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Jim Carroll: Tour Log 1995 – 2008

Updated 19 September 2009

2008

St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 2008
    33rd Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading

2007

Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY), 16 September 2007
    Jim Carroll, Gloria Naylor and Joe Meno
Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA), 5 May 2007
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 2007
    32nd Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading

2006

Starbucks Salon (New York, NY), 13 september 2006
Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA), 19 August 2006
    Cancelled due to 4-hour Amtrak delay!
The Raconteur – Word Fest (Metuchen, NJ), 22 April 2006
    Three-hour spoken-word event featuring acclaimed authors, emerging writers, and a special guest appearance by Jim Carroll.
The Rubin Museum (NYC), 23 February 2006
    The John Giorno Poetry Festival, 3rd Edition, with Jim Carroll, John Giorno, Deborah Harry, Lee Ranaldo, Chris Stein.
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 2006
    31st Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading

2005

Middle East Club –Downstairs (Cambridge, MA), 19 November 2005
    Spoken word & music with “the Catholic Boys.”
The Poetry Project (NYC), 16 November 2005
    The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan
Lucky Dog Music Hall (Worcester, MA), 16 April 2005
    “Words & Music with the Catholic Boys.”
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), 22 March 2005
Middle East Club – Downstairs (Cambridge, MA) 12 February 2005

2003-2004

Lucky Dog Music Hall (Worcester, MA) 9 June 2004
New York University (New York, NY) 18 November 2003
Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ) 17 October 2003
Joe’s Pub (New York, NY) 24 August 2003
    Howl Festival: “Rock Poets” benefit for FEVA
with Lou Reed, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Ed Sanders,
and Karen Finley. Carroll also made a surprise guest
appearance with Lenny Kaye’s band a night or two earlier.
Central Park Summer Stage (New York, NY) 17 July 2003
    The Moth: “You Talkin’ to Me? New Yorkers on the Edge.”
The Poetry Project (New York, NY) 5 March 2003
    With Eric Bogosian
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 2003
    29th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading

2002

The Bottom Line (New York, NY) 27 December 2002
    With Marc Ribot
The Social (Orlando, FL) 2 November 2002
State Theater (St. Petersburg, FL) 1 November 2002
The Bowery Poetry Club (New York, NY) 25 & 26 October 2002
    With Anne Waldman
Lion’s Lair (Denver, CO) 20 July 2002
Exoterica WORD Festival (Bronx, NY) 8 June 2002
University of LaVerne (LaVerne, CA) 24 April 2002
The Players Club (New York, NY), 14 April 2002
    Stories at The Moth — Hitting Bottom: Stories from the Lower Depths
Iron Horse (Northampton, MA) 1 April 2002
Middle East Club – Downstairs (Cambridge, MA), 24 January 2002
    With Ray Manzarek
The Bottom Line (New York, NY), 23 January 2002
    With Ray Manzarek
Pratt Institute(Brooklyn, NY), 19 February 2002
    With Anne Waldman
Shim Sham Club (New Orleans, LA), 18 January 2002
Hammerstein Ballroom (New York, NY), 11 January 2002
    Arts on the High Wire: A Benefit for the NY Arts Recovery Fund
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 2002
    28th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading

2001

 The Word Fair (Norfolk, VA), 2-3 November 2001
 Stonehill College (North Easton, MA), 6 November 2001
 Villa Montalvo (Saratoga, CA), 18 October 2001
  McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Santa Monica, CA), 17 August 2001
 Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 15 August 2001
  Festival Irréel de la Poésie (Montréal, QC ), Août 3-4, 2001
  The Skinny (Portland, ME), 21 July 2001
  The Paris Review Summer Revel,Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage (Brooklyn, NY), 13 June 2001
 Tune Inn (New Haven, CT), 19 May 2001
 The Cooler (New York, NY), 12 May 2001
 The Poetry Project (New York, NY), 26 April 2001
 Suffolk University (Boston, MA), 4 April 2001
 The Middle East (Cambridge, MA), 28 March 2001
 Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY), 14 March 2001
 Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ), 10 March 2001
 Shim Sham Club (New Orleans, LA), 7 February 2001
 Columbus Theater (Providence, RI), 3 February 2001

2000

Magic Stick (Detroit, MI), 15 December 2000
Van Dyck Restaurant and Brewery (Schenectady, NY), 7 October 2000
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church (New York, NY), 15 November 2000
    A reading of Ted Berrigan’s The Sonnets
Globe East(Milwaukee, WI), 16 September 2000
Southwest Texas State University (San Marcos, TX), 12 September 2000
Bottom Line (New York, NY), 9 September 2000
Bumbershoot (Seattle, WA), 2-3 September 2000 (three events)
Middle East (Cambridge, MA), 26 July 2000
VOLK Contemporary Summer Project Initiative (Cincinnati, OH), 15 July 2000
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 22 April 2000
Magic Stick (Detroit, MI), 15 January 2000
Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI), 14 January 2000
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 2000

1999

Tin Angel (Philadelphia, PA), 12/17/99
Put Your Tongue to the Rail tribute album release parties (Philadelphia, PA), 7-11 December 1999
Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton, CA), 8/12/99
The Bottom Line (New York, NY), 11/13/99
Montana State University (Bozeman, MT), 11/9/99
University of Montana (Missoula, MT), Monday 11/8/99
Chico State University (Chico, CA), 10/12/99–CANCELLED
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, I), 10/29/99–CANCELLED
Aladdin Theater (Portland, OR) 10/2/99
    Music and spoken-word with Jim Carroll and Band!
Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, WA), 10/1/99
    Music and spoken-word with Jim Carroll and Band!
Wheaton College (Norton, MA) 9/22/99
    Debate: Jim Carroll and Jack Thompson
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC), 6/8/99
    Jim Carroll, William Shatner, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Penny Nance
Hothouse (Chicago, IL),5/8/99
YNot2 (Milwaukee, WI), 5/7/99
Missouri Southern State College (Joplin, MO), 3/17/99
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN), 2/16/99
    The Sophomore Literary Festival
The Poetry Project
at St. Mark’s Church-on-the-Bowery (New York, NY), 2/6/99
    The “Word Virus Reading”
was a celebration of the publication of Word Virus: The William
S. Burroughs Reader, with readings by many poets, performers,
dancers, musicians, actors, artists, and downtown personalities.
Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI), 1/16/99
Magic Stick (Detroit, MI), 1/15/99
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 1999

1998

McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Santa Monica, CA), 20 November 1998
The Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 18 November 1998
Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, WA), 17 November 1998
    Jim Carroll and band
The
Bottom Line (New York, NY), 12 November 1998
    JIM CARROLL AND BAND!
Mama
Kin Music Hall (Boston, MA), 7 November 1998
Borders
Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA),  30 October 1998
    Book signing only
Tin
Angel (Philadelphia, PA), 30 October 1998
Black
Cat (Washington, DC), 24 October 1998
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s
Church (New York, NY), 7 October 1998
    Jim Carroll with Darius James
Taos
Poetry Circus (Taos, NM), 5-14 June 1998
Massachusetts
College of Art (Boston, MA), 9 May 1998
University
of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), 23 April 1998
Oklahoma
State University (Stillwater, OK), 21 April 1998
Vassar
College (Poughkeepsie, NY), 13 April 1998
University
of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), 7 April 1998
Seton
Hall University (South Orange,NJ), 18 March 1998
Magic
Stick (Detroit, MI), 21 February 1998
Blind
Pig (Ann Arbor, MI), 20 February 1998
DeKalb
College (Lawrenceville, GA), 21 January 1998
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 1998

1997

Bradley University (Peoria, IL), 10 December 1997–CANCELLED
Lehigh University (Bethlehelm, PA), 18 November 1997
Wheaton College (Norton, MA), 11 November 1997
Little Brothers (Columbus, OH), 8 November 1997
Les Foufounes Electriques (Montreal, Quebec), 18 October 1997–CANCELLED
Black Cat Club (Washington, DC), 13 September 1997
University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH), 24 September 1997
First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN), 27 September 1997
Mama Kin (Boston, MA), 12 July 1997
   
     Jim Carroll and Richard Hell
Maxwells (Hoboken, NJ), 3 July 1997
The Opera House (Toronto, ON), 20 June 1997
   
     Jim Carroll and Richard Hell
The Bottom Line (New York, NY), 22 May 1997
    Three Generations of Spoken Word
St. Mark’s Church–The Poetry Project (New York, NY), 2 May 1997
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), 20 April 1997
Modesto Junior College (Modesto, CA), 18 April 1997
    An Evening of Spoken Word with Jim Carroll and Don Bajema
Brownies (New York, NY) 12 April 1997
     Benefit for Tom Clark
William Paterson College (Wayne, NJ) 8 April 1997
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 3 March 1997
     With Lenny Kaye
St. Mark’s Annual New Year’s Day Marathon (New York, NY), 1 January 1997

1996

University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL) November 1996
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) 15 October 1996
Upstairs at Nicks (Philadelphia, PA) 21 August 1996
    A Jim Carroll Tribute – genesis of the tribute album Put Your Tongue to the Rail
McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Santa Monica,CA) 14 September 1996 — CANCELLED
Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA) 11 September 1996
Black Cat Club (Washington, DC), 24 August 1996
Mama Kin (Boston, MA) 12 July 1996
Punks in the Park: Jim Carroll and Richard Hell Central Park (New York, NY) 25 July 1996
First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN), 18June 1996
Lounge Ax (Chicago, IL) 17 June 1996
Magic Stick (Detroit, MI) 8 June 1996
Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, MI) 7 June 1996
The Continental (New York, NY) 21 May 1996
    Carroll performed “People Who Died” with The Lenny Kaye Band.
The Cotton Club (Atlanta, GA) 13 April 1996
40 Watt (Athens, GA) 12 April 1996
Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA) 12 March 1996
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH), 20 February 1996
Bathurst Theatre (Toronto, ON), 2 February 1996
    Carroll was introduced by John L’Ecuyer, director of the film adaptation of “Curtis’s Charm.”
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), 29 January 1996
    Attended by 950 people!

1995

This is when I started keeping track.