Begin May with Great Live Music in the NYC Area

Sum 41, photographed above at the Hammerstein Ballroom in 2019, will headline two shows at the Brooklyn Paramount beginning 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 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.

Staind headlined WDHA's Rock the Rock Fest at Prudential Center on April 25 

Seether at WDHA's Rock the Rock Fest at Prudential Center on April 25

The Struts at WDHA's Rock the Rock Fest at Prudential Center on April 25

Dayseeker at WDHA's Rock the Rock Fest at Prudential Center on April 25

Friday, May 3

• Laufey, Wasia Project at Radio City Music Hall

• Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

• deadmau5, BSOD, HAYLA, Kiesza, LIGHTS, WTF? at Brooklyn Mirage

• BoyWithUke, Arden Jones at Terminal 5

• Panchiko, Weatherday, Wisp at Brooklyn Steel

• The Decenberists, Ratboys at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Stiff Little Fingers, Ricky Warwick at Webster Hall

• Shallipopi, ODUMODUBLVCK at Irving Plaza

• Sinkane, Midnight Magic at the Bowery Ballroom

• Slothrust, Weakened Friends at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• In Flames, GateCreeper, Creeping Death at Warsaw

• Rich Amiri at the Gramercy Theatre

• ExTC at the Iridium

• BJ the Chicago Kid at the Blue Note

• Lee Fields, Billy Allen, the Pollies, Brandi & the Alexanders at City Winery

• Maddy O'Neal + Late Night Radio, mayv at Racket NYC

• Volcandra, Micawber, Bludgeoner, Antimony at Brooklyn Made

• Packs, Why Bonnie at Baby's All Right

• Cadence Weapon, Fatboi Sharif at Elsewhere Zone One

• Chastity at Union Pool

• Johnny Manchild & the Poor Bastards, Holdfast, Lovecolor at Drom

• The Lonesome Prairie Dogs, Sato & Jonny at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric

• The Silos, the Pete Donnelly Combo, Steve Shiffman & the Land of No at Berlin

• Eater Life, Izzy Maher, Party Train, the Real Stormin' Norman Band at Connolly's Klub 45

• The Hipp Pipps, Ruby Dee & the Snake Handlers, Fandango NYC at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Monette at Pangea Cabaret Room

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The Doc Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Ayron Jones at WDHA's Rock the Rock Fest at Prudential Center on April 25

Black Country, New Road at the Brooklyn Paramount on April 24

Horsegirl at the Brooklyn Paramount on April 24

Camera Picture at the Brooklyn Paramount on April 24

Saturday, May 4

• Social Distortion, Bad Religion, the Lovebombs at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Four Tet, Sammy Virji, Ben UFO, Chloé Robinson, Anthony Naples & DJ’J w. Anthony Naples, Beta Librae, DJ’J, Huerco S., Nídia at Under the K Bridge Park

• Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Primus at Forest Hills Stadium

• Laufey, Wasia Project at Radio City Music Hall

• Kamasi Washington at the Beacon Theatre

• Godsmack, Bastian Da Cruz at Prudential Hall

• Béla Fleck at Carnegie Hall

• Bayside, Finch, Armor for Sleep at Terminal 5

• Ra Ra Riot, Low Hum at Brooklyn Steel

• Patrice Roberts at the Brooklyn Paramount

• CSS at Webster Hall

• Brandy Clark, Jobi Riccio at the Gramercy Theatre

• Gatecreeper, In Flames at Warsaw

• Vince Clarke, Reed Hayes at National Sawdust

• Tei Shi, Sean Nicholas Savage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Nick Waterhouse, the Ben Pirani Trio at the Sultan Room

• The Lemon Twigs at White Eagle Hall

• Donny Benet at Warsaw

• Landon Barker at the Bowery Ballroom

• Feeble Little Horse, the Dallas Cowboys at Racket NYC

• BJ the Chicago Kid at the Blue Note

• Eiko Ishibashi at le Poisson Rouge

• (((O))), Olivia Mancuso at Brooklyn Made

• He is Legend, Codeseven, the Seafloor Cinema at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Enterprise Earth, Inferi, Crown Magnetar, Tracheotomy at the Meadows

• Dead on a Sunday, the Funeral Portrait, Nite at the Kingsland Bar & Grill

• Twangstock: Supertones, Strange but Surf, Ninth Wave, the Monomatics, Band of Others, Agent Octopus, the Electric Heaters at Otto's Shrunken Head (5 p.m.)

• Peter Collins at Café Wha?

• Jesse Lynn Madera at the Bitter End

• Animal, Surrender!, Writing Squares, Waste Man, Discreet Charms at Berlin

• Robert Leslie, Pinc Louds, Robot X at Union Pool

• The Answers in Between, the Overhead Bins, yael s. copeland, Rat Palace, the Fictionals at 18th Ward Brewing

• Jann Klose at the Cutting Room

• Kolker at the Bitter End

• Puma Perl & Friends at Parkside Lounge

• Shaw Time Duo, Sunday Girl, Dmitry Wild, Dream Prescription at Parkside Lounge

• Bill Popp & the Tapes at Shrine World Music Venue

• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• Tangiers Blues Band at Hill Country Barbecue Market

• Emy & the Epix at Stitch Bar & Blues

Led Zeppelin 2 at Brooklyn Bowl on April 24

Ed and a Girl at Two Bridges Luncheonette on April 23 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Hermz Macu at Two Bridges Luncheonette on April 23 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Megan Bartschat at Two Bridges Luncheonette on April 23 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Sunday, May 5

• Sum 41, the Interrupters, Joey Valance & Brae at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Four Tet, Daphni, Floating Points, Salute, Avalon Emerson, Elissa Suckdog, Kim Ann Foxman, Priori, Rose Kourts at Under the K Bridge Park

• Citizen Soldier, Icon for Hire, Halocene at the Gramercy Theatre

• Hawthorne Heights at City Winery NYC

• Carsie Blanton, Josh O'Keefe at le Poisson Rouge

• BJ the Chicago Kid at the Blue Note

• Vanilla Fudge at the Cutting Room

• TVOD, Tetchy, A Very Special Episode, Tilden, Big Girl at Arlene's Grocery

• Twangstock: The Vivisectors, Blue Wave Theory, Scott Helland Guitarmy of One, New York Gremmies, Alien-Surfdogs at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Diane Gentile, Brian K & the Parkway at Sleepwalk

• Grace Bergere, Ric Royer, Joseph Keckler at the Owl

• Kirby Brown, Nathan Xander at the Scratcher Bar

• Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves at Rockwood Music Hall

• Rob Mastrianni at Pangea Front Lounge

• Paragnosis at Washington Square Park

• St. Divine at the Parkside Lounge

• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Ellie Rose at Two Bridges Luncheonette on April 25 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Noah Whiteside at Two Bridges Luncheonette on April 25 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

The Sky Garden at Two Bridges Luncheonette on April 25 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Jake Mosca & the Travelers at Stitch Bar & Blues on April 26 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

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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 May calendar.