Top Choices for Live Music in the NYC Area This Weekend

Gov't Mule, pictured above at the Beacon Theatre in 2019, will headline the fourth and final night of the sixth annual Great South Bay Music Festival this Sunday

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 the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Post Malone performed a free pop-up mini-concert at the new TSX Entertainment stage at Times Square on July 18

The Struts headlined at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 15

Mac Saturn at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 15

Rachael Sage at Joe's Pub on July 18 photograph by John Skyloski)

Friday, July 21

• Drake, 21 Savage at Barclays Center

• Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Rakim, Slick Rick, Black Sheep, Brand Nubian, CL Smooth, Dana Dane, EPMD, Fu-Schnickens, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Scorpio, Kid 'N Play, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, MC Serch, Treach, the Sugarhill Gang, Onyx at Radio City Music Hall

• Dirty Heads, Goldfinger, Badfish, Ballyhoo, Oogee Wawa at Shorefront Park

• Bob Moses, Hayden James, Kasablanca, Julya Karma at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Cake at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Declan McKenna, Eli Smart at Webster Hall

• Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Braxe + Falcon at the Knockdown Center

• The Stews, Wakelee at the Bowery Ballroom

• Lori McKenna, Mark Erelli at City Winery NYC

• Magos Herrera w. the Knights at Bryant Park

• Jose James at the Blue Note

• Dongyang Gozupa at the David Rubenstein Atrium

• Cut Worms, Air Waves, the Lemon Twigs at Union Pool

• Wild Pink, Foyer Red at Baby's All Right

• The Chelsea Symphony, Lady Jess, Lucrecia Dalt at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Dead Tooth, Namesake at Brooklyn Made

• OK Goodnight at the Kingsland

• Steve Gunn, Elias Rønnenfelt at Baker Falls

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Kolker at the Bitter End

Jenny Lewis at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 18

Cass McCombs at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 18

Lauren Monroe at the Loft at City Winery on July 18 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Scotch Mist at the Sultan Room on July 5 (photograph by Zaffira Medici)

Saturday, July 22

• Phil Lesh & Friends, the Eric Krasno Trio, Neighbor, Baked Shrimp, Cassandra House at Shorefront Park

• Amtrac aboard the Circle Line

• Bayo, Michael Brun at SummerStage Central Park

• Cake at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Rema, Victony at the Coney Island Amphitheater

• Shawny Binladen, Bizzy Banks at Irving Plaza

• Justin Nozuka at the Gramercy Theatre

• Jose James at the Blue Note

• Kool & the Gang at Flushing Meadow Corona Park

• Breathe Carolina at Nebula

• Nothing, Radioactivity, Godcaster, Loosey, Jobber at Roberta's

• RL Boyce, the Phil Gammage Quintet at John Brown BBQ

• Eli Paperboy Reed, the Freddy DeBoe Band, B-Mack, Brewster Moonface at Maker Space NYC

• Ali Sethi, Raja Kumari, Roshni Samlal at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• Thick, My Son the Doctor, Tits Dick Ass at TV Eye

• Harbour, Arms Akimbo at the Bowery Ballroom

• Blood Red Shoes at Brooklyn Made

• Johanna Samuels at Union Pool

• Thelma and the Sleaze, Miranda and the Beat, Skorts at the Sultan Room

• Gray by Silver at the David Rubenstein Atrium

• Lamorn, Linney Molly Otto at Elsewhere Zone One

• Population II at Alphaville

• Blu Anxxiety, Melissa, Loosey, Pyrex, UVTV at the Meadows

• Plight, Spirits of Leo, Dead Leaf Echo, Dahl Haus at Gold Sounds

• J Hoard at Little Island

• Maxime, Dirt Room, Ryan Leahan, Stefan Thev at Berlin

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• Clarence Spady (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Emy and the Epix at Culture Lab LIC

• Gabriel Hermida at St. Mazie

Marcia Griffiths at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on July 15

Oumou Sangare at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park on July 14

The Dracu-Las outside 18th Ward Brewing on July 15 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Bushwick's Dead Family Band at the Broadway on July 15 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Sunday, July 23

• Drake, 21 Savage at Madison Square Garden

• Peter Frampton at the Capitol Theatre

• Govt. Mule, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel, Tauk, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer at Shorefront Park

• Jose James at the Blue Note

• Swirlies, Frankie Rose, w0rmh0les at le Poisson Rouge

• Lisa Loeb, Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls at City Winery NYC

• Cherubs, the Art Gray Noizz Quintet, a Deer a Horse at TV Eye

• 7 Seconds, Taking Meds, Jivebomb at the Meadows

• Michael Cera Palin, Teenage Halloween at Brooklyn Made

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• The Trash Bags, Flasyd, Tits Dick Ass, Bad Vacation, Baabes, LICKS, Comatosed, Sid Simmons at Our Wicked Lady Rooftop

• Oneida, Ryan Sawyer + Steve Gunn Duo, DJ Heavy Flow at Caracas

• DJ Rekha, Malkit Singh, DJ Ana, Sikh Knowledge, Rolex Rasathy, Param Singh, Dholi Anuradha, the Shadow Notes at Flushing Meadow Corona Park

• Waa Wei, the Dinosaur’s Skin, Mandarin Homework (DJ Mr. Skin) at SummerStage Central Park

• Sasha Dobson at the Django

• Emily Frembgen at Pete's Candy Store

• The Azures, DD Island, Inc Kino, Damon Smith, Kate Gratson at Berlin

• Adam Najemian at Book Club

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

• Iconicide, Damn Your Eyes, Avoidus, Breath of the Moor, Blackout Shoppers at Tompkins Square Park

Skold at Stimulate at Drom on July 15

Clockwork Echo at Stimulate at Drom on July 15

Grimm at Stimulate at Drom on July 15

Lucas Jackson at Tompkins Square Park on July 15

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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 calendar.