Hugga Bromstick at The Brooklyn Tea Party
From the Hammerstein Ballroom to the Sidewalk Cafe to Crash Mansion, there is always new and exciting music to be found in New York. So where is the next hot location to find the freshest acts on the scene? Could it be a Brooklyn living room?
The Brooklyn Tea Party (no relation to better known Tea Partiers across the country), a bi-monthly party and showcase featuring a revolving cast of the best up-and-coming musicians from the four corners of New York, gives you a taste of the indie life by opening their performance space/loft to anyone looking to discover the newest music that New York has to offer .
The Brooklyn Tea Party is the brainchild of founders (and musical contributors) Brook Pridemore, Rachel Devlin, Michael David Campbell and Dan Costello. The anti-folk musicians began sharing nightly jam sessions in 2007 with just a couple of instruments between them, later adding current hosters Brian Speaker and Scott Loving to the roster. Before long, the Tea Party members realized they had an impressive musical showcase sitting in their living room and decided it was time to share it with the rest of the city. Now in full swing, The Brooklyn Tea Party is a full-fledged musical hootenanny offered up to any interested bands that wander in out of the cold, provided they are friendly, talented and ready to entertain a room full of amped-up fans.
The Brooklyn Tea Party gang is well on their way to redefining the meaning of an “open mic night.” They’ve recently welcomed to their stage singer-songerwriters like Elizabeth Devlin and Erin Regan and indie-label bands like Hugga Bromstick, Ivan and the Terribles and Auld Lang Syne (check out a video from their set below). It’s not unusual to see a random audience member jump onto the stage to join in an impromptu jam session. The Party’s only request for new musicians? Be ready for some fun. Both audience members and players alike are expected to enter The Brooklyn Tea Party loft looking for a good party, good people and seriously good music.
