The Best Live Music for Mid-March in NYC

Sleater-Kinney, pictured above last Wednesday at Brooklyn Steel, will perform its third NYC area show of this tour on Saturday at Racket NYC

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 70+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

The Kooks headlined at Brooklyn Steel on March 12

The Vaccines at Brooklyn Steel on March 12

Daisy the Great at Brooklyn Steel on March 12

Friday, March 15

• The Black Crowes at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Gloria Trevi, Mar at Radio City Music Hall

• Phil Lesh & Friends at the Capitol Theatre

• Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton at the Beacon Theatre

• Lsr/City V3 at the Kings Theatre

• Waterparks, Loveless, Sophie Powers at Terminal 5

• HEALTH, Pixel Grip, King Yosef at Brooklyn Steel

• Hamilton Leithauser at Café Carlyle

• Tierra Whack at Webster Hall

• Juelz, JAWNS, Squired, SSOS at the Bowery Ballroom

• bar italia at Warsaw

• Wifisfuneral at the Gramercy Theatre

• Natalie Jane, Jessica Baio at Racket NYC

• Avery *Sunshine at City Winery NYC

• María José Llergo at le Poisson Rouge

• Twin Shadow, Wynne Bennett at Sleepwalk

• Joe Bataan at the David Rubenstein Atrium

• Charlie Parr, the Wildmans at Mercury Lounge

• Rachel Baiman, Nicholas Jamerson at Café Wha?

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Thesaurus Rex, Tula Vera, partygirl, Dallas Wax at Brooklyn Made

• Copilot, Miki Fiki, Itsjustrand at Pianos Showroom

• Lulu Lewis & Friends, Bob Bert at Two Bridges Luncheonette

• Spaghetti Eastern Music at Pangea Front Lounge

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Doc Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Mason Ramsey at the Gramercy Theatre on March 14

Halle Kearns at the Gramercy Theatre on March 14

Black Belt Eagle Scout at Brooklyn Steel on March 13; she will open again for Sleater-Kinney at Racket NYC this Saturday

Saturday, March 16

• Bryan Adams, Dave Stewarts's Eurythmics Songbook at Prudential Center, Newark

• Westlife at Radio City Music Hall

• Phil Lesh & Friends at the Capitol Theatre

• Sleater-Kinney, Black Belt Eagle Scout at Racket NYC

• Rhiannon Giddens, Charly Lowry at the Beacon Theatre

• William Black, Memba, Alleycvt, Afinity at Terminal 5

• Between the Buried and Me, the Acacia Strain, Step into the Light at Webster Hall

• Cherry Glazerr, Ex-Pilots at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Mindchatter at Brooklyn Steel

• Danny Brown at Irving Plaza

• Hamilton Leithauser at Café Carlyle

• George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners w. Tracey Griffin & Mark Mullins, John Papa Gros, Cris Jacobs, Adam Deitch at Brooklyn Bowl

• Cobrah, Only Fire at the Knockdown Center

• bar Italia, Great Area at Mercury Lounge

• Pissed Jeans, Eye Flys, Ecology: HomeStones at Baby's All Right

• The Rocket Summer, Prentiss at Elsewhere Zone One

• The Sam Roberts Band, Social Creatures at le Poisson Rouge

• Town Mountain, the Eugene Tyler Band at Brooklyn Made

• Wild Pink, Empty Country, Sweet Harm at Union Pool

• Josh Morningstar at Café Wha?

• Beth Orton at the Owl Music Parlor

• Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, the Shirt Event, Dot Dash at the Bowery Electric

• Pinc Louds, Pynkie, K. Porcelain at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Recreational Outrage, FLQ, Borderline Mainstream, Wig Outs, Chumhuffer at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Nathan Dies at the Perelman Performing Arts Center Lobby Stage

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• Fred Thomas at Arthur's Tavern

Dana & Alden at Rough Trade NYC on March 8

Bridget Barkan at Joe's Pub on March 8

Lava Party at Stitch Bar & Blues on March 14 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

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

Sunday, March 17 St. Patrick's Day

• Between the Buried and Me, the Acacia Strain, Failure Will Follow at Webster Hall

• The Coronas, Roison O at the Bowery Ballroom

• Zoe Keating at le Poisson Rouge

• Mahalia, Alicia Creti at Irving Plaza

• Fazi at Racket NYC

• Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders, Dave Hill, Paul Muldoon, Amy Helm, Michael Esper, Gary Louris, Ira Robbins, Mare Winningham at City Winery NYC

• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbès

• Sister Nancy, Queen Majesty, JonnyGo Figure at Public Records

• Poison Ruin, Cross, Lathe of Heaven, Secretors at TV Eye

• Twin Shadow, Wynne Bennett at Sleepwalk

• Viv & Riley at Café Wha?

• Murphy’s Law, Murderers’ Row, Moral Panic, Wifey at the Bowery Electric

• The Hipp Pipps, the TarantinosNYC, the Heartless Devils at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Michael G. Potter, Cody Melville, Artie & Kathy Lamonica at Two Bridges Luncheonette

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Eli at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 12 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Adam Najemian at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 12 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Ross at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 12 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Nev and Peter Rubin at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 12 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

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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.