The Best Live Music in NYC This Weekend

Frank Black, photographed above at a Pixies concert at Forest Hills Stadium, will headline at Brooklyn Steel this Saturday

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 in the New York City area this weekend. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including location and directions, parking, ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, and COVID compliance.

Joy Oladokun headlined at Irving Plaza on January 30

G. Love & Special Sauce at City Winery NYC on January 27 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Stephen Kellogg at City Winery NYC on January 30

Will Varney at City Winery NYC on January 30

Friday, January 31

• Galactic w. Jelly Joseph, Honey Marmalade, the Junco Partners at Brooklyn Bowl
• Ravenscoon, Must Die!, smith., Sully, Green Matter, Ghost Lotus at Brooklyn Steel
• Ole 60, Rob Langon at Webster Hall
• GHØSTKID, Hawk, Crucifiction at ​the Meadows
• Cautious Clay and the Community at the Blue Note
• Glaive at the Bowery Ballroom
• Steve Earle (solo acoustic) at City Winery NYC
• Matt Pond PA, Anya Marina, Bathtub Cig at Union Pool
• Tomberlin, Eliana Glass at Cassette
• Ms. Lisa Fischer w. Orrin Evans Trio at Birdland Jazz Club
• Great Grandpa, Drench Fries at Baby's All Right
• Richard Barone & Glenn Mercer at the Loft at City Winery
• Danny Singh at 100 Sutton Street
• Trixie Whitley at Baker Falls
• Steinza, Hunter Metts at Mercury Lounge
• Gato Loco de Bajo, Iced Ink, the Coffin Daggers, J Hacha de Zola at Main Drag Music
• Wiped Out, Ciggy, Dr. Ex & the Break-Ups, Voodini at Our Wicked Lady
• Bright Light Bright Light at Joe's Pub
• Eater Life, Desert Sharks, Mary Shelley, Adult Human Females at Gambit.Works
• Asa Horvitz, Carmen Quill, Ariadne Randall & Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb at Public Records
• Khantrast at Night Club 101
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Aloe Blacc at the Blue Note on January 26 (photograph by Dervon Dixon/@drivenbycontent)

Toshi Reagon at Joe's Pub on January 26 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

The Marvelous Manhattan Mandolins at the Bitter End on January 27

The Aaron Comess Group at the Bitter End on January 27

Saturday, February 1

• 070 Shake, Bryant Barnes, Johan Lenox at the Kings Theatre
• Galactic w. Jelly Joseph, the Junco Partners at Brooklyn Bowl
• Frank Black, Reid Paley at Brooklyn Steel
• Cautious Clay and the Community at the Blue Note
• Glaive at the Bowery Ballroom
• Ben Barnes, Charles Jones, Sophia James, Zoe Sparks at Webster Hall
• NoCap, Loe Shimmy at Irving Plaza
• Wolfacejoeyy at the Gramercy Theatre
• (((O))), Quiet Luke at the Hall at Elsewhere
• The Thing, Sugar Pit, Grumpers, Skorts, Joudy, WifeKnife, Eclectic Charango Beats, Pons, Scary's on the Wall, Frida Kill at Our Wicked Lady
• Shellshag, False Starts, Joe Jack Talcum, Sub Rosa at P.I.T.
• Novulent, the Missing Peace at Mercury Lounge
• Consumables, Charm School, Qirl, Yuvees at Purgatory
• Kuru, Loss Becomes at Bar Freda
• Ms. Lisa Fischer w. Orrin Evans Trio at Birdland Jazz Club
• Meir Levine, Jane O'Neill, Molly Murphy at Brooklyn Made
• Nihmune at le Poisson Rouge
• Vitesse X, Swordes at Night Club 101
• The Wraycyclers, Time Surfers at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Felix Slim at Skinny Dennis
• Tom Kuntz at Hart Bar
• Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Big Ed's Blues Jam, with Popa Chubby (left), at the Red Lion on January 27 (photographed by Christine Santelli)

The Grove Street Stompers at Arthur's Tavern on January 27

Superblush at the NY for LA concert at Heaven Can Wait on January 27

The NY Blues Rockets at Sour Mouse NYC on January 28

Sunday, February 2

• Christian Lee Hutson, Allegra Krieger at the Bowery Ballroom
• Cautious Clay and the Community at the Blue Note
• Wesley Stace' Cabinet of Wonders w. Suzanne Vega, Jon Ronson, Eef Barzelay, As for the Future, Michael Arthur, Doogie Horner, Rhett Miller, Mark Rozzo at City Winery NYC
• Jackopierce at the Loft at City Winery
• "The Fuzztones vs. The World / A Tale of Sex, LSD and Rock & Roll" film premiere at the Bowery Electric
• Nunslaughter, Demiser, Desolus at TV Eye
• Tasman & Noizepunk, Sound Liberation at Silvana
• Jackson Scott at Pangea Front Lounge
• Bill Popp (solo) at Lucky
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Accessory, Tony Vaz, Dan English at Night Club 101
• Milo Z at Arthur's Tavern
• Gloom East, Sara Devoe, Free the Witness, Harrison Kealy at Arlene's Grocery
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Allen Gogarty at the Red Lion

Bec Lauder at Baker Falls on January 28

Trophy Wife (solo) at Baker Falls on January 28

Greta Keating at Baker Falls on January 28

Will Agnew at Baker Falls on January 28

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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 January and February calendars.