Start December with Good Live Music in NYC

Interpol, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2019, will headline three nights at Brooklyn Steel starting Tuesday

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

Creed at Madison Square Garden on November 29 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

3 Doors Down at Madison Square Garden on November 29 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Mammoth WVH at Madison Square Garden on November 29 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Monday, December 2

• Jesse Malin, Lucinda Williams, Adam Duritz & David Immergluck, the Hold Steady, J Mascis, Butch Walker, Tommy Stinson, Willie Nile, Rickie Lee Jones, Adam Weiner, Fred Armisen, Eugene Hutz at the Beacon Theatre
• Ingrid Michaelson at Webster Hall
• Yukimi at le Poisson Rouge
• Thurston Moore at National Sawdust
• Eric Slick, Adeline Hotel at Elsewhere Zone One
• Aneesa Strings at the Blue Note
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & SaRon Crenshaw at Terra Blues
• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Ethan Eubanks at the Red Lion
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Mona's Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's

Hyde at Brooklyn Steel on November 27 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Lovejoy at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 29

Tommy Ragen at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 29

Tuesday, December 3

• Interpol, Lutalo at Brooklyn Steel
• The Philip Glass Ensemble at the Town Hall
• Rachael Yamagata, Josh Radnor at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Cory Henry at the Blue Note
• Ingrid Michaelson, Ian Axel at Webster Hall
• Mark Ambor, Kenzie at Irving Plaza
• Yukimi at le Poisson Rouge
• Dave 1 at Racket NYC
• Seven Kingdoms, Striker, Lutharo at the Meadows
• Sunday (1994), Theo Moss at Mercury Lounge
• Lambrini Girls, Foyer Red at Union Pool
• Kelley Swindall, Diane Gentile, Dina Regine at the 11th St. Bar
• Tamar Korn & Friends at barbès
• Colin Smith at the Bitter End
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• Fat Tuesday Jam w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

Wolves of Glendale at the Bowery Ballroom on November 26

Diane Birch at the Loft at City Winery on November 27 (photograph by Charles David)

Fast Forward at the Leif on November 27

Wednesday, December 4

• Interpol, Monobloc at Brooklyn Steel
• The Indigo Girls at the St. George Theatre
• Tokio Hotel at Palladium Times Square
• berlioz at the Brooklyn Paramount
• The Hold Steady, Spiral Heads at Brooklyn Bowl
• Cory Henry at the Blue Note
• Mark Ambor, Kenzie at Irving Plaza
• We Are Scientists, Sean McVerry at the Bowery Ballroom
• Girli, Rachel Bochner at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Model/Actriz, mary in the junkyard, Magdalene at TV Eye
• J Spaceman & John Coxon at le Poisson Rouge
• Zoh Amba, Jon Leidecker, Ryan Sawyer, Thurston Moore at the Stone
• Lambrini Girls, Desert Sharks at Baby's All Right
• Loyal Lobos at Ludlow House
• The Andy Statman Trio at barbès
• Greg Humphreys & Friends at the 11th St. Bar
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Dean Shot Band at Terra Blues

Willie Nile at City Winery NYC on November 27

Marc Johnson at City Winery NYC on November 27

James Maddock (center) at the 11th St. Bar on November 27, with David Immerglück of Counting Crows (left) and Shawn Pelton of the Saturday Night Live house band

Thursday, December 5

• Usher at Barclays Center
• LCD Soundsystem, Gustaf at the Knockdown Center
• Interpol, Rough Francis at Brooklyn Steel
• Aurora, Biig Piig at the Beacon Theatre
• Roy Wood Jr., Ledisi at the Apollo Theater
• The Hold Steady at Brooklyn Bowl
• berlioz at the Brooklyn Paramount
• Cory Henry at the Blue Note
• Geese, death's dynamic shroud, Lip Critic at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Armana Khan, Omar, Lina Makoul, felukah, KeiyaA, Bartees Strange, June McDoom, Marem Ladson, Nick Hakim at Xanadu
• Cat Cohen at the Bowery Ballroom
• Snotty Nose Rez Kids at Heaven Can Wait
• Model/Actriz at TV Eye
• Marquis Hill, Melanie Charles at le Poisson Rouge
• Quinn Sullivan at Groove
• Fred Firth, Thurston Moore at the Stone
• Cardinals, Sex Week at Union Pool
• mary in the junkyard at Baby's All Right
• Twisted Pine, Damned Tall Buildings at Drom
• Dinowalrus, Nihiloceros, Ilithios at Brooklyn Made
• Oz Noy at the Bitter End
• The Whiskey Biscuits at the 11th St. Bar
• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

The Hipp Pipps at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 30

Bang Bang Band Girl at the monthly Get Weird night at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 30

The Grumpers at the monthly Get Weird night at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 30

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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 December calendar.