The Best Live Music Choices for a Rocktober Weekend

Gwar, pictured above at Irving Plaza on Halloween 2022, will headline at the Palladium Times Square tonight

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.

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

Metric headlined at the Bowery Ballroom on October 10

The Mission UK at le Poisson Rouge on October 12

Chameleons at le Poisson Rouge on October 12

Theatre of Hate at le Poisson Rouge on October 12

Friday, October 13

• Queen + Adam Lambert at Madison Square Garden

• Kid Cudi at the Kings Theatre

• Fred Again... at Forest Hills Stadium

• Audra McDonald at the 92Y

• Gwar, Negative Approach, Cancer Christ at the Palladium Times Square

• Diplo at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Eldaio Carrion at the Theater at Madison Square Garden

• Karan Aujla at the Hammerstein Ballroom

• Little Simz, OTG at Terminal 5

• Chromeo, Ric Wilson, May Rio at Brooklyn Steel

• Courtney Barnett at National Sawdust

• Andy Frasco and the UN, Cool Cool Cool at the Brooklyn Bowl

• TesseracT, Intervals, Alluvial at Irving Plaza

• Maude Latour, Devon Again at Webster Hall

• Jack Symes & the River House Band, Steven Van Betten, Jacksonport at the Bowery Ballroom

• The National Parks, Zach Seabaugh at Brooklyn Made

• Drop Nineteens, Greg Mendez at Warsaw

• Generationals, mmeadows at Racket NYC

• Prep, Vicky Farewell at le Poisson Rouge

• Robert Glasper w. Norah Jones at the Blue Note

• Stanley Jordan at the Iridium

• Electric Six, the Surfrajettes, Wiped Out at the Meadows

• The Bones of JR Jones, Jarrod Dickenson at Mercury Lounge

• The Red Clay Strays, Nolan Taylor at Mercury Lounge

• The Dollyrots, King of the Wild Things, Kurt Baker at Heaven Can Wait

• Lady Wray at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Student Body, Ron Sexsmith, D. Treut's Bad Rap at Main Drag Music

• Telescreens at the Bitter End

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Cayucas at Brooklyn Made on October 9

Matt Costa at Brooklyn Made on October 9

Morgan Evans at Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall on October 11 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Erin Kinsey at Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall on October 11 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, October 14

• Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Kelly Clarkson at Prudential Center

• Fred Again... at Forest Hills Stadium

• Alejandro Fernandez at the Theater at Madison Square Garden

• Steve Hackett at the Town Hall

• Justin Hayward at Adler Hall

• Diplo at the Brooklyn Mirage

• SBTRKT at Brooklyn Steel

• Chromeo, Ric Wilson, May Rio at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Alex Zurdo at the Palladium Times Square

• Andy Frasco and the UN, Cool Cool Cool at the Brooklyn Bowl

• The Mary Wallopers, Sam Shackleton at Irving Plaza

• Death Bells, Blackwater Holylight at the Market Hotel

• The Mission UK at White Eagle Hall

• Kings Kaleidoscope, Mike Mains & the Branches at the Gramercy Theatre

• Mosh Eisley at the Gramercy Theatre

• Blue Hawaii, Izzy Camina at the Bowery Ballroom

• Exo Tech at le Poisson Rouge

• Robert Glasper w. Norah Jones at the Blue Note

• Terror Reid, Zotiyac, YVNCC, No Good at Racket NYC

• Macy Gray at City Winery NYC

• Two Lanes at Brooklyn Made

• Worriers at the Broadway

• Stanley Jordan at the Iridium

• Bre Kennedy, Baerd, Jess Nolan at Mercury Lounge

• Artillery, Vapor, Potential Threat at Saint Vitus Bar

• Editrix, Dumb Waiter, Netherlands, Sleepwell at Trans-Pecos

• Mick's Jaguar, Sweat, Falling Stars, Roger That at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Len Price 3, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, Steve Kreb & the Maynard G's, the Chelsea Curve at the Parkside Lounge

• Eli "Paperboy" Reed at Union Pool

• Michelle Shocked w. Kathleen Supové at Kostabi World

• Telescreens at the Bitter End

• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Jason Green & the Labor of Love at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Ricky Stein at Skinny Dennis

Jackson Dean at Mercury Lounge on October 9

Chase McDaniel at Mercury Lounge on October 9

Jonah Kagan at Mercury Lounge on October 10 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Dylan Rockoff at Mercury Lounge on October 10 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Sunday, October 15

• Junior H at the Kings Theatre

• Suicidal Tendencies, H2O, Killing Time, End It at Terminal 5

• Little Dragon, April + Vista at Brooklyn Steel

• Parokya Ni Edgar at Palladium Times Square

• Matt Corby, Rachel Bobbitt at the Bowery Ballroom

• yeule, Sasami at Webster Hall

• Emarosa, the Dangerous Summer, First and Forever at le Poisson Rouge

• Lancey Foux at Irving Plaza

• The Mission UK, the Chameleons, Theatre of Hate at Saint Vitus Bar

• The Wailers at Sony Hall

• Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders w. Dessa, Juliana Hatfield, Freda Love Smith, Ryan Miller, Eugene Mirman at City Winery NYC

• Robert Glasper w. Norah Jones at the Blue Note

• Monuments, For the Fallen Dreams, VRSTY at the Meadows

• Murphy's Law, the Rumjacks, Bar Stool Preachers, Grade 2 at Saint Vitus Bar

• Lady Wray, 79.5 at Brooklyn Made

• mssv w. Mike Watt, Shellshag at Mercury Lounge

• All Under Heaven, Lightheaded, Abel, Crate at Trans-Pecos

• JOBS at Public Records

• James Maddock at the Iridium

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• The Dang-It Bobbys at Pete's Candy Store

• Paisley Friends, Emily Frembgen, Nathan Xander at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Hipp Pipps, George Gilmore & the Giblets, American Ambulance at Otto's Shrunken Head

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

Pat Wictor and Deborah Latz at John Platt's On Your Radar at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on October 10

Rachel Despard at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on October 10

She's in the Trees at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on October 10

Scott Bravo at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on October 10

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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 October calendar.