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Thanks to @myfreeconcert, #CMJ is on lock. #survivalguide

“Last year, our events blogger, Clint Zer0 also posted a highly useful guide on how to survive CMJ and do it up the right way. Be sure to check that out as well as this page.”

Pre-CMJ Parties

CMJ doesn’t officially start until the 16th, but there are some huge pre-parties starting a few days before that. Also, simply head to our October Calendar for all of our listings as some of the shows going on might not be CMJ showcases.

Look for some massive additions in this section once listings start coming in.

Monday, October 15
Nightime
Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
CMJ Enters Godmode ft. Numerous performers @ Delinquency (FREE, FREE BOOZE)
Sleepies, Mr. Dream, Yvette, Alan Watts, Fasano @
Clinical Trials, The Vandelles, The Foreign Resort, Autodrone @ Cameo Gallery ($5)
CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Friend Roulette, Moniboone, & more ($5)

Lower East Side
Torches, Chameleon @ Arlene’s Grocery (FREE)

Chelsea / West Village
Conflict of Interest 2012 ft. Numerous Performers @ Rebel (FREE w/ RSVP)
Giant Step presents King Britt @ Le Bain (FREE w/ RSVP)

CMJ Parties

Ongoing (multiple dates)
Planetary Group CMJ Showcase @ Pianos (FREE w/ RSVP)

Tuesday, October 16
Daytime
Williamsburg / Greenpoint / BushwickLower East Side
Autodrone, Foxes in Fiction, Datalog @ Spike Hill (FREE)

Lower East Side
CMJ 2012 Kickoff Party ft. Numerous Performers @ Bowery Electric (FREE)
Paper Garden Records Official CMJ Party @ The Living Room (FREE, FREE BOOZE)
Levek, Young Magic, Mean Lady, Slow Magic and more @ Pianos (FREE)

Nighttime
Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
Basement Batman, Teen Commandments, Brick + Mortar and more @ Spike Hill ($5)
Greenpointers x Permanent Wave x Camers Rule CMJ 2012 Showcase @ Delinquency ($8, FREE BOOZE)
LPC presents Caged Animals, EULA, Gunfight!, Sparxx and More @ Legion ($5)

Lower East Side
What’s the SMACK Launch Party @ Site/109 (FREE w/ RSVP, FREE BOOZE)
WFUV + The Alternate Side present Indians, Savoir Adore, Wax Poetic, Little Green Cars @ The Living Room (FREE)

Chinatown
All Things Gold CMJ 2012 ft. Numerous Performers ($5)

West Village
CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Six60, Die! Die! Die!, Lawrence Arabia @ Le Poisson Rouge (FREE)

East Village
Intimate Sessions ft. Numerous Performers @ Idle Hands Bar (FREE w/ RSVP)
L Rock Entertainment CMJ Showcase ft. numerous performers @ Bowery Electric (FREE)

Wednesday, October 17

Daytime
Lower East Side
MPressFest CMJ 2012 ft. Julia Haltigan, Antigone Rising @ Rockwood Music Hall (FREE)
Tell All Your Friends CMJ 2012 Showcase @ Pianos (FREE)

Chinatown
Pirate Party ft. Numerous Performers @ Fontana’s (FREE, FREE BOOZE)

Union Square
KEXP CMJ 2012 Union @ Union Square Ballroom (FREE w/ RSVP)

Williamsburg / Greepoint / Bushwick
Dent May, Mac Demarco, Teen Suicide, Poor Lily, The Deloreans, Attic Basement @ Delinquency (FREE)

Nightime
Lower East Side
Rosenkopf, Cult Of Youth, Slug Guts @ Home Sweet Home (FREE)
Von Shakes, Lisa Bianco, The Demos, BAM @ The Delancey (FREE)
Tijuana Gift Shop CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Numerous Performers @ Bowery Electric ($5)
ZZZ’s, Hustle Club, IROK and more @ Cake Shop (FREE)

Tribeca
ASCAP Presents CMJ 2012 @ Canal Room (FREE)

Chinatown
Noisey presents Acid Alumni 2012 ft. Numerous Performers @ Santos Party House (FREE w/ RSVP)

West Village
Flying Lotus, Death Grips, Ali Shaheed Muhammad @ Le Poission Rouge (FREE)

Union Square
Music is Great Britain ft. Alvarez Kings, Tango In The Attic @ Union Square Ballroom (FREE w/ RSVP)

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
Hype Machine Handpicked 2012 ft. Numerous Performers @ Brooklyn Bowl (FREE w/ RSVP)
Fire Talk, Woodsman, Tjutjana, Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk @ Zebulon Cafe (FREE)
PORTALS and S&S Present Native Eloquence, Cemeteries, Headaches M. Sage, Foxes in Fiction @ La Sala (FREE)
Andre Obin, Rarechild, Goitia Deitz @ Tandem Bar ($5)
Mobli CMj 2012 Party ft. Heems, Sasha Go Hard, Kytty Pride and More @ Delinquency ($5, FREE BOOZE)
Stereogum CMJ Party ft. Dum Dum Girls, Icona Pop (DJ) and more @ Glasslands Gallery ($5 w/ RSVP)

Brooklyn (non-Williamsburg)
Onili, Kosha Dillz, Wordspin the Illest and more @ Littlefield (FREE)

Thursday, October 18
Daytime
Lower East Side
BMI Showcase ft. Grace Weber, Wild Cub & more (FREE w/ RSVP)
Popular Recordings CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Numerous Performers @ Bowery Electric (FREE)
Hurray for the Riff-Raff, Heliotropes, Hans Chew and more @ Cake Shop (FREE)
Sam Mickens CMJ Party ft. ZZZ’s, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders @ Bowery Electric ($5)
Young Giants Records + Maimed & Tamed present CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Numerous Performers @ Arlene’s Grocery (FREE)

Union Square
KEXP CMJ 2012 Union @ Union Square Ballroom (FREE w/ RSVP)

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
My Social List & Domino Street present CMJ Day Party ft. The Intelligence, Wild Yaks, Royal Baths and more @ Public Assembly(FREE)

Nighttime
Midtown
Nick Stefanacci Band @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill (FREE)
The Texas Takeover Party ft. Robert Ellis, Wild Child, and much more @ Rebel (FREE w/ RSVP, FREE BOOZE)

East Village
Crush presents CMJ ft. Frankie Rose (DJ) @ Drom (FREE w/ RSVP)

West Village
Neon Gold x Chess Club presents New Shapes CMJ 2012 ft. Numerous Performers @ Santos Party House ($5)

Lower East Side
Miami Horror DJs, Goldroom, Viceroy & More @ The DL (FREE w/ RSVP)
Food Will Win The War, Pillow Theory, The Disappointment and more @ Bowery Electric (FREE)
The Bright Silence, Aabaraki, Great Elk @ Rockwood Music Hall (FREE)

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
Hype Machine Handpicked 2012 ft. Numerous Performers @ Brooklyn Bowl (FREE w/ RSVP)
Sinkane, Superhuman Happiness @ Zebulon Cafe  (FREE)
Goodnight Records2012 Land Based Booze Cruise ft. Numerous Performers (FREE w/ RSVP)
Complex Media presents Judgement Night ft. Action Bronson, Spaceghostpurrp and more @ House of Vans (FREE w/ RSVP, FREE BOOZE)
The Bee Hive at CMJ 2012 ft. Numerous Performers @ Bar Matchless (FREE w/ RSVP)
Force Field PR CMJ Party ft. Generationals, Andrew Celdermark and more @ Glasslands Gallery ($5 w/ RSVP)

Friday, October 19
Daytime
Lower East Side
Planetary Group CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Numerous Performers @ Pianos (FREE w/ RSVP)
KXLU 88.9FM + KXSC 1560AM CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Turbo Fruits, The Shine and more @ Cake Shop (FREE)
Maria Minerva, La Bic Vic, Future Shuttle and more @ The Delancey ($5)

East Village
The Outlaw Roadshow @ Bowery Electric (FREE w/ RSVP)

Union Square
KEXP CMJ 2012 Union @ Union Square Ballroom (FREE w/ RSVP)

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
Brooklyn Vegan Day Parties 2012 ft. Artists TBA @ Public Assembly (FREE, FREE BOOZE)
Kanine Records + The Wild Honey Pie CMJ 2012 Showcase @ Cameo Gallery (FREE)
Distiller Promo CMJ Showcase 2012 @ The Knitting Factory (FREE)
Paper Garden Records presents I Can Chase Dragons, Conveyor and more @ Spike Hill (FREE)

Nightime
Lower East Side
Underwater Peoples and New Images Limited CMJ 2012 Showcase @ The Delancey ($5)
dF CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Viceroy, Jerome LOL, Goldroom and more @ Tammany Hall (FREE w/ RSVP)
Ratking @ Mercury Lounge (FREE)

Noho
Cut Rug Not Lines ft. Allies for Everyone, Basement Batman and more @ Ella Lounge (FREE w/ RSVP)

West Village
The Soul Rebels & Friends ft. Maceo Parker, Moon Hooch, American Royalty & Billy Martin @ Highline Ballroom ($12, click to win tickets, drinks, signed posters)

East Village
Import/Export: Sound Art Clash ft. Numerous Performers @ DROM (FREE w/ RSVP)

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
LPC presents The Dunnie Bobos, Cosmonaut, Fast Years, Boy Girl Party and More @ Legion (FREE)
Pitchfork At Villain ft. Death Grips, DIIV, Joey Bada$$, LE1F and More @ Villian BK (FREE)
Topshelf Records 2012 CMJ Showcase @ Suburbia (FREE)
Brooklyn Bass presents numerous performers @ Public Assembly ($5 w/ RSVP)
Fast Years, The Denzels, Cool Serbia, Jangula, Osekre and the Lucky Bastards, Eula, Gypsy Wig, more @ NXT LVL ($5)
Passenger Peru, Wojcik, Quiet Loudly, pow wow! @ The Gutter ($5)
Yours Tru.ly presents Pillow Talk 3 ft. Numerous Performers @ Glasslands Gallery (FREE w/ RSVP)

Brooklyn (non- Williamsburg)
Widow Jane Whiskey Launch Party @ Cacao Prieto Distillery & Chocolate Factory (FREE BOOZE w/ RSVP)

Saturday, October 20
Daytime
Lower East Side
MyFreeConcert & BuzzChips present Filligar, Turbo Fruits, You Won’t and more @ The Living Room (FREE w/ RSVP)
WLFY CMJ 2012 Showcase ft. Port St. Willow, ARMS, Dylan Shearer, Conveyor @ Rockwood Music Hall (FREE)
Dent May, Vocka Redu, Delicate Steve, Heavenly Beat @ Cake Shop (FREE)
The Bowery presents CMJ 2012 Day Party ft. Numerous Performers @ Pianos (FREE)
MOSCOT Music Unofficial CMJ 2012 Party ft. Ambassadors, Dent May, Arms @ MOSCOT Gallery (FREE)

East Village
The Outlaw Roadshow @ Bowery Electric (FREE w/ RSVP)

Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick
Avan Lava, Strange Talk, Lovelife @ Spike Hill (FREE)
Brooklyn Vegan Day Parties 2012 ft. Artists TBA @ Public Assembly (FREE, FREE BOOZE)
Pop Montreal Showcase ft. Goose Hut, Mozart’s Sister, Blue Hawaii and more @ Cameo Gallery (FREE w/ RSVP)
CMJ Aussie BBQ ft. Numerous Performers @ The Delancey (FREE)

Nightime
East Village
Ki:Theory, DOM (DJ) @ DROM (FREE w/ RSVP)
West Rocks New York ft. Numerous Performers @ Bowery Electric (FREE w/ RSVP)
Toro Booking presents Official CMJ 2012 Showcase @ Lit Lounge ($7)

Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
CoSigns: The October Party ft. Free Energy, Delicate Steve, Hundred Waters, So So Glos, Conveyor @ Public Assembly (FREE w/ RSVP)
BrooklynVegan presents Yakuza, Royal Thunder, Fight Amp, Enabler, Helen Money, Sannhet @ St. Vitus (FREE BOOZE, $5)
Plates of Cake, Little Fury, Juniper Rising @ The Gutter ($5)
Ratking & Pop Gun presents: BIG FIGHTS @ Glasslands Gallery ($5 w/ RSVP)
The Weather Balloons, The Hairs, Radical Dads, Gross Relations, and more @ Legion ($5)
Andrew Cedermark, Twerps, Julian Lynch, King Cyst @ Shea Stadium ($5)

Sunday, October 21
Daytime
Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
Do Or Die BK ft. Numerous Performers @ The Paper Box (FREE, FREE BOOZE w/ RSVP)
Musik-kin Unofficial CMJ Wrap Party ft. Numerous Performers @ Spike Hill (FREE)

Nighttime
Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick
Uncounted Circles Unofficial CJM After Party ft. Numerous Performers @ Spike Hill (FREE)”