A Guide to Live Music This Weekend in the NYC Area

Willie Nelson, shown above at SummerStage Central Park in 2022, will headline the Outlaw Music Festival at Forest Hills Stadium this Sunday

Everynight Charley recommends the following 80+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best concerts 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.

Billy Idol headlined at the Kings Theatre on September 12

Alex Cameron at the Kings Theatre on September 12

Sons of the East at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 14

Lullanas at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 14

Friday, September 15

• Wu-Tang Clan, Mary J. Blige, Sean Paul, Tyrese, EMPD, Funk Flex at Madison Square Garden
• Run the Jewels at Terminal 5
• Monster Magnet, Colour Haze, Windhand, 1000Mods, Valley of the Sun, R.I.P, Heavy Temple, Castle Rat, Grave Bathers, Spellbook at the Knockdown Center
• Cigarettes After Sex at Forest Hills Stadium
• Bishop Briggs, MisterWives, Raffaela at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Loona at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden
• Melt, Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers at Brooklyn Steel
• Babymetal, Dethklok, Jason Richardson at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Owl City, Augustana at Webster Hall
• Electric Callboy, Solence, Conquer Divide at Palladium Times Square
• Babe Rainbow, Kolumbo at Brooklyn Bowl
• Lil Tracy at Warsaw
• Four Year Strong, Koyo, Can't Swim aboard the Liberty Belle
• Baroness (acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC
• Lastlings, Running Touch at Irving Plaza
• John Craigie, Taylor Rae at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Glorious Sons, the Velveteers at the Gramercy Theatre
• Two Friends, Leondis at Flippers Roller Rink
• Erica Campbell at Sony Hall
• Sonny Landreth at the Iridium
• Bush Tetras, Weeping Icon at le Poisson Rouge
• The Hot Sardines at Birdland Jazz Club
• The Spirit of the Beehive, Mary Jane Dunphe at Baby's All Right
• Dream Wife, cumgirl8 at Brooklyn Made
• Dead Leaf Echo, the Veldt, City Gates, Glimmer at Main Drag Music
• Tim Atlas at Mercury Lounge
• Phony PPL at the Blue Note
• High Pulp, Daedelus at Public Records
• Lauren Calve, Joey Frendo at Sleepwalk
• Buffalo Rose at Cafe Wha?
• Cardiel at Gold Sounds
• Richard Lloyd, Creatures, Wyyrrd at Berlin
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Maya Caballero, Fine Print, Val Kinzler, Kat, the ReWd OnEz at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

Stop Light Observations at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 9

Video Age at Indieplaza at Rockefeller Center on September 9

Death Valley Girls at Indieplaza at Rockefeller Center on September 9

Crime in Stereo at Indieplaza at Rockefeller Center on September 9

Saturday, September 16

• Eagles, Steely Dan at Prudential Center
• Run the Jewels at Terminal 5
• Nothing but Thieves, Kid Kapichi at Brooklyn Steel
• Melvins, Boris, Godflesh, Conan, Mantar, Brant Bjork, Mondo Generator, White Hills, Ecstatic Vision, Djunah, Clouds Taste Satanic, Huntsmen, Mick’s Jaguar, Upper Wilds, Dorthia Cottrell at the Knockdown Center
• Superchunk, Cable Ties at the Bowery Ballroom
• Clannad at the Town Hall
• Sean Paul at the DL
• Donna the Buffalo, the National Reserve at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Kruder & Dorfmeister at Webster Hall
• Lauren Mayberry at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Alice Longyu Gao, Swordes, Moistbreezy at the Sultan Room
• Vinnie Caruana, Mike Ireland, Jim Carroll at the Meadows
• The Hails, Shallow Alcove at Mercury Lounge
• Jalen Ngonda at Racket NYC
• Teke::Teke, Open Head at Elsewhere Zone One
• The Hot Sardines at Birdland Jazz Club
• L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation, Tozcos, Genocide Pact, Fairytale, Android at Brooklyn Made
• Black Rose Burning at Mercury Lounge
• The Gories, Daddy Long Legs, the Out-Sect at White Eagle Hall
• Michael Glabicki at the Iridium
• Stephane Wrembel's Django New Orleans at le Poisson Rouge
• Phony PPL at the Blue Note
• Angel Bat Dawid, Eva Supreme at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls
• Eli Winter, Eileen Myles w. Ryan Sawyer and Steve Gunn at Public Records
• Chase Murphy, Maari at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Michael Hill at Terra Blues

Ondara at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on September 11

Katacombs at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on September 11

Ivan Julien & the Magnificent 6 at the Cutting Room on September 13 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

John Oliver (left) at the Cutting Room on September 13, accompanied by bassist Kenny Aaronson and drummer Mario Staiano (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Sunday, September 17

• Eagles, Steely Dan at Prudential Center
• Willie Nelson, Bob Weir & the Wolf Bros, the String Cheese Incident, Los Lobos, Particle Kid at Forest Hills Stadium
• NOTD, Luke Alexander, HARBER, Erica Tedd b2b STIxX, Giani Glo b2b Tucci, Rolls Joyce b2b Potter at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Tash Sultana, Go-Jo at the Kings Theatre
• Parkway Drive, the Amity Affliction, Northlane, Make Them Suffer at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Iann Dorr at Webster Hall
• Lauren Mayberry at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• L7 at the Gramercy Theatre
• Front Line Assembly, Orphx, JK Flesh, Sierra, Ash Code, Lana Del Rabies at le Poisson Rouge
• The Lemonheads, Willy Mason at Racket NYC
• The Blind Boys of Alabama at City Winery NYC
• Cloak, Uada, Ghost Bath at the Meadows
• Provoker at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls
• Molly Martin at Café Wha?
• Phony PPL at the Blue Note
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• The Kennedys at North Square
• Adam Lytle at the Owl Music Parlor
• The Hipp Pipps, Faith NYC, the Hammers at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Starcleaner Reunion, Jake Murray, Lucky Number, Screwbawl at the Hart Bar
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists at the Bowery Ballroom on September 10

The Thomas Laubhan Quartet at Heaven Can Wait on September 11

A new open mic downstairs at the Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on September 11; the Antihoot Reboot is happening now every Monday evening

The NY Blues Rockets at Sour Mouse NYC on September 12; the band leads an open blues jam every Tuesday night

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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 September calendar.