Rehearsal Space Rental

NOTE: Local 802’s rehearsal space rentals are on hiatus during our temporary relocation. For information, contact Maureen Cupid at mcupid@local802afm.org.

Local 802 is temporarily moving while our building is renovated. Until further notice, all Local 802 in-person business will be conducted on the 10th floor of 25 West 45th Street (between Fifth Ave. and Sixth Ave.). However, our mailing address will not change, and all mail (including checks sent by employers) should continue to be mailed to: 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036. All mail will be forwarded. 

Local 802 is available to rent for rehearsals and meetings

Finding affordable rehearsal space is one of the most difficult challenges musicians must face in New York City. Local 802 is one of the few local unions in the American Federation of Musicians that owns its own building, and we’re happy to be able to rent our rehearsal rooms at a reasonable cost to our members as a perk of union membership.

TO RENT OUR ROOMS, YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF LOCAL 802. CONFIRM THAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS ACTIVE OR JOIN LOCAL 802 NOW.

Address

322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036

Available rooms

  • CLUB ROOM: large rehearsals and meetings
  • ROOM B: smaller rehearsals and meetings

Special notes

  • We have a large TV/video monitor in the Club Room that can run Zoom for hybrid meetings. The remote control and instructions for use are with Local 802 Assistant Building Manager Amoh Essandoh, whose office is straight ahead as you enter the Club Room. Please notify Maureen Cupid-Pierre when you book the room that you intend to use the Zoom screen.
  • Rooms only available by reservation; no walk-ins
  • Wi-Fi is available (ask us for the password)
  • As always, no recording of music is allowed
  • Please leave the room as clean as you found it

Equipment* (*not all equipment guaranteed to be available at every rehearsal)

  • Full lighting system
  • Grand piano
  • Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Yamaha P300 digital piano (this keyboard resides in Room B)
  • Acoustic bass (must be requested in advance)
  • Vintage guitar amp, 1960’s Fender Super Reverb (recently reconditioned)
  • Vintage guitar amp, 1972 Fender Twin Reverb (recently reconditioned)
  • Drums (drummer must supply cymbals, sticks, brushes and hi-hat clutch)
  • 32 music stands
  • Amplifiers for bass, guitar and keyboards
  • P.A. system with two microphones

Rental rate and available hours

  • Monday through Friday between 9am and 5pm at the rate of $10 per hour
  • Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays

How to make a reservation