This Weekend’s Best Live Music in the NYC Area

Modest Mouse in Central Park in June 2022; the band will headline two nights at Terminal 5

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 the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue to confirm show times, ticket availability, 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.

Ingrid Michaelson at City Winery NYC on December 4; she will join the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall this Friday and Saturday evenings (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Hot Tuna headlined at the Paramount Theatre in Long Island on December 10 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

The Pretty Reckless at the Bowery Ballroom on December 12

Nick Perri & the Underground Thieves at the Bowery Ballroom on December 12

Friday, December 16

• Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel

• A Boogie wit da Hoodie at the Apollo Theater

• The New York Pops w. Ingrid Michaelson at Carnegie Hall

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Richard Thompson at Symphony Space

• Foals, Inner Wave, Glove at Terminal 5

• Wet Leg, Sipper at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Osees, Psychic Graveyard at Brooklyn Made

• Styles P, Jadakiss at Irving Plaza

• Zoe at Palladium Times Square

• Son Little, Lizzie No at Elsewhere Hall

• Doss at Elsewhere Hall

• Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Stevenson, Gladie at the Bowery Ballroom

• Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg at the Gramercy Theatre

• Lambchop (duo), Ryley Walker at le Poisson Rouge

• The Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield at the White Eagle Hall

• Tomberlin at Baby's All Right

• Agnostic Front, No Redeeming Social Value, Subzero at the Meadows

• Marc Roberge at City Winery NYC

• The Slackers, Big D and the Kids Table, Bite Me Bambi at Sony Hall

• Kendall Street Company, Litz, One Time Weekend at Mercury Lounge

• High Waisted, Waterfall Strainer, Luc Swift at Alphaville

• S.C.A.B., Strange Weekend, Graham Grease, Hello Lightfoot at Heaven Can Wait

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at the Anyway Cafe

• The Phil Gammage Quartet, Alias Smith & Jones at the Shrine

• The Methmatic, Matthew Danger Lippman, ReWd MiMz, D'Lourdes, YVES at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Honey Dijon at the Knockdown Center

• Lizzie & the Makers at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• The TarantinosNYC at Pete's Candy Store

Wet Leg at the Hall at Elsewhere on December 14

Wet Leg at Webster Hall on December 13 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Gustaf at the Hall at Elsewhere on December 14

Sasami at Webster Hall on December 13 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, December 17

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel

• Modest Mouse, Mattress at Terminal 5

• The New York Pops w. Ingrid Michaelson at Carnegie Hall

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• The Happy Fits, Daisy the Great, Phoneboy at Webster Hall

• Richard Thompson at Symphony Space

• Osees, Tea Eater at Brooklyn Made

• The Starting Line, Mae, Webbed Wing at Palladium Times Square

• Yerin Baek at Irving Plaza

• Steve Earle (solo) at City Winery NYC

• Siamés at le Poisson Rouge

• Jump, Little Children at the Bell House

• The Narrowbacks at Connolly's Klub 45

• Loathe, Static Dress, Omerta at Elsewhere

• Sunn O))), Shoshin (初心) Duo, High Command at Pioneer Works

• Kendall Street Company, Litz, One Time Weekend at Mercury Lounge

• The So So Glos, Gymshorts at Elsewhere Zone One

• Tony & the Kiki at Mercury Lounge

• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Steve Krebs & the Maynard G's, Flash Cooney & the Deans of Discipline, the Blowdryer Ensemble, Wexwax at the Parkside Lounge

• Joy Buzzer at Heaven Can Wait

• Squirrels from Hell at Young Ethel's

• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Jackson Scott at the Anyway Cafe

Brian Hurd at Skinny Dennis on December 14

Liah Alonso at the Loft at City Winery on December 14 (photograph by Chris Ofner)

Lorraine Leckie & Her Demons at Mercury Lounge on December 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The Grasping Straws at Mercury Lounge on December 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Sunday, December 18

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Yo La Tengo, Liz Miele, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages at the Bowery Ballroom

• Cursive at Saint Vitus Bar

• Kat Edmonson at the Loft at City Winery

• Gibby Haynes, Paul Green Rock Academy, Lulu Lewis at TV Eye

• Brian Courtney Wlison, the Baylor Project at Sony Hall

• Millington, Joker's Republic, JT Turret, Skappository at Arlene's Grocery

• Sasha Dobson at Mezzrow

• Isaiah Sharkey & Friends at Cafe Wha?

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• The Hipp Pipps, Hudson City Rats at Otto's Shrunken Head

• SoulCake at Book Club

• Mulebone at the Ear Inn

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• Stew Cutler at Arthur's Tavern

• Brian Charette at the Django

• Assaf Salhov at the Anyway Cafe

• Sashka Drey at the Anyway Cafe

• Andy Fitzpatrick, August Wells at the Scratcher Bar

• Maputi at Lucky

Helm at Elsewhere Zone One on December 14

Cube at Elsewhere Zone One on December 14

Arzat Skia at Elsewhere Zone One on December 14

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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.