The Best Live Music Choices in NYC This Week

Andrea Bocelli, photographed above at the We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert in Central Park's Great Lawn in 2021, will headline two nights at Madison Square Garden this coming Wednesday and Thursday

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 50+ 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.

They Might Be Giants at the Kings Theatre on December 13

Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits at Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair on December 13 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

The Buckinghams at Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair on December 13 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

Louis Cato, the bandleader of the Late Show Band, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, at Brooklyn Bowl on December 14 

Monday, December 16

• J. Cole at Madison Square Garden
• Keith & Kristyn Getty and Friends at Carnegie Hall
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• Fifty Fifty at the Town Hall
• Danielle Ponder at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Cascada at Webster Hall
• The Blood Brothers, Venus Twins at Warsaw
• Babyface Ray, Babyfxce E, Samuel Shabazz, Daemoney at Irving Plaza
• Zaho de Sagazan at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• NRBQ at the Iridium
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl
• Faith NYC, the Silos, Jamie Perret at the Bowery Electric
• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues
• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• 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

Leslie Mendelson at My Father's Place on December 12 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

Edwin Vazquez Musica at the Bitter End on December 14

Greg Humphreys & Friends at the Bitter End on December 14

The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar on December 15

Tuesday, December 17

• Mariah Carey at Barclays Center
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• Norah Jones at National Sawdust
• The Oz Noy-Joe Bonamassa Band w. Steve Ferrone & Will Lee at the Bitter End
• Tommy Cash at le Poisson Rouge
• NRBQ at the Iridium
• Keenan O'Meara, Molly Parden at Union Pool
• Bubble, Tom Clark & the High Action Boys at Mercury Lounge
• Puzzled Panther, Pons at the Hancock
• Tamar Korn & Friends at barbès
• Steak at the 11th St. Bar
• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Fat Tuesday Jam w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

Puma Perl at Catalyst Records on December 13

Crazy Mary at the Shrine World Music Venue on December 12 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Exit 99 at the Shrine World Music Venue on December 12 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Buck and a Quarter at Anyway Stories at Pangea Front Lounge on December 15

Wednesday, December 18

• Andrea Bocelli at Madison Square Garden
• Zach Bryan, Matt Maeson, Levi Turner at Barclays Center
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• The Oz Noy-Joe Bonamassa Band w. Steve Ferrone & Will Lee at the Bitter End
• Toledo, Hut, Bloomsday at Baby's All Right
• Tanya Tagaq at the Perelman Performing Arts Center
• Chris Urriola, Julia Kwamya, Opal Onyx, PASQUA at the Sultan Room, Brooklyn
• The Thing at Union Pool
• Leila Abdul-Rauf at Hart Bar, Brooklyn
• Sasha Dobson at Small's Jazz Club
• Buck and a Quarter at the Francis Kite Club
• Charlie Sub & Sound Dogs at Ethyl's Alcohol & Food
• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The David "Doc" French Band at Terra Blues

The Hipp Pipps at Otto's Shrunken Head on December 15

Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers at Otto's Shrunken Head on December 15

Curtis Suburban at Otto's Shrunken Head on December 15

Rebel Factory at Otto's Shrunken Head on December 15

Thursday, December 19

• Andrea Bocelli at Madison Square Garden
• Zach Bryan, Matt Maeson, Levi Turner at Barclays Center
• Joanna Sternberg & Friends at the Bowery Ballroom
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• Debbie Gibson at the Gramercy Theatre
• Gun Boat, Pink Mexico, Desert Sharks, Balaclava at TV Eye
• RP Boo, Dazegxd b2b Intimacy Simulator, Anysia Kym, DJ Ess, New York, Alphonse Pierre, Mano at Night Club 101
• Nuclear Family Fantasy at the Francis Kite Club
• Chris Bergson Band w. Ellis Hooks at the Bitter End
• Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar
• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues

Vinny and the Hooligans at Heaven Can Wait on December 15

Playing Dead at Heaven Can Wait on December 15

The Dirty Carboys at Heaven Can Wait on December 15

The Far Out at Groove on December 14

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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.