Live Music for Mid-August in the NYC Area

Guns N' Roses, pictured above at MetLife Stadium in 2021, will headline there again this Tuesday

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.

• Kacey Musgraves at City Winery NYC

• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at City Winery NYC

• Dirt Buyer, the Nora Kelly Band, Carol at Brooklyn Made

Everynight Charley recommends the following 60 concerts in the New York City area this week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

The Jonas Brothers launched a North American tour at Yankee Stadium on August 12; the tour will end at Barclays Center on December 9 (photograph by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

The Revivalists at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 10

Band of Horses at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 10

The Heavy Heavy at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 10

Monday, August 14

• Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind & Fire at Madison Square Garden
• Batushka, Swallow the Sun, Stormruler at the Brooklyn Monarch
• The Karl Denson Project w. Keyon Harrold at the Blue Note
• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• Richie Cannata's Monday Jam at the Bitter End
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Open Blues Jam Mondays w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Lorraine Leckie & Friends at Pete's Candy Store

Anthony B. at the Dub Rockers Roots Reggae Review at SummerStage Central Park on August 12

Chuck Fender at the Dub Rockers Roots Reggae Review at SummerStage Central Park on August 12

Voice of Baceprot at the Gramercy Theatre on August 13

Above Snakes at the Gramercy Theatre on August 13

Tuesday, August 15

• Guns N' Roses, the Pretenders at MetLife Stadium
• Shakey Graves, Lucius at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Sir Richard Bishop, Chris Corsano at Union Pool
• Goapele at City Winery NYC
• Radney Foster, Goldpine at the Loft at City Winery
• Tinsley Ellis (acoustic), Jordan Tice at Café Wha?
• The Karl Denson Project w. Keyon Harrold at the Blue Note
• Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys at Hill Country Barbecue Market
• Tamar Korn and Friends at Barbès
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• Los Tiki Phantoms, Wiped Out at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Alyson Faith, the Pine Cats at the 11th St. Bar
• Val Kinzler, Doctor Dan's Music Show, Brokeneck Girls, Tiny Pinecones, Patti Rothberg at the Hard Swallow
• Scott Stenten at City Winery Grand Central

The Long Losts at the Red Party at Mercury Lounge on August 12

Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 10 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Dive Bar Romeos at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 12

Labretta Suede & the Motel 6 at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 12

Wednesday, August 16

• Pretenders at the Bowery Ballroom
• Sigur Ros, Wordless Music Orchestra at the Beacon Theatre
• Ruben Blades at the United Palace
• Busty and the Bass, Magi Merlin at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Bebel Gilberto at le Poisson Rouge
• Ziggy Alberts, Kim Churchill at Irving Plaza
• Supersuckers, the Rumours, Goddamn Wrecks at Gold Sounds
• Pablo Cruise at Sony Hall
• Chanté Moore at City Winery NYC
• Keyon Harrold at the Blue Note
• Flow Tribe at Café Wha?
• Fondude, Smilen, Papaya at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Michael Incognito at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls
• Tropa Magica, Ratas en Zelo, Tilden, Adrian Is Hungry, Barrio Collective at the Sultan Room
• Computerwife, Downgrade, Shower Curtain at Baby's All Right
• Sophia Orensteen, Denmark the Band, David Russell at Berlin
• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues
• The Chris Bergson Trio at 1803
• Felix Slim at Stitch Bar & Blues
• J. Hoard at the Hugh Plaza

Sweetboy at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 11

Pigmilk at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on August 8

Dutch Kills at Heaven Can Wait on August 13

James Michael Kelly at Ferns on August 13

Thursday, August 17

• Jason Mraz and His Superband w. the New York Pops at Forest Hills Stadium
• Idina Menzel at 3 Dollar Bill
• The Sleeping, Standstill, Somerset Thrower at the Bowery Ballroom
• Johnnyswim at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• Save Ferris, Keep Flying at Racket NYC
• Rhiannon Giddens, Lainey Wilson at National Sawdust
• Chanté Moore at City Winery NYC
• Tommy Castro & the Pain Killers at Iridium
• Marz23, Smrtdeath at le Poisson Rouge
• Alo, Honey Island Swamp Band at Brooklyn Bowl
• Les Savy Fav, Marnie Stern at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls
• AK47, Neck Surgery, Errorists, Presence of Conflict at Gold Sounds, Brooklyn
• Street Tombs, Foamer at the Broadway
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band w. Doc French & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues
• Density at Stitch Bar & Blues
• George Gilmore & the Giblets at the 11th St. Bar
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar on August 13

The Evan Kremin Band at the Red Lion on August 9 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Dog Date at Tompkins Square Park on August 12

Dead Tooth at Tompkins Square Park on August 13

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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.