Start April with Awesome Live Music in NYC

Conor Oberst & Friends will begin a four-Thursday residency at the Bowery Ballroom this week. He is pictured above at a Bright Eyes concert at the Kings Theatre in 2022.

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

Avenged Sevenfold closed it 2024 tour at Prudential Center on March 31

Poppy at Prudential Center on March 31

Sullivan King at Prudential Center on March 31

Monday, April 1

• Molly Lewis, Moon Mullins at the Bowery Ballroom

• Colin Hay (solo) at City Winery NYC

• Melanie Charles at the Blue Note

• 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

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• Alan Gogarty at the Red Lion

Indigo Girls at David Geffen Hall on March 28

Khruangbin at the Bowery Ballroom on March 29

Kitchen Dwellers at Brooklyn Bowl on March 29

Tuesday, April 2

• Fat Joe & Friends at the Apollo

• Arlo Parks, Chloe George at Brooklyn Steel

• '68, the Callous Daoboys, the Homeless Gospel Choir at the Meadows

• Black Violin, Sinkane (solo) at City Winery NYC

• Yot Club at Rough Trade NYC

• Chloe Flower at the Blue Note

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Arthur's Tavern

• Danny & the Bad Boyz at Rockwood Music Hall

• Val Kinzler at Rockwood Music Hall

• Michael Hill (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The David "Doc" French Band at Terra Blues

Pan Arcadia at a benefit for Doctors without Borders at Mercury Lounge on March 29

The Grip Weeds at AH Presents at the Parkside Lounge on March 29

Animal Nitrate at AH Presents at the Parkside Lounge on March 29

Wednesday, April 3

• Magnetic Fields at the Town Hall

• Charlotte Sands, Senses, Cloe Wilder at the Bowery Ballroom

• Arin Ray, Rosemarie at the Gramercy Theatre

• Jonathan Roy, Portair at Racket NYC

• Black Violin, Sinkane (solo) at City Winery NYC

• Joe Pernice at le Poisson Rouge

• Discovery Zone at TV Eye, Queens

• Chloe Flower at the Blue Note

• Monarch, Locations, Tula Vera at Main Drag Music

• Luca at Café Wha?

• Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls, Andrea Magee, Cassandra Kubinski at the Loft at City Winery

• Greg Humphreys & Friends at the 11th St. Bar

• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Noe Socha at Terra Blues

• Dirty Water Dogs at the Ear Inn

• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

The Drop In at Rockwood Music Hall on March 25

Zoe Firn at Rockwood Music Hall on March 29

Road Waves at Rockwood Music Hall on March 29

Thursday, April 4

• Drake, Lil Wayne, Lil Durk at Prudential Center

• Nicki Minaj, Monica at Barclays Center

• Magnetic Fields at the Town Hall

• Young Fathers, Callum Easter at Brooklyn Steel

• Kevin Gates at Irving Plaza

• Conor Oberst and Friends at the Bowery Ballroom

• Alice Phoebe Lou (solo), Sam Burton at the Gramercy Theatre

• Marlon Craft, Cisco Swank, LifeofThom at le Poisson Rouge

• Snow Strippers, Elusin, evilgiane, DRES, ok at Racket NYC

• Slow Bird, Leon Sinks at Brooklyn Made

• Koffin Kats, the Queers at the Meadows

• Joe Pernice at Rough Trade NYC

• The Slambovian Circus of Dreams at City Winery

• The Brian Mitchell Band at the Bitter End

• The Oz Noy Organ Trio at the Bitter End

• Free Whenever, Jelly, Leanne Gallati at Brooklyn Bowl

• Steve Krebs & the Maynard G's, the MGP Experience, Faith NYC, Anne Husick, Fandango NYC, DensityBlackCat at the Shrine World Music Venue

• Bird Streets, Peter Salett's Blue Palace, Sky White Tiger at the Bowery Electric

• Katie Martucci, Caroline Kuhn, Sofia Wolfson at Down & Out

• Emma Geiger, Otracami, Tim Poovey at Francis Kite Club

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

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

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Kassaye Selassie at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 26 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Ra le Blu at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 26 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Marc Del Giudice at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 26 (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 April calendar.