Live Music for Live Audiences in NYC This Weekend

Arcade Fire at the Panorama Festival in 2016; the band will perform a pay-what-you-wish benefit for the Ukraine tonight at the Bowery Ballroom

Arcade Fire will perform a pay-what-you-want benefit for the Ukraine tonight at the Bowery Ballroom. Announced with only a few hours notice, fans can go to the venue this afternoon, show proof of vaccination and donate any amount via credit card in exchange for a wristband, which will serve as entry to tonight's concert. Although the set time remains unannounced, those with wristbands can begin entering the venue at 8 p.m. Arcade Fire has not made further announcements, but the rumored word is that the band also will perform at the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday, Sunday and Monday as well.

Bad Bunny, Tom Misch, Jesse & Joy, Twiddle, Overkill, Prong, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Kim Gordon, the Dear Hunter, the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Cautious Clay, Relient K, Tank and the Bangas, Touche Amore, Robert Glasper, Hamilton Leithauser, and Rickie Lee Jones are among the dozens of touring musicians who will be performing on New York City stages this weekend. Many local acts are hoping to entertain new audiences in smaller bars and music venues as well. The Manhattan Beat spotlights in photographs some of the musicians  that played in the past few days and looks ahead to the weekend with listings of live music.

Tank and the Bangas at Afropunk in 2019; the band will headline at Webster Hall this Saturday night

Overkill at Irving Plaza in 2017; the band will headline Palladium Times Square this weekend

Several concerts that were scheduled for this weekend are postponed or canceled, however. The following concerts will not happen this weekend. If you had plans to see any of these shows, this article further down the page lists alternate options.

• Brockhampton at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Il Volo at Radio City Music Hall
• The Format at the Bowery Ballroom
• Gangstagrass at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Cybertronic Spree at le Poisson Rouge

Tame Impala at Barclays Center on March 14 (photograph by Chris Ofner)

Styx at the Beacon Theatre on March 16 (photograph by Elise Podell)

The Manhattan Beat recommends the following 60+ concerts this weekend. Contact the venue for set times, ticket availability, COVID compliance and other updates. Note that some venues continue to require proof of vaccination for indoor entry.

Friday, March 18

• Arcade Fire at the Bowery Ballroom
• David Byrne's American Utopia at the St. James Theatre
• Christine D'Clario, Evan Craft at the United Palace
• Tom Misch at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner
• Twiddle at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Overkill, Prong at Palladium Times Square
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at le Poisson Rouge
• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note
• Hamilton Leithauser at Café Carlyle
• Relient K at Irving Plaza
• Kim Gordon, Bill Nace at Webster Hall
• Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery NYC
• Maia Friedman at Brooklyn Made
• D.R.U.G.S., Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Secrets, Dead American, Glasslands at the Monarch
• Poppa Chubby at the Iridium
• Isoxo at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• Tony & the Kiki, Abby Jeanne at Mercury Lounge
• Razor Braids at Elsewhere Zone One
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Adam LaGreca, Leah Tash, STATHI at Pianos
• The Cliffhangers at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• DonBlackCat & Friends, ReWd MiMz, the Cynz, Exit 99, Puma Perl & Friends at the Parkside Lounge
• Kayka at the Anyway Café
• Barynya at the Anyway Café
• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

Jamestown Revival at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 17

Mipso at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 17

Saturday, March 19

• ArcadeFire at the Bowery Ballroom
• David Byrne's American Utopia at the St. James Theatre
• Bad Bunny at Barclays Center
• Jesse & Joy at the Beacon Theatre
• Cautious Clay, Ivy Sole, Julius Rodriguez at Brooklyn Steel
• Twiddle at the Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
• Bone Thugs & Harmony at Palladium Times Square
• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note
• Hamilton Leithauser at Café Carlyle
• Tank and the Bangas, Cory Henry at Webster Hall
• Immolation, Demolition Hammer, Mortician, Black Anvil at Irving Plaza
• Leeway, J Lndn at Pianos
• The Protomen, Thrillkiller at le Poisson Rouge
• Ambre, SAYGRACE, Baby Rose, Mapy at the Gramercy Theatre
• Carl Craig Synthesizer Ensemble at Zankel Hall
• Mark Hudson at the Iridium
• Alabaster DePlume at Public Records
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Ricky Stein at the Red Lion
• Lulu Lewis, the Goodnight Darlings, Bad Kitty at Mercury Lounge
• Krebs & the Maynard G's, Gotham Rockets, the Prima Donna Reeds, the TarantinosNYC, Jennifer Blowdryer at the Parkside Lounge
• Ricky Stein at Hill Country Barbecue Market (8:30 p.m.)
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Contemporary Adults at the Anyway Café
• Jackson Scott at the Anyway Café
• The Seth Okrend Band at Silvana

Robert Ellis at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 17

Larry Carlton at the Iridium Jazz Club on March 11 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, March 20

• Arcade Fire at the Bowery Ballroom
• David Byrne's American Utopia at the St. James Theatre
• Bad Bunny at Barclays Center
• Sona Jobarteh at Symphony Space
• The Dear Hunter, the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Tanner Merritt at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Touche Amore, Dogleg, Foxtails, Vein.fm at Irving Plaza
• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note
• The Dangerous Summer, Cory Wells, the BRKN at the Knitting Factory
• Sam Weber, the Ladles, Matthew Fowler at the Sultan Room
• Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders at City Winery NYC
• 24-7 Spyz, Ache, Neighborhood Shit, Serial Poets, Iconicide at the Bowery Electric
• American Thrills at the Kingsland Bar
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar
• Sean Harkness & the Unusual Suspects at Birdland
• The Hipp Pipps, Rebel Factory, Ross Byron at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Assaf Salhov at the Anyway Café
• Saskka Drey the Anyway Café
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Evan Kremin at the Red Lion
• Allen Gogarty at the Red Lion

Lord Wiffen at Stitch Bar & Blues on March 16 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. All articles are written by Everynight Charley Crespo. All photographs are taken by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise. For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right of the home page and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music." For a listing of upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's March calendar.