LCD Soundsystem Announces 12 Show Holiday Residency for NYC
Twelve shows across Knockdown Center and Brooklyn Steel, tickets on sale October 9
It is a holiday tradition at this point, as reliable as the tree at Rockefeller Center and considerably louder. LCD Soundsystem have confirmed their 2026 New York City residency, the sixth consecutive year the band has spent the holiday season playing to hometown crowds. Twelve shows, three weekends, two boroughs.
The run opens with four nights at the Knockdown Center in Queens, November 19 through 22. Then the band crosses town to Brooklyn Steel for four nights, November 30 through December 3. Then back to Knockdown Center for four more, December 10 through 13. The November 30 show at Brooklyn Steel is the milestone. It will be the 100th show of LCD Soundsystem's NYC residencies, and the band is donating 100 percent of the ticket-sale proceeds to a charity to be announced.
The residency tradition stretches back to Brooklyn Steel's opening week in April 2017. Last year's entire run played the Knockdown Center. This year splits the difference, giving both rooms their due.
as reliable as the tree at Rockefeller Center and considerably louder
The Details
The Bowery Presents is producing the run. As per tradition, each stretch will feature live openers, afterparties with DJ sets from special guests, and the usual surprises. The band has not announced the openers yet, which is part of the ritual. Half the fun is the speculation.
Tickets are the part that requires planning. An American Express presale ran October 6 through 8. A fan presale ran October 7 through 8, with signups on the event's official site. General public tickets go on sale Friday, October 9 at 10am ET via AXS. These shows have a history of selling fast, and the 100th-show charity night will be the toughest ticket of the run. Consequence has the full date breakdown for anyone mapping out which weekend to target.
The Knockdown Center is the right room for this. The former glass factory in Maspeth has become the band's second home, a big industrial space that suits the scale of the live show without losing the sweat. Brooklyn Steel is where it all started, and the 100th show landing there feels scripted, except nobody scripts a charity donation.
Why It Matters
There is something stubbornly New York about a band that could play arenas choosing to spend every holiday season in clubs and mid-size rooms in Queens and Brooklyn. James Murphy has built the residency into an institution by refusing to scale it up. The tickets stay relatively sane. The rooms stay relatively small. The afterparties keep the night going for the heads.
It is also a reminder of what the holiday season in this city sounds like when it is done right. Not the piped-in carols of Midtown, but a sold-out room in Maspeth with a thousand people shouting along to every word. The residency has become a pilgrimage for a certain kind of New Yorker, the kind who plans December around show dates rather than travel.
If you missed the presales, set an alarm for Friday morning. And if you are deciding which weekend to target, know that the late-night jazz rooms will still be there in January. This will not.
nobody scripts a charity donation
Six years running, and the formula has not changed. Hometown band, hometown rooms, holiday season, no shortcuts. The 100th show is a milestone, but the real tradition is quieter. Every December, for a few weekends, the best live band in the city plays like they still have something to prove. They do not. They play like it anyway. See you in Maspeth, probably in costume.
