The Best Live Music for Mid-Rocktober

My Morning Jacket, pictured above at the Beacon Theatre in 2021, will headline a series of concerts at the venue beginning on Thursday evening

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 week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Steve Hackett at the Town Hall on October 14

Courtney Barnett at National Sawdust on October 12 (photograph by Charles David)

Pink Talking Phish with the Modern Gypsies circus troupe at the Capitol Theatre on October 14

Mutual Benefit at Rough Trade NYC on October 11

Monday, October 16

• Victoria Monet at Terminal 5

• Little Dragon, April + Vista at Brooklyn Steel

• Matt Corby, Rachel Bobbitt at the Bowery Ballroom

• Todrick Hall at Webster Hall

• BIA, Lakeyah at Irving Plaza

• demxntia at le Poisson Rouge

• Mk.gee at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Alejandro Escovedo, Diane Gentile at City Winery NYC

• Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill, Tom Clark & the High Action Boys, Sorry About Everything, Ember Knight, Cassandra Church at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Bandits on the Run & Friends at Mercury Lounge

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

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

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

• Richie Cannata's Monday Night 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

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram at Brooklyn Bowl on October 12

The Long Beach Dub Allstars at Brooklyn Bowl on October 11

Breakfast Special at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on October 11

EmmaLee Kidwell at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on October 11

Tuesday, October 17

• Daniel Caesar, Omar Apollo, Montell Fish at Madison Square Garden

• The Walkmen, Rostam at the Kings Theatre

• Laurie Anderson, Sex Mob at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

• Sexyy Red at Terminal 5

• Thundercat at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Chappell Roan at Brooklyn Steel

• Violent Femmes, Quintron and Miss Pussycat at Webster Hall

• Barns Courtney, Yonaka, James Bruner at Irving Plaza

• The Beths, Disq at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Say She She, Salt Cathedral at the Bowery Ballroom

• L'Rain at Rough Trade NYC

• The Beaches, the Thing at Mercury Lounge

• Messa, Maggot Heart at le Poisson Rouge

• Spellling, Rahill  at the Hall at Elsewhere

• "King" Solomon Hicks, Jake Thistle at City Winery NYC

• Pablo Cruise at Sony Hall

• Crawlers, Big Girl at Elsewhere Zone One

• Dead Tooth, partygirl at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Andy Ezrin Band w. Will Lee, Oz Noy & Clint de Gannon at the Bitter End

• Trixie Whitley at Pete's Candy Store

• Big Mamou at the 11th St. Bar

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Television's California Dreams band reunited after 25 years at Stitch Bar and Blues on October 13 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Matt Wiffen at Stitch Bar & Blues on October 11 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Jason Green and the Labor of Love at Stitch Bar & Blues on October 14 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The TBA Band with Kelton Cooper and Noe Socha at Terra Blues on October 12

Wednesday, October 18

• Switchfoot, Alana Springsteen at the Wellmont Theater

• The Darkness, Paris Monster at Terminal 5

• Chappell Roan at Brooklyn Steel

• Loreena McKennitt at the Town Hall

• Sexxy Red at Irving Plaza

• The Beths, Joanna Sternberg at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Butcher Brown, Carrtoons at le Poisson Rouge

• Don Broco & the Home Team, Ryan Oakes, the Color 8 at Webster Hall

• Charlie Cunningham, Ethan Tasch at the Bowery Ballroom

• Robert Glasper w. Amber Navran at the Blue Note

• The Wild Feathers, JB Strauss at the Loft at City Winery

• A Giant Dog, Komodos, Dregs at the Sultan Room

• Sorcha Richardson, Papa at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Will Linley, David Alexander at Mercury Lounge

• Greyhounds at Cafe Wha?

• Conte Pagano Conte at Carroll Place

• Daniel Villarreal at Public Records

• The Chris Bergson Trio at 1803

• Highly Effective People, Rebelmatic, Serial Poets at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Blues People at Terra Blues

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Margie Goldsmith w. French Cookin' at Stitch Bar & Blues

Hole in One with Patti Rothberg at the Brooklyn Music Kitchen on October 13 (photograph by Val Kinzler)

Kolker at the Bitter End on October 12

Wyndham Baird (second from left) at Ferns on October 11

The Miguel's Baby house band at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls on October 11

Thursday, October 19

• Ms. Lauryn Hill & the Fugees at Barclays Center

• My Morning Jacket, Madi Diaz at the Beacon Theatre

• Loreena McKennitt at the Town Hall

• The Teskey Brothers, Danielle Ponder at Brooklyn Steel

• The Teskey Brothers (acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC

• The Beths, Disq at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Soja, Hirie, Mihali at Irving Plaza

• Palehound, Empath at the Bowery Ballroom

• Drugdealer, Immaterial Possession, Foyer Red at le Poisson Rouge

• Between Friends, Blaketheman1000 at Racket NYC

• Demob Happy, RIP Dunes at Mercury Lounge

• Margo Cilker & the Fader, Humbird at Mercury Lounge

• Proxima Parada, Sean Carroll, Olive Klug at Brooklyn Bowl

• Robert Glasper w. Amber Navran at the Blue Note

• Light Asylum, Heavy Halo, Cuneiform at Elsewhere Zone One

• Moon Walker, Baby Bugs at the Bowery Electric

• Demob Happy, RIP Dunes at Mercury Lounge

• Milly, Rocket, Bedridden at TV Eye

• A Giant Dog, Skorts, Dregs at the Sultan Room

• Sincere Engineer, Cliffdiver, Canadian Rifle at Brooklyn Made

• Decisive Pink at Baby's All Right

• The Silos, Towncryer, Dave Zolo at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Daddy Long Legs, Lucky 7, Lynne Von, Danny Ray, Jahn Xavier, Billy and Lisa Pidgeon at Berlin

• Damn Tall Buildings at Cafe Wha?

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Jonathan Kalb at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Tangiers Blues Band at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Wigjam at 3 Sheets Saloon on October 11 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Strangers Stopping Strangers at Hill Country Barbecue Market on October 10 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

The Subtonics at the LetLove Inn on October 10 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Slow Riches at Groove on October 12

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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.