The Weekend Guide to Live Music in NYC

Andrew Bird at Madison Square Garden in 2017; he will headline at the Rooftop at Pier 17 tonight

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to New York City. The twice-weekly listings also celebrate via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

The following concerts originally scheduled for this weekend are postponed or canceled. Look further down these listings for alternate choices for live music on those nights.

• Dance Gavin Dance at Forest Hills Stadium
• Natural Information Society at Union Pool

Everynight Charley recommends the following 70+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or visit the artist’s website for ticket availability, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates. Note that several artists and indoor venues continue to mandate the wearing of masks and/or proof of COVID vaccinations.

Jackson Browne performed the first of four nights at the Beacon Theatre on July 26

King's X at the Gramercy Theatre on July 28

24-7 Spyz at the Gramercy Theatre on July 28

Friday, July 29

• Maren Morris, Ruston Kelly at Radio City Music Hall
• Andrew Bird, Iron and Wine at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre
• The Beths, SASAMI, Charlotte Cornfield at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• Sasha Alex Sloan, Jesse Murph, Slimdan at Brooklyn Steel
• Eivor, Emily Jane White at le Poisson Rouge
• Fisher at the Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardner
• Vivian Green, HoodCelebrityy, MASE at Wingate Park
• Kiwi Jr., Weird Nightmare, Gladie at Baby's All Right
• Fish Narc, 8485, blackwinterwells, Popstarbills at Elsewhere Zone One
• Fantastic Cat, Mail the Horse at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies at the Gramercy Theatre
• Christian Lee Hutson, Another Michael at Brooklyn Made
• The Hot Sardines w. Nellie McKay at Bryant Park
• Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas at the Oasis at Lincoln Center
• Dawn of Ashes, Midnight Nightmare at Drom
• Dylan, Beck Pete at Mercury Lounge
• Frankie and the Witch Fingers, GIFT at Mercury Lounge
• Scout Gillett, Josephine, the Silk War, Ammo at TV Eye
• cumgirl8, Dreamcrusher, Jack Powers at the Market Hotel
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• The Julian Lage Trio at the Village Vanguard
• Jonathan Kalb at Stitch Bar & Blues
• The Jr. Mack Band at Terra Blues
• The Michael Hill Acoustic Trio at Terra Blues
• Kristeen Young, Theophobia, Kira McSpice at Berlin
• Arnt Arntzen at the Anyway Cafe
• The Evan Kremin Band at the Bitter End
• Galdort Gumbo & His Righteous Cats at the Bitter End (10:30 p.m.)

Warpaint at Brooklyn Made on July 25

Gibby Haynes revisited his Butthole Surfers songs with the Paul Green Rock Academy at le Poisson Rouge on July 27

Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End on July 25

Saturday, July 30

• Coheed and Cambria, Alkaline Trio, Gothica at Forest Hills Stadium
• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre
• Big Gigantic, Kasbo, Brasstracks, Young Franco, Covex at the Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardner
• Carin Leon at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Chase Atlantic, Leah Kate, Xavier Mayne at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Florist, Marc Merza at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Screamin' Cheetah Wheellies at the Gramercy Theatre
• Saba, Eryn Allen Kane, theMind, Zillion at SummerStage Central Park
• Rare Essence, DakhaBrakha, Heart of Afghanistan, Amythyst Kiah, Combo Chimbita, Aynur at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center
• Joan Osborne at City Winery NYC
• Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, Sam Gendel, Abe Rounds at le Poisson Rouge
• Shawn James, Gravedancer at Mercury Lounge
• The Julian Lage Trio at the Village Vanguard
• Jody Porter & the Berlin Waltz, Deerfrance and Extra Virgin Mary at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• Spread Eagle, Snake Canyon at Arlene's Grocery
• Cliff Westfall at Skinny Dennis
• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Supersonic Blonde at the Red Lion
• Xaxa at the Red Lion
• Butch Phelps at the Red Lion

New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Ear Inn on July 25

Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Ferns on July 27

The Saul Rubin Trio at the Cellar Dog on July 27 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Clarence Spady (left) and the Electric City Band at Arthur's Tavern on July 26 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, July 31

• Chase Atlantic, Leah Kate, Xavier Mayne at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Hanson, John Calvin Abney at the Beacon Theatre
• Northlane, Silent Planet, Loathe, Avoid at Irving Plaza
• The Screamin' Cheetah Willies aboard the Liberty Belle
• Sons of Kemet, Makaya McCraven, L'Rain at SummerStage Central Park
• Stephen Kellogg at City Winery NYC
• Avery Sunshine at Sony Hall
• Pino Palladino and Blake Mills w. Sam Gendel and Abe Rounds at le Poisson Rouge
• The Julian Lage Trio at the Village Vanguard
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble at Birdland Jazz Club
• Lydia Lunch, Shilpa Ray, Joseph Keckler at TV Eye
• Beechwood, Eric Carney, the Tarrys, 208 Detroit, Sage Sparks at 18th Ward Brewing
• Pinc Louds, InCircles, Mary Shelley, Mikey Erg at Tompkins Square Park
• Assaf Salhov at the Anyway Cafe
• Sashka Drey at the Anyway Cafe
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Sign of the 4, Sundance, Frank Wood & His NYC Allstars Band, Ultra 23, Rafael Caxasquillo at the Parkside Lounge
• Galdort Gumbo & His Righteous Cats at the Bitter End
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

Joe Taino at the Ear Inn July 27

Deep C Revival at the Red Lion on July 27

Tracy City at the Bowery Electric on July 29

Chris Campion (right) at the 11th St. Bar on July 28

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music circuit. 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 July and August calendars.