Collective Effort NYC

08/31/2026

Connecticut's Solace In Bloom are coming down to play our next show in Brooklyn, in support of their debut full-length that dropped back in June! A mix of emotional hardcore and screamo, that explores themes if grief, acceptance, and rebirth. Check it out at the link below, then grab a ticket to the show at The Woodshop on September 17th! Event page link in the comments...

11 track album

08/19/2026

Michigan's Year of the Snake dropped a new EP last month, decidedly moving into more aggressive skramz waters, mixed in with the emo/twinkly sounds of their earlier material! Check it out at the link below, then grab a ticket to the show this Saturday night at Gold Sounds! Event page link in the comments...

5 track album

08/17/2026

Definitely stoked to announce a cool mix of hardcore, post-hardcore, and screamo bands coming to Brooklyn next month! New Jersey's Potter's Field return, fresh off dropping their debut album back in June - a great collection of emotional hardcore you've GOTTA hear! Also representing NJ, the always impressive Stress Spells once again grace the Gold Sounds stage with their unique spin on techy skramz/post-hardcore! VERY excited to have the Albany hardcore/post-hardcore crew Spiritkiller back in Brooklyn - I haven't brought them down since the show with All Else Failed at Vitus over 2 years ago, and they've only gotten better, so we're long overdue! Moshy emotional hardcore from NJ's Stential and skramz/post-hardcore from locals Elegy for Lenore will kick things off! Saturday, September 19th, at Gold Sounds in Brooklyn! All ages, 7pm doors, tickets on sale NOW via Dice and the linktree in our bio!

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08/11/2026

Here we go! Collective Effort Fest 2026 - coming to The Meadows in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 10th and Sunday, October 11th! A curated selection of artists that showcases the types of shows we love to put on here in NYC! Screamo, metalcore, grind, mathcore, doom - all represented here by 20 bands you absolutely WON'T wanna miss:

Day 1 - Saturday, October 10th:
On The Might of Princes
Foxtails
Ostraca
Usurp Synapse
Massa Neragif from god
Eyelet
Ghola
starsdontmeananything
Fate Propels The Falling Scythe

Day 2 - Sunday, October 11th:
Car Bomb
Morning Again
Bandit
Locked In A Vacancy
Sevencrimsonsuns
Cowardice
Thin
mybodywasfoundinahollowtree
Psalm
Humiliate

Some highlights:
Day 1: For most bands on the first day (On The Might of Princes, Foxtails, Ostraca, Usurp Synapse, .gif from god, Eyelet, Ghola, Starsdontmeananything) this will be their ONLY NYC show of 2026! This will be On The Might of Princes' only show of 2026 - period!
Day 2: Car Bomb's ONLY show in the US this year! Morning Again playing NYC for the first time in AGES! Bandit's first show of 2026!

Single day tickets and limited 2-day passes on sale NOW via the linktree in our bio!

2pm doors each day, ages 16+ with ID, under 16 with legal guardian.

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08/10/2026

Updated lineup for our last show of August - a skramz banger featuring a great mix of midwest bands on tour, joined by notable regional acts! Chicago screamo/mathcore/post-hardcore septet Valatie are heading out on a short run that just so happens to have them collide with Michigan screamo quintet Year of the Snake! The midwesterners are joined by Brooklyn's most sassy screamos One Hour Photo, NJ's experimental screamo/post-rock/emo intellectuals Our Wits, and NYC locals This Might Be Forever kicking things off with some post-hardcore! Saturday, August 22nd, at Gold Sounds in Brooklyn! All ages, 7pm doors, tickets on sale NOW via Dice and the linktree in our bio!

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08/06/2026

Sunday, August 9th, at Cinco de Mayo in New Brunswick, NJ! Melodic metalcore mosh is BACK in the form of 50 Days at Iliam (formerly Final Resting Pose), representing Jersey as best they can! NYC metalcore OGs Locked In A Vacancy return to NJ for the first time in 7 months! Plus moshy, emotional hardcore from NJ's Stential, and NYC skramz/post-hardcore heroes Brickarms making their NJ debut! All ages, 7pm doors!