The Don Giovanni Records Showcase is an annual punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 concert held in or around New York City, New York each year on the first Saturday in February. The show is presented by Don Giovanni Records

Don Giovanni Records

Don Giovanni Records is an independent record label specializing in punk rock. Each year the label puts on the Don Giovanni Records Showcase.-History:...

 and booked by label owner Joe Steinhardt. The first showcase was in 2008 at Maxwell's

Maxwell's

Maxwell's is a music club in Hoboken, New Jersey that also has a restaurant. The intimate venue often attracts a wide variety of acts looking for a change from the New York City concert spaces across the river.-History:...

 in Hoboken, NJ and was headlined by The Ergs!

The Ergs!

The Ergs! were an American punk rock band formed in 2000 in South Amboy, New Jersey, by three high school friends: drummer/lead vocalist Mikey Erg , guitarist/vocalist Jeff Erg , and bassist Joey Erg...

. Recently, the showcase has moved to The Bowery Ballroom where Shellshag, Screaming Females

Screaming Females

Screaming Females is an independent rock band, often labeled as a punk rock band, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released four full length albums, entitled Baby Teeth, What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?, Power Move, and Castle Talk.The band features Marissa Paternoster on guitar...

, and forgetters

Forgetters

forgetters is a punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. In August 2009 shortly after the breakup of The Thorns of Life, Blake Schwarzenbach announced his involvement in a new band, Forgetters...

 co-headlined. While the showcases are mainly bands that have releases on Don Giovanni Records, other bands have been invited to play that are friends of the label.

Feb. 2, 2008

• The Ergs!
  The Ergs!
  The Ergs! were an American punk rock band formed in 2000 in South Amboy, New Jersey, by three high school friends: drummer/lead vocalist Mikey Erg , guitarist/vocalist Jeff Erg , and bassist Joey Erg...
  
  
• Dustheads
• Hunchback
• For Science
  For Science
  For Science was a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey made up of John Slover , Joe Steinhardt , and a rotating rhythm section which at times included members of The Ergs!, and other local bands...
  
  
• The Steinways
• The Measure (SA)
• Groucho Marxists
• Hellhole

Feb. 7, 2009

• Screaming Females
  Screaming Females
  Screaming Females is an independent rock band, often labeled as a punk rock band, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released four full length albums, entitled Baby Teeth, What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?, Power Move, and Castle Talk.The band features Marissa Paternoster on guitar...
  
  
• For Science
  For Science
  For Science was a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey made up of John Slover , Joe Steinhardt , and a rotating rhythm section which at times included members of The Ergs!, and other local bands...
  
   - Last Show
• The Measure (SA)
• Cheeky
• Groucho Marxists
• Pregnant
• The Steinways

Feb. 6, 2010

• Shellshag
• forgetters
  Forgetters
  forgetters is a punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. In August 2009 shortly after the breakup of The Thorns of Life, Blake Schwarzenbach announced his involvement in a new band, Forgetters...
  
  
• Screaming Females
  Screaming Females
  Screaming Females is an independent rock band, often labeled as a punk rock band, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released four full length albums, entitled Baby Teeth, What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?, Power Move, and Castle Talk.The band features Marissa Paternoster on guitar...
  
  
• JEFF the Brotherhood
  JEFF the Brotherhood
  JEFF the Brotherhood is a two-piece rock band consisting of brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall, hailing form Nashville, Tennessee. Their style has been described by music writers as containing elements of psychedelic rock, garage rock, punk and pop...
  
  
• The Measure (SA)
• Black Wine
• Groucho Marxists

Feb. 11, 2011

• The Steinways
• The Measure (SA)
• Black Wine
• Full of Fancy
• Big Eyes

Feb. 12, 2011

• Screaming Females
  Screaming Females
  Screaming Females is an independent rock band, often labeled as a punk rock band, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They have released four full length albums, entitled Baby Teeth, What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?, Power Move, and Castle Talk.The band features Marissa Paternoster on guitar...
  
  
• Laura Stevenson and the Cans
  Laura Stevenson
  Laura Stevenson is an American singer-songwriter based in Long Island, New York and keyboardist for musical collective, Bomb the Music Industry!.-Biography:...
  
  
• Shellshag
• Lemuria
  Lemuria (band)
  Lemuria is an indie/punk rock band from Buffalo, New York formed in 2004. Lemuria has recently released their "The First Collection" EP compilation and the LP, "Get Better"...
  
  
• Byrds of Paradise

Artists

2008 - Jared Jones

2009 - Wes Freed

Wes Freed

Wes Freed is a Richmond, Virginia-based musician, "outsider" artist, illustrator, and actor whose works have appeared on the album covers of numerous American rock bands, including Cracker and Lauren Hoffman...

2010 - Ron Rege

2011 - Tony Millionaire

Tony Millionaire

Tony Millionaire is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip Maakies and the Sock Monkey series of comics and picture books.-Early life:...