[3] Northsix maintained an eclectic booking schedule and hosted countless notable music/comedy performances.
[6] Northsix hosted a three-night run of critically acclaimed Elliott Smith shows in June 2003; these were his last New York performances before his death later that year.
[7] Northsix was shut down by the New York City Fire Department on March 15, 2003, over a controversial booking of the band Leftöver Crack.
The fire department cited an expired permit as the reason for the vacate order, but it is widely believed among those in the New York music scene that the action was in retaliation for booking a band that had openly criticized the department.
[8] After the previous tenant's rent increased, the venue was acquired by the New York-based concert promotion company Bowery Presents in the beginning of 2007.