Bill Popp (of Bill Popp and The Tapes)
Summer Concert in Athens Square Park – July 10th!
Your Pet Crawl~ New song and live video
This is the first live performance of The Repressions’ new song, “Your Pet Crawl,” a song about bad manners. We hope you find it cathartic, and give it a like and subscribe to the YouTube channel. Thanks for watching!
Your Pet Crawl – words and music by The Repressions ©️ 2026 Colorful Castle
Next live show is Thursday July 30, 2026 at Urban Vegan Kitchen in Manhattan!
Saturday Night Rock Show – 6/13/26
It’s a night of Rock and Indie Rock!
Astoria Music Collective presents:
Sponsored by Lizzy Guitars
•WHEN: Saturday, June 13th
8PM DOORS/ 8:30PM SHOW
•WHERE: The Shillelagh Tavern: 47-22 30th Ave, Astoria NYC 11103
21+, No Cover
And next weekend we’ve got shows Saturday and Sunday!
Saturday June 20 – Porch Stomp Music Festival – Governors Island NYC
Sunday June 21 – Irish Whiskey Bar, 28-48 31st Street, Astoria, NYC, 1pm-6pm.
Bob Dylan Tribute & Benefit 5/24 at The Let Love Inn
Astoria Music Collective presents Bob’s Birthday Show: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Dylan and Fundraiser for Astoria Food Pantry LIVE at The LetLove Inn!
FREE SHOW/ ALL DONATIONS GO TO ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY
WHEN: Sunday, May 24th – DOORS at 7pm
WHERE: THE LET LOVE INN
27-20 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY 11105
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:
-Andrew Sydor @andrewsydor
-Billy Conahan @billyconahan
-The Bumper Crop Boys @thebumpercropboys
-Carl M Banks @carlmbanks
-Finn Miller @finnmiller1
-Grace Leckey @leckey_charms
-Jesse Bittner @jabitt
-Joe O’Leary @sunshine_andwind
-Joe Rayome @josephrayome
-Kevin Goldhahn @amilsweethrts
-Paule Diamond @neptuneinthe12th
-Scott Milch @dblkickdrumbklyn
-The Repressions @therepressions
-Tracy Thorne @tracythornemusic
This is a great group of local artists and sure to be a good time. We hope to see you there!
Gotta Catch ‘Em All! Live with AMC- Pokemon Theme Song
And the crowd goes wild! Live with Astoria Music Collective – February 28, 2026, at The Local, in Queens, NYC. The Repressions perform an extended acoustic cover to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pokemon. The Pokemon Theme Song (Gotta Catch Em’ All) was written by John Siegler and John Loeffler, and originally performed by Jason Paige. We thank them for this amazing piece of music.
Many thanks to AMC and that fantastic crowd, and thanks to you for watching. This was joyful.
In other news, The Repressions have some fabulous live shows coming up soon in the city:
3/14 – Urban Vegan Roots (Barbara solo)
4/3 – Espresso 77
4/9 – Cowgirl Seahorse
4/17 – Hutch Astoria
We hope to see you at a show soon if you are in the area. You can also now find daily clips on The Repressions Youtube Channel under “shorts.” Enjoy the video!
AMC Pop Up Show Tonight! 8/30/25
Tonight at 6! Saturday August 30th ~ Music and community at Astoria Music Collective ‘s Last Minute Licks Show at The Shillelagh Tavern . This venue has a lot of music history, and especially with our local scene. It’s going to be sentimental, wild, and very much fun. Join us !
21+
No Cover
Show Wednesday March 19 at Urban Vegan Roots
The Repressions are back live, perforning a short set with Plant Powered Disruptors at Urban Vegan Roots on Wednesday March 19th at 6:30. This show is celebrating Women’s History Month with a vegan vibes concert. Amazing musicians and other performers join us, Big Mama, Natalie Asport, Kiirstin Marilyn, and the debut performance of new vegan band 3gan! Don’t miss out on the chance to network with cool folks while enjoying delicious food and drinks listening to some awesome music.
Hope to see you there!
Empowering HER: Celebrating Women’s History Month with Music & more!
Day: Weds, March 19th 2025
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Place: Urban Vegan Roots 34-49 31st St, Astoria, NY 11106
Thursday 8/22/24 – Rockin’ out with Rick Rocker
Thursday August 22nd, The Repressions join Rick Rocker, The Diddy King Show, and Speed Rack Gin at The Shillelagh Tavern for a night of rock, indie rock, blues and punk. ~ Join us!
•WHEN: Thursday August 22nd at 7PM
•WHERE: Shillelagh Tavern 47-22 30th Ave, Queens, NYC 11103
$10 cover
The Shows of June 2024
What a marvelous month of music! June was flutteringly full of music, every day was a live show, a Twitch show, a recording session, piano and voice classes, open mics, videos, and putting artwork together for our new Song Title Storybook. This was New York Music Month, and The Repressions certainly particicpated. Thank you to The Local Hostels Hotel, Ronny Kornfeld, Jasmine Sandler, American Federation of Musicians, Afzal Hussain, Jedi Nitemare, Plant Powered Disruptors and everyone who came out to watch! July shows begin this week, Wednesday July 3rd at LIC Bar! Here are some highlights from June:
The Local Hostels Hotel ~ June 5, 2024
Espresso 77 – June 15, 2024
Central Park with Plant Powered Disruptors ~ June 21, 2024
Warrior Women Concert at AFM NYC ~ June 28, 2024
Twitch Shows, Astoria Music Collective Open Mics, Jamming with Bill Lay, and recording with original Repression Ben Olson!
Here’s to a jumpin’ July!
Winter & Spring 2024
2024 has been wild and often wonderful, and it is time to update the gallery.
January: So Yea Podcast hosted by AGO, Twitch with special guest Tira the Cat, Shillelagh Tavern, official video and release for Bright Lights:
February: Plant Powered Disruptors Podcast, Espresso 77, Twitch, Organic Grill:
March: Maggie Halls, Twitch, Jina’s wedding, Vocals for Stunshine Music:
April: Juilliard Extension Recitals, Espresso 77, Organic Grill and a new mic at The Queensboro:
Artists we’ve played with so far in 2024: R. Andres, The Grey Scales, and Riley Burke!
Artists and shows we’ve seen so far in 2024: Fruit Bats, Guster, R. Andres, The Grey Scales, Paul & Aly, Riley Burke, Sara No H, Brokeneck Girls, Katelyn Richards, Scott Tran, dozens of talented artists on Twitch including Aligned Alchemy Apryl Knight, Coincidence Machine, and Ruckus Hullabaloo, and an exhibit by Avi Bonime (Dire Wolf Photo.)
Youtube has six new videos so far, including the new song “That Guy” our tribute to Miguel of Astoria Music Collective.
There’s a little gallery for now~ New York is in Spring mode ~ We hope you are having a lovely May ~ Look for new song releases in June, and lots of upcoming shows!
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