IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check the location of your event, as we host programming in multiple locations. We cannot delay launch or refund tickets if you arrive at the wrong spot.
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
These sessions will be open to Intermediate and above players, and we encourage you to sing along and bring a song to lead.
The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument.
We are inclusive of all – young & old, new & seasoned musicians. Just bring a smile and your musical instrument and/or your voice to join our one night makeshift band.
Join The Gowanus Dredgers for an on-water screening of Gowanus Current, a documentary by Jamie Courville and Chris Reynolds, and a discussion with the filmmakers at the Boathouse after the […]
Our annual paddle-in screening of Creature from the Black Lagoon! Join The Gowanus Dredgers for our annual paddle-in screening of 1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon. It's your last chance to […]
The Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse is proud to present a group exhibition featuring artwork by members of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club. Presented as part of Gowanus Open Studios 2026, the exhibit includes sculpture, photography, painting, drawing, and collage that showcase the breadth of creativity and craftsmanship among the Dredgers’ members.
Join our Crew on a sunset and full-moon guided adventure!! Meet at the the Gowanus Dredgers Bunker, at the end of 19th St / off 3rd Ave, 11232 - NOT our 2nd St. boathouse. Tickets required, available via eventbrite.
Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. Join our weekly Jug & String Band!
These sessions will be open to Intermediate and above players, and we encourage you to sing along and bring a song to lead.
The Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse is proud to present a group exhibition featuring artwork by members of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club. Presented as part of Gowanus Open Studios 2026, the exhibit includes sculpture, photography, painting, drawing, and collage that showcase the breadth of creativity and craftsmanship among the Dredgers’ members.
Keep jamming throughout the winter at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse. Bring your acoustic instrument, bring your jam busters, and be ready to expand your jam comfort zone!
Each year, as part of the Brooklyn Folk Festival , contestants gather on the banks of the fetid Gowanus Canal to see who can throw a banjo the farthest in the - BANJO TOSS: BANJO THROWING COMPETITION! The special "throwing banjo", attached to a rope is tossed into the canal, a federally designate Super Fund site. The marked rope pays out, showing how far the banjo has been tossed. It is then hauled back in for the next throw.
Keep jamming throughout the winter at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse. Bring your acoustic instrument, bring your jam busters, and be ready to expand your jam comfort zone!
Keep jamming throughout the winter at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse. Bring your acoustic instrument, bring your jam busters, and be ready to expand your jam comfort zone!