50+ Reasons to Catch Live Music This Week

Twenty One Pilots at Madison Square Garden in 2019; the duo will headline again at the arena on Tuesday

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 week are postponed or canceled. Look further down these listings for alternate choices for live music on those nights.

• Why Don't We, the Aces, Jvke at Radio City Music Hall

• Moonspell, Swallow the Sun, Witherfall at le Poisson Rouge

• Puma Perl & Friends at the 11th St. Bar

Everynight Charley recommends the following 50+ live music events in the New York City area this week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates. Note that several artists and indoor venues continue to require proof of COVID vaccinations and/or mandate the wearing of masks.

Trey Anastasio performed the first of two solo acoustic performances at the Beacon Theatre on August 19

The Pioneers featuring Jr. Mack (left) at Terra Blues on August 21

Monday, August 22

• Harry Styles, Blood Orange at Madison Square Garden

• The Vindys, Claire Vandiver at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

• Chris Snell's Bluegrass Session at Mona's

• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar

• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

• The T Blues Band w. SaRon Crenshaw & Jr. Mack at Terra Blues

• Kevin Harris & Brian Charette at the Ear Inn

• Carl Banks at the Red Lion

• Bill Popp & the Tapes at the Nuremberg Bandshell in Central Park

Sharon Van Etten at SummerStage Central Park on August 21

Angel Olsen at SummerStage Central Park on August 21

Julien Baker at SummerStage Central Park on August 21

Quinn Christopherson (left) at SummerStage Central Park on August 21

Tuesday, August 23

• Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

• Twenty One Pilots at Madison Square Garden

• The Shins, Joseph at Radio City Music Hall

• The Decemberists, Jake Xerses Fussell at SummerStage Central Park

• Spoon at Baby's All Right, Brooklyn

• Deer Tick, Country Westerns at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Babasonicos at Palladium Times Square

• Cherry Glazerr at Mercury Lounge

• Pyrex, Joudy, the Mengers, Homade at the Broadway

• Jefferson Hamer and Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

• Flossing, Her Dark Heaven, Leone, Nara's Room at Berlin

• SoulCake, Joe Sztabnik at the 11th St. Bar

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

The TarantinosNYC at the Endless Party at the Parkside Lounge on August 20

The Hasbros at the Endless Party at the Parkside Lounge on August 20

Tiny Blue Ghost at the Bitter End on August 21

One E11even at the Red Lion on August 21

Wednesday, August 24

• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden

• Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Common Kings, the Elovators at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• The Shins, Joseph at Brooklyn Steel

• UB40, the Original Wailers w. Al Anderson, Maxi Priest, Big Mountain at SummerStage Central Park

• Cuco at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Los Campesinos!, Proper at Elsewhere Hall

• Addison Grace, Sydney Rose, Kate Stephenson at Elsewhere Zone One

• Monolord, Dorthia Cottrell at TV Eye

• LAPECHE, Kristeen Young at No Aloha

• The Collection, Begonia at Mercury Lounge

• The Cynz, Disturbed Furniture, Charles Warren Orchestra, Yellow House Orchestra at the Bowery Electric

• Swatkins & Moorea Masa at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• The Bennett Mateo Band at Terra Blues

• Dave "Doc" French & Josh "Brother G" Goldberg at the Bitter End

• The Jason Green Trio at the Ear Inn (10 p.m.)

• The Whiskey Biscuits, Leon Sinks, Josh & Jannae at the 11th St. Bar

The Methmatics at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 19

ReWd MiMz at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 19

Twisted Wrist at Tompkins Square Park on August 20

Scott Stenten at Tompkins Square Park on August 21

Thursday, August 25

• Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers & Chic at Madison Square Garden

• Simple Plan, Sum 41 at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Sleigh Bells, N3ptune at Brooklyn Steel

• Dire Straits Legacy at the Palladium Times Square

• Burning Spear at SummerStage Central Park

• Magic City Hippies, Willis at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Guns N' Hoses, Chris Batten and the Woods at the Bowery Ballroom

• Cordovas at the Loft at City Winery

• Julie, Hello Mary at Elsewhere Zone One

• Bush Tetras, the Bongos, Tape Hiss at the David Rubinstein Atrium, Lincoln Center

• Jordan Armstrong at Kobrick Coffee

• Nancy Rose, Augie Bello at the Delancey

• Why Bonnie, Peaer, Bloomsday at Baby's All Right

• John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band at Terra Blues

• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Chris Campion at the 11th St. Bar

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Several singer-songwriters from the East Village circuit performed on the stage of the 6th Street & Avenue B Community Garden on August 20 in a recurring program called Music under the Stars.

Joe Sztabnik (right) with Walter G. Steding

Dina Regine (left) with Michelle Casillas

SoulCake

Didi Champagne

The Typsy Gypsy Girls

Kellie Anne Luigi

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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 August calendar.