Basilica Hudson was built in the 1880s as a foundry for making iron railroad wheels. It later became a knitting mill, and then a glue factory that ran until the 1980s. In 2003, Patti Smith performed a benefit concert there that helped save Hudson’s waterfront from demolition. In 2010, rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur and filmmaker Tony Stone restored it into an extraordinary arts space. These days, Basilica Hudson hosts a seasonal Farm & Flea market, an all-night 24-Hour Drone festival, the occasional music video shoot (shoutout Waxahatchee’s Lilacs), and, on December 31st, our wedding.
