Cool Live Music for a Late August Weekend in NYC

Jackson Browne, shown above at the Beacon Theatre in 2022, returns for another four-night headlining gig 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.

The following concerts, originally scheduled for this week, have been postponed or canceled. Look further down the list to find substitute concerts.

• Madonna, Bob the Drag Queen at Madison Square Garden

• Jasmine Sullivan at Afropunk

• W.A.S.P., Armoured Saint at the Hammerstein Ballroom

• Guitar Up!, the Bali Lamas, Drip 2.0 at Rockaway Bazaar

Everynight Charley recommends the following 70+ concerts in New York City this weekend. Consult the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Manchester Orchestra headlined at SummerStage Central Park on August 23

Jimmy Eat World at SummerStage Central Park on August 23

Yngwie Malmsteen at the Palladium Times Square on August 22

Glenn Hughes (left) at the Palladium Times Square on August 22

Friday, August 25

• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre

• Tiwa Savage at the Apollo

• Edén Muñoz at the Kings Theatre

• Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Freeway at Webster Hall

• Duke Dumont at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Asian Doll at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Lyfe Jennings at City Winery NYC

• Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band w. Dianne Reeves, T.K. Blue at Marcus Garvey Park

• Har Mar Superstar at the Bowery Electric

• Nellie McKay at le Poisson Rouge

• Patrick Droney at Rough Trade NYC

• Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note

• Gooseberry, Pan Arcadia, Cab Ellis at the Bowery Ballroom

• Mega Mango, Strange Neighbors, Laura Galindo, Chatterbox at Brooklyn Made

• Left to Suffer, Distant, Justice for the Damned, Cabal at the Meadows

• Stepan Giga at Racket NYC

• Maeta at Baby's All Right

• Prison at Rippers

• Liam Benzvi, Melody English, Ren G at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• Galdort Gumbo & the Righteous Cats at the Bitter End

• Rob Mastrianni at the Bitter End

• Nick and the Old Sport, Big Daddy in the Sky at Otto's Shrunken Head

• MGP and the Experience at 5C Café

Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas at the annual Blues BBQ festival in Hudson River Park on August 19 (photograph by David Donen)

Socks in the Frying Pan at Hill Country Barbecue Market on August 21

The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl on August 21

Masorti at the Bitter End on August 21

Saturday, August 26

• Afropunk: Flying Lotus, Vince Staples, Tobe Nwigwe, Madison McFerrin, Proper., Durand Bernarr, the Beatnuts, Amindi, Iniko, Cleo Reed, Bembona, Punk Black at the Skyline Drive In

• Chance the Rapper at Barclays Center

• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre

• Peso Pluma at the Kings Theatre

• Jai Wolf, Kasbo, EVAN GIIA, MYRNE at the Brooklyn Mirage

• CupcakKe, Chase Icon at Webster Hall

• Foghat, Dana Fuchs at Palladium Times Square

• The Cookers, Endea Owens and the Cookout, Nduduzo Makhathini Trio, Akua Allrich and the Tribe at Marcus Garvey Park

• Ka Baird, 75 Dollar Bill at Bryant Park

• Florist, Skullcrusher, Adelyn Strei at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Forager, Nathanie, Isa Reyes at Elsewhere Zone One

• Hermitage Green, Thin Lear at le Poisson Rouge

• Octave Cat, Kyle Sparkman at Brooklyn Bowl

• Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note

• Madds Buckley, Hope DeLuca at Mercury Lounge

• Telescreens, Sid Simons & the Darlings, Birthday Girl at the Bowery Ballroom

• Together Pangea, Reckling, Thick at Brooklyn Made

• Beau, Annie Blackman, Pop Music Fever Dream at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Taylor Ashton at Littlefields

• Ricky Stein at Skinny Dennis

• The TarantinosNYC, 9th Wave, the Vibrojets at Rockaway Bazaar

• The Hipp Pipps, the Hudson City Rats, Cthulhu Martini, the Vibewreckers at the Parkside Lounge

• Labretta & Johnny, Civil Rats, Basic Bitches at Otto's Shrunken Head

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

The Open Blues Jam featuring Dan with a Plan at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 21 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Matt Wiffen (right) at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 23 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Nite Train at the Bitter End on August 18 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

David "Doc" French at the Ear Inn on August 14 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, August 27

• Afropunk: Teyana Taylor, Joey Bada$$, Baby Tate, Sudan Archives, Enny, Rahzel, Jack Freeman, DAWERXDAMPER, Uniity, Akwaeke, Dreamer Isloma, DBN Gogo, the Rack at the Skyline Drive In

• Sick of It All, Life of Agony, Pain of Truth at the Knockdown Center

• Toosii at Palladium Times Square

• Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note

• John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Sean Ono Lennon at Roulette

• Molly Parden, Deni, Andrew Goldring at Mercury Lounge

• The Sun Ra Arkestra at Union Pool

• Charles McPherson, Terell Stafford, Something Else! Vincent Herring Septet, Hera, Michael Mayo, Chelsea Baratz, Andromeda Turre at Tompkins Square Park

• Sloppy Jane, Tea Eater, MC Lydia Gammill at Baby's All Right

• Lily Seabird, Merce Lemon, Closebye at Baby's All Right

• Sloppy Heads, Dump, the Special Pillow at Mama Tried

• Sasha Dobson, Peter Bernstein & Neal Miner at Mezzrow

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• Catcher, Zilched, Zastava, Young June at the Broadway

• The Dang-It Bobbys at Superfine

• Daboway at the Cutting Room

• Wiped Out, the Swongoes, Tsuami of Sound at Rockaway Bazaar

• Uncle Pizza, Queer Chaos, A Total Wreck, Vinessa Charles at the Hart Bar

• King Falcon, Late Slip, Nick and the Old Sport, Pinc Louds (solo) at the Rockaway Amphitheater

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

Everlectric at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on August 21

Headhum at Heaven Can Wait on August 21

D. Treut at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 21

Nino Mendoza at the Hard Swallow on August 22

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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 August and September calendars.