Bob Dylan's Early Performances at Gerde's Folk City

Gerde's Folk City at 11 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village was a key early venue where Bob Dylan performed after arriving in New York in 1961. The club hosted Dylan and other emerging folk artists and is repeatedly cited in music histories and Dylan biographies as important to the 1960s folk revival. Gerde's role in Dylan's early career is documented in contemporary press and later accounts.