Start August with Great Live Music in NYC

Cavetown, pictured above at Racket NYC in January 2023, will headline a concert with mxmtoon, Ricky Montgomery and grentperez at SummerStage Central Park 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 60+ 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.

The Wallflowers headlined a free concert at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on July 27

Treya Lam at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on July 27

Joe Russo's Almost Dead at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 27

The Latin Dead with John Kadlecik (left) at the Brooklyn Bowl on July 26 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Monday, July 31

• beabadoobee, Been Stellar at Terminal 5

• Altin Gün, Rogê at Brooklyn Steel

• Elle King at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Stolen Gin, Richie Quake at Elsewhere Rooftop

• Art Garfunkel, Jr. at City Winery NYC

• Dove Blood, Mombs, Nevāda Nevada, Todd Goldstein at Berlin

• Sasha Dobson & Friends at the Ear Inn

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Hayden Fogle at Terra Blues

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

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

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

Big Ed's Blues Jam on July 24; the jam happens every Monday night at the Red Lion

Laurel Canyon at Rough Trade NYC on July 25

Danny Draher (right) at the Ear Inn on July 26

The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl on July 24 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Tuesday, August 1

• Phish at Madison Square Garden

• Fall Out Boy, Bring Me the Horizon, Royal and the Serpent, Games We Play at Forest Hills Stadium

• King Krule, Jerkcurb at the Kings Theatre

• beabadoobee, Been Stellar at Terminal 5

• Royal & the Serpent at Rough Trade NYC

• Cat Burns, Alia Kadir at Baby's All Right

• Rebounder, Ray Bull, Plastic Picnic at the Bowery Ballroom

• Great Southern at City Winery NYC

• JD Pinkus, Joecephus and the George Jonestown at the Kingsland

• Tamar Korn & Friends at Barbes

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

• Jason Green at City Winery Grand Central

Wheatus at Elsewhere Rooftop on July 26

Blaketheman1000 at Elsewhere Rooftop on July 26

Yeah Baby at Elsewhere Zone One on July 26

Thread of Mine at Elsewhere Zone One on July 26

Dope Clara at Elsewhere Zone One on July 26

Wednesday, August 2

• Phish at Madison Square Garden

• Tyler Childers, Elle King at Radio City Music Hall

• Pink Martini, China Forbes at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• King Krule, Jerkcurb at the Kings Theatre

• The Airborne Toxic Event at the Bowery Ballroom

• Cafune, Juliana Madrid at Elsewhere Rooftop

• Grouplove (acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC

• The Comet is Coming, Ibeyi, Aja Monet at SummerStage Central Park

• The 502s at Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens

• Granger Smith w. Earl Dibbles Jr. at Irving Plaza

• Loudon Wainwright III at City Winery NYC

• LaMP at the Cutting Room

• The Jamie McLean Band at the Bitter End

• Mulebone at the Bitter End

• The Andy Statman Trio at Barbès

• Saddlemen, Fast Casual, Lyndsay Stone at Berlin

• Michael Hill (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The David "Doc" French Band at Terra Blues

• Armo at the Hugh Plaza

• The Bakersfield Breakers at the 11th St. Bar

• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

Nonequator at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on July 24

Moondogs at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on July 27

Mutual Friend at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on July 27

A jazz jam outside Bushwick Triangle on July 26; the open jams happen twice a week

Thursday, August 3

• P!NK, Brandi Carlile, Grouplove, KidCutUp at Citi Field

• Tyler Childers, Elle King at Radio City Music Hall

• NIKI, Kaz Moon at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Cavetown, mxmtoon, Ricky Montgomery, grentperez at SummerStage Central Park

• Jorge Drexler, Cimafunk, Julieta Rada at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• The Airborne Toxic Event at the Bowery Ballroom

• The Drums, Cold Hart at Webster Hall

• Ruger, Jimmy October at Irving Plaza

• John Waite, Jeffrey Gaines at City Winery NYC

• Eddie Palmieri at Lincoln Center Dance Floor

• The Rubinoos, Beauty at the Bowery Electric

• New Myths, Hnry Flwr at Brooklyn Made

• The David Peel Tribute Band, Exit 99, the Cynz, Crazy Mary, Rew Starr, Strange Majik, Blueberry High Heels, Bill Popp, Long Gone Day, Steve Bloom and the Bonghitters at the Parkside Lounge

• Bayaz, MOVIE MOVIE, the Low Spirits, the Elevator Operators at Berlin

• The PJ LaMariana Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Mike LeDonne (left) at the Cellar Dog on July 23 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Vin Mott Blues Band at Stitch Bar & Blues on July 26 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Blackout Shoppers at Tompkins Square Park on July 23

Cash Bribe at Tompkins Square Park on July 23

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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.