Good Live Music This Weekend in the NYC Area

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, shown above at le Poisson Rouge in 2022, will headline Webster Hall tonight

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 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.

Mötley Crüe headlined a secret show at the Bowery Ballroom on May 6

Sum 41 brought its farewell tour to the Brooklyn Paramount on May 5

The Interrupters at the Brooklyn Paramount on May 5

Sessanta (a combination of A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Primus) closed its tour at Forest Hills Stadium on May 4 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Friday, May 10

• The Temptations, the Four Tops at the St. George Theatre

• Say Anything, AJJ, Greet Death at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Spoon Benders at Webster Hall

• Cattle Decapitation, Carnifex, Rivers of Nihil, Humanity's Last Breath, the Zenith Passage, Vitriol, Face Yourself at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Alpha Wolf, Emmure, Unity Tx, Chamber at the Gramercy Theatre

• Orchid, the HIRS Collective at Warsaw

• Cheekface, yungatita at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Katie Pruitt, Jack Van Cleaf at the Bowery Ballroom

• Jesus Piece, Sanguisugabogg, Peeling Flesh, Gag at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Combo Chimbita, Pachyman, los Esplifs at le Poisson Rouge

• Madeleine Peyroux, Jill Sobule at Sony Hall

• The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Burr at TV Eye

• Big Something, the Ries Brothers at Brooklyn Made

• Des Rocs at the Broadway Pedestrian Plaza

• Camp Saint Helene at Baby's All Right

• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note

• Annika Bennett, Darryl Rahn at Mercury Lounge

• YHWH Nailgun, Anastasia Coope at the Stone Circle Theatre

• Plvtinum, Chris Grey, Vana, Shaker at Racket NYC

• Terry Reid and the Cosmic American Derelicts at the Cutting Room

• Colin Stetson at Green-Wood Cemetery

• Hallelujah the Hills, Upper Wilds, Katiee at Gold Sounds

• Seafood Sam at Public Records

• Sofia Zarzuela, Mila DeGray, Glimmer, Moxie Pocket at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Beat Brigade, Dunia & Aram, the Simulators at Otto's Shrunken Head

• The David "Doc" French Trio at Terra Blues

• Junior Mack at Terra Blues

Stiff Little Fingers at Webster Hall on May 3

Ricky Warwick at Webster Hall on May 3

Brandy Clark at the Gramercy Theatre on May 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Jobi Riccio at the Gramercy Theatre on May 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, May 11

• Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Jill Scott, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Muni Long, Lola Brooke, Funk Flex at Barclays Center

• Joji, (G)I-DLE, Illenium b2b Dabin, Balming Tiger, Dhruv, Juliet Ivy, thuy, Wang OK, wave to earth, Young Posse at Forest Hills Stadium

• Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, the El Michels Affair at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Hot Water Music, Quicksand, Modern Life Is War, the Ergs at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Holly Humberstone at Brooklyn Steel

• Lewis Ofman at Webster Hall

• Wasia Project at the Bowery Ballroom

• Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Wilderun at the Gramercy Theatre

• Orchid, Dropdead at Warsaw

• Mad Mad Hats, pronoun at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Margaret Glaspy (acoustic) at National Sawdust

• John Hiatt at City Winery NYC

• Soen, Trope at le Poisson Rouge

• Big D and the Kids Table, Kill Lincoln, Call Me Malcolm, Hell Beach at TV Eye

• Red Rum Club, Back to Yours at Elsewhere Zone One

• Robby Hecht at the Jalopy Theater

• Madeleine Peyroux, Jill Sobule at Sony Hall

• John Moreland, Ken Pomeroy at Brooklyn Made

• James Hunter at the Iridium

• LATEXFAUNA at Racket NYC

• Robby Hecht, Grace Pettis at the Jalopy Theatre

• Christian McBride & Ursa Major at the Blue Note

• Social Station at Mercury Lounge

• Lenny Kaye at Monty Hall

• Female Genius, Anni Rossi at the Francis Kite Club

• June Star, the Emily Duff Band at Mama Tried

• The Art Gray Trio, Jennifer Blowdryer, Spike Polite & Sewage NYC at Tompkins Square Park

• Squirrels from Hell at Pete's Candy Store

• Ricky Stein at the Red Lion

• Blues People at Stitch Bar & Blues

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Fred Thomas at Arthur's Tavern

In Flames at Warsaw on May 3 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Gatecreeper at Warsaw on May 3 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Creeping Death at Warsaw on May 3 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

The Hipp Pipps at the monthly Flip, Flop & Fly night at Otto's Shrunken Head on May 3

Sunday, May 12

• Joji, Atarashii Gakko!, Bibi, Awich, Deb Never, Eyedress, Lyn Lapid, Spence Lee, Warren Hue at Forest Hills Stadium

• Ship Wrek at the Brooklyn Mirage

• Holly Humberstone at Brooklyn Steel

• The Music of Crosby, Still, Nash & Young rehearsal at City Winery NYC

• Blind Guardian, Night Demon at Palladium Times Square

• Ashley Kutcher at the Bowery Ballroom

• The Clark Sisters, Jane Handcock at the Brooklyn Paramount

• High on Fire, Zeta, High Command at White Eagle Hall

• Gué at the Gramercy Theatre

• Alexandra Stréliski at le Poisson Rouge

• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Nicolette & the Nobodies at TV Eye

• Brad Stank, Ricewine, Jaguar Sun at the Brooklyn Monarch

• James Hunter at the Iridium

• Mikaela Davis at Baby's All Right

• Abby Sage at Baby's All Right

• Christian McBride & Ursa Major at the Blue Note

• Aurelio Voltaire, Vision Video, Then Comes Silence at the Meadows

• Fenne Lily, Isaac Stalling at the Scratcher Bar

• Jackson Scott at Pangea Front Lounge

• Pinc Louds, Shred Flintstone, Desert Sharks, Rat Motel, Big Girl, Dog Park (acoustic) at Tompkins Square Park

• Pinc Louds at Lucky

• Granite to Glass at Book Club

• Dang-It Bobbys at Pete's Candy Store

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues

Magic Forest NYC at Pete's Candy Store on May 2 (photograph by Roger Lipson)

Jason Heim at Two Bridges Luncheonette on May 4 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Paige Gullivan at Two Bridges Luncheonette on May 4 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Dave Feld at Two Bridges Luncheonette on May 4 (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 May calendar.