The Best Live Music in the NYC Area This Weekend

Adam Ant, pictured above at the Beacon Theatre in 2019, will headline the Palladium Times Square this Sunday

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.

mgk, formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly, with Trippie Redd performed a free concert at Irving Plaza on April 2 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Arlo Parks at the Bowery Ballroom on March 30

Molly Lewis at the Bowery Ballroom on April 1

Friday, April 5

• Drake, Lil Wayne, Lil Durk at Prudential Center

• Olivia Rodrigo, the Breeders at Madison Square Garden

• Magnetic Fields at the Town Hall

• Caroline Rose, Metropolis Ensemble, La Force at Brooklyn Steel

• Destroyer (solo), Lightning Dust at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Intervals, Hail the Sun, Body Thief, Makari at Irving Plaza

• The Bouncing Souls (acoustic), Vinnie Caruana at Brooklyn Made

• Shovels & Rope, Al Olender at White Eagle Hall

• San Fermin, Mutual Benefit at Racket NYC

• Bang Yong-guk at Warsaw

• Christian Kuria at the Bowery Ballroom

• The Sadies at Union Pool

• Conan, Psychic Trash at Trans-Pecos

• Darkest Hour, I Am, Filth Is Eternal, Somnuri at the Meadows

• Um, Jennifer? at the Sultan Room

• Haley Blais, Charlie Houston at Elsewhere Zone One

• The Terrapin Family Band, Nicki Bluhm & Scott Law at Brooklyn Bowl

• Snow Strippers, Slimesito, DRES, Suzy Sheer at the Hall at Elsewhere

• The Pin Ups, How Tragic, Midnight Machines at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Flight Facilities at the Knockdown Center

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Colin Hay at City Winery NYC on April 1

Lee Ritenour at the Iridium on March 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Val Kinzler at Rockwood Music Hall on April 2 (photograph by Sue Lashley)

Saturday, April 6

• Olivia Rodrigo, the Breeders at Madison Square Garden

• Gilberto Santa Rosa at Radio City Music Hall

• Laura Pausini at the Theater at Madison Square Garden

• Joe Satriani & Steve Vai at the Beacon Theatre

• Craig Taborn at David Geffen Hall

• Wakin Chau at the Kings Theatre

• Magnetic Fields at the Town Hall

• VNV Nation, Traitrs at Irving Plaza

• The Strumbellas, Certainly So at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Giant Rooks, Friedberg at Warsaw

• The Bouncing Souls aboard the Liberty Belle

• Melba Moore, Kathy Sledge at the David Rubenstein Atrium

• Glass Beach, Arcadia Grey, Fleece Kawasaki at the Gramercy Theatre

• Sarah and the Sundays, Breakup Shoes at the Bowery Ballroom

• Too Many Zooz, Michael Wilbur at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Vio-Lence, Exhorder, Deceased, Mortal Wound at Brooklyn Monarch

• Richard Thompson at My Father's Place

• The Chapin Sisters, Leslie Graves at the Francis Kite Club

• Julian Velard, Paul Loren at le Poisson Rouge

• Bootblacks, Rare DM, Black Rose Burning, Alice Gift at Brooklyn Made

• ThxSoMch at Mercury Lounge

• Tempt, Kore Rozzik at Mercury Lounge

• Runnner, Bones Forever at Purgatory

• Reyna Tropical at Public Records

• Mike Stern at Drom

• titsdickass (TDA), the Dutch Kills, November Girl, Bromine at Berlin

• Gabe Lee at Café Wha?

• Shybaby, High Waisted, Homade at the Broadway

• Jack Thistle at Ulysses Folk House

• Ricky Stein at Pete's Candy Store

• The Felix Slim Band at Skinny Dennis

• Band of Others, Drip 2.0, Tsunami of Sound at Otto's Shrunken Head

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

The Cynz at Parkside Lounge on March 29 (photograph by Roberta Lee)

Steve Krebs & the Maynard G's at Parkside Lounge on March 30 (photograph by Roberta Lee)

The Record Players NYC at the Parkside Lounge on March 30 (photograph by Madeline Abo)

Sunday, April 7

• Adam Ant, the English Beat at the Palladium Times Square

• Pat Metheny at 92NY

• Hanan Ben Ari at the Kings Theatre

• The Bouncing Souls aboard the Liberty Belle

• Tiny Habits at Irving Plaza

• Jorma Kaukonen & Friends at City Winery NYC

• Shelter, CIV, Jivebomb at the Bowery Ballroom

• Richard Thompson at My Father's Place

• Twin Tribes, Urban Heat, Dancing Plague at le Poisson Rouge

• Jeffrey Martin, Lily Talmers at the Sultan Room

• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End

• Daniel Kleederman, Miriam Elhajli at the Scratcher Bar

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• Jason Ewald at Pangea Front Lounge

Luke XO at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 28 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

The Sky Garden at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 28 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Crazy Mary (Charles Kibel and Zandrina) at Two Bridges Luncheonette on March 31 (photograph by Roberta Lee)

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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.