Quantcast

Bay Ridge is poppin’ and rockin’

Bay Ridge is getting ready to groove this weekend, with a different genre of music for each night. Start with upbeat pop on Friday, go hard with hard rock on Saturday, and wind the weekend down with folksy piano riffs come Sunday.

Tumble into the weekend with high-energy pop cover band Head Over Heels at the Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. between 77th and 78th streets). With its selection of pop hits that span the decades, including Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” this eight-piece group will have young and old out on the dance floor. The music gets going around 10 pm.

Saturday night has you covered for bourbon and rock — two of our favorite things here at Bay Ridge Nights — with Whiskey Fuel at the Wicked Monk (9510 Third Ave. between 95th and 96th streets). The band covers the many flavors of rock n’ roll, with the metal of Metallica, the punk of Billy Idol, and the emo-rock of My Chemical Romance. We suggest that, in honor of the band’s name, you fuel your night with several shots of whiskey. The music kicks off around 11 pm and will not stop until well into Sunday morning.

Once you have slept off the whiskey, head over to Circles Cafe (310 Bay Ridge Ave. at Third Avenue) at 3 pm on Sunday for original rhythms by singer songwriters Tony Travis and Paul Fox. The cafe shares its space with Gulf Coast, which serves up Caribbean cuisine and some pretty potent cocktails, so we suggest you enhance the music and the last few hours of your weekend with the $7 Bahama Mama drink special next door — or maybe a few, depending on how hairy the dog was that bit you.

Reach reporter Caroline Spivack at cspivack@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260–2517. Follow her on Twitter @carolinespivack.