Start Rocktober with Excellent Live Music in the NYC Area

Twenty One Pilots, photographed above at Madison Square Garden in 2019, will headline at Northwell at Jones Beach Theatre this Saturday

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 weekend, are postponed or canceled.

• Ray LaMontagne, the Weather Station at the Beacon Theatre
• Yelle at Brooklyn Steel
• Matt Maltese, Cornelia Murr at Brooklyn Paramount
• midwxst at Racket NYC

Everynight Charley recommends the following 60+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, location and directions, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Dylan Gossett at Brooklyn Paramount on September 25

Kingfishr at Brooklyn Paramount on September 25

Buffalo Traffic Jam at Brooklyn Paramount on September 25

Felly at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 26

Friday, October 3

• Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall
• Shawn Mendes, Eddie Benjamin at Forest Hills Stadium
• Kevin Gates, Gelo at Brooklyn Paramount
• The Adicts, the Casualties, Mephiskapheles at Palladium Times Square
• Jeremy Zucker, Sydney Ross Mitchell at Brooklyn Steel
• Addison Rae at Terminal 5
• Cautious Clay, Elujay at Webster Hall
• Superdrag, Bird Streets at the Bowery Ballroom
• Bladee, DIIV, Nettspend, Black Cray at Under the K Bridge Park
• Ali Sethi, Slowspin at Irving Plaza
• Born Ruffians, Queen of Jeans at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Robert Glasper X Cordae at the Blue Note
• Smif N Wessun, the Cabrini Kings at City Winery NYC
• The Callous Daoboys, Unity TX, Your Spirit Dies, Crush++, Desaster at Market Hotel
• Cortisa Star, Alice Longyu Gao, BAYLI, Miss Madeline, Cute Door at Ruins at Knockdown Center
• Amy Millan, Diana DeMuth at Mercury Lounge
• Stella Cole at Sony Hall
• Pino Palladino & Blake Mills at Pioneer Works
• Turbo Goth at Catalyst Records
• The Chris Bergson Band at the Bitter End
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Soraia, Cocktail Slippers, Screamin' Rebel Angels at Berlin
• The Ritualists, Keith Roth & the New Variants, Ira Oksman & the Satan Mares, Dmitry Wild & the New Yorkers at Baker Falls
• Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers, George Gilmore & the Giblets, Bill Popp & the Tapes at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Miss Maybell at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Neighbor at Brooklyn Bowl on September 25

The Tom Hamilton Band at Brooklyn Bowl on September 25

Neighbor debuted a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Custard Pie" with Olivia Klein on vocals at Brooklyn Bowl on September 25

High Time at the Industry City Bandshell on September 27

Saturday, October 4

• Twenty One Pilots at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall
• Jesse McCartney, Ana Sky at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Jeff Chang at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Randy Rainbow at the Town Hall
• Jesse Malin at the Gramercy Theatre
• TWINSICK, MOONLGHT, Beau Cruz, Gianni Glo at Terminal 5
• Sons of the East, Kim Churchill at Webster Hall
• John Maus, Christopher Owens at Warsaw
• Letlive, Vanna at Irving Plaza
• Superdrag, Mic Harrison & the High Score at the Bowery Ballroom
• Far Caspian, A Beacon School at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Robert Glasper X Cordae at the Blue Note
• Addison Rae at National Sawdust
• Dumpstaphunk, Nick Cassarino & Friends at ​Brooklyn Bowl
• quinnie at Racket NYC
• Bass Drum of Death, Farmer's Wife, Native Sun at Baby's All Right
• Pixel Grip, Coatie Pop at Baby's All Right
• Bush Tetras, los Microwaves, Pons, Genre is Death at Market Hotel
• The Thing, 95 Bulls, Soklo, Sunshine Spazz, Daniel B, Slashers at Maria Hernandez Band
• Stéphane Wrembel at barbès
• Max Creek at the Bitter End
• The Tsunamibots, Pass the Poi, the Supertones at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• David "Doc" French Trio at Terra Blues

The Molotovs at the Silver Lining Lounge on September 24

Skorts at the Silver Lining Lounge on September 24

Aneesa Strings at the David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center on September 26

Andy Falco's Bluegrass Laboratory, featuring Andy Falco (center) of the Infamous Stringdusters, at the People's Pub on September 27 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sunday, October 5

• The B-52s, Devo, Lene Lovitch at ​Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Ludovico Einaudi at Radio City Music Hall
• Aminé, Sango at SummerStage Central Park 
• Kota the Friend at Brooklyn Steel
• Jesse Malin at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Sound of Animals Fighting, This Will Destroy You, the Casket Lottery, Soft Blue Shimmer at Webster Hall
• Deltron 3030 at Irving Plaza
• Skinshape, Sons of Sevilla at Warsaw
• Castle Rat, Heavy Temple, Guhts at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Home Is Where, Forests, Short Fictions at the Bowery Ballroom
• Robert Glasper X Cordae at the Blue Note
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• Niall Connolly, Liz Hanley at the Scratcher Bar
• Jeff Slate & Friends at Cafe Wha?
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

The Wraycyclers at the Parkside Lounge on September 27 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Tim Heap at the Parkside Lounge on September 27 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Density Black Cat at the Parkside Lounge on September 25 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Crazy Mary at the Parkside Lounge on September 25 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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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 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.

For a more complete listing of upcoming performances in the New York City area, visit The Manhattan Beat's October calendar.