The Fort

The Fort The Fort is Lach's floating nightclub. Heartbeat of the Antifolk music and art scene. I gutted it, put in a stage and bar and named it The Fort.

In the early Eighties I secured a loft space on Rivington Street on NYC's Lower East Side. I slept on the stage during the day and ran the club at night. It was a completely illegal after-hours scene. It was where Antifolk was born. The Fort eventually became a mobile club inhabiting various NYC venues including Sophie's Bar, The Chameleon and The Sidewalk Cafe. Over the years everyone from Jeff B

uckley to Beck played The Fort and everyone from Bob Dylan to Tony Bennett stopped in to check out the scene. Please feel free to share your memories, photos etc of Fort nights gone by from that first night in NYC to the latest nights in Edinburgh. Love
Lach

In the early Eighties I secured a loft space on Rivington Street on NYC's Lower East Side. Love
Lach
A partial list from the thousands of performers who’ve played The Fort: Beck, Jeff Buckley, Regina Spektor, Hamell on Trial, Suzanne Vega, John Popper, Lydia Ooghe, Kirk Kelly, Roger Manning, The Moldy Peaches, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Billy Nova, Casey Scott, Mike Rimbaud, Paleface, Ben Krieger, Somer Bingham, Mike Young, Enamel The Camel, Animal Head, Jane Brody, Dave Foster, Tom Clark, Joe Hurly, Carl Creighton, Erin Regan, Dan Penta, Dan and Rachel Costello, Debe Dalton, Peter Dizozza, Grey Revel, Jeffrey Lewis, Heather Eatman, John Taylor, Robyn Hitchcock, Michelle Shocked, Brenda Kahn, Laura Marling, Filthy Pedro, Erin K, Mike McFarlane, Craig Finnie, Paul Monatague, Karen O, Chris Barron, Mark Humble, Gene Morris, Mr.Scarecrow, Lenny Molotov, The Singing Communist, Fenton Lawless, Danny Kelly, Simple, Maya Cabellero, Timothy Dark, Carl Watson, John S Hall, Maggie Estep, Mike Buscemi, Steve Veraja, Rick Shapiro, Harry Shearer, Candythief, Elena Dana, Sara Hauser, Homer Erotica, Merilee, Patsy Grace, David Chelsea, Miwa, Phoebe Kreutz, The Babyskins, Yoko Kikuchi, Rachel Sage, Brook Pridemore, Toby Goodshank and on and on and on...

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In the early Eighties I secured a loft space on Rivington Street on NYC's Lower East Side. I gutted it, put in a stage and bar and named it The Fort. I slept on the stage during the day and ran the club at night. It was a completely illegal after-hours scene. It was where Antifolk was born. The Fort eventually became a mobile club inhabiting various NYC venues including Sophie's Bar, The Chameleon and The Sidewalk Cafe. Over the years everyone from Jeff Buckley to Beck played The Fort and everyone from Bob Dylan to Tony Bennett stopped in to check out the scene. Please feel free to share your memories, photos etc of Fort nights gone by from that first night in NYC to the latest nights in Edinburgh. Love Lach A partial list from the thousands of performers who’ve played The Fort: Beck, Jeff Buckley, Regina Spektor, Hamell on Trial, Suzanne Vega, John Popper, Lydia Ooghe, Kirk Kelly, Roger Manning, The Moldy Peaches, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Billy Nova, Casey Scott, Mike Rimbaud, Paleface, Ben Krieger, Somer Bingham, Mike Young, Enamel The Camel, Animal Head, Jane Brody, Dave Foster, Tom Clark, Joe Hurly, Carl Creighton, Erin Regan, Dan Penta, Dan and Rachel Costello, Debe Dalton, Peter Dizozza, Grey Revel, Jeffrey Lewis, Heather Eatman, John Taylor, Robyn Hitchcock, Michelle Shocked, Brenda Kahn, Laura Marling, Filthy Pedro, Erin K, Mike McFarlane, Craig Finnie, Paul Monatague, Karen O, Chris Barron, Mark Humble, Gene Morris, Mr.Scarecrow, Lenny Molotov, The Singing Communist, Fenton Lawless, Danny Kelly, Simple, Maya Cabellero, Timothy Dark, Carl Watson, John S Hall, Maggie Estep, Mike Buscemi, Steve Veraja, Rick Shapiro, Harry Shearer, Candythief, Elena Dana, Sara Hauser, Homer Erotica, Merilee, Patsy Grace, David Chelsea, Miwa, Phoebe Kreutz, The Babyskins, Yoko Kikuchi, Rachel Sage, Brook Pridemore, Toby Goodshank and on and on and on...