End August with Good Live Music

Bruce Springsteen, shown above onstage at Barclays Center in April 2023, will begin a run of shows with the E Street Band at MetLife Stadium this Wednesday

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 50+ concerts this week in the New York City area. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Jackson Browne began a series of four concerts at the Beacon Theatre on August 25

The Head and the Heart at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 24, 2023

Izzy Heltai at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 24, 2023

Madison McFerrin at Sessions Restaurant on August 25 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Monday, August 28

• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre

• Shinyribs at City Winery NYC

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• The Jason Green Trio at the Ear Inn

• Scott Stenten at City Winery Grand Central

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

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

• Richie Cannata's Monday Jam at the Bitter End

• Seth Okrend at the Shrine World Music Venue

Hermitage Green at le Poisson Rouge on August 26

Thin Lear at le Poisson Rouge on August 26

Cortisol at Mercury Lounge on August 26

Servants at Mercury Lounge on August 26

Tuesday, August 29

• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden

• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre

• Local Natives, Annika Bennett at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Jon Batiste at the Great Hall at Cooper Union

• Chelsea Cutler at the Bowery Ballroom

• pronoun at Heaven Can Wait

• Catherine Russell at Birdland Jazz Club

• Sungazer at the Blue Note

• Colebrook, Shadwick Wilde & Quiet Hollers, J Wolfe, Lacey Guthrie at Pianos

• Jason Green at City Winery Grand Central

• Julia Haltigan, Supremo Massiv & Friends at the 11th St. Bar

• Bill Popp, John Birge, Paranoid Larry at the Hard Swallow

• Blues People at Terra Blues

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

Galdort Gumbo & the Righteous Cats at the Bitter End on August 25

Lila Wilde at the Bitter End on August 25 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Dr. Boat at the Bowery Electric on August 25 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Just Shockey at the Wednesday open mic at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 23

Wednesday, August 30

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at MetLife Stadium

• Lil Baby, GloRilla, Rylo Rodriguez, Gloss Up, Hunxho at Madison Square Garden

• Eason Chan at Barclays Center

• Vance Joy, Dan Sultan at Summerstage Central Park

• JVKE, Arden Jones at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Se So Neon at Irving Plaza

• Little Image, Hastings, Levi Evans at Baby's All Right

• Albert Bouchard's Imaginos at Sony Hall

• Catherine Russell at Birdland Jazz Club

• Sungazer Plus at the Blue Note

• Black Tusk, Restless Spirit at Saint Vitus Bar

• James Maddock w. Brian Mitchell & Shawn Pelton at the 11th St. Bar

• Diane & the Gentle Men, Tom Clark & the High Action Boys at Mercury Lounge

• Papa's Dream Shadows at the Ear Inn

• Fred Thomas at the Hugh Plaza

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Density at the Hard Swallow on August 22 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Senioritis with guest Michael G. Potter (left) at the Hard Swallow on August 22 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Val Kinzler at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 24 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

These Guys at the Red Lion on August 26 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Thursday, August 31

• RBD at Madison Square Garden

• Noah Kahan, Ruston Kelly at Radio City Music Hall

• Quinn XCII at the Brooklyn Mirage

• X, Squirrel Nut Zippers at the Palladium Times Square

• Soulja Boy at Sony Hall

• Anthony Green at Saint Vitus Bar

• James Ivy, Georell Magno at the Bowery Ballroom

• Phum Viphurit, Mild Orange, Brandon at Irving Plaza

• Martha Redbone at Bryant Park

• Catherine Russell at Birdland Jazz Club

• The Oz Noy Organ Trio w. Ben Stivers & Bill Campbell at the Bitter End

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• Pedrito Martinez at Drom

• Adam Lytle at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls

• The T Blues Band w. Doc French & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

• Chris Campion at the 11th St. Bar

Diana Burco at the Picnic Performances at Bryant Park on August 25

Ragini Ensemble at the Picnic Performances at Bryant Park on August 25

Diana "Gitesha" Hernandez at the 11th St. Community Garden on August 26

Kieran Murray at the 11th St. Community Garden on August 26

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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.