End January with Live Music in NYC

G. Love at City Winery NYC in 2021; G. Love & Special Sauce will headline at Irving Plaza on Sunday evening

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to New York City. The twice-weekly guide also celebrates via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 50+ 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.

Seth Meyers at City Winery NYC on January 25; he is performing a multi-night residency there until February 9

The Trews at the Loft at City Winery on January 25

Sunday Mourners at the Loft at City Winery on January 25

Hollis Brown at the Loft at City Winery on January 22 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Friday, January 27

• The Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall

• Joe Russo's Almost Dead at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Gipsy Kings (acoustic) w. Nicolas Reyes at City Winery NYC

• Gregory Alan Isakov at Brooklyn Steel

• Dru Hill at Webster Hall

• Galactic w. Robert Randolph at the Blue Note

• Cass McCombs + Band, Kolumbo at the Bowery Ballroom

• The Weight Band, Pressing Strings at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Penelope Scott, Yot Club, Hank at Baby's All Right

• Plaid at Brooklyn Made

• Jazz Is Dead at Palladium Times Square

• Blonde Otter, Wetsuit, Chatterbox, Morphland at Trans-Pecos

• Toshi Reagon at Joe's Pub

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Puzzled Panther, Crazy & the Brains at Heaven Can Wait

• Michael Strauss and the Deep Sweet, the Underbites, the Supertones, Cat Casual & the Final Word at Arlene's Grocery

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The Phil Gammage Quartet at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Blackout Shoppers, Loafass, Dr. Ex and the Break-ups, Cash Bribe, World War IX at Otto's Shrunken Head

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

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Kolker at the Bitter End

Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on January 25 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Jefferson Hamer at Rockwood Music Hall on January 25 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The Way Down Wanderers at Mercury Lounge on January 25 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The Gold Standard at Mercury Lounge on January 25 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, January 28

• Nikki Glaser, the Natural Lines at the Beacon Theatre

• Ma$e, Cam'ron, Jadakiss at the Apollo Theater

• EDEN, slenderbodies at Terminal 5

• Thee Sacred Souls, Jalen Ngonda, Say She She at Brooklyn Steel

• The Hold Steady, Two Dark Birds at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Suki Waterhouse, Blondshell at Webster Hall

• Anysia Kym, Beach Fossils (DJ Set), Discovery Zone, Downtown Boys, Duendita, Hannah Jadagu, Horsegirl, Ian Sweet, Katy Kirby, Liz Cooper, Mary Jane Dunphe, Weeping Icon, Wet (Stripped Down), Yumi Zouma (DJ) at the Bowery Ballroom

• January Jane, Four Trips Ahead, Rejectionist Front, Aidan Canfield, Movie Night at the Gramercy Theatre

• Galactic w. Matisyahu at the Blue Note

• Truth Club, thanks for coming at Baby's All Right

• The Silk War, Sharkswimmer, King Bug, Real Burn at Brooklyn Made

• Toshi Reagon at Joe's Pub

• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues

• Peaer, Dari Bay, Poise, Foyer Red (DJ set) at the Sultan Room, Brooklyn

• The Serotonians, Density, Danny & the Bad Boyz, Commercial Interruption at the Parkside Lounge

• Highly Effective People, Tuff Sunshine, Vestments at Main Drag Music

• Bill Popp & the Tapes at the End Zone

• Barynya at the Anyway Cafe

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Ferns on January 25

Khaki Cuffs at Heaven Can Wait on January 22

Row Home at Heaven Can Wait on January 20

Baby Bird Machine at Heaven Can Wait on January 20

Sunday, January 29

• G. Love & Special Sauce, Donavon Frankenreiter, Nat Myers at Irving Plaza

• Hidden in Plain View at the Gramercy Theatre

• Galactic w. Nicholas Payton at the Blue Note

• The Adam Ezra Group, Sirsy (acoustic) at the Loft at City Winery

• The Color Fred, Alex Melton at TV Eye

• Editrix, Decor, Horse Torso, Sunkheaven at Saint Vitus Bar

• A Light Divided, Ashland, the Uncertain, Bvdmind, Perimeter, Silkstone at the Meadows, Brooklyn

• Urban Waste, Come Mierda, Raid, the Dilators, United Blood at Purgatory

• Toshi Reagon at Joe's Pub

• Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland Jazz Club

• David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• Sashka Drey at the Anyway Cafe

• Kylie Westerbeck at Book Club

• The Irish Siesiun at the 11th St. Bar

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Ricky Stein at the Bitter End on January 21 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Ethan Levine with guest Stephanie Marie at the Bitter End on January 21 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans at the Shrine on January 21 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Saul Rubin at the Cellar Dog on January 24 (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 performances for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's January and February calendars.