Hilly Kristal

On the scene timeline

1. December 1973 · 315 Bowery

   CBGB opens on the Bowery

   Hilly Kristal's country-and-bluegrass bar accidentally becomes the birthplace of American punk.

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2. 15 October 2006 · 315 Bowery

   CBGB closes with a Patti Smith set

   Thirty-three years after opening, the Bowery club plays its last show. The East Village of the guests' youth is officially over.

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