Start July with Live Music in NYC

Sara Bareilles, pictured above at the Love Rocks NYC concert in 2021, tonight will launch a series of benefit concerts to help save the financially-struggling Rockwood Music Hall

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.

Note that the following concerts, originally scheduled for this weekend, were postponed or canceled.

• X, Squirrel Nut Zippers at the Palladium Times Square

• Andy Shauf at SummerStage Central Park

Everynight Charley recommends the following 50+ concerts this weekend in New York City. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age requirements, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Tears for Fears headlined Madison Square Garden on June 26

Cold War Kids at Madison Square Garden on June 26

Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Kings Theatre on June 27 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Ondara at the Kings Theatre on June 27 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Friday, June 30

• Xscape, 112, Tevin Campbell, Mýa, Silk, Ginuwine, Next, H-Town at Barclays Center

• Bryson Tiller at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Soulive at the Blue Note

• Sara Bareilles at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Galantis at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Steve Smith & Vital Information at Birdland Theater

• Probass ∆ Hardi at Racket NYC

• Richard Barone & Glenn Mercer at the Loft at City Winery

• Michael Daves Quartet w. Tony Trischka, Yacouba Sissoko, and Terrell King at Bryant Park

• Swollen Teeth at Saint Vitus Bar

• Heyden Pedigo at Union Pool

• sksksks at Elsewhere Loft

• Stello, Sean Carroll, Rebecca McCartney, Real Burn at Brooklyn Made

• Bernard Purdie at Nublu 151

• Michael T. & the Vanities, Blackcats NYC, Night Spins, the Ritualists at Sleepwalk

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Blues People at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Joanna Sternberg at Public Records

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Chris Luquette at Sunny's Bar

• David Russell at the Bitter End

Michael Franti and Spearhead at SummerStage Central Park on June 28

Tank and the Bangas at SummerStage Central Park on June 28

The Eels at Webster Hall on June 27

Austin Antoine at Webster Hall on June 27

Saturday, July 1

• Jinkx Monsoon at the Kings Theatre

• Chris Thile & Michael Daves at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Steve Smith & Vital Information at Birdland Theater

• Mykal Gilmore at Little Island

• Imperial Teen, J Mascis, Christeene, Man on Man, Macy Rodman, the Nastie Band at the Bowery Ballroom

• We Are the Union, Catbite, Kill Lincoln, Bad Operation at the Meadows

• Soulive at the Blue Note

• Leith Ross, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Yves Jarvis at SummerStage Central Park

• Ibrahim Maalouf, Hermanos Gutiérrez at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• HR, Reggaelar People at the Bowery Electric

• Specialists, This Good Robot, Art Thief, Strawberry Sun at Brooklyn Made

• Live Skull, Skull Practitioners, Kilynn Lunsford at TV Eye

• The Black Angels NYC, the Hipp Pipps, Flash Cooney & the Deans of Discipline, the Acute, Scott Helland Guitarmy of One at the Parkside Lounge

• Blue Wave Theory, the Flying Faders, the Weisstronauts at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Strange Majik, the Sauce, Holiem, Holy Vulture at 139 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn

• Squirrels from Hell at Pete's Candy Store

• Seydurah & Her Avecmoi Band of Blues at Arthur's Tavern

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Clarence Spady & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues

• Gabriel Hermida Duo at the Flatiron Room Murray Hill

• Kolker at the Bitter End

Zach Williams at the Beacon Theatre on June 25

Cory Asbury (center) at the Beacon Theatre on June 25

Warren Peay at the Beacon Theatre on June 25

The So So Glos at the Bowery Ballroom on June 23 (photograph by Guy Eppel)

Sunday, July 2

• Sky Ferreira, Current Joys, ABRA, Clams Casino, Damon R., Elita, EvilGiane, Nicole Dollanganger, Snow Strippers, Uffie at the Knockdown Center

• Marisa Monte, Joana Amendoira and Fred Martins, Music from the Sole, DJ Lara Gerin at SummerStage Central Park

• Steve Smith & Vital Information at Birdland Theater

• Soulive at the Blue Note

• Alison Hinds, Nailah Blackman at Damrosch Park

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• Chris Luquette at Superfine

• Joe Bataan at Union Pool

• Ricky Stein, Best Breakfast, Small Chucks at Mercury Lounge

• Sid Simons, Arsun at Baby's All Right

• Val Kinzler, Brett Cameron, Elizabeth Lubin, Amanda Fama at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

James Maddock (center) with Guthrie Trapp (left) and Shawn Pelton at the 11th St. Bar on June 28

Margie Goldsmith & French Cookin’ at Stitch Bar & Blues on June 28 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Petty Walker at Mercury Lounge on June 27

Outremont at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on June 27

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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 more complete listing of upcoming performances in the New York City area, visit The Manhattan Beat's June and July calendars.