Recommended Concerts for Mid-June in NYC

Cyndi Lauper, pictured above at the Love Rocks NYC concert in 2020, will return to the Beacon Theatre as part of the TriBeCa Film Festival this week

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to the New York City area. 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 70+ concerts in New York City this week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age requirements, COVID compliance, and other updates.

St. Paul & the Broken Bones headlined at SummerStage Central Park on June 10

Say She She at SummerStage Central Park on June 10

Black Midi at Governors Ball After Dark at Irving Plaza on June 9

Nourished by Time at Governors Ball After Dark at Irving Plaza on June 9

Monday, June 12

• Taj Mahal, the Harlem Gospel Travelers at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• D-Nice, MC Lyte, Wyclef Jean at the Apollo

• Yob, Cave In at le Poisson Rouge

• Deer Tick at Rough Trade NYC

• Talib Kweli & the Whiskey Boys at the Blue Note

• Louis Cato & Joe Saylor, Steve Gunn, Jiji, Sessa at the Greene Space

• Luca Benedetti at Skinny Dennis

• Whiskey Heart & Friends at the Bitter End

• The Edwin Vazquez Duo at the Flatiron Room NoMad

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

• Open Blues Jam Mondays w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Eve Silber & Geoff Burke at the Ear Inn

Tigercub at the Bowery Ballroom on June 8

Mary Shelley at the Bowery Ballroom on June 8

JJ Sansaverino at the Iridium on June 8 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Moon Walker at Mercury Lounge on June 6 (photograph by Romy Bayhack)

Tuesday, June 13

• The Used, Pierce the Veil, Don Broco, girlfriends at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• G Easy at Webster Hall

• Lyn Lapid at the Bowery Ballroom

• Yob, Pallbearer, Gnaw at le Poisson Rouge

• Valerie June at City Winery NYC

• Talib Kweli & the Whiskey Boys at the Blue Note

• Bill Frisell & Luke Bergman, Yasmin Williams, Jiji, For Living Lovers w. Brandon Ross & Stomu Takeishi at the Greene Space

• Jake Xerxes Fussell, Sam Moss at Union Pool

• Milo Z at the Red Lion

• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Shelto Marx, Ben Lasman & Hexora at the 11th St. Bar

Over the Rhine at City Winery NYC on June 10 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Shane Smith & the Saints at Brooklyn Made on June 9 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Myron Elkins at Brooklyn Made on June 9 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Alex Lahey at Rough Trade NYC on June 8

Wednesday, June 14

• Chance the Rapper at Spring Studios

• Dermot Kennedy, Claire Rosinkranz, Laila Mach at Madison Square Garden

• Cyndi Lauper at the Beacon Theatre

• The Driver Era at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Citizen, Fiddlehead at the Knockdown Center

• Kranium at the Gramercy Theatre

• Quadeca, Quickly Quickly at the Bowery Ballroom

• Martin Barre at Sony Hall

• Leo Kottke at City Winery NYC

• The Klezmatics at SummerStage Central Park

• Talib Kweli & the Whiskey Boys at the Blue Note

• Blonde Redhead at Baby's All Right

• Kid Millions, Sarah Bernstein at Shift

• Vincint at the Artspace at the Public Hotel

• yunè pinku at Sonic Sphere at the Shed

• Las Cafeteras, Quitapenas Barrio Collective DJS Adrian Is Hungry, Wild Roots at the Sultan Room

• Paul Beaubrun at the DUMBO Archway

• Catie Turner, Sophie Holohan, Baby Fisher at Mercury Lounge

• Arc Iris, Spencer Zahn at the Sultan Room Rooftop

• Bumpin Uglies, Mike Pinto at Brooklyn Made

• Hubby Jenkins (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

• Christine Santelli at the Ear Inn

• The Whips at Cafe Wha?

• The Brothers Yee at the 11th St. Bar

• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

Kid Java at Stitch Bar & Blues on June 8 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Dan Montgomery at the Parkside Lounge on June 9 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Val Kinzler at the Parkside Lounge on June 9 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Zengh at Groove on June 7

Thursday, June 15

• Chance the Rapper at Rockefeller Plaza

• Charlie Puth at Radio City Music Hall

• Sammy Rae & the Friends, Rubblebucket at SummerStage Central Park

• Jesse & Joy at Palladium Times Square

• Margo Price, Shemekia Copeland, Gaby Moreno, Dawn Richard + Spencer Zahn, Sudan Archives, Seratones, Tamtam, Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra, Martha Reeves, Eshu Tune at the Town Hall

• Anjimile, Kevin Aviance, Inaya Day, Mykal Kilgore, Dawn Richard, Byron Stingily at Damrosch Park

• Protomartyr, Rider/Horse at the Bowery Ballroom

• $not, Night Lovell, DC the Don, Micro at Irving Plaza

• Clark at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Soulive at the Blue Note

• Joe Louis Walker at the Iridium

• yunè pinku, Vitesse X at Elsewhere Zone One

• Yasser Tejada at TV Eye

• Thee Sinseers, the Altons, the Jack Moves at Brooklyn Made

• Catie Turner, Baby Fisher at Baby's All Right

• Kassa Overall, Yoshi T at Baby's All Right

• The Empty Pockets at Cafe Wha?

• Max Pain and the Groovies, 95 Bulls, Old Lady at the Broadway, Brooklyn

• James Maddock at the Bitter End

• Adam Masterson at the Bitter End

• The Arturo O'Farrill Quintet at Abe Lebewohl Park

• Robert Randolph at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Jake Wesley Rogers, Kara Jackson, Bright Light Bright Light at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• Joy Buzzer, the Cynz, Dan Miraldi at Pianos

• The T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Junior Mack at Terra Blues

• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Urban Waste at Wastefest at Tompkins Square Park on June 11 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) at Tompkins Square Park on June 11 (photograph by Francesco Marano) 

Deathcycle at Tompkins Square Park on June 11 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Spike Polite & Sewage NYC at Tompkins Square Park on June 11 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

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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 June calendar.