The Best Live Music Choices in NYC This Weekend

Hayley Williams of Paramore, photographed above at the Ally Coalition Talent Show in December 2025, will headline the Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday and Sunday

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 New York City 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.

Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country headlined at the Beacon Theatre on April 4 (photograph by Anthony Braaten)

Patrick Watson (right) at Warsaw on April 2 (photograph by Sachyn Mital)

Nothing at Warsaw on April 3 (photograph by Ian Enger)

The Brook and the Bluff at Webster Hall on April 3 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Friday, April 10

• Jackson Wang at Barclays Center
• Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall
• Yoko Kanno at the Kings Theatre
• Natalia Lafourcade at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Hayley Williams, Water from Your Eyes at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Bush, Mammoth, James and the Cold Gun at Brooklyn Paramount
• Poison the Well, SPY, Balmora at Knockdown Center
• Raf-Saperra at Brooklyn Steel
• Naïka at Warsaw
• Dance Hall Crashers, Hepcat at Irving Plaza
• Voxtrot, Meno Versteeg, Lightheaded at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Varials, UnityTX, Heavy//Hitter, BOLTCUTTER at the Meadows
• Reverend Horton Heat, Black Joe Lewis, Pinata Protest at Sony Hall
• Isaac Slade (solo), Charlie Lunsford at City Winery NYC
• Blood for Blood, Skinhead at Brooklyn Monarch
• Whisky Kiss, Lou Marshall, Craig Weir, Steven Czajkowski at Racket NYC
• Talib Kweli, Lill Twinn x Mizzy Coke at Brooklyn Bowl
• Steinza, Elias Hix at le Poisson Rouge
• Jeffrey Foucault at the Loft at City Winery
• The BLCK Madonna at the Jazz Club at the Aman New York
• Prewn, Pons, Night Club 101
• Lizzie and the Makers at the Bitter End
• The New Limits, Futon Lasagna, the Going Rate at Otto's Shrunken Head
• David "Doc" French Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Luna at the Bowery Ballroom on April 2

Buga at the Bowery Ballroom on April 2

Sons of Legion at the Bowery Ballroom on April 1

Benny G at the Bowery Ballroom on April 1

Saturday, April 11

• LANY, Aiden Bissett, Riah at Barclays Center
• Yoko Kanno at the Town Hall
• Hezekiah Walker, Jennifer Holliday, Le'andria Johnson at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx
• Natalia Lafourcade at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Snow Tha Product at Palladium Times Square
• Dance Hall Crashers, Hepcat at Warsaw
• Kishi Bashi, Bayonne at Irving Plaza
• Poison Ruin, Prision Postumo, Dollhouse, Savage Pleasure at the Bowery Ballroom
• Happy Landing, Morrissey Boulevard at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Ghastly Ones, the Coffin Daggers, Wiped Out, Night Chill at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Shadowgrass at Brooklyn Bowl
• Two Feet, Brothel at Racket NYC
• Subhumans, Venemous Pinks, Cop/Out at ​TV Eye
• Maya Hawke at Baby's All Right
• Suzanne Vega, David Massengill, Erik Frandsen, Brian Rose at the Loft at City Winery NYC
• SWMRS at Market Hotel
• Nox Novacula at Mercury Lounge
• The BLCK Madonna at Baretto at Fasano
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Mojo Sky, Wexwax, Zona Rosa at Young Ethel's
• SNL, Hop, Tyler Berrier, Butterfly Music at Arlene's Grocery
• NYC Buskerball: Robert Leslie, Jason Green, Malang Jobarteh, Rob Mastriani, Ethan Crane, Kanami Kusajima, Street Mule at Tompkins Square Park
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 2

Hunter Hayes (left) at the Gramercy Theatre on April 2 (photograph by Sam Sabinash)

Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band at City Winery NYC on April 2 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at Cafe Carlyle on March 31 (photograph by David Andrako)

Sunday, April 12

• Hayley Williams, Water from Your Eyes at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• Sunn O))), David Torn at the Town Hall
• ODUMODUBLVCK at Brooklyn Steel
• Alice Phoebe Lou, John Andrews & the Yawns at Webster Hall
• Big Ocean at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Chris Grey, Allegra Jordyn at Irving Plaza
• Jombriel at the Gramercy Theatre
• Grag Queen, Bright Light Bright Light at le Poisson Rouge
• Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders w. Michael Arthur, Ronee Blakley, Florence Dore, Dave Hill, Stephin Merritt, Steven Page, the Smithereens, Emma Tourtelot, Vex Voom in the 21st Century at City Winery NYC
• Adam Weiner (solo) at the Loft at City Winery
• Adult. at the Good Room
• Jane Siberry at Joe's Pub
• Ashes to Amber, Nature TV at Mercury Lounge
• Stéphane Wrembel at barbès
• Fotocrime, Content Blocks at TV Eye
• Coffin Daggers, Wiped Out, Jewel Thief at Berlin
• Freedy Johnston at the Bitter End
• Joe Sztabnik's Ghost Dogs, Density Black Cat, the Patti Rothberg Coincidence at Revision Lounge and Gallery
• Parks Department, Genovieve, Gracie Lou at Pete's Candy Store
• Kyra and the Chameleons, AYLA, Riley Lauren, Coco Smith at Arlene's Grocery
• Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Jason Green at Fred's Dog House
• Miss Maybell at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Noé Socha at Arthur’s Tavern
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Red Lion

Meadowgrass at Whiskey Reds on April 3 (photograph by David Sussman)

The Black Angels NYC at the monthly Flip, Flop & Fly night at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 3

The JOff WilsOn Band at the monthly Flip, Flop & Fly night at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 3

Wexwax at the monthly Flip, Flop & Fly night at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 3

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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 April calendar.