This Week’s Best Live Music in NYC

PJ Harvey, pictured above at Terminal 5 in 2016, will make a rare live appearance in New York this Tuesday at Warsaw; she will be reading from her book of poetry, Orlam, engaging in conversation with host Amanda Petrusich about her creative process, and performing a selection of songs from her new album I Inside the Old Year Dying, together with collaborators John Parish and James Johnston

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.

Note that the following concerts, originally scheduled for this weekend, have been postponed or canceled. See the listings further below for an alternate night out with awesome live music.

• Daniel Seavey at Webster Hall
• NETTA at Irving Plaza
• Amanda Daviner, Crazy Mary at Berlin

Everynight Charley recommends the following 80+ live music events in the New York City area this week. Contact the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other details.

Dope Lemon at Brooklyn Steel on November 4

Franklin Jonas at Brooklyn Steel on November 4

Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets at the Bowery Ballroom on November 5

Slow Pulp at the Bowery Ballroom on November 4

Monday, November 6

• Maren Morris at the Bowery Ballroom

• 6LACK, Jason Ward at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner

• Spiritualized at White Eagle Hall

• Flo Milli, Maiya the Don at Terminal 5

• L Shankar at Sony Hall

• Jimmy Brown, ROVV at le Poisson Rouge

• Harold Lopez-Nussa at the Blue Note

• Darren Kelly, Vincent Lima at Mercury Lounge

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

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• Open Blues Jam Mondays w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

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

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Ear Inn

Molly Tuttle at the Brooklyn Bowl on November 1

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs at the Hall at Elsewhere on November 3

Dalek at the Hall at Elsewhere on November 3

Taraneh at the Hall at Elsewhere on November 3

Tuesday, November 7

• Bob Dylan at the Capitol Theatre

• John Legend at the Beacon Theatre

• PJ Harvey at Warsaw

• Jeremy Zucker, Tiffany Day, Sam MacPherson, Kevin Atwater at Terminal 5

• Sampha at Webster Hall

• Brent Cobb, Ben Chapman at the Bowery Ballroom

• Games We Play, JUTES, Ultra Q at Irving Plaza

• Rza at the Gramercy Theatre

• Megan Fox at Racket NYC

• Current Joys, Brutus VIII at le Poisson Rouge

• Boney James, Lindsey Webster at Sony Hall

• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter at the Iridium

• Noah Vonne, Bluphoria at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Pete's Candy Store

• No-No Boy at Caveat

• Tamar Korn and Friends at Barbes

• Jules Daud, Camera Soul, the Ritualists, Pablo Jubany at Heaven Can Wait

• D'Arcy, Jinx & Dino at Berlin

• Saron Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Decembers at the 11th St. Bar

Beach Bums at Elsewhere Zone One on November 3

Superswell at Elsewhere Zone One on November 3

The Sheer Currents at Elsewhere Zone One on November 3

Matt Charette & the Truer Sound at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on November 5

Wednesday, November 8

• Bob Dylan at the Capitol Theatre

• John Legend at the Beacon Theatre

• Tech N9ne, Hollywood Undead, King Iso at Terminal 5

• A R I Z O N A, Fly by Midnight at Warsaw

• Rza at the Gramercy Theatre

• Sampha, Ruthven  at Webster Hall

• Miel De Montagne, the Thing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Current Joys, Brutus VIII at le Poisson Rouge

• Stick to Your Guns, Spiritworld, Orthodox, Comeback Kid at the Brooklyn Monarch

• The Cadillac Three, Myron Elkins at the Bowery Ballroom

• Nightly, Knox, Young Rising Sons at Racket NYC

• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter at the Iridium

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Michael Daves & Bruce Molsky at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Endearments, Wetsuit, O. Wake at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn

• Matt Wiffen at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Ellis Hooks at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

The Tsunamibots at Unsteady Freddie's Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 4

DonBlackCat & Friends at Flip, Flop & Fly at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 3

Blowdryer Nouveau at the Shillelagh Tavern on November 5 (photograph by Anne Husick) 

Jazz Gypsies at the Shillelagh Tavern on November 5 (photograph by Anne Husick)

Thursday, November 9

• A Conversation w. Joan Baez & Patti Smith at the Streicker Cultural Center

• Vulfpeck at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner

• LP, Verite at Terminal 5

• Roosevelt, Kenzo Cregan at Brooklyn Steel

• Chris Pierce at Symphony Hall

• Sampha, Ruthven  at Webster Hall

• Suffocation, Incantation, Skeletal Remains, Stabbing at Warsaw

• Codeine, Barbara Manning at the Bowery Ballroom

• Laurel Halo, Hiro Kone at le Poisson Rouge

• Modernlove, Yoste at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Nightly, Knox, Young Rising Sons at Racket NYC

• Petey, the North Americans at Irving Plaza

• Horsegirl, Autobahn, Glue Pot at the Stone Circle Theatre

• Rza at the Gramercy Theatre

• Nicholas Allbrook at Baby's All Right

• Cowboy Junkies at City Winery NYC

• Gilla Band, Bambara at Mercury Lounge

• Joe Samba at S.O.B.'s

• Dumbo Gets Mad, Marco Benevento at Brooklyn Made

• Crime in Stereo at Rough Trade NYC

• Shower Curtain, Computerwife, Lola Star, Buff Ginger at Trans-Pecos

• American Television, Neckscars, Moonraker, Over Our Eyes at Gold Sounds

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Trixie Whitley at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Hart & Co. at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Xaxa at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• Pinc Louds, Starfruit, Kolb, Birthday Ass at Purgatory

• The Brian Mitchell Band at the Bitter End

• Book/Spirit, David Achelis & 8 Ace, Everlectric, Your Fragile Mind at Arlene's Grocery

• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Barbes

• Michael Hill (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Emmy Jo & the Soul at Heaven Can Wait on November 2

Igor at Heaven Can Wait on November 5

Sanford at the 11th St. Bar on November 2

Gipsy Rufina at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls on November 5

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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 November calendar.