The Best Live Music in the NYC Area This Week

Amy and the Sniffers, photographed above at Terminal 5 in 2022, will headline at the Rooftop at Pier 17 this 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 80+ live music events in the New York City area 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.

Larkin Poe at Irving Plaza on May 10 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Amythyst Kiah at Irving Plaza on May 10 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Webster Hall on May 9

Knifeplay at Webster Hall on May 9

Monday, May 12

• Marilyn Manson, Black Satellite at the Wellmont Theater
• Japanese Breakfast, Ginger Root at Brooklyn Paramount
• Rachel Chinouriri, Alemeda, Bizzy at ​Webster Hall
• Silent Planet, Invent Animate, Allt, 156/Silence at Irving Plaza
• Sam Ryder, Gatton at the Bowery Ballroom
• Claud at Night Club 101
• Salami Rose Joe Louis at the Blue Note
• The Dare at Baby's All Right
• Keznamdi at Mercury Lounge
• Bandits on the Run, Patty PerShayla at the Bowery Electric
• Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• Lorraine Leckie & Friends at Pete's Candy Store
• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues 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

Karina Rykman at Webster Hall on May 10

Boys Go to Jupiter at Webster Hall on May 10

The Devil Makes Three at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 8

The Bridge City Sinners at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 8

Tuesday, May 13

• Air Supply at Carnegie Hall
• Passion Pit at Deluxx Fluxx
• Peter Cat Recording Co. at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Citizen Soldier, 10 Years, Thousand Below, Nerv at Irving Plaza
• Tom Odell, Jade Bird at Webster Hall
• Testament at Warsaw
• Enslaved, the Infinity Ring at the Gramercy Theatre
• Mirador at the Bowery Ballroom
• Audrey Nuna, Abbiana at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Worriers, Future Teens, Mint Green at the Sultan Room
• The Dare at Baby's All Right
• Cult of Venus at Jean's
• William Tyler at National Sawdust
• James Maddock & Band at the Bitter End
• Augie Bello at Groove
• Puma Perl Band, SoulCake at the 11th St. Bar
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• Stella Blue's Band at the Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park
• Carl Banks at the Red Lion

Little Feat at the Capitol Theatre on May 8 (photograph by David Sussman)

Jensen McRae at the Bowery Ballroom on May 8

Brett Dennen at City Winery NYC on May 9

The Randy Brecker Quintet at CUNY Jazz Fest 2025 at Aaron Davis Hall on May 9 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Wednesday, May 14

• Passion Pit at Deluxx Fluxx
• Ichiko Aoba w. the Wordless Music Orchestra, Hayden Pedigo at the Kings Theatre
• Sō Percussion, Helado Negro, Kate Stables at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
• The Wrecks, Cece Coakley, Benjamin Carter at Brooklyn Steel
• Coco Jones, Lady London, TA Thomas at Brooklyn Paramount
• Mereba, Anaiis at Webster Hall
• Deafheaven, Gatecreeper, Trauma Ray at Irving Plaza
• Pet Symmetry, Pony, Jimmy Montague at Racket NYC
• Ruby Haunt, Toledo, sweet93 at le Poisson Rouge
• Alix Page, Susannah Joffe at the Bowery Ballroom
• Chase Shakur, SwaVay at the Gramercy Theatre
• Chezile, Valley Boy at Baby's All Right
• Teen Mortgage, Upchuck at TV Eye

• Chanpan, Harry Teardrop, Silvia K. at Night Club 101

• The Dare at Baby's All Right
• Ward Davis (solo acoustic) at Cafe Wha?
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band at Terra Blues
• The Guthrie Trapp Trio at the Bitter End
• Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn
• Leona Naess, Evangeline Young, Virginia Taylor at Arlene's Grocery
• Bill Popp and the Tapes at the Central Park Bandshell
• Ripple AllStars at the Bitter End

Ryan Shaw (far right) and Ray Angry of the Roots (left) at 54 Below on May 6 (photograph by Carise Yatter/Hired Gun Media)

Lacy Rose at the Triad Theater on May 8 (photograph by Lilly Day)

Madeline Dalton in The Roarin’ 2020s at Chelsea Table + Stage on May 5 (photograph by Natalie Anne Powers)

Megan Bartschat at the Delancey on May 8 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Thursday, May 15

• Shakira, Pitbull at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
• Amyl and the Sniffers, Sheer Mag at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Trisha Yearwood, Erin Enderlin, Sunny Sweeney at the Town Hall
• Lucius, Victoria Canal at Irving Plaza
• Sō Percussion, Helado Negro, Kate Stables at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Malcolm Todd at Terminal 5
• Sevdaliza at Brooklyn Steel
• Deafheaven, Gatekeeper, Trauma Ray at Warsaw
• Darren Kiely, Sydney Ross Mitchell at the Bowery Ballroom
• Tune-Yards, JayWood at ​Night Club 101
• The Dare at Baby's All Right
• Wheatus aboard the Harbor Lights
• Teen Mortgage, Upchuck at TV Eye
• Les Sans Culottes at Mama Tried
• The Guthrie Trapp Trio at the Bitter End
• Colin Smith at the Bitter End
• Wiley Gaby, Dolly Trolly, Mamie Minch, Viva De Concini at Mama Tried
• Avery Friedman, Dolly, After Ours at Union Pool
• Zinnia's Garden, Corrine Jasmin, Safka at Berlin
• Creatures, the Boss's Wife, Dream Prescription, Manager at Arlene's Grocery
• The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar
• Mike Younger, Exit 99, Doctor Dan's Music Show, Madi Task, Noah Whiteside at the Parkside Lounge
• Carls, the Acute, City Ice, Tattoo Mustache at Pianos
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band at Terra Blues
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

The Undead at Tompkins Square Park on May 10

The Coffin Daggers at Tompkins Square Park on May 10

The Nihilistics at Tompkins Square Park on May 10

Jones Crusher at Tompkins Square Park on May 10

Skitzopolis at Tompkins Square Park on May 10

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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 May calendar.