Live Music for a Mid-October Weekend in NYC

Melissa Etheridge at City Winery NYC on May 30, 2022; this weekend she begins a three-week off-Broadway engagement at New World Stages

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 80+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. 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.

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets performed the early music of Pink Floyd at the Beacon Theatre on October 12 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Spacey Jane at the Bowery Ballroom on October 12

Barns Courtney at Webster Hall on October 12

Anna Shoemaker at Webster Hall on October 12

Friday, October 14

• Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp at the Paramount, Huntington
• Phil Lesh & Friends at the Capitol Theatre
• Melissa Etheridge at New World Stages
• B-52s, KC and the Sunshine Band, the Rezillos at the Beacon Theatre
• Violent Femmes at City Winery NYC
• Fred Again ..., Joy Anonymous at Terminal 5
• Whitney at the Murmrr Theatre
• Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Surfbort, the Black Tones at the Palladium Times Square
• Channel Tres, Rochelle Jordan at Brooklyn Steel
• KennyHoopla, Nothing Nowhere, Groupthink at Webster Hall
• The House of Love, Axel Nicol at the Gramercy Theatre
• Girls against Boys, Facs, Death Cults at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Yard Act, Gustaf at the Bowery Ballroom
• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note
• Toebow at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
• Wild Pink, Trace Mountains, Elijah Wolf at Brooklyn Made
• Grace Kelly at le Poisson Rouge
• Ghost Light at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Automatic at the Market Hotel
• Wilder Maker, Dida Pelled, Jackie West at Union Pool
• Varials, Boundaries, Dr. Acula, Orthodox, Distinguisher at the Meadows
• Sasha & the Valentines, Christelle Bofali, Puma Blue at the Broadway
• Jane Lee Hooker, the Idolizers at Hill Country Barbecue Market
• Labretta Suede, Licks, Flavou at Trans-Pecos
• The Gold Standard at the Bitter End
• Val Kinzler at Stitch Bar & Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• Butch Phelps at the Red Lion
• Zookino, Crazy Mary, Nino Mendoza & the Blue Jean Junkies at the Parkside Lounge
• Barynya at the Anyway Cafe

The Foreign Resort at the monthly Red Party at Mercury Lounge on October 8

Hapax at the Red Party at Mercury Lounge on October 8

BRKN Love at Mercury Lounge on October 10

Ivy Kill at Mercury Lounge on October 10

Saturday, October 15

• Enhyphen at Radio City Music Hall
• Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp at the Paramount
• Phil Lesh & Friends at the Capitol Theatre
• Melissa Etheridge at New World Stages
• Smokey Robinson at the Beacon Theatre
• Wardruna at the Kings Theatre
• Yung Bae, Saint Pepsi, Mikazuki Bigwave, Vantage at Terminal 5
• Channel Tres, Rochelle Jordan at Brooklyn Steel
• Broken Social Scene at Webster Hall
• Blue Oyster Cult, Mark Farner's American Band at the St. George Theatre
• KMFDM, Chant at Irving Plaza
• Craig Finn & the Uptown Controllers, Anika Pyle at the Opera House
• Perpetual Groove, Aqueous & Friends at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Monophonics, Kendra Morris, GA-20 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Couch, Jackson Lundy at the Gramercy Theatre
• Suuns, Activity at the Market Hotel
• Yard Act, Bush Tetras, Gustaf at Elsewhere Hall
• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note
• Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi at the Weill Recital Hall
• Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber at BRIC House
• Mapache at Brooklyn Made
• Puma Blue, Hamond at Baby's All Right
• Zannie at Union Pool
• Le Youth, Luzy Tudor, Breaka + Jubilee, Boo Lean at Elsewhere
• Copilot at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
• Brass Against at le Poisson Rouge
• Labretta Suede & the Motel 6, Frankie Goes to Dollywood, Cruiser: Michael T, Memphis Morticians, the Electric Mess, Recreational Outrage, the Hipp Pipps, Bikini Carwash, Barbicide, the Bloody Muffs at Otto's Shrunken Head
• GIFT, Psymon Spine, Lovenauts at the Sultan Room
• Pinc Louds (solo), InCircles, Desert Sharks at the Our Wicked Lady Rooftop
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Jason Green & the Labor of Love at Stitch Bar & Blues
• The T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues
• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues

Cindy Cane at Brooklyn Made on October 8

Heat Death at Brooklyn Made on October 8

Daeva Grace at Brooklyn Made on October 8

NightNight at Brooklyn Made on October 8

Sunday, October 16

• Melissa Etheridge at New World Stages
• Phil Lesh & Friends at the Capitol Theatre
• Muse at the Beacon Theatre
• Fred Again ..., Joy Anonymous at Terminal 5
• Broken Social Scene at Webster Hall
• Toadies, Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy at Irving Plaza
• Steve Lacy at Brooklyn Steel
• Pissed Jeans, Waste Man at TV Eye
• Nova Twins, Gully Boys at the Bowery Ballroom
• Black Uhuru at Sony Hall
• Ben Sollee at le Poisson Rouge
• The Chills, Unwed Sailor at City Winery NYC
• Goon, Bonus, Shep Treasure at Baby's All Right
• Cordovas at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• Eszter Balint at the Loft at City Winery
• Mike Stern at drom
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble at Birdland Jazz Club
• No Redeeming Social Value, the Take, Incendiary Device, Live Fast, Die Fast, Slashers at the Bowery Electric
• Locations, Pocket Protector, Indigo Fuzz at Our Wicked Lady
• The Hipp Pipps, the Phil Gammage Quartet, Rebel Factory at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St, Bar
• Assaf Salhov at the Anyway Cafe
• Salt Cracker Crazies at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Becky Curtis at Groove

The Emily Duff Band at the Loft at City Winery on October 11 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Sarah Borges at the Loft at City Winery on October 11 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Ricky Stein (right) at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3, on October 8 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Tycoon Dog at Tompkins Square Park on October 9

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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 October calendar.