Start December with Good Live Music in NYC

Hot Tuna at Carnegie Hall on April 22, 2022; the band will headline two nights at the Capitol Theatre this weekend

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+ concerts in New York City this weekend. Contact the venue 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.

Morrissey headlined at the Kings Theatre on November 30

Manic Street Preachers at the Kings Theatre on November 21 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

The London Suede at the Kings Theatre on November 21 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Pond at Webster Hall (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Friday, December 2

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel
• The Allman Family Revival at the Beacon Theatre
• Hot Tuna at the Capitol Theatre
• Maneskin at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Fred Hammond, Israel Houghton, Anthony Brown, Todd Dulaney at Palladium Times Square
• The Hold Steady, Gladie at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Archers of Loaf, Weird Nightmare at Warsaw
• Dominic Fike, Baird at Terminal 5
• Soft Crash, Boy Harsher, A Split-Second, Das Ding, NGHTCRWLR, Ms. Boan, Night Sins, Ghost Cop, Confines at the Knockdown Center, Queens
• Julian Lage (and the Bad Plus) at Webster Hall
• Nikki Lane, Drayton Farley at the Bowery Ballroom
• Greyson Chance at the Gramercy Theatre
• Myd, Sasha Rome at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• brothertiger, Couch Prints at Elsewhere Zone One
• Wallice, boyish, Hamond, Babebee at Brooklyn Made
• George FitzGerald at Elsewhere Hall
• Holly Bowling at Drom
• The Sadies at Union Pool
• Garcia Peoples, Macrodose, Jesse Jarnow, Psychedelic Sangha at Weylin
• Christian McBride's New Jawn at the Village Vanguard
• Lawrence Flowers & Intercession at the Apollo Music Cafe
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• Fiona Silver, How Tragic at Baby's All Right
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Jr. Mack Band at Terra Blues
• Emily Cavanagh, Niall Connolly at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• The Wants, Heat Death, Activity at Mercury Lounge
• Back 2 Zero, the Break Plans, TYDY at the Bowery Electric
• Secret Fox, the Idolizers, Mighty Fine, Highly Effective People at the Parkside Lounge
• The Seratonians, Jana Peri, the Vibewreckers, Peter Stampfel & the Atomic Meta Pagans at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Galdort Gumbo & His Righteous Cats at the Bitter End
• Arnt Arntzen at the Anyway Cafe

Albert Cummings at Iridium on December 1 (photograph by Barbara Auleta)

The Aaron Comess Group at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on November 28

Trixie Whitley (right) and Moist Paula at Pete's Candy Store on December 1 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Julia Haltigan at Pete's Candy Store on December 1 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, December 3

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel
• Hot Tuna at the Capitol Theatre
• Audra McDonald at Carnegie Hall
• Kiki & Herb at the Beacon Theatre
• Maneskin at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Dinosaur Jr., Guided By Voices, Eugene Mirman at Terminal 5
• Shallou (dj set), Snakehips, Whethan, Stello, Not Not Down, Jossive at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner
• The Hold Steady at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Yung Lean at the Knockdown Center
• Foghat, Dana Fuchs at Palladium Times Square
• Stephen Kellogg at the Bowery Ballroom
• Blu DeTiger, Tiffany Day, JDM Global at Webster Hall
• Riopy at le Poisson Rouge
• Riki, Ortrotasce, Blu Anxxiety, Un Hombre Solo at the Meadows
• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Rachika Nayar at Elsewhere Hall
• Open Mike Eagle, Serengeti, Video Dave at Elsewhere Zone One
• Combo Chimbita, Madame Vacile, Hellotones at Brooklyn Made
• Christian McBride's New Jawn at the Village Vanguard
• Nostranders, Earthlings, the Seratonians, the Brunettes at Arlene's Grocery
• Band of Others, Blue Wave Theory, Commercial Interruption at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Phase Fatale, Becka Diamond, Pablo Bozzi, Gus Muller, Normal Bias, SHARLESE, R GAMBLE at the Good Room
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• The Typsy Gypsy Girls at the Anyway Cafe
• Ricky Stein at Groove

Kelsey Waldon at Mercury Lounge on November 29 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Olivia Ellen Lloyd at Mercury Lounge on November 29 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Christine Santelli (left) and Heather Hardy at Porchlight on November 28 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Felix Cabrera (harmonica) and Arthur Nielson (guitar) with band at Arthur's Tavern on November 29 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, December 4

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel
• Jessie Reyez at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Ingrid Michaelson, Tiny Habits at City Winery NYC
• Yung Lean at the Knockdown Center, Queens
• Chris Stamey, Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Jon Auer, Pat Sansone at White Eagle Hall
• Sega Bodega at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Rini at the Bowery Ballroom
• Riopy at le Poisson Rouge
• Charlie Parr, Al Olender at Mercury Lounge
• Bitchin Bajas, Time Wharp, Gift Horse at Union Pool
• Christian McBride's New Jawn at the Village Vanguard
• Eyal Vilner's Big Band at the Guggenheim Museum
• Diary, Libby Quinn, the Acute at the Bowery Electric
• Matt Basile, Adam Levy at the Scratcher Bar
• Sashka Drey at the Anyway Cafe
• Assaf Salhov at the Anyway Cafe
• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Mulebone at the Ear Inn on December 1 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Jonathan Kalb at Stitch Bar & Blues on November 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Conall Band at the Bitter End on December 1 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Mia Timms & Fallyn at the Bitter End on December 1 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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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 December calendar.