Start September with Great Live Music

ZZ Top, pictured above at the Capitol Theatre in 2022, will headline the venue again this Wednesday

Everynight Charley recommends 60+ live music events 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.

Note that the following concerts, originally scheduled for this week, were either postponed or canceled. The listings below offer many alternative recommendations.

• Amy Shark at Irving Plaza

• Naika at Racket NYC

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.

Bruce Springsteen & the E Steet Band concluded a three-night residency at MetLife Stadium on September 3

Iris DeMent at City Winery NYC on September 2 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Speedy Ortiz at Rough Trade NYC on September 1

Monday, September 4

• Musiq Soulchild at City Winery NYC

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. SaRon Crenshaw & Junior Mack at Terra Blues

Poison Ruin at Summer Thunder at Union Pool on September 3

Success at Summer Thunder at Union Pool on September 3

The Next at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 31 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Tuesday, September 5

• Aespa at Barclays Center

• iKON at the Kings Theatre

• King at Irving Plaza

• Passcode at the Gramercy Theatre

• Lola Kirke, Jemima Kirke, Domino Kirke at the Bowery Ballroom

• The Happy Fits at Baby's All Right

• Jaguar Sun, Edwin Raphael at Baby's All Right

• Sharon Katz & the Peace Train at Joe's Pub

• The Emmet Cohen Trio at Birdland Jazz Club

• Mouth for War, No Bragging Rights, Downswing, Your Spirit Dies at the Kingsland

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

Ikon at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 2

Kaela Mikla at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 1

Ausgang at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 2

Children on Stun at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 1

Wednesday, September 6

• ZZ Top, the Sedonas at the Capitol Theatre

• Nothing Nowhere, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Static Dress, UnityTX at the Gramercy Theatre

• Coco Jones, Ebony Riley at Irving Plaza

• Christopher at the Bowery Ballroom

• Joel Hoekstra, Brandon Gibbs at the Loft at City Winery

• Carolyn Wonderland at the Iridium

• Ex Hex, Slomo Sapiens at TV Eye

• The Emmet Cohen Trio at Birdland Jazz Club

• William Matheny, Nathan Xander at Mercury Lounge

• HalfNoise, elke at Baby's All Right

• Harmony at Baby's All Right

• Jeff McErlain & Matt Schofield at the Bitter End

• Kelley Swindall, Mya Byrne, Pi Jacobs, Molly Ruth at Berlin

• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

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

• Greg Humphreys Electric Trio at the 11th St. Bar

• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

Bestial Mouths at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 2

Nox Novacula at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 1

Neon Kross at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 2

Golden Apes at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 1

Thursday, September 7

• Eagles, Steely Dan at Madison Square Garden

• Jeff Rosenstock, Sidney Gish, Gladie at Terminal 5

• David Kushner, Chance Pena at Webster Hall

• Luna at the Bowery Ballroom

• Coco Jones, Ebony Riley at Irving Plaza

• Malinda, Chance Emerson at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Stabbing Westward, I Ya Toyah at le Poisson Rouge

• He is Legend, Inspirit, Actor Observer at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Teddy Thompson at City Winery NYC

• Quasi, Ava Mendoza at Brooklyn Made

• Isabel Dumaa at Baby's All Right

• The Emmet Cohen Trio at Birdland Jazz Club

• Oscar Jerome, Roseblud at Baby's All Right

• Sorry Mom, Razor Braids at NY Skyport Marina

• BLK Oddysey at Mercury Lounge

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• Eli Smart at Sleepwalk

• The Brian Mitchell Band at the Bitter End

• The Felix Cabrera & Arthur Neilson Band at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Sanford: the Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Topographies at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 2

Ashes Fallen at A Murder of Crows at the Bowery Ballroom on September 1

The Sunday weekly Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar on September 3

Fred Riko in Tompkins Square Park on September 3

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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.