Cafe Au Go Go

Former Location-
Between February 1964 until it’s closing in October of 1969, Cafe Au Go Go was a happening place. Some of the musicians that graced their stage were: The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Richie Havens, The Youngbloods, The Blues Project, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Tim Hardin, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, John Hammond, Jr., The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cream, The Chambers Brothers and Big Joe Williams.

Comedian Lenny Bruce and the club’s owner, Howard Solomon, were arrested here on obscenity charges in 1964. In April 1964, Bruce appeared twice at the Cafe Au Go Go with undercover police detectives in the audience. On both occasions, he was arrested after leaving the stage.

Cafe Au Go Go
152 Bleecker Street
New York,  NY 10012