Outstanding Live Music This Week in the NYC Area

Bruce Dickinson, photographed above at an Iron Maiden concert at Barclays Center in 2024, will headline Brooklyn Paramount this coming Wednesday

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 70+ concerts in the New York City area this week. 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. 

Coheed and Cambria at PNC Bank Arts Center on August 29 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Taking Back Sunday at PNC Bank Arts Center on August 29 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Rilo Kiley at the Capitol Theatre on August 31 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

The Joe Perry Project at the Capitol Theatre on August 27 (photograph by Ehud Lazin) 

Monday, September 8

• Haim at Madison Square Garden
• Mac DeMarco, Mock Media, Daryl Johns at Radio City Music Hall
• Rilo Kiley, Dean Johnson at SummerStage Central Park
• BE'LAKOR, Solemn Vision at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Baths, Alexander Panos at le Poisson Rouge
• Finn Wolfhard, the Slaps at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Dominique Fils-Aime at the Blue Note
• Phil Gammage Quartet at Cowgirl Seahorse
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• On Parade, Alice Elliot, Parlor Talk at Arlene's Grocery
• Lilly Gitlitz, DARLIN', Julianna Ingram at Pete's Candy Store
• Nino Jettstarr at Catalyst Records
• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at Bitter End
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Mona's Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar

Leon Bridges at Forest Hills Stadium on September 4

Charley Crocket at Forest Hills Stadium on September 4

Kaleo at the Bowery Ballroom on September 3

Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues at City Winery NYC on September 4 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

Tuesday, September 9

• Ethel Cain at Radio City Music Hall
• Maren Morris, Jade LeMac at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• UB40, the English Beat at the Kings Theatre
• Judy Collins at Cafe Carlyle
• Se So Neon at Brooklyn Steel
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cast at Webster Hall
• Goldlink at the Blue Note
• Lil Darkie at Irving Plaza
• Rocco at the Bowery Ballroom
• Blanco White at le Poisson Rouge
• Hunx & His Punx, Tchotchke, Christeene at Warsaw
• Al Stewart & the Empty Pockets at City Winery NYC
• Young Rising Sons, Cloe Wilder at Mercury Lounge
• Just Mustard at National Sawdust
• Glitterfox at Baby's All Right
• Frank Hannon at the Cutting Room
• Puma Perl & Friends, SoulCake at the 11th St. Bar
• Astro Nick, Peaceful Faces, the Star Family Singers, Borus at Arlene's Grocery
• T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• NY Blues Rockets jam at Sugar Mouse NYC

Tammy Faye Starlite at Fair Play 2025: A Concert for Justice at the Cutting Room on September 4 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Sophia Ramos at Fair Play 2025: A Concert for Justice at the Cutting Room on September 4 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

James Maddock at Fair Play 2025: A Concert for Justice at the Cutting Room on September 4 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Steve Conte at Fair Play 2025: A Concert for Justice at the Cutting Room on September 4 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Afro Dominicano at Fair Play 2025: A Concert for Justice at the Cutting Room on September 4 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Wednesday, September 10

• Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Return to Dust at Prudential Center
• Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge at Radio City Music Hall
• Quinn XCII, Allen Stone at SummerStage Central Park
• Ethel Cain, 9million at the Kings Theatre
• Bruce Dickinson, Anaka at Brooklyn Paramount
• James at Brooklyn Steel
• Judy Collins at Cafe Carlyle
• yeule, Fish Narc at Warsaw
• Duckwrth, Sherwyn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Darkness, Mark Daly at Irving Plaza
• The Hellp at Webster Hall
• quannic, Kmoe at the Bowery Ballroom
• Naethan Apollo, Mars Mignon at the Gramercy Theatre
• Grant-Lee Phillips, Kris Delmhorst at the Loft at City Winery NYC
• Motherfolk at Soho Live
• Goldlink at the Blue Note
• Hillari at Racket NYC
• Lu Kala at Mercury Lounge
• Daphne Gale, Sarah Katherine Lawless, Hipsy Gap, Sarah Michelle Lee at the Sultan Room Rooftop
• Leo Lovechild, Garrett Owen, Alex Bergan at Cassette
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• David "Doc" French Band at Terra Blues
• Allen Gogarty at the Red Lion

Andy Statman (left) at Barbes on September 3 (photograph by David Sussman)

Mountain Grass Unit at Hill Country Barbecue Market on September 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The weekly Live Bluegrass jam at Lucinda's on September 2 (photograph by David Sussman)

The weekly Bluegrass Wednesday at Mathilde on September 3 (photograph by David Sussman)

Thursday, September 11

• Kali Uchis, Thee Sacred Souls at Madison Square Garden
• Pulp, Hamilton Leithauser at Forest Hills Stadium
• Supergrass at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Spacey Jane, the Belair Lip Bombs at Brooklyn Steel
• The Esteriore Brothers at the Kings Theatre
• Judy Collins at Cafe Carlyle
• Superchunk at Rough Trade Below
• Superchunk, Tee Vee Repaimann at the Bowery Ballroom
• Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ricky Eat Acid, Aitis Band at le Poisson Rouge
• La Dispute, Glitterer, Tummyache at Warsaw
• smokedope2016, Nokia Angel, LIL FITTED CAP, Bartesian Water at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Wyclef Jean at the Blue Note
• Charly Bliss, Trophy Wife aboard the Liberty Belle
• McKinley Dixon at Elsewhere Zone One
• Bugs & Crumb, Rebel Factory, the Record Players NYC at the Parkside Lounge
• Mark McKay Band at the 11th St. Bar
• Gary Wright at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues

Anand Wilder (right) at Rough Trade Below on September 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Exit 99 at the Shrine on September 3 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Crazy Mary at the Shrine on September 3 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Coloured Stone at the Shrine on September 3 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

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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.