Be a part of our monthly Open Mics every fourth Monday this year! Swing by the coziest Asian American owned cafe in Williamsburg to workshop your performance in a safe space, connect with our community of artists, and support your peers. At a Keepsake Open Mic, all types of performance are welcome, artists are given ten minutes each to perform, and sets are scheduled in advance to allow for equal opportunity and a diverse line-up.

Celebrate the new year and emergence of our 2024 Artists in Residence with an afternoon of songs, stories, and dim sum! Pass the dumplings and pour each other tea as Adeline Um, Azhar Bande-Ali, Emily McNally, Kacia Flórez, Katherine Gan, and Paula Croxson meet in the round to share original work on renewal and transformation. This winter, leave your cocoon and fill your soul with comfort food and community.

Celebrate the new year and emergence of our 2024 Artists in Residence with an afternoon of songs, stories, and dim sum! Pass the dumplings and pour each other tea as Adeline Um, Azhar Bande-Ali, Emily McNally, Kacia Flórez, Katherine Gan, and Paula Croxson meet in the round to share original work on renewal and transformation. This winter, leave your cocoon and fill your soul with comfort food and community.

Cozy up in Brooklyn or light your fireplace at home for a night of holiday cheer. Keepsake House all-stars Alex Petti and Elizabeth & the Catapult join co-founder Jasmine Jang and new Artists in Residence Adeline Um, Azhar Bande-Ali, Emily McNally, Kacia Flórez, Katherine Gan, and Paula Croxson to raise money for 2024 Keepsake House shows and kick off your holiday season with love and laughter.

Come together for an evening of storytelling and original music featuring resident songwriters Alex Petti, Moyana Olivia, Napat Snidvongs, and TONIE and storytellers Azhar Bande-Ali, Grace Aki, Robert Kuang, and Valarie Walker. Songwriters and storytellers pair up to share their chosen stories through new songs never played live before, accompanied by a full band. Be a part of this very special Keepsake House showcase where performance, music, and conversation intersect.

Unpack the differences between appropriation and homage through the lens of Sankofa, the Ghanian concept of looking backwards at past lessons to grow with forward motion. Black women songwriters Moyana Olivia and Sharell Bryant join poet Val Rigodon and special guest Valarie Walker in music and conversation that include both original works and covers of Black creators, because it is never taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.

Create stories from song in this writing workshop, the first of its kind. Poet, actor, and playwright David Glover will guide writers as they are prompted by original songs played by folk artist Morninglory. Find new inspiration, constructive feedback, and a sense of community in this safe space.

Challenge what it means to play Americana music and achieve the “American dream." Artists in Residence Napat Snidvongs and Valarie Walker join songwriters Garrett Owen and Laura Zarougian to share experiences and songs about America in the first-ever collaborative showcase between Keepsake House and Twangville. Peek behind the industrial curtains with us as we unearth the music of this land, its past and present, played by the people who are here.

Gather around the songwriters’ table at the illustrious City Winery, complete with a full dinner menu and wine pairings. Korean-American jazz-pop songwriter and Keepsake all-star Sarah Kang joins Indian Film Music play-back singer Shakthisree Gopalan, Colombian-Ecuadorian Queens native folkloric songwriter Kacia Flórez, and many special guests to take turns in song and conversation about their experiences as women of color in the music industry.

Make yourself at home at Keepsake House for our inaugural Pride month celebration. Artist in Residence TONIE co-hosts and joins fellow queer songwriters AERI, Emily McNally, Frank Song Jr., and kid sibling for songs and stories about childhood, parents, and chosen family. Invite your chosen family or even find new family in this safe, cozy space where everyone is encouraged to be their truest self.

Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month (APIHM) with Artists in Residence Robert Kuang and TONIE, Keepsake co-founder Jasmine Jang, and songwriters Frank Song Jr. and Shakthisree Gopalan. Explore the inner workings of the mind and break barriers as these five artists bridge the gaps across identities and genres, instruments and vocal ranges, in a performance that highlights and humanizes mental health.

Hear the things you cannot see and gather round the proverbial Keepsake campfire for a night of ghost stories and spirit songs. Artists in Residence Napat Snidvongs and Valarie Walker share the stage with songwriter Elizabeth & the Catapult to explore all things paranormal, from magic to mediumship. This 4/20, come high and leave haunted.

Draw your own conclusions as pop punk, comedy, and indie folk blur across a stage. In this experimental roundtable, Resident Songwriter Alex Petti will join Ashley Virginia and Morninglory to cover each other’s original songs, and Resident Storyteller Grace Aki will interpret the meanings behind each song… as she hears it for the first time from someone who didn’t write it! Bend genres and decipher new lyrical meanings in a show that colors outside the lines.

Kick off a new season of Keepsake House shows as we introduce our seven 2023 Artists in Residence. Songwriters Alex Petti, Moyana Olivia, Napat Snidvongs, and TONIE join Storytellers Grace Aki, Robert Kuang, and Valarie Walker in performance and conversation in this roundtable, the first in a journey of shows where they will continue to grow as artists and connect with one another. Come for the stories and songs, and stay for the community.

Come together for an evening of storytelling and original music featuring Resident Songwriters Alex Wong, Morninglory, and Sarah Kang and Storytellers David Glover, Lucy Yu, and Nataly Aukar. Songwriters and Storytellers pair up to share their chosen stories through new songs never played live before, accompanied by a full band. Be a part of this very special Keepsake House showcase where performance, music, and conversation intersect. 

Cozy up in Brooklyn or set your fireplace background on Zoom for a night of Christmas cheer. Keepsake House all-stars Alex Wong, corner club, Dylan Adler, Erika Ji, Jen Kwok, Morninglory, Sarah Kang, and TONIE join new Artists in Residence Alex Petti, Moyana Olivia and Robert Kuang to celebrate the holidays and wish you a happy new year. And for the first time—and possibly only time—both Keepsake House founders Jasmine Jang and Hailey Savage will perform in our most festive and star-studded show yet.

Explore the language of music and the music of language in this newly themed Keepsake House show, with performances in Korean from Keepsake Artist in Residence Sarah Kang, Thai from Napat Snidvongs, and Tamil from Rini. These bilingual musicians will meet in the round for a seminar on the songwriting process. Join us as we study lyrical composition and celebrate immigrant histories in a show that strives to illustrate how music is a language that’s universal.

Watch music meet the moving image in this special collaboration between Asian CineVision and Keepsake House for the 45th Asian American International Film Festival presented by Citi. Songwriters ÊMIA, Mai Anna, and TONIE will take to the stage in performance and conversation with filmmakers C.K. Hugo Chung, Joshua Chee, Kimberly Te, and Lee Milby. Sing along to the best of local indie pop, dance your heart out to the music videos that will hit straight in your feels, and grab a colorful cocktail at this music night out that promises to be as sweet as a summer sunset.

Find inspiration in a Brooklyn loft as summer arrives. Resident songwriter Morninglory, resident storyteller David Glover, and singer/songwriters AERI and Frank Bell will meet in the round to perform and discuss their writing processes at the cozy Super Secret Arts in Gowanus this June. What makes a story or a song? How do writers know when a work is finished? And where does inspiration spark? Swing by for a jolt of creativity and to brighten your night. There may or may not be lamps on stage.

Celebrate the stories of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through music and conversation in this residency that runs during AAPI Heritage Month and benefits The Quiet Voice Fund. Tonight, hear from KAYE, Alex Wong, and Dylan Adler as they lift their voices and show themselves to New York and beyond. Each show will take place live in person at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 and be livestreamed on Zoom.

Celebrate the stories of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through music and conversation in this residency that runs during AAPI Heritage Month and benefits The Quiet Voice Fund. Tonight, hear from Vienna Teng, Alex Wong, and Jasmine Jang as they lift their voices and show themselves to New York and beyond. Each show will take place live in person at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 and be livestreamed on Zoom.

Celebrate the stories of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through music and conversation in this residency that runs during AAPI Heritage Month and benefits The Quiet Voice Fund. Tonight, hear from Vienna Teng, Alex Wong, and Jasmine Jang as they lift their voices and show themselves to New York and beyond. Note that this show will take place at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 and will not be livestreamed.

Celebrate the stories of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through music and conversation in this residency that runs during AAPI Heritage Month and benefits The Quiet Voice Fund. Tonight, hear from Raye Zaragoza, Alex Wong, and Sarah Kang as they lift their voices and show themselves to New York and beyond. Each show will take place live in person at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 and be livestreamed on Zoom.

Celebrate the stories of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through music and conversation in this residency that runs during AAPI Heritage Month and benefits The Quiet Voice Fund. Tonight, hear from MILCK, Alex Wong, and TONIE as they lift their voices and show themselves to New York and beyond. Each show will take place live in person at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 and be livestreamed on Zoom.

Kick off the (Lunar) New Year with Keepsake House as we welcome back old friends and look forward to making new connections. Our six 2022 Artists in Residence—Alex Wong, David Glover, Dylan Adler, Glynis Johns, Morninglory, and Sarah Kang—will join together in performance and conversation for the first time in this roundtable, airing live on Zoom. Come for the exciting announcements (including our entire year’s show line-up!) and stay for the songs, laughter, and community.

Come together for an evening of storytelling and original music featuring songwriters Alex Wong, Erika Ji, Jay Miners, and Marcie Hernandez and storytellers Annie Tan, Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones, David Glover, and Kelly Bachman. Songwriters and storytellers pair up to share their chosen stories through new songs never played live before, accompanied by a full ensemble. Be a part of this very special, FREE Keepsake House show where performance, music, and conversation intersect.

Celebrate the release of In Betweens, the debut LP from indie singer/songwriter and Keepsake House co-founder Jay Miners. Jay will perform every song on the new album and share parts of the song and herself with you along the way. Opening set by special guest and friends Chi & Greg.

You’re invited to Keepsake House’s first solo artist show with singer/songwriter Sarah Kang and special guest, pianist-producer Takahiro Izumikawa. Settle in at Hunky Dory’s colorful outdoor patio and grab a drink from the bar for an evening of original music and conversation rooted in stories of childhood, growth, and committed love.

Making folk music is a call to action and an invitation to share perspectives. This July, grab a drink and head to the Keepsake House town hall to join together for a night of music and conversation with Ashni, Demeanor, and Treya Lam. Artists will sing, speak to the role of social activism in their songwriting, and dive into the meanings of historical and contemporary folk music from blues to jazz, Appalachian folk, hip hop, Hindustani classical, Taiwanese folk, and more.

This Memorial Day weekend, welcome the summer and hear live music outside from local songwriters Sabrina Comellas, Marcie Hernandez, Mikahely, and Frank Song Jr. Artists will share what it means for them and their music to stay rooted: rooted in Green Mountain soil from the Battery Park bandshell, with a sunset view of Lake Champlain.