Guide to the Best Live Music This Weekend in NYC

Michael Franti & Spearhead, shown above at SummerStage Central Park in 2023, will headline at the Rooftop at Pier 17 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 60+ concerts this weekend in New York City. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

The Dave Matthews Band performed a three-hour concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on July 9

Mother Mother at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 10

Cavetown at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 10

Meet Me @ the Altar at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 10

Friday, July 12

• Michael Franti & Spearhead, Trevor Hall & the Great In-Between at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Donny Osmond at the Beacon Theatre

• NOFX, Codefendants, Shiragirl at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Veil of Maya, Brand of Sacrifice, Gideon, Left to Suffer, Within Destruction, Ten56, Tallah, Cabal, Brat at the Brooklyn Monarch

• The Pharcyde, Slum Village, Breakbeat Lou (Fusicology & Future x Sounds) at Herbert Von King Park

• Kate Hudson at Webster Hall

• jxdn, LØLØ, GUNNAR at Brooklyn Steel

• The Stews, Wim Tapley at Irving Plaza

• Uncle Lucius at Brooklyn Made

• Des Rocs, Young Rising Sons at the Rockaway Hotel

• D Savage, SeptembersRich at the Gramercy Theatre

• Mystery Skulls, Snowblood, Thorne at Racket NYC

• Sid Simons & the Darlings, Bloomsday, Rose Paradise at the Bowery Ballroom

• Cindy Blackman Santana Band at Birdland

• poptropicaslutz!, Father Koi at Baby's All Right

• The Mooney Suzuki, the Insomniacs at the Bowery Electric

• Swamp Dogg at the Sultan Room

• Lyfe Jennings at City Winery NYC

• Cassandra Jenkins (solo, acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC

• Upchuck, Stuy, TVOD at Elsewhere Zone One

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• The Fuss, the Operators, Foolish Relics at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Spaghetti Eastern Music (solo) at Pangea

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Counting Crows at SummerStage Central Park on July 11

James Maddock (left) with David Immerglück (of Counting Crows), also known as Jimmy & Immy, at SummerStage Central Park on July 11

Spiritual Cramp at the Rink at Rockefeller Center on July 10

Wifey at Heaven Can Wait on July 8

Saturday, July 13

• NOFX, Murphy's Law, Codefendants at the Brooklyn Paramount

• BRESH at SummerStage Central Park

• The Aquabats, Left Alone at Webster Hall

• Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Lollise, Rich Medina, IAM LOVE at Prospect Park

• The Greeting Committee, Toledo at the Bowery Ballroom

• Cindy Blackman Santana Band at Birdland

• Az at the Gramercy Theatre

• Lachy Doley and Band at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• MIKE’s Young World IV: Earl Sweatshirt, Myaap, Sideshow, Stahhr, Stacy Epps at Herbert Von King Park

• A Great Big Pile of Leaves, DryJacket, Stay Inside at Racket NYC

• argonaut&wasp, Morning Silk at Brooklyn Made

• Frog, Dutch Interior, Alena Spanger at Elsewhere Zone One

• Saweetie, Normani, Maiya the Don , 41, Connie Diiamond, Honey Bxby at the Knockdown Center

• Silent Mass, King Bug, Joyce, Golder, Orange Peel Mystic at 18th Ward Brewing

• Star’s Revenge, Avsha, Emma Jayne, the Dutch Kills, Um, Jennifer?, Alana Markel at Rubulad

• Silver Relics, War Bunnies, Bird Streets at Main Drag Music

• Mabe Fratti at Public Records

• Bees Deluxe at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Fondude at the Bowery Electric

• Ricky Stein, Graham Weber at Pete's Candy Store

• Phil Gammage, Graham Weber at Pangea Front Lounge

• Brothers Koren and the Kin at the Perelman Performing Arts Center Lobby Stage

• Spaghetti Eastern Electro-Dub 4 at Rockwood Music Hall

• Clarence Spady (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Michael Hill & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues

Luca & the Leftovers at Skinny Dennis on July 8

Matt Wiffen (right) & Hyllus at Stitch Bar & Blues on July 10 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on July 8 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

LJ Murphy at Pete's Candy Store on July 8

Sunday, July 14

• Common, Pete Rock at Herbert Von King Park

• Frank Pizarro, Charlie Thomas’ Drifters w. Jeff Hall, the Marvelettes, Bill Haley Jr’s Comets, Johnny Farina, the Excellents, the Chiclettes, Vinnie Medugno at the Coney Island Amphitheater

• I AM, Magic System, the Avener, Laurie Darmon, Femi the Scorpion at SummerStage Central Park

• NOFX, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Crazy & the Brains at the Brooklyn Paramount

• Deer Tick at the Rockaway Hotel

• Balaclava, Francie Moon at Tompkins Square Park

• Haiku Seppeku w. NP Presley, the Wigouts, Bedpan Fight, Spike Polite & Sewage NYC, Theo & the London Outfit at the Parkside Lounge

• Dang-It Bobbys at Pete's Candy Store

• Tony Conniff & Band at the Bitter End

• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End

• Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Leah Tash at Pete's Candy Store on July 8

Seth Kessel at Pete's Candy Store on July 8

Mimi Oz at Pete's Candy Store on July 8

RC Andres at Pete's Candy Store on July 8 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

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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 July calendar.