Cool Live Music This Weekend in NYC

Lady Gaga, photographed above at Madison Square Garden on August 26, will return to the venue this Saturday and Sunday (photograph by Jini Sachse)

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. 

Oasis headlined at MetLife Stadium on August 31 (photograph by Joshua Halling)

Nine Inch Nails at Barclays Center on September 2

Boys Noize at Barclays Center on September 2

Palehound at Night Club 101 on September 1

Friday, September 5

• Benson Boone at Madison Square Garden
• Eladio Carrión at Barclays Center
• Above & Beyond, Gabriel & Dresden, Rezident at Forest Hills Stadium
• Rilo Kiley, Natalie Bergman at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Kruder & Dorfmeister at Brooklyn Paramount
• tripleS at Palladium Times Square
• Stiff Little Fingers, the Attack at Racket NYC
• Ciara at National Sawdust
• Somos, Wakelee, Spin at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Crypta, Final Siege, Plague Master, Mala Entrana, Diabla at the Brooklyn Monarch
• DRI, Paralysis at the Meadows
• The Slackers aboard the Liberty Belle
• Barndog, [ placeholders ], the Women’s National Hockey League at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Technicolors, Jo Alice at the Sultan Room
• lots of hands, Deadharrie at TV Eye
• Brian Dunne, Nathan Xander at Mercury Lounge
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• The Rover Boys Trio, Marleybone, Jynx & Dino at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Kyle Bretton, Kailie Simpson, Mannequin Heist at Nublu 151
• Gracie Lou, JM Ross, Kirk Scully at Pete's Candy Store
• Adjua Ajamu Trio at Terra Blues
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Rilo Kiley at the Stone Pony Summer Stage on August 30 (photograph by Charles David)

Natalie Bergman at the Stone Pony Summer Stage on August 30 (photograph by Charles David)

Kelley Swindall hosted the weekly Nashville Songwriter Style Open Mic at Lucinda's on August 31

E.W. Harris at the Nashville Songwriter Style Open Mic at Lucinda's on August 31

Saturday, September 6

• Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden
• Odesza (DJ set), Tokimonsta at Louis Armstrong Stadium
• Sierra Ferrell, Nikki Lane at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Kaion at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Emilia at Brooklyn Paramount
• The Waterboys, Anna Tivel at ​Webster Hall
• Jesse Malin at the Gramercy Theatre
• Amble, Joe Devito at Irving Plaza
• Amistat, Emily James at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Have a Nice Life, Midwife, Planning for Burial at Warsaw
• Mystery Skulls, Nite at Racket NYC
• Ana Gasteyer, Darlesia Cearcy, Richard Kind, Ethan Slater, Tamkia Lawrence, Mary Louise Parker at Wagner Park
• End It at Rough Trade Below
• The Knightshades, Muck and the Mires, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, the Midnight Confessions at the Bowery Electric
• Sarah Morgan & Red Girl's Blue, Never Sometimes Always, Gillian Atlas at Sugar Mouse NYC
• Drip 2.0, Alien Surfdogs, the Monomatics at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The Constituency at Lucinda's
• The Record Players NYC at Pete's Candy Store
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Strange Majik at Arthur's Tavern
• Joe Taino Group at Arthur's Tavern

The Truckstop Allstars at Lucinda's on September 1 included Aaron Lee Tasjan (left) and Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin

The Truckstop Allstars at Lucinda's on September 1 included Aaron Lee Tasjan (left) and Bobby Bare, Jr.

The Truckstop Allstars at Lucinda's on September 1 included Lenny Kaye of Patti Smith and Her Band

The Truckstop Allstars at Lucinda's on September 1 included Tom Clark

Sunday, September 7

• Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden
• Max DeMarco, Mock Media, Daryl Johns at Radio City Music Hall
• Cash Cobain, 310babii, Myaap, B Jack$, Bay Swag, Slizzy ENT at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Morgenshtern at Terminal 5
• Emilia at Brooklyn Paramount
• Hot Chip at Webster Hall
• Amble at Irving Plaza
• Slow Crush, Faetooth, Flooding at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Vola, Daedric, P.H.0 at the Gramercy Theatre
• Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders, Dave Foley, Robbie Fulks, Kyle Gordon, Dave Hill, Carl Newman, Vex Voom, David Wax Museum at City Winery NYC
• Puzzled Panther, 95 Bulls, Grace Bergere, Crazy and the Brains, Nabihah Iqbal, Bubbles at Tompkins Square Park
• Native Sun, Tear Dungeon at TV Eye
• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbes
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Death Drive, swimteam VHS, Wild Once, Seraphine's Cleaver at Arlene's Grocery
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

The Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on September 1 (photograph by David Sussman)

Raven and Red at Cowgirl Seahorse on September 1 (photograph by David Sussman)

Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans at the Shrine World Music Venue on August 29 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Barry Harrison Trio at Fred's Dog House on August 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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The Manhattan Beat covers 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 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 September calendar.