Enjoy Awesome Live Music in New York City This Week

The Head & the Heart, pictured above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2019, will headline at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on 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.

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
• Jackson Browne at the Beacon Theatre
• Ricky Stein at Skinny Dennis
• Bill Popp and the Tapes at the Central Park Bandshell
• Cowbell Superstar at Arlene's Grocery

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

John Cale headlined at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 19

Tomberlin at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 19

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds at the Brooklyn Bowl on August 18

Love by Numb3rs at the Brooklyn Bowl on August 18

Monday, August 21

• 5 Seconds of Summer, Meet Me @ the Altar at Madison Square Garden

• Pixies, Modest Mouse, Cat Power at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Justin Furstenfeld at City Winery NYC

• Candiace at the Loft at City Winery

• Larry Krone & Family at Joe's Pub

• Socks in the Frying Pan at Hill Country Barbecue Market

• Masorti at the Bitter End

• The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl

• The Wyatt Lewis Trio, EverLectric, Rebecca Scout Nelson, Border House at the Bowery Electric

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• 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

• Dirty Water Dogs at the Ear Inn

Mike Love and the Full Circle at the Brooklyn Bowl on August 20

Tash Neal & MJT at the Bitter End on August 19 (photograph by Eileen Lawrence)

Show Me the Body at Tompkins Square Park on August 18

Posterboy 2000 at Tompkins Square Park on August 18

Tuesday, August 22

• Pixies, Modest Mouse, Cat Power at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Alex G, Alvvays at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park

• Yngwie Malmsteen & Glenn Hughes at the Palladium Times Square

• Ocean Alley, Juice at Webster Hall

• Ian Sweet, Why Bonnie at Elsewhere Rooftop

• Erik Frandsen at the Bitter End

• Howlin' Hurd at Skinny Dennis

• Model Citizen at TV Eye

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

• Nino Mendoza, Karena Reiter, Senioritis, Density, Sheila & Ross at the Hard Swallow

• Big Mamou at the 11th St. Bar

The Chris Martin Collective at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 20

Sarah Krohn (left) at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, om August 17

Marisa Nahas (right) at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 17

Bitblitz at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on August 20

Wednesday, August 23

• Manchester Orchestra, Jimmy Eat World, Middle Kids at SummerStage Central Park

• Alex G, Alvvays at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park

• Earl Sweatshirt at Brooklyn Steel

• Yoke Lore, Girlhouse at Irving Plaza

• Weathers, Almost Monday, Hoko at the Bowery Ballroom

• Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note

• Lalah Hathaway at City Winery NYC

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

• Torr at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Generacion Suicida, Acid Casualty, Mala Vista at Gold Sounds

• Apollo Flowerchild, Penny, Big Sweater, Irrevery at the Hart Bar

• Muscle Tough at Café Wha?

• Cliff Westfall at Skinny Dennis

• Matt Wiffen at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at the Zinc Bar

• The Tube at the 11th St. Bar

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Ear Inn

The Phil Gammage Quintet at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 19 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Val Kinzler at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 18 (photograph by Pamela Gregory)

Blake Rave at Lucky on August 20

florid at Book Club on August 20

Thursday, August 24

• Regina Spektor at SummerStage Central Park

• The Head and the Heart, Izzy Heltai at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park

• Yoke Lore, girlhouse at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Shaina Taub at Little Island

• Ripe at the Rockaway Hotel

• Paradise Fears, AJ Smith at the Gramercy Theatre

• John Carroll Kirby at the Bowery Ballroom

• Hockey Dad, Chastity, Similar Kind at Brooklyn Made

• Lalah Hathaway at City Winery NYC

• Ethan Tasch, Charlotte Rose Benjamin at Baby's All Right

• The Muckers, Gnarcissists, Tits Dick Ass at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Water from Your Eyes, Frost Children, YHWH Nailgun aboard the Liberty Belle

• Vaperror, Pad Chennington, Your Friend Shoji, NOGENKI!, GLOBAL CHILL, desert sand feels warm at night, Videopunks, Fake Fever, Donor Lens, Electric Specter 電妖怪, chris†††, FrankJavCee, 식료품groceries, DOLPHIN UPERCUT, Discoholic, FIBRE, SPORTSGIRL, Yuni Wa, Days of Blue, Crystal Eternal, Daydream Deluxe, Towers at the Meadows

• Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note

• The Mike Stern Band at Drom

• Junior Mack w. Noé Socha Duo at Arthur's Tavern

• Big Gorgeous, Kay Day, No Grudges at Arlene's Grocery

• Mississippi Heat at Terra Blues

• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Trespasser at the 11th St. Bar

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

• Val Kinzler at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

Samantha Pearl at the Bedford Avenue subway station on August 18

Hollywood Phil outside Tompkins Square Park on August 19

Fred Riko at Tompkins Square Park on August 20

The Broom at Tompkins Square Park on August 20

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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 calendar.