Good Live Music Choices for a NYC Weekend

J Balvin, photographed above at Governors Ball 2021, will headline Barclays Center this Sunday

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.

Note that the following concerts, originally scheduled for this week, have been canceled.

• Bren Joy, Girlish at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Ben Cottrill at the Bowery Ballroom
• Pony Bradshaw at Brooklyn Made
• The Shivers, Thin Lear, Damon Smith, Katy Pinke at Brooklyn Made

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.

Mumford & Sons headlined at Brooklyn Paramount on March 26

Stereophonics at Brooklyn Paramount on March 25

Witches Exist at Brooklyn Paramount on March 25

Friday, March 28

• Connor Price at Terminal 5
• Attila, Oceano, Dealer, Nathan James at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Anoushka Shankar at the Town Hall
• Chloe Moriondo at Rough Trade NYC
• Tigran Hamasyan at Irving Plaza
• Hamilton Leithauser at Cafe Carlyle
• Cameron Whitcomb, Ava Maybee at the Bowery Ballroom
• CocoRosie at Xanadu
• The Birthday Massacre, Essenger, Magic Wands at le Poisson Rouge
• Dogs in a Pile at Brooklyn Bowl
• The Hard Quartet, Sharp Pins at Warsaw
• Josiah Queen, Strings & Heart at the Gramercy Theatre
• Popa Chubby at the Iridium
• The Soul Rebels w. Cory Henry at the Blue Note
• Tindersticks at Sony Hall
• Mx Justin Vivian Bond w. the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus at the Cooper Union
• Adam O'Farrill at Joe's Pub
• Amiture Music, Leah Hennessey, Victoryland at Baby's All Right
• Mary in the Junkyard, Catcher at Union Pool
• Fluorescents, FRND CRCL, Wheelbite at Pianos
• Tea Eater, 95 Bulls, It’s Britney, Bitch at Alphaville 
• Rob Mastrianni at Pangea Front Lounge
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• The Record Players NYC at the Shrine World Music Venue
• Spaghetti Eastern Electro Dub at Shrine World Music Venue
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• SaRon Creshaw Band at Terra Blues

Railroad Earth at Brooklyn Bowl on March 21

The Army, the Navy at the Bowery Ballroom on March 27

Lola Kirke at Rough Trade NYC on March 24

Saturday, March 29

• G.E.M. at Barclays Center
• JoJo, Emmy Meli at ​Terminal 5
• Horsegirl, Free Range, Answering Machines at Warsaw
• Hamilton Leithauser at Cafe Carlyle
• Dead Kennedys, H.R, the Raging Nathans at Irving Plaza
• Warbringer, Allegaeon, Skeletal Remains, Summoning the Lich, Electrocutioner at the Woodshop
• Ida, Tsunami at the Bowery Ballroom
• Dogs in a Pile at Brooklyn Bowl
• Jill Sobule, Tammy Faye Starlite at le Poisson Rouge
• The Soul Rebels w. Cory Henry at the Blue Note
• The Shivers, Thin Lear, Damon Smith, Katy Pinke at the Loft at City Winery
• The Zeros, Palmyra Delran, Mala Vista, Auto-Center at TV Eye
• Jeremy Earl, Daniel Higgs at Union Pool
• Vacation Manor, Rhineland at Baby's All Right
• Black Eyes, Dreamcrusher at Pioneer Works
• Two-Man Giant Squid, Surgeon General, Public Circuit at Market Hotel
• Andi Rae & the Back River Bullies, Cliff Westfall, Bubble at the Bowery Electric
• E.W. Harris at An Béal Bocht Cafe
• Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers, the Black Angels NYC, the TarantinosNYC, DensityBlackCat at the Parkside Lounge
• Leah Tash at Skinny Dennis
• Jackson Scott & Friends at Pangea Front Lounge
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Dean Friedman at the Triad Theater on March 22 (photograph by Alex Wedner)

The Emily Duff Acoustic Trio at Cowgirl on March 24

The Cody Sisters at Mona’s Monday Bluegrass Session at Mona's on March 24 (photograph by David Sussman)

Bluegrass Wednesdays at Mathilde on March 26 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sunday, March 30

• J Balvin at Barclays Center
• Hanan Ben Ari at the Kings Theatre
• Korpiklaani, Ensiferum, Trollfest, NiNi at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Maddie Zahm at Irving Plaza
• Michael Rother, Thurston Moore, HTRK, Eiko Ishibashi (solo) at the Knockdown Center
• Joanne Shaw Taylor at Sony Hall
• Dar Williams, Ms. Lisa Fischer, Lucy Kaplansky, James Maddock, the Kennedys, Morley at City Winery NYC
• The Soul Rebels w. Cory Henry at the Blue Note
• Castle Rat, Restless Spirit, Sun Voyager at le Poisson Rouge
• Jeremy Earl, Daniel Higgs at Union Pool
• Lizzie & the Makers, Sam Brown, Amanda Fama at Cafe Wha?
• Nona Invie, Amelia Jackie, Mark Trecka at the Francis Kite Club
• Trophy Wife, Jesse Detor, Kiaura Rose, Lily Hain at Arlene's Grocery
• Plane Station at Book Club
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

James Maddock at the 11th St. Bar on March 26

Screamer Party at the 11th St. Bar on March 27

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on March 24 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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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 March and April calendars.