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calling all kate bush lovers and sad song enthusiasts
12/12/2025

calling all kate bush lovers and sad song enthusiasts

OPEN CALLfor downstairs & daytime(new!) winter programming ❄️Host an event downstairs at Purgatory BK for free 💜Featurin...
12/11/2025

OPEN CALL
for downstairs & daytime(new!) winter programming ❄️

Host an event downstairs at Purgatory BK for free 💜Featuring bar access, a sound system, three semi-private side rooms (for pop up vendors, tattoo artists, or whatever your lil heart desires), and a capacity of ~60. DJ Parties, meetups, craft & game nights, groovy little office gatherings–the possibilities are endless!

Weekend daytime rental options start at $50/hr and depend on overall event needs. Think markets, pop-up classes, rehearsals, or anything else that might tickle your daytime fancy.

Submit your proposal at the link in our bio, and we’ll be in touch if we think it’s a good fit. Can’t wait to hear from you 🫶

PURG LOVES YOU 💘
12/09/2025

PURG LOVES YOU 💘

this week we’re showin’ up and hoein’ down 🤠👉TUES 12.9 7pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Queeriosity Trivia NightDust off your thinking c...
12/09/2025

this week we’re showin’ up and hoein’ down 🤠

👉TUES 12.9 7pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Queeriosity Trivia Night
Dust off your thinking caps and kick off your Tuesday evening! Join us for trivia every week with host LADYBYRD! ().

👉8pm- Sugar, We’re Hoein Down
Join us for a night of line dancing to all your favorite emo/alternative/pop-punk bangers. Not your first rodeo? Yes, we mean song swaps!  Never line danced before and wondering what all of this is about? It’s okay (we promise).
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👉WED 12.10 7pm- Guyscrapers, $500, and Trash Tapes
Fresh off the release of their debut album Twelve Eyes, $500 from Kingston, NY comes to Purgatory for a night of high caliber rock music with local favorites Guyscrapers and the first NYC show for Trash Tapes (ft. members of Dog Date).


👉10pm- Re[Vision]
Re[Vision] is a home for new and established drag artists to play with existing works and develop new concepts on the Purgatory stage. It’s a space for established artists to try the things they’ve always wanted to try and for new performers to experiment with drag, it’s conceptualised drag in a FREE show!
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👉THURS 12.11 8pm- Kira Metcalf w/ Groupie, Bug Crush, and Abbie Roper
Lessons in Majestic Humiliation: Kira Metcalf’s debut album release show ft. Groupie, Scarlet, & Abbie Roper.
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👉10pm-DOWNSTAIRS: Open Decks w/ DJ TK
Free open decks with DJ TK every other Thursday downstairs at Purg! Come practice, b2b, or dance it out.


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PURG LOVES U 💘
12/08/2025

PURG LOVES U 💘

‼️🔴🤡JOIN US 🤡🔴‼️RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE SILLIEST CULT ON EARTH - CLOWN CULT! 💥PURGATORY X CLOWN CULT PRESENT THE F...
12/07/2025

‼️🔴🤡JOIN US 🤡🔴‼️

RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE SILLIEST CULT ON EARTH - CLOWN CULT! 💥

PURGATORY X CLOWN CULT PRESENT THE FANCIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - WHERE THE GREAT BIG RED BALL WILL FALL UPON US ALL WITH SACRED & SILLY CLOWN SURPRISES!
ASCEND HIGHER INTO ABSOLUTE MADNESS! DESCEND DEEPER INTO TRUE ABSURDITY! AWAKEN THE CLOWN WITHIN YOU!

JOIN CLOWN CULT NOW! ❣️

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🔴💥 CULT MEETING AGENDA: 💥🔴
6:00-9:00 - FREE HAPPY HOUR (DOWNSTAIRS)!
7:00-9:00 - THE BIG SHOW (UPSTAIRS)!
9:00-4:00 - THE BIG AFTER PARTY (WHOLE VENUE)!
12:30-4:00 - AFTER MIDNIGHT TIX AVAILABLE

HAPPY HOUR ‼️🥂
PHOTO BOOTH
FACE PAINTING
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THE BIG SHOW ‼️🤡
C’ÉTAIT BONTEMPS
HONEY BABY
MX. TOTOY .totoy
DADDY WAMPUS
AND YOUR HOST, CHUCKIE SLEAZE .sleaze
PLUS! COCHINA DIVINA , HUMANETTE, MISS WOMAN THE WOMAN .womanthewoman, MX.OLOGY .ology, & ROSEMARYS BABY DADDY
POPCORN SHOP

THE BIG AFTER PARTY ‼️🎉
BLACK CHERRY SIDESHOW
SUMMER FLING
CRUSH FUND
OK CUDDLE
DJ TK
DJ PATSY

PLUS! ‼️🎊
GAMES, SHENANIGANS, SURPRISES
BALL DROP WITH FREE CHAMPAGNE TOAST

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TICKETS! ‼️
THE BIG SHOW (EARLY BIRD) - $25
THE BIG SHOW (GENERAL ADMISSION) $30
THE BIG SHOW + AFTER PARTY (EARLY BIRD) - $40
THE BIG SHOW + AFTER PARTY (GENERAL ADMISSION) - $50
AFTER PARTY ONLY (EARLY BIRD) - $20
AFTER PARTY ONLY - (GENERAL ADMISSION) - $25
AFTER PARTY ONLY (DOOR) - $35
AFTER 12:30 TIX - $20

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COME IN CLOWN! 🤡
Don your stripes, polka dots, tutus, and facepaint! Tune your squeaker, shine your horn, and wet your whistles! Become the clown. BE THE CLOWN!
This time, with a BIG RED twist! We wanna see your best reddest looks to honor THE GREAT BIG RED BALL!

TIX IN BIO 💥

WE LOVE YOU ❣️

the weekend of your dreams is here
12/05/2025

the weekend of your dreams is here

we’ll keep you warm this week ;)❄️TUES 12.2 7pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Queeriosity Trivia NightDust off your thinking caps and kic...
12/02/2025

we’ll keep you warm this week ;)

❄️TUES 12.2 7pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Queeriosity Trivia Night
Dust off your thinking caps and kick off your Tuesday evening! Join us for trivia every week with host LADYBYRD! ().

❄️8pm- Prairie Princess, Kissy Noises, and Heaviness Fell
Your favorite Brooklyn rock & roll girls. Come for the riffs, stay for the spiritual apotheosis.


❄️WED 12.3 8pm- MM Orchard, Valipala, and LINKS
3 Brooklyn Based Bands turn Purgatory into Heaven where rats battle demons and lollipops and the only way to finally turn into a cloud is by dancing yourself INTO STEAM. The music starts at 9pm sharp!orchard

❄️THURS 12.4 8pm- Sonosphere
Sonosphere is a multi-genre audiovisual showcase, gathering diverse voices from the local electronic music ecosystem.


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Rabbit rabbit 💖
12/01/2025

Rabbit rabbit 💖

coming up! 🧚✨SAT 11.29 8pm- Hehe With GGA celebration of q***r expression, Hehe is a variety show by your host, Giselle ...
11/28/2025

coming up! 🧚

✨SAT 11.29 8pm- Hehe With GG
A celebration of q***r expression, Hehe is a variety show by your host, Giselle Generally (GG), who has proven that a he-he - ha-ha can too be revolutionary. With original music, standup, drag, and just about anything you can achieve with the power of a lace front, GG is joined by her silly little friends to create a wacky goofy time. For the girlies that have to walk 20 minutes every time the L is down, Hehe with GG will have you feeling like last night was a movie. 
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✨MON 12.1 8pm- Border House, Carney, and Theo Haber
Join us for a night of songwriting and experimental music! Purgatory presents a night of some of Brooklyn’s best folk artists, featuring Carney, Theo Haber, and Border House.radio

✨10pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Be Not Afraid Karaoke
Be not afraid! Sing your heart out with Oz and friends at the bar every Monday 🎤✨🌈

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free things to do this week, just for you 💌🌱TUES 11.25 7pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Purgatory PrintsTori’s newest collection is a we...
11/25/2025

free things to do this week, just for you 💌

🌱TUES 11.25 7pm- DOWNSTAIRS: Purgatory Prints
Tori’s newest collection is a wearable diary. She put her heart on your sleeve. Come thru for tees, tanks, un**es, hoodies, and books with text and textures of love and gone-love. Life can be so, so sweet, right?


🌱WED 11.26 10pm- Re[Vision]
Re[Vision] is a home for new and established drag artists to play with existing works and develop new concepts on the Purgatory stage. It’s a space for established artists to try the things they’ve always wanted to try and for new performers to experiment with drag, it’s conceptualised drag in a FREE show!
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🌱THURS 11.27 + FRI 11.28 closed! see ya saturday 🦃

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