This Weekend’s Best Live Music in the NYC Area

The Struts, photographed above at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in 2023, will headline at Brooklyn Paramount tonight

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 40+ 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.

Dark Star Orchestra headlines the Rooftop at Pier 17 on August 15

Chase Rice at Mulcahy's on August 16 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Wade Bowen at Mulcahy's on August 16 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Guys with Guitars at Mulcahy's on August 16 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Friday, August 22

• Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden
• Jon Bellion at Forest Hills Stadium
• The Struts, Dirty Honey at Brooklyn Paramount
• Architects, Holywatr, ERRA at ​Terminal 5
• George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Blu Eye Extinction at Palladium Times Square
• The Starting Line, Oso Oso, Macseal at Irving Plaza
• Know Good, Terminal 6, Helmut Boi at the Bowery Ballroom
• Hot Mulligan at Rough Trade Below
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at Bryant Park
• Michael Franks at Sony Hall
• Elle Varner at City Winery NYC
• Portraits of Past, Kathryn Mohr, Memory Entry at le Poisson Rouge
• Blind Equation, fallingwithscissors, Spear of Cassius at Gold Sounds
• Rockaway Beach Surf Music Festival: The Sci Flies, the Hydronauts, Cupid's Nemesis at Rockaway Bazaar
• St. Divine, Tough Darling, Baby Spiders at the Parkside Lounge
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Asleep at the Wheel at City Winery NYC on August 17

The Shootouts at City Winery NYC on August 17

The Armed at le Poisson Rouge on August 15

Prostitute at le Poisson Rouge on August 15

Saturday, August 23

• Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden
• Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Jon Bellion at Forest Hills Stadium
• The Joe Perry Project at the Capitol Theatre
• Futurebirds, Dallas Wax at the Rockaway Hotel
• Ludmilla, CupcakKe, Junglepussy, Mykki Blanco, Cakes Da Killa, bbymutha, Dada Cozmic, Matt Louis, Prosperity Room, Boston Chery, Bodega Party, Gia Love at Brooklyn Paramount
• Loud Luxury at Summer ClubTwo Another at the ​Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Unwritten Law, Zebrahead, Jukebox Romantics at ​Racket NYC
• Jarhead Fertilizer, Blood Monolith, Vomit Fist at TV Eye
• Rockaway Beach Surf Music Festival: Blue Wave Theory, the TarantinosNYC, the Vista Cruisers at Rockaway Bazaar
• Holey Sweater, Flash Cooney & the Deans of Discipline, Venus Demars & All the Pretty Horses, Wexwax at the Parkside Lounge
• Adam Najemian at Pete's Candy Store
• Rebecca Haviland at the Bitter End
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Joe Taino Group at Arthur's Tavern
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues
• Clarence Spady (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Ricky Stein at the Red Lion

Marissa Nadler at Rough Trade Below on August 16

Kensuke Shoji (left) at Sunny's Bar on August 17 (photograph by David Sussman)

Lou Salome at Mercury Lounge on August 15

Rat Henry at Baker Falls on August 15

Sunday, August 24

• Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin, Skillibeng, Moliy, Ayetian, Lady Lava, Problem Child, Skinny Fabulous, Ravi B, Full Blown, Travis World at Barclays Center
• Los Dareyes de la Sierra at the Kings Theatre
• John Oates at the Rockaway Hotel
• Lulada Club at Brooklyn Bowl
• The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Gary Bartz, the Jazz Gallery All-Stars, Lucia at Tompkins Square Park
• Rockaway Beach Surf Music Festival: Time Surfers, 9th Wave, the Jagaloons at Rockaway Bazaar
• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbes
• Stephanie Marie & the Double Knit Players, Sam Brown, Sophie Buskin at Baker Falls
• Sewage NYC, Thirsty Prates, Skitzopolis, the Suffolk Strangers at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Miss Maybell at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

The Upstart Crows at Sour Mouse NYC on August 16 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Wonderfully Beautiful at Sour Mouse NYC on August 16 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Bennett McLaughlin (Jimmy Bennett and Mike McLaughlin) at the Leif on August 17

One2Many at the Leif on August 16

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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 August calendar.