Celebrate Midsummer Nights with Live Music

The Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Meadows festival in 2017; the band will headline at MetLife Stadium this week

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.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 70 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.

Franz Ferdinand headlined at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on August 13

Vundabar at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on August 13

V2A at the monthly Stimulate party at Drom on August 12

Monday, August 15

• Wet (solo), Eva Tolkin at City Winery NYC

• Incite, Jungle Rot at the Kingsland

• James Maddock & Band at the Bitter End

• Emily Nenni, Teddy & the Rough Riders at Skinny Dennis

• Chris Berardo, Walt Wilkins, Marc Douglas Berardo at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

• The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl

• We'll Be Fine, Henry Ryeder, E.W. Harris, Milky Bones at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric

• 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

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

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

• Dirty Water Dogs at the Ear Inn

Jackie Venson (left) at the Blues BBQ Festival at Pier 76 of Hudson River Park on August 13

Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers at the Blues BBQ Festival on August 13

Emily Duff (left) with Charlie Giordano at the Blues BBQ Festival on August 13

Dina Regine at the Blues BBQ Festival on August 13

Robert Hill at the Blues BBQ Festival on August 13

Tuesday, August 16

• Wiz Khalifa, Logic at Barclays Center

• David Gray at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Nouvelle Vague, Strange as Angels at Webster Hall

• Blossoms at Irving Plaza

• The Fabulous Thunderbirds at le Poisson Rouge

• Jackie Greene, Lilly Winwood at City Winery NYC

• Death Bells at Saint Vitus Bar

• Coco Montoya at the Iridium

• Hotel Mira, the Zolas at Mercury Lounge

• John Calvin Abney at Skinny Dennis

• Santa Cruz, Wildstreets, Va Va Voom, Die Fast at the Bowery Electric

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

• Val Kinzler, Rew Starr, Patti Rothberg at the Hard Swallow

• The Gold Standard, Alyssa Grey, Vox Cadre at the Our Wicked Lady Rooftop

Joe's Pub presented DakhaBrakha at Astor Place Plaza on August 12

James Maddock at the 11th St. Bar on August 11 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Deer France (center) at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 12

Wednesday, August 17

• The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes, Thundercat at MetLife Stadium

• Blondie, the Damned at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Jake Miller at the Bowery Ballroom

• Jackie Greene, Lilly Winwood at City Winery NYC

• Chip Taylor at the Loft at City Winery

• Clem Snide at Joe's Pub

• Brijean, Nappy Nina at Elsewhere Rooftop

• Coco Montoya at the Iridium

• Haybaby, Desert Sharks, Rat Motel, Heat Death at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Kyp Malone, Garret DeVoe at Trans-Pecos

• Kings Elliot, Aria Lisslo at Baby's All Right

• Andrew Duhon, Matt Mackelcan at Café Wha?

• Kenny Roby at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• The Ray Greiche Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

Otto's Wednesday Jam & Open Mic on August 10

Barynya at the Anyway Cafe on August 12

The Bluesy Dan Band w. Bluesy Dan Berliner at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 12 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Thursday, August 18

• Zac Brown Band, Robert Randolph Band at Citi Field

• Michael Bublé at Madison Square Garden

• Shawn Mendes, Dermot Kennedy at Barclays Center

• Blondie, the Damned at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Leon Bridges, Little Dragon at Forest Hills Stadium

• Gryffin, William Black, Last Heroes at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs at Palladium Times Square

• Anberlin, 68 at the Knitting Factory

• Man or Astro-Man? at Brooklyn Made

• Styles P & Friends at Irving Plaza

• Zopa, the Mystery Lights at the Bowery Ballroom

• Adrian Belew at City Winery NYC

• Albert Lee at the Iridium

• Ivan Julian & the Magnificent Six, Gods and Monsters, the Veldt at the David Rubinstein Atrium, Lincoln Center

• The Fleshtones, Jonny Couch, Las Hormiguitas at the Bowery Electric

• Ruth B at le Poisson Rouge

• The Last Poets w. Jamaaladeen Tacuma's Band of Resistance, Impact Repertory Theatre, Harlem Bomb Shelter at Marcus Garvey Park

• Stacey Ryan, Kira Kosarin at Mercury Lounge

• The Oz Noy-Gil Parris Band at the Bitter End

• Kyshona at the Dumbo Archway

• Serotonians, the Gotham Rockers, Earthlings NYC, Density at Arlene's Grocery

• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Jr. Mack & Michael Hill at Terra Blues

• You Bred Raptors? at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• PJ LaMariana at the 11th St. Bar

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

The Hipp Pipps at promoter Kipp Elbaum's birthday show at the Parkside Lounge on August 7 (photograph by Alan Rand) 

Jana Peri at the Parkside Lounge on August 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

The Black Angels NYC at the Parkside Lounge on August 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

The Challenged at the Parkside Lounge on August 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Tim Heap at the Parkside Lounge on August 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Judy Ann Nock (left) at the Parkside Lounge on August 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

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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.