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.
Socialize with the Dredgers at our BUNKER (2 19th St, off of 3rd Ave) for a casual volunteer orientation (sign-up here), member catch-up and paddle! We’ll gather at 6:30 to start the orientation and aim to be on-water around 7:15.
Our 9th annual Gowanus Dawn Reading!
We’ll proclaim poetry from Brad Vogel’s book “Find Me In the Feral Pockets” in canoes on the Gowanus Canal!
The Fall | Dan Noble & Robin Roi
Featuring paintings by Dan Noble and collage works by Robin Roi, The Fall contemplates human fragility and resilience.
Walk-up is back at 19th St, thanks to our amazing Canoe Campers!!
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our floating docks at the Gowanus Dredgers Bunker Launch Site! Limited to the mouth of the Gowanus Canal to 9th Street and Free (donations encouraged). Please note, this activity is NOT at our 2nd St Boathouse.
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. Gerry reads poetry at […]
The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while fostering the continued resurgence of acoustical collaborations in Brooklyn. 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.
Gowanus Jug & String Band Sessions
Thursday evenings starting May 1st, 6-8:30 at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse
165 2nd Street between Bond and the Gowanus Canal. We are excited to expand our musical offerings with this new weekly jam.
Jam Leader: Papa Ernie Vega
Dredger Host: Liz Rabson Schnore
The Fall | Dan Noble & Robin Roi
Featuring paintings by Dan Noble and collage works by Robin Roi, The Fall contemplates human fragility and resilience.
Join Unheard-of Ensemble, the Dredgers, and Christopher Stark for our Fire Ecologies album release party!
A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. Gerry reads poetry at […]
Stop down and launch a canoe for a self-guided paddle from our boathouse at 2nd Street!
The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while fostering the continued resurgence of acoustical collaborations in Brooklyn. 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.