Guide to This Week’s Best Live Music in NYC

Khruangbin, pictured above in Prospect Park in 2022, will perform three shows at the Bowery Ballroom starting on Wednesday

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events 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+ concerts in New York City this week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Blackberry Smoke headlined at the Capitol Theatre on March 22

Matisyahu at Brooklyn Steel on March 23

Cydeways at Brooklyn Steel on March 23

Monday, March 25

• Dry Cleaning, Moon Diagrams at the Bowery Ballroom

• Dirty Loops, Third Reprise at Irving Plaza

• Aoife O’Donovan at the Greene Space

• Christeene, Peaches, Justin Vivian Bond at City Winery

• Gossip at Rough Trade NYC

• Nico Vega, EMBASSYROWE at Mercury Lounge

• Eddie Palmieri at the Blue Note

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

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

• Richie Cannata's Monday Jam at the Bitter End

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• Mona's Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's

• Monday Blues & Roots Jam w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

Julian Lage at the Town Hall on March 22

Arny Margret at the Town Hall on March 22

Kerrigan Bigelow at the Juilliard School Vocal Arts Honors Recital at Merkin Hall on March 20

Shelén Hughes at the Juilliard School Vocal Arts Honors Recital at Merkin Hall on March 20

Tuesday, March 26

• Herbie Hancock at David Geffen Hall

• The Last Dinner Party, Miss Grit at Webster Hall

• Dry Cleaning, They Hate Change at the Bowery Ballroom

• Kid Francescoli, Kazy Lambist at Racket NYC

• Naomi Sharon at Baby's All Right

• Christeene, Peaches, Justin Vivian Bond at City Winery

• Dylan Gossett, Ty Myers at Mercury Lounge

• Elephant Stone, Evolfo, Tilden at TV Eye

• Hiromi's Sonicwonder at the Blue Note

• Gossip at National Sawdust

• Felicity, Gamblers, Greyson Zane at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Onyx, KC the GxD, Brendan James, Black Lotus Band, JANAE, Finesse Da Kid, QuanDaDon at the Meadows

• Fatoumata Diawara at Sony Hall

• Tinsley Ellis at the Iridium

• Ax and the Hatchetmen at Mercury Lounge

• Julia Hartigan, Supremo Massiv & Friends at the 11th St. Bar

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

Lonesome Joy at the Bitter End on March 22

Molly Ruth at the Bitter End on March 22

The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar on March 21

Groupie at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls on March 24

Wednesday, March 27

• Zach Bryan, the Middle East, Levi Turner at Barclays Center

• Khruangbin at the Bowery Ballroom

• Damien Marley, Stephen Marley at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Michael Feinstein at Zankel Hall

• The Last Dinner Party, Miss Grit at Brooklyn Steel

• Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Mon Rovia, benches at Irving Plaza

• Autoheart, argonaut&wasp, Raegan at Racket NYC

• Andrea von Kampen, Molly Parden at Union Pool

• Hiromi's Sonicwonder at the Blue Note

• Dylan Gossett at Mercury Lounge

• Neptune's Core, Ok Cowgirl, Prewn at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• James Maddock at the Loft at City Winery

• Killcode, Demi God, Velvetina Taylor, Tommy London at Arlene's Grocery

• The Resurrection of Screamin' Jay Hawkins Band at Ethyl's Alcohol and Food

• Maputi, Faith NYC at la Palapa

• Bastards of Fine Arts at the 11th St. Bar

• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Florry, Lily Seabird, Greg Freeman at Baby's All Right

• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

• Mulebone at the Ear Inn

Hyllus & the Veligers at Stitch Bar & Blues on March 21 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Gina Healy at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 24

Sophia Lanuza at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 21 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Eli at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 21 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Thursday, March 28

• Zach Bryan, the Middle East, Levi Turner at Barclays Center

• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden

• Indigo Girls at David Geffen Hall

• Bob Weir, Sun Ra Arkestra at the Apollo

• Khruangbin at the Bowery Ballroom

• Flipturn, Richy Mitch and the Coal Miners at Brooklyn Steel

• Joshua Radin, Maddie Poppe at City Winery NYC

• Eliza McLamb, Mini Trees at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Ace Frehley, Kore Rozzik at Sony Hall

• I Don't Know How But They Found Me, Benches at Irving Plaza

• Andy Shauf, Lutalo at the Crown Hill Theatre

• Marz23, Smrtdeath at le Poisson Rouge

• Maoli, Lindsay James at the Gramercy Theatre

• Caleb Hearon, Annie DiRusso at Racket NYC

• El Perro del Mar, NOIA at Public Records

• The Bygones, Josh Gilligan at the Sultan Room

• Hiromi's Sonicwonder at the Blue Note

• Koyo, One Step Closer, Anxious, Stateside at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Liam Kazar, Katie Von Schleicher at Union Pool

• crushed, Taraneh at TV Eye

• Blisspoint, Bangladeafy, Different Plants, Kissbreaker at Purgatory

• Eszter Balint & Friends at Barbès

• The Will Bernard-Oz Noy Band w. Rocky Bryant & Kevin Scott at the Bitter End

• Pedrito Martinez at Drom

• The Brothers Krash, Sea Monster at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

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

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Michael Hill & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

• Chris Campion at the 11th St. Bar

Lucky 7 NYC at the Bowery Electric on March 20 (photograph by Janis Shaw)

Professor Damage and the Whim Whams at Otto's Shrunken Head on March 23 (photograph by Alfred Giancarli)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on March 18 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Magic Forest NYC at the Parkside Lounge on March 24 (photograph by David Goldman)

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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 March calendar.