Nate Todd at Area 140 First Bar, Thursday, Nov. 12

The Denver songwriter's fall tour stops at an East Village bar on First Avenue, a short hop over the bridge for Brooklyn.

Some of the best nights in New York happen in rooms that hold about as many people as a subway car. On Thursday, Nov. 12, Denver songwriter Nate Todd plays one of them: Area 140 First Bar in the East Village.

Nate Todd plays Area 140 First Bar, 140 First Avenue, on Thursday, Nov. 12. No start time or price was posted when we checked, so look at the JamBase listing before you head out. His usual headline room holds about 158, and this is his first New York date in our Brooklyn records.

Todd's Bandcamp introduces him as a Denver-based indie artist who co-founded the Colorado group Whiskey Tango in 2009 and began releasing solo music in 2020. His catalog there includes *Sky Cloud Machine* and the track "Tellus 2," and the page notes he has joined the Colorado jam-rock band Flash Mountain Flood. Bandcamp is the best place to start listening before the show.

New York is one stop on a fall run. He's in Denver on Nov. 8, then heads south after this show to New Orleans on Nov. 18, Houston on Nov. 20, Austin on Nov. 21 and Kansas City on Nov. 25.

The room is a neighborhood bar, not a concert hall. EV Grieve took a look at Area 140 First when it opened in January 2024, reporting that it's run by LES resident Michael "Durgy" Durgavich and keeps late hours, 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. on weekdays. Its event-space listing describes a long metal bar, pinball machines and murals, with sound and microphones for live music, and says the bar has a band doing live karaoke on Thursdays.

A songwriter from Denver, a bar on First Avenue, and a Thursday that could go late.

For Brooklyn readers, it's an easy trip into the East Village on a weeknight. Since the start time isn't listed, check the listing or the bar's own channels on the day. A room this size fills fast if word gets around, so get there early.

Go for the songs. Stay for a round of pinball after.

Sources: JamBase — Nate Todd at Area 140 First Bar (jambase.com); Nate Todd on Bandcamp (natetodd.bandcamp.com); Nate Todd — Sky Cloud Machine (natetodd.bandcamp.com); Nate Todd — Tellus 2 (natetodd.bandcamp.com); EV Grieve — A look at Area 140 First on 1st Avenue (evgrieve.com); Tagvenue — Area 140 First Bar (tagvenue.com)