Concerts, a billed birthday-concert engagement rather than a show with a separately named supporting act. No accompanying performers or particular set concept are listed for this date, so the focus is on Reagon and the annual occasion. The performance is presented in Joe’s Pub’s converted-library space, with a striped bar and photographs of Leonard Cohen and Amy Winehouse on the walls.
The supplied material identifies Reagon as the artist behind this long-running annual birthday concert billing, but offers no further biographical account of where Reagon is from, musical work, collaborators, or critical reception. It also does not name a band, guest, or opening performer for this appearance. Joe’s Pub seats listeners on velvet couches or at candle-lit tables and serves dinner and drinks during performances, while its sound is engineered by technicians with experience working with John Legend and The Notorious B.I.G.
The stage is set in a converted library space with a striped bar and photos of legends like Leonard Cohen and Amy Winehouse lining the walls. You'll find yourself seated on velvet couches or at candle-lit tables, close enough to hear every note from the back. The sound, engineered by technicians who've worked with John Legend and The Notorious B.I.G., is consistently ranked among the best in New York. Three shows a day, dinner and drinks served throughout, and a menu ranging from Italian small plates to craft cocktails; it's a place where music and conversation flow together, and where both rising stars and legends have made their U.S. debuts.