The Best Live Music in NYC for St. Patrick’s Day and Beyond

The Hives, photographed above at the Kings Theatre in 2024, will headline at Brooklyn Paramount this 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 upcoming 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.

Grahame Lesh at Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh at the Capitol Theatre on March 14, honoring the late Grateful Dead bassist's 86th birthday

John Medeski (above), Stanton Moore, Nels Cline & Skerik at ​Brooklyn Bowl on March 12

Evan Honer at Webster Hall on February 13

Nicholas Jamerson at Webster Hall on February 13

Monday, March 16

• Foy Vance at Rough Trade Below
• Sue Foley at the Iridium
• Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl
• Rev. Vince Anderson at Union Pool
• Miss Maybell and Her Ragtime Romeos at Birdland
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• Ethan Eubanks at the Red Lion
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• Anti-Hoot Open Mic at Baker Falls
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

Matt Nathanson at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Andrew McMahon at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Sammy Rae at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Lawrence at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Neal Francis (left) with Mark Rivera at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Tuesday, March 17 St. Patrick's Day

• Sienna Spiro at the Bowery Ballroom
• Foy Vance at Joe’s Pub
• Kentheman at the Gramercy Theatre
• Buffalo Traffic Jam, Barrett at Mercury Lounge
• Atomic Habitz: Chris Dave X Marcus King X Cleo "Pookie" Sample X DJ Ginyard at the Blue Note
• Deke Dickerson (solo), Howlin' Hurd at Parkside Lounge
• Jim Keller at the Bitter End
• Wayne Krantz at the Bitter End
• Jameson’s Revenge, Shilelagh Law, the Narrowbacks at Connolly's Klub 45
• Haute & Freddy at Rough Trade Below
• Tamar Korn & a Kornucopia at barbès
• Father Before Me, Digamy, Indeyevid, Iridescent Pools, Bending Over Backwards at Arlene's Grocery
• Torture and the Desert Spiders at Baker Falls
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Matt Oliver at Lucinda's
• Live Bluegrass at Lucinda's
• Tuesday Night Hot Jazz at Mona's
• NY Blues Rockets at Sour Mouse NYC

Gavin McGraw (second from left) at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Curtis Harding at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Yola at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Marc Roberge of O.A.R. at the The Music of Billy Joel rehearsal at City Winery NYC on March 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Wednesday, March 18

• Tedeschi Trucks Band, Robert Randolph at the Beacon Theatre
• The Hives, the Chats at Brooklyn Paramount
• Jesse Malin's Silver Manhattan at the Bowery Palace
• Sienna Spiro at the Bowery Ballroom
• Yellow Days at Warsaw
• Hamilton Leithauser at Café Carlyle
• Atomic Habitz: Chris Dave X Marcus King X Cleo "Pookie" Sample X DJ Ginyard at the Blue Note
• Against the Current, Sink or Swim at Baby's All Right
• Anja Huwe at le Poisson Rouge
• MT Jones at Rough Trade Below
• Tōth at Public Records
• Phil Gammage Quartet at the 11th St. Bar
• Laura Cantrell at Lucinda's
• Liza Colby at Lucinda's
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Tony Trischka (left) with Steve Martin, Jared Engle, Brittany Haas and Michael Daves at NY Banjo Night at Symphony Space on March 12 (photograph by David Sussman)

Tony Trischka (left) with Béla Fleck at NY Banjo Night at Symphony Space on March 12 (photograph by David Sussman)

Cut Worms at Rough Trade Below on March 13 (photograph  by Kevin Keane)

The Cody Sisters at a house concert in Brooklyn on March 13 (photograph by David Sussman)

Thursday, March 19

• Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden
• Hearts2Hearts at Brooklyn Paramount
• Jesse Malin's Silver Manhattan at the Bowery Palace
• Gary Numan, Tremours at White Eagle Hall
• Hamilton Leithauser at Café Carlyle
• Benee, Bayli at Irving Plaza
• Cass McCombs Band w. Chris Cohen at le Poisson Rouge
• Ear, Swords2 at the Bowery Ballroom
• Natalie Jane, Colby! at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Aaron Gillespie & Friends, Toby Morrell, Rowdy, Tory Grace at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Tony Trischka at Symphony Space
• Corey Glover & Vernon Reid (acoustic) at City Vineyard
• Dogpark at Rough Trade Below
• Jason Eady and Abe Partridge at Cafe Wha?
• Atomic Habitz: Chris Dave X Marcus King X Cleo "Pookie" Sample X DJ Ginyard at the Blue Note
• Oneida, Terry Gross & Carlton Melton at Baby's All Right
• Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East at Joe's Pub
• Oz Noy Organ Trio at the Bitter End
• Josephine Network, LOOSEY, the Stones, Fine Mess, Celebrity Sighting at TV Eye
• The James Rocket, Curtis Suburban, the Jefferies at Parkside Lounge
• The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar
• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues

Bad Leavers at the monthly Subway to Skaville at Otto's Shrunken Head on March 13

The Maka Sticks at the monthly Subway to Skaville at Otto's Shrunken Head on March 13

James Austin Jr. (left) at the Cellar Dog on March 12 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Ed Cherry (left) at the Cellar Dog on March 12 (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 March calendar.