Nath Ann Carrera: A Showgirl Turned Criminal

Nath Ann Carrera Presents A Showgirl Turned Criminal Live at The Parkside Lounge 

March 1, 2025

Doors at 6:30pm / Show at 7pm

Early Bird $15  / Advance $18 / Door $25

Nath Ann returns to the Parkside Lounge with a new evening of original songwriting, intriguing obscurities, and riveting storytelling!

Immerse yourself in an enthralling musical journey through…

Cult-Laden Anti-Patriarchal Murder Balladry! Gender-Variant Occultism! San Francisco Sleaze! Historic And Contemporary Anti-Assimilationist Queer Depravity! Altars Of The Flesh! Consensual A-Moralism! The Still Liberating Gaze Of A Showgirl Turned Criminal! And BEYOND!

With a crooning voice that has been second-hand smoking since the womb and a consistently engaging narrative arc, enjoy an evening of original transportive story songs and compelling histories, reminiscent of the thematic style of their Southern Gothic series of the songwriting of Bobbie Gentry and early extreme Dolly Parton.

Photo by Gregory Kramer.

Described as "heavenly" (New York Times) and "wonderful, striking, with essayistic songs about female revenge and politics" (Hilton Als- The Paris Review), Nath Ann Carrera has had solo shows at Joe's Pub and Wild Project (I Don't Want To Throw Rice, I Want To Throw Rocks: The Early Southern Gothicism Of Dolly Parton), The Parkside Lounge (Where Broken Young Bodies Are Lying: The Songs Of Bobbie Gentry), La MaMa (Death To The Patriarchal Rape Heads), sings as WITCH CAMP with Amber Martin, performs with Justin Vivian Bond, opened for Martha Wainwright at City Winery, and has also sung at Le Poisson Rouge, SFMOMA, MoMA PS1, Lincoln Center, and The Kennedy Center.

“Hauntingly beautiful”
(Broadway World)

“Nath Ann Carrera started the night off with a handful of songs that inhabited a unique place between standard country western ballads and bizarre gay-themed narratives. It was clear from (their) opening monologue that this was a performer who was about more than just the music. Carrera… was at (their) best when spinning original yarns that were as sharp and strange as (their) on-stage persona.”
(Brooklyn Vegan)

“This was the best show I’ve seen in NYC in years.”- Alexander Chee (on ‘The Early Southern Gothicism Of Dolly Parton’)

21+ 

Accessibility Information:
The bar is on the ground floor. The performance venue and accessible bathrooms are accessed via a portable ramp (1.5 steps). All tickets are general admission first come first serve, but if you have accessibility needs and need a seat, need to be close to the stage, or will be coming in a wheelchair, please let us know at checkout and we will have a spot reserved for you.  Strobe lighting and fog may be used in this performance.