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Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Academy of Music Overview
Best for: Cocktail Parties, Forums & Seminars, Fundraising & Non-Profit, Graduations, Product Launches, Receptions, Screenings, Seated Dinner, Shows
Venue Type: Auditorium, Cultural Institutions, Historic, Rooftops
Features: Auditorium, Coat Check, Dressing Room, Handicap Accessible, In-House Av/Tech, Indoor Event Space, Meeting Space, Natural Light, Outdoor Space, Parking Lot, Reception Area, Tall Ceilings, Wedding Venue, Wheelchair Accessible
General Capacity: 2000
Why We Love It
BAM is a venue that can be used in a multitude of ways and throughout our longstanding partnership, we have seen the spaces at BAM transformed in ways that still manage to surprise us. There are several spaces across all three buildings that can be utilized and shaped to fit the needs of our clients through creative design, lighting, sound, and personal touches that help make the spaces feel unique time and time again. On any given day, we host an expansive variety of programming, outreach, special events, and education. It would be impossible to pin down any one type of audience or community served here, and it makes for an incredibly rich and diverse environment to work in and be a part of.
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), located in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, is recognized internationally for its innovative programming of dance, music, theater, musical theater, and opera. Founded in 1861, it is America’s oldest continuously operating performing arts center, and it still recognized worldwide for its bold, contemporary productions and its celebration of international musicians, choreographers, and theater companies.
In addition to presenting leading national and international artists, BAM identifies and supports the work of ground-breaking, contemporary artists in the performing arts with its Next Wave Festival, founded in 1983, one of the world’s most important festivals of contemporary performing arts. With its eclectic Beaux-Arts style, BAM is the perfect backdrop for any event.
BAM is excited to be open for rentals once more. We are only accepting requests from commercial and nonprofit groups and community organizations, with a preference for multi-day rentals.
BAM’s distinctive, dynamic venues make a great setting for any production or event. From the elegant BAM Howard Gilman Opera House to the Lepercq Space to the BAMrose cinemas, these versatile spaces can accommodate specific production requirements for performances, lend a festive ambience to special events, and serve as a resource for local arts organizations. BAM offers discounts on rentals to nonprofit organizations.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Spaces
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Capacity Seated: 2,096
Blending classic Beaux Arts style with a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system—and an expert production staff—the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House is the perfect setting to make your event a memorable one. The BAM Howard Gilman Opera House is appropriate for these and other major productions: • Live broadcast, film, or television shoot • concert • comedy • talk • large scale conference and more.
Harvey Theater
Capacity Seated: 837
Former Executive Producer Harvey Lichtenstein discovered what would become the Harvey Theater when looking for a new kind of venue for Peter Brook's eight-hour production of The Mahabharata. The award-winning renovation that followed beautifully preserved the deconstructed feels of the space, resulting in a striking theater with the ambience of a timeless ruin. The Harvey has since served as the unique setting for major stage and broadcast productions. The Harvey Theater recently underwent a renovation and expansion as a part of the BAM Strong, which also features the brand new Rudin Family Gallery and the Robert W. Wilson Sculpture Terrace.
Fishman Space
Capacity Seated: 250
The Fishman Space is an intimate 250-seat theater in the BAM Fisher. Able to accommodate multiple seating configurations, the Fishman Space is compatible with the most unique artistic works and new media performances by established and emerging artists and local arts organizations.
The Adam E. Max Gathering Space (BAMcafé)
Capacity Seated: 250, Standing: 350
First designed as a ballroom, then recast as a theater for groundbreaking work, The Adam E. Max Gathering Space took its current design in 1997 as BAM's flexible public living room, a dazzling open-plan hall housing BAMcafé. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates oversaw the renovation, preserving the spaciousness of the original ballroom with vaulted red arches lined with silver-tipped light bulbs. This dramatic space makes a stylish setting for receptions, meetings, and parties.
BAM Rose Cinemas
Capacity Cinema 1: 104, Cinema 2: 155, Cinema 3: 268, Cinema 4: 222
BAM Rose Cinemas offers a state-of-the art facility for film screenings, premieres, lectures, corporate meetings, and more. Originally a music hall, then converted to a playhouse, the venue was transformed into BAM Rose Cinemas in 1998. The restoration preserved the playhouse’s elegant proscenium in Theater #3, maintaining the history of the space while providing a state-of-the-art viewing experience. With four theaters ranging in capacity from 104 to 268, BAM Rose Cinemas accommodates a variety of events.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue,
New York
11217
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