Good Live Music for Mid-Summer in NYC

Portugal. The Man, photographed above at Governors Ball 2021, will headline Radio City Music Hall this Thursday

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, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Horsegirl headlined at SummerStage Central Park on July 20

Iceage at SummerStage Central Park on July 20

Water from Your Eyes at SummerStage Central Park on July 10

Crying Nut at Damrosch Park on July 19

Monday, July 24

• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
• Café Tacvba, the Ruen Brothers at SummerStage Central Park
• Rhett Miller, Nick Cory Young at City Winery NYC
• The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl
• Blu Eye Extinction at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• Nonequator at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
• The Jake Walker Trio at the Ear Inn
• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues
• Ellis Hooks at Terra Blues
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Open Blues Jam Mondays w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Seth Okrend at the Shrine World Music Venue

Declan McKenna at Webster Hall on July 21 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Eli Smart at Webster Hall on July 21 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Son Volt at City Winery NYC on July 19

Peter Bruntnell at City Winery NYC on July 19

Tuesday, July 25

• Drake, 21 Savage at Madison Square Garden
• Peter Frampton at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester
• Turnpike Troubadours, Hayes Carll at the Beacon Theatre
• Lauren Spencer Smith, Blake Rose, Geena Fontanella at Irving Plaza
• Anamanaguchi, Cecile Believe, Fatboi Sharif, Elucid, Tony or Tony at Elsewhere
• Hobo Johnson, Franklin Jonas at the Bowery Ballroom
• Kid Koala, Lealani, Adira Amram & the Experience at le Poisson Rouge
• Howie Day at City Winery NYC
• The Bad Plus at the Blue Note
• Laurel Canyon at Rough Trade NYC
• Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman at Joe's Pub
• Omar Ahmad, Sam O.B., Serrian at the Sultan Room
• Virgo Twins at Time Studio
• Julia Haltigan, Supremo Massiv & Friends at the 11th St. Bar
• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at St. Mazie
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

Tamikrest at Rockefeller Park on July 20

Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials at the Iridium on July 21 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Chris Bergson (left and Ellis Hooks at Stitch Bar & Blues (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

paris_monster at the Brooklyn Bowl on July 20

Wednesday, July 26

• Drake, 21 Savage at Madison Square Garden
• Turnpike Troubadours, Hayes Carll at the Beacon Theatre
• Alice Phoebe Lou, Dianna Lopez at Brooklyn Steel
• Lauren Spencer Smith, Blake Ross, Geena Fontanella at Irving Plaza
• Nanna, Indigo Sparke at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Bad Plus at the Blue Note
• The Latin Dead w. John Kadlecik, Dodongo at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Wheatus, Blaketheman1000 at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Eli "Paperboy" Reed at the Hugh Plaza
• Gabriel Garzon-Montano at Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
• Nory, Free Whenever, Dark Sky Hustlers at Mercury Lounge
• Young in France, Dream Prescription, Turbo Goth at Gold Sounds
• Danny Draher and the Double Dynamite Blues Band at the Ear Inn
• Water Seed at Nublu
• August Wells, Sean Croizier at the 11th St. Bar
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band w. David "Doc" French & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues

The Val Kinzler Band at NYC Women Rock at Arlene's Grocery on July 18 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Rew Starr at NYC Women Rock at Arlene's Grocery on July 18 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Hole in One at NYC Women Rock at Arlene's Grocery on July 18 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Senioritis at NYC Women Rock at Arlene's Grocery on July 18 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Thursday, July 27

• Portugal. The Man, Thee Sacred Souls at Radio City Music Hall

• Maggie Rogers, Soccer Mommy at Forest Hills Stadium
• The Wallflowers, Treya Lam at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• Joe Russo's Almost Dead at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• LeTigre, Morgan Bassichis at Brooklyn Steel
• Gabriels at Webster Hall
• The Bad Plus at the Blue Note
• Albert Cummings at the Iridium
• Sir Woman at Brooklyn Made
• Jim Messina at Sony Hall
• Allison Russell at Rockefeller Park
• France Joli, CeCe Peniston, Johnny Q, C&C Music Factory, Brenda K. Starr, Seduction, Noel, Coro, Frankie Cutlass, Alisha, Angelo Venuto, Kim Sozzi, Nocerra, Monet, Pretty Poison, Strafe, Aly-us, Tommie Nappi at Midland Beach Parking Lot 8
• Delicate Steve, Devon Church at the Sultan Room Rooftop
• Editrix, Grex, Michael Rocketship, James Paul Nadien at Trans-Pecos
• Vandelux, Tyler Mann at the Bowery Ballroom
• Big Girl, ok cowgirl, SQORE at Baby's All Right
• Dion Lunadon, Shop Talk, Moral Panic at the Broadway
• Arthur Moon, Angélica Garcia at the Knitting Factory
• Pedrito Martinez at Drom
• The Oz Noy Organ Trio w. Clint De Ganon & Eric Finland at the Bitter End
• Jim Campilongo 4-Tet at Barbès
• Sasha Dobson, Cat Popper, Battleflagg, Burnell Pine, Lemon City Trio at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric
• The T Blues Band w. SaRon Crenshaw & Junior Mack at Terra Blues
• Clarence Spady at Terra Blues
• Ricky Stein at Sunny's
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Steve Krebs & the Maynard G's, Density, Fandango NYC, the MGP Experience, Whimsical Rage, Brain Candy at the Shrine World Music Venue
• Chris Campion at the 11th St. Bar
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Puma Perl & Friends at the 11th St. Bar on July 18

Miss Maybell at Ferns on July 19

Saul Rubin at the Cellar Dog on July 17 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Dave Rudberg & Friends at Stitch Bar & Blues on July 21 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

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The Manhattan Beat reports on 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 The Manhattan Beat 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 July and August calendars.