Haven’t purposely ‘gone’ to one of his stand up and bullhorn protests as much as running into him and his chior crew on the street. Sometimes I don’t even have to leave my house, I can see him right across the street from me outside of Theatre for a New City.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ag72GgbUI&feature=related 2 years ago

The performance was fabulous, plus I got to sign a few local petitions against big box stores and buy baked goods from the LES girl’s club. They’re planning a trip to New Orleans and had fresh baked, free trade, organic brownies for sale. Yummy!

It sparked a good conversation afterwards too… 5 years ago

I saw a big painted sign that Rev. Billy is performing tonight at 6pm… From revbilly.com:

Join Reverend Billy and the Stop Eviction Gospel Choir at St. Mark’s Church in New York City.

Join our gathering of indy shopkeepers and friends from the East Village—our faith establishes an impenetrable force field down the center of 2nd Ave against hordes of chain stores. Keep ‘em on the NYU side! Resist DEMON MONOCULTURE!

Our special sainted guest will be Angelo Fontana, the cobbler on the intersection of 10th Street and 2nd Avenue for 45 years, now evicted from his shoe repair shop. We will dedicate a new 100% Fair Trade cafe. Urban design adventurists, allies of the East Village Community Coalition, will explain anti-chain store legislation in the works. Amen!

The Stop Eviction Gospel Choir, the Not Buying It Band and the Reverend have recently taken their message to Seattle and Oregon and Belgium and upstate country…time to come back to the neighborhood.

Reverend Billy, the Stop Eviction Gospel Choir and the Not Buying It Band
6:00pm at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, 2nd Ave and 10th Street.

FYI: Their website says tickets are $10 with no one turned away, but the sign outside the church says that it’s “Pay what you will”... 5 years ago