About the Business
Since 1977, Bargemusic has been providing chamber music performances in a unique and stunningly beautiful location--a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. With the impressive backdrop of the East River and lower Manhattan skyline, local audiences are able to experience the intimate atmosphere that is ideal for chamber music. The mission of Bargemusic is to increase cultural life in New York by offering frequent performances of chamber music and making it available to as many people as possible. To achieve this, they present 220 concerts annually, offer free tickets to a variety of groups each week, plus a monthly free concert open to the community.
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- Founder Olga Bloom was 57 years old in 1976 when she gave up her career as a violinist and violist to create Bargemusic. For her "floating concert hall," she chose a 100-foot steel barge that had been built in 1899 and had served much of the last century as a working vessel in the New York harbor, delivering hand-loaded sacks of coffee for the Erie Lackawanna railroad. Back then the barge was a somber railroad green; now it is painted white, and the last vestige of its prior life hauling coffee is the "EL 375" embossed in the diamond plate steel deck facing the East River. For the complete Bargemusic story, please see the about page on our website.
- Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Wed
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Thu
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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Fri
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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Sun
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM