upcoming events
Mondays w/ Mav Weekly Jam Session!
A free community open jam, hosted by Maverick, EVERY MONDAY OF EVERY WEEK! Our Monday night jams are close to our heart, forming the core of what community at Prototype is all about. Maverick kicks off the night with a set and then opens up the stage for a night of improvisational collaboration. If you’ve never been to Prototype, this is a great night to meet us. We have a house drum kit and amps.
FREE. Door Code: #Date#
ON MARCH 17TH, COME CELEBRATE OUR GIANT STUFFED DOVE, PATRICK. IT’S HIS BIRTHDAY AND WE’RE GONNA RING IT IN PADDY’S DAY STYLE.
THIRD THURSDAY
Join Prototype 237 every third Thursday of every month for a lineup of new bands, who sign up for set slots organically via Instagram at the top of each month.
Are you experimenting with a new project and wanna try it out? Do you love our stage and just haven’t been on it yet? WE GOT YOU! Third Thursday is a chance to dive into the magic of our slice of heaven. It’s a night of “First Say, First Play” sets, picked right from Prototype's home-grown community. Here’s how it works:
1. At the top of each month, we’ll post the Third Thursday graphic to Instagram. Bands DM us to snag a slot!
2. Yes, this show will be hosted EVERY third Thursday, of EVERY month.
3. Performers MUST arrive at 7p for soundcheck.
4. We always pass the hat for bands, so bring all of your friends and come ready to support!
July Features: Jemp | Nasif | CJ Coward | Dippy the Lad
$5 | Pay What You Will at the door
Door code: #0717#
An Evening with this holy rodeo! and partygirl
Prototype is excited to present another recording residency! This time, we have this HOLY rodeo! and partygirl in the limelight!
On Friday the 18th, witness their live recorded show before they have a full day of studio sessions on Saturday. At the show, they'll be joined by special guests Scott Pine and Nematode.
More about the bands:
this HOLY rodeo! is America's first fully corporate music venture in the form of a hyperactive and theatrical four-piece freak rock band. Brought to life in New York City by Mario Marques, Chris Harth, Sami Habib, and Gaetano Lardieri, they have entered a militant era in their quest for world domination. After being recruited via TikTok ads by the mercenary group ‘The Breeders’, the band has chronicled their experiences in the song, “the march of the breeders descends upon manhattan!”, which dropped April 16th. Their multi-faceted and over-the-top stage show has been praised by Beyond the Stage magazine as “...electric and eccentric…” and their music has been described as “...What the fuck?...the most unique tracks we’ve heard all year,” by Havoc Underground, and “Bursting with creative rock flair…” by Obscure Sound.
If you’ve seen partygirl’s name before, the word “maximalist” is never far behind. Since bandleader Pagona Kytzidis formed the group in 2021, the kinetic six-piece has amassed a cult following for their relentless, inventive music, a band equally likely to enter a soaring chorus as they are an earthshaking breakdown. Listen past the pyrotechnics and you’ll hear the energy of scrappy upstarts with the sharp songwriting to match their brute force strength.
In partygirl, everyone stands out at once— producer/guitarist Francesca Pastore’s pop-punk riffs, drummer Jonathan Ashley’s jam band rigor, violinist Claire Lin Jenkins’s orchestral grandeur, Andrew Jordan’s slinking bass, and saxophonist Jenna Love’s jazz roots. At the center of the sound is Kytzidis’s booming alto, equally influenced by Freddie Mercury as it is by Fiona Apple. Kytzidis started partygirl to confront and process an ascent into adulthood littered with gendered conflict, systemic violence, a global pandemic, and political instability. She conducts the band with the Greek word “parrhesia” as a lodestar: Speaking truth to power, whatever the risks.
Scott Pine is an indie-folk musician from Morristown, NJ.
Nematode is genre-deflecting neo-psych, anchored by Aaron Easton and Larry Flatley, who brought Nematode to life in late 2017 while living in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The duo have since relocated to New Jersey where they can write and record their own music in house as well as produce for other bands. They are joined in the studio and on stage by Brian Hughes, Eddy Machado, and Dan Silver.
Fourth Thursday: UNJAZZ INVITED JAM ft. jackdaw
A spinoff of our Monday night jam session, Fourth Thursdays’ UNJAZZ Invited Jam happens EVERY fourth Thursday of EVERY month and features a guest musician for the night to set the tone of the jam.
Hosting on July 24th is JACKDAW with Andrew Rosenkilde on keys, Logan Bogdan on drums, Jeremy Alie Leon on tenor sax, Kai Gibson on bass, and Caleb Heinz on electric guitar.
$5 or Pay What You Will at the door
Door Code: #0724#
SPEAKEASY MILONGA
Welcome to Speakeasy Milonga!
Focused and relaxed Milonga in an adventurous artist-built warehouse theater.
Every 4th Saturday at Prototype 237 in Paterson, NJ. Experience the freedom of Tango in a non-judgmental, beautifully curated art space, with hardwood floors, professional lighting and sound, and a welcoming, risk-taking environment. There’s a featured live DJ and instructor every time!
July 26th features music curation from Rino Fraina, who is joining us all the way from Sicily!
Note: There will be no class this month
$25 at the door