Groove

125 Macdougal St. · at 3rd St.
Greenwich Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 16, 2026.

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Overview

Avoid the crowded table and the minimum drinks, but stop in to hear the music. There's no cover.

History

Live music, in capital letters

From 1901 to 1906, 125 MacDougal was the original Knickerbocker Hotel, a name now found in Times Square¹. It had started in 1829 as a two-and-a-half-story Federal-style house built for Alonzo A. Alvord¹.

Groove has had the ground floor since 1998, with a mission to uplift local musicians and fans and to preserve the soul of American music^{1, 2}. Our old listing advised skipping the crowded tables and the drink minimum but stopping in for the music, since there was no cover.

Local and traveling artists still play there in a wide array of styles². It's open Tuesday through Sunday, from four in the afternoon until two in the morning². The unifying principle, in the club's own capitals, is keeping live music LIVE².

Sources

Researched October 2026.

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