Start Fall with Awesome Live Music in the NYC Area

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, photographed above at the Meadows festival in 2017, will headline the Global Citizen festival in Central Park this Saturday

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.

Peter Gabriel headlined Madison Square Garden on September 18

Måneskin at Madison Square Garden on September 21

The Brian Jonestown Massacre at Brooklyn Steel on September 20

Laveda at Brooklyn Steel on September 20

Friday, September 22

• Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Bastille at Forest Hills Stadium

• Arcangel at Barclays Center

• Macklemore at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Lil Yachty at SummerStage Central Park

• Bush at Irving Plaza

• The Mars Volta, Teri Gender Bender at the Kings Theatre

• Zhu at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Death Grips at Brooklyn Steel

• Kany Garcia at Palladium Times Square

• Joshua Radin at the Bowery Ballroom

• Osees, Population II at Warsaw

• Cold Cave, SRSQ at Webster Hall

• You Me at Six, Mothica, Wolf and Cub at Irving Plaza

• The Hold Steady at White Eagle Hall

• Dopapod, Club d'Elf at Brooklyn Bowl

• Ohgeesy at Market Hotel

• Red at the Gramercy Theatre

• Flotsam and Jetsam, Generation Kill, Misfire, Wolftooth at the Meadows

• Mighty Poplar at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Crowbar, Primitive Man, Bodybox at Saint Vitus Bar

• Tom the Mail Man, Godly the Ruler at Baby's All Right

• Buffalo Nichols, Miriam Elhajli at Mercury Lounge

• Baby Jake at Racket NYC

• Vertical Horizon at City Winery NYC

• The Soul Rebels w. Ja Rule at the Blue Note

• Alabaster DePlume at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Jesse Daniel, Hannah Juanita at Brooklyn Made

• Popa Chubby at the Iridium

• Better Lovers at Saint Vitus Bar

• SuperBlue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, Huntertones at le Poisson Rouge

• Elohim, Away at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Empire State Bastard at Rough Trade NYC

• The People's Champs, Pinc Louds at the Sultan Room Rooftop

• Edon at Café Wha?

• Bonerama at the Cutting Room

• The Real Stormin' Norman Band at Connolly's Klub 45

• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Low Cut Connie at the Blue Note on September 18

Megan Moroney at the Bowery Ballroom on September 20 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Logan Crosby at the Bowery Ballroom on September 20 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Oracle Sisters at Rough Trade NYC on September 18

Saturday, September 23

• Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jung Kook, Conan Gray, 3racha, Anitta, D-Nice, Sofia Carson at the Great Lawn, Central Park

• Grace Potter at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Hot Tuna at the Beacon Theatre

• The Breeders, Screaming Females at the Kings Theatre

• Teddy Swims, Pup Punk at Maimonides Park

• Zhu at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Yung Bleu at Brooklyn Steel

• Osees, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band at Warsaw

• Ani DiFranco, Kristen Ford at le Poisson Rouge

• Will Butler + Sister Squares, Jo Firestone, Foul Witch at Elsewhere Zone One

• Fiddlehead, Never Ending Game, Praise, MaryJane Dunphe at Webster Hall

• Kidd G, Graham Barham at Irving Plaza

• Islands at the Bowery Ballroom

• Baby Do Brasil at City Winery

• Bay Ledges, Mishegas at Brooklyn Made

• George Porter Jr., On the Spot Trio at the Brooklyn Bowl

• The Soul Rebels w. G-Easy at the Blue Note

• Kendra Morris at Union Pool

• Bearings, Just Friends, Young Culture, Sad Park at Racket NYC

• Peter Collins at Café Wha?

• Joseph Keckler at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

• Bad Manners, Out Of Control Army, Adhesivo at Sony Hall

• Ricky Stein at the Bitter End

• Dufus at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Sabina Sciubba at Nublu

• Crucial, Vulture Raid, Skam Dust, Vespid, Conservative Military Image, the Capturers at Tompkins Square Park

• Fogo Azul, Jina Brass Band, Slavic Soul Party at Astor Place Plaza

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Doc French at Terra Blues

Vallis Alps at Racket NYC on September 19

Black Rose Burning at the Red Party at Mercury Lounge on September 16

Shallow Alcove at Mercury Lounge on September 16

The Dandy Lions at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on September 16

Sunday, September 24

• Shinedown, Papa Roach, Spiritbox at Prudential Center

• DSL Dire Straits Legacy at the Town Hall

• Purple Disco Machine, Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy at Brooklyn Mirage

• Purple Disco Machine, Lindstrom at Brooklyn Mirage

• Keke Palmer at Webster Hall

• The Lox, Tony Moxberg at Irving Plaza

• Hanabie, Fox Lake at the Gramercy Theatre

• Lankum at the Bowery Ballroom

• Eliza Neals at Sony Hall

• The Soul Rebels w. Louis Cato, Elena Pinderhughes, Ray Angry & James Carter at the Blue Note

• Scientist, Sundub, IFE Radio at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Cynz, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, SLAMDINISTAS at the Bowery Electric

• Tycoon Dog at Tompkins Square Park

• Steven Chelliah at the Cutting Room

• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

The T Blues Band with David "Doc" French (left) and Junior Mack (right) at Terra Blues on September 18

The Shackles at the Olive Tree Cafe on September 18

New Moon Acoustic Blues at Stitch Bar & Blues on September 15 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion on September 18 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

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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.