The Top Live Music Choices for Mid-September in NYC

Yungblud, photographed above at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in 2023, will headline at Brooklyn Paramount this Tuesday

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, are postponed or canceled.

• Emotional Oranges, N3WYRKLA, Evan Fong at Brooklyn Paramount
• Sofiane Pamart at Brooklyn Paramount
• Jenny Hval at the ​Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Mitch Rowland at Baby's All Right
• The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl

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.

Breaking Benjamin headlined Prudential Center on September 10 (photograph courtesy of Prudential Center)

Three Days Grace at Prudential Center on September 10 (photograph courtesy of Prudential Center)

Return to Dust at Prudential Center on September 10 (photograph courtesy of Prudential Center)

Mac Demarco at Radio City Music Hall on September 7 (photograph by Emma Wannie/MSG Entertainment)

Monday, September 15

• Rufus Wainwright, Sara Bareilles, Laura Benanti, Darren Criss, Patti Lupone, Elizabeth Teeter at the Town Hall
• Alestorm, Gloryhammer, Glyph at Warsaw
• Elevation Rhythm, bodie at Irving Plaza
• Wargasm, Dropout Kings, Nu Metal Night at TV Eye
• Willi Carlisle, Cat Clyde at Mercury Lounge
• Kara-Lis Coverdale at le Poisson Rouge
• Ada Lea at Night Club 101
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• Max Bartos, Kate Short, Sophie Kyle Collins, Sable at Arlene's Grocery
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Red Lion
• 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

Rilo Kiley at SummerStage Central Park on September 8 (photograph by Will Oliver)

Dean Johnson at SummerStage Central Park on September 8 (photograph by Will Oliver)

Quinn XCII at SummerStage Central Park on September 10 (photograph by Merissa Blitz)

Allen Stone at SummerStage Central Park on September 10 (photograph by Merissa Blitz)

Tuesday, September 16

• Morrissey at Radio City Music Hall
• Soccer Mommy, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Dummy at SummerStage Central Park
• Yungblud, Sawyer Hill at Brooklyn Paramount
• The Pogues, Soft Play at Terminal 5
• Judy Collins at Cafe Carlyle
• Nile, Cryptopsy, the Last Ten Seconds of Life, Cognitive at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Landmvrks, Novelists, Silly Goose, Resolve at Irving Plaza
• Kathleen Edwards at the Bowery Ballroom
• Nick Hexum, Water Tower at le Poisson Rouge
• LYKN at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Devendra Banhart (solo), Kath Bloom at National Sawdust
• Laveda, Trophy Wife, Origami at Baby's All Right
• Griffin Maxwell Brooks, Cumgirl8, George Steel, Immediate Rush at TV Eye
• Tamar Korn & a Kornucopia at Barbes
• Steak at the 11th St. Bar
• Felton, Narrow's End, Audiospray, CESTARI at Arlene's Grocery
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• NY Blues Rockets jam at Sugar Mouse NYC

James at Brooklyn Steel on September 10 (photograph by John McNamara)

Frank Hannon of Tesla at the Cutting Room on September 9

The weekly Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on September 8 (photograph by David Sussman)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on September 8 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Wednesday, September 17

• Dua Lipa at Madison Square Garden
• Alabama Shakes, El Michels Affair at Forest Hills Stadium
• Wet Leg, mary in the junkyard at SummerStage Central Park
• Steve Winwood at the Capitol Theatre
• ZZ Top at the Beacon Theatre
• The Pogues, Jesse Malin at Terminal 5
• Judy Collins at Cafe Carlyle
• Marcin at Irving Plaza
• Waylon Wyatt, Elizabeth Nichols at Webster Hall
• Stephen Kellogg, Marc Roberge at the Jalopy Theater
• Cochise, TisaKorean, Pradabagshawty at the Gramercy Theatre
• Oso Oso, Born without Bones at le Poisson Rouge
• Cartel, Hunny, Landon Conrath at Warsaw
• Devendra Banhart (solo), Kath Bloom at National Sawdust
• Amira Elfeky, Ally Nicholas, the Requiem at the Bowery Ballroom
• Kiss the Tiger at Mercury Lounge
• James Maddock at the 11th St. Bar
• You Bred Raptors? at Broadway Plaza
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Torture and the Desert Spiders (solo) at Baker Falls on September 9

Robert Leslie at Bakers Falls on September 9

Joelle Bensaïd at Baker Falls on September 9

Huxley Kuhlmann (formerly Superblush) at Baker Falls on September 9

Thursday, September 18

• Dua Lipa at Madison Square Garden
• Polo & Pan at the Brooklyn Storehouse
• Wet Leg, mary in the junkyard at Brooklyn Paramount
• Molly Tuttle, Kaitlin Butts, Cecilia Castleman at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Nation of Language, A. Savage at Warsaw
• Panda Bear at the Ruins at Knockdown Center
• Judy Collins at Cafe Carlyle
• CMAT at Webster Hall
• Militarie Gunn at Alphaville
• Ginger Root at the Bowery Ballroom
• Madball, Bayway at the Gramercy Theatre
• Kyle Hollingsworth Band, the Jauntee at Brooklyn Bowl
• Warmduscher, NODEGA, Pop Music Fever Dream at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Sharon Katz & the Peace Train at Joe's Pub
• Pete Droge at Joe's Pub
• Flor de Toloache at Wagner Park
• Consumables, Tea Eater, Slut Magic, Ranch Ranch at the Parkside Lounge
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar
• T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues

Drip 2.0 at Unsteady Freddie's monthly Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on September 6 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Alien Surf Dog at Unsteady Freddie's monthly Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on September 6 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

The Monomatics at Unsteady Freddie's monthly Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on September 6 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Uncle Charley at Pete's Candy Store on September 8

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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.