Where to Go for Outstanding Live Music This Weekend in NYC

Waxahatchee, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2021, will perform with MJ Lenderman at Brooklyn Paramount on 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+ live music performances in New York City this weekend. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including location, directions, parking, ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, and COVID compliance.

Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on April 7 (photograph by Sachyn Mital)

Rosie Flores at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on April 7 (photograph by Sachyn Mital)

Brandy Clark at City Winery NYC on April 9

Rosanne Cash at City Winery NYC on April 9

Brandy Clark with Rosanne Cash at City Winery NYC on April 9

Friday, April 17

• Blessd at Barclays Center
• Bob Moses, Cannons at Brooklyn Paramount
• Helloween, Beast in Black at Palladium Times Square
• Good Kid, Inoha at Brooklyn Steel
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Lotus at Brooklyn Bowl
• Quarters, Malice K, Trophy Wife at Irving Plaza
• Boys Go to Jupiter, Similar Kind, Wormy at the Bowery Ballroom
• femtanyl, Govlink, takihasdied at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Together Pangea, the Red Pears, the High Curbs at le Poisson Rouge
• Aesthetic Perfection, Priest, Julien-K at Brooklyn Monarch
• Kelsey Lu at the Blue Note
• Lala Lala, Mother Soki at Baby's All Right
• Walter Trout at the Iridium
• Taylor Mac at Joe's Pub
• Darlin', Charlotte Kunesh, Jessie Elizabeth at Pete's Candy Store
• Sky-Pony, Freddy Hall at Mercury Lounge
• The MGP Experience, Marley Bone, the Brunettes, the Bad Flowers at Parkside Lounge
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Ripple Allstars Quartet, Mike Coiro at Groove
• Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at the Capitol Theatre on April 10 (photograph by David Sussman)

Glen Hansard at City Winery NYC on April 8

Margaret Glaspy at City Winery NYC on April 8

Glen Hansard invited Liza Lo to sing one song during his set at City Winery NYC on April 8

Saturday, April 18

• Alejandro Sanz at Barclays Center
• HEALTH, Carpenter Brut, Desire at Brooklyn Paramount
• Good Kid, Inoha at Brooklyn Steel
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Quarters, Malice K, Nautics at Irving Plaza
• femtanyl, Govlink, takihasdied at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• GoldFord, Rett Madison at Webster Hall
• Superchunk, Incendiary, Hotline TNT, Momma (duo), Winter, Friko, Nuovo Testamento, Weird Nightmare at Rockefeller Center Plaza
• Schoolgirl Byebye, Brad Stank at le Poisson Rouge
• Heavenly at the Bowery Ballroom
• Pallbearer, Knoll, the Phantom Eye at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Burning Spear, LawGiver the Kingson at Brooklyn Bowl
• Walter Trout at the Iridium
• Vanilla Fudge at the Cutting Room
• Taylor Mac at Joe's Pub
• Vasilis Kostas at Roulette
• Chris Kasper at Groove
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Emily Frembgen at Pete's Candy Store
• Jasmine Blooming Band, Stephanie Webb, Freeman Leverett at Sugar Mouse
• Ross Daisamont & Victor Moulinier, Michael G. Potter, Gina Healy & Nick Porcaro, Jordan Katz at the 11th Street Community Garden
• Hubby Jenkins Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Tarrytown Music Hall on April 9 (photograph by David Sussman)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Tarrytown Music Hall on April 9 (photograph by David Sussman)

Freedy Johnston at the Bitter End on April 12

Peter Case at the 503 Social Club on April 10 (photograph by Charles David)

Sunday, April 19

• Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, Brennan Wedl at ​Brooklyn Paramount
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Ritt Momney at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Touché Amoré, One Step Closer, Greet Death at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Luciano at le Poisson Rouge
• Burning Spear, LawGiver the Kingson at Brooklyn Bowl
• Carly Cosgrove, Summerbruise, Leisure Hour at Racket NYC
• Luciano at le Poisson Rouge
• Anders Osborne, Jamie McLean at City Winery NYC
• Heavy Temple, Waxed at the Wood Shop
• Davy Knowles at the Iridium
• Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at City Winery NYC
• Roomful of Teeth & Gabriel Kahane at Kaufman Concert Hall
• Chris Pierce at Cafe Wha?
• Jim Keller at Pete's Candy Store
• The Hipp Pipps, Zona Rosa, the Jefferies at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Samsara, Lolux, Higbee, Nihiloceros at Arlene's Grocery
• Lily Talmers, Ruby Landen at Scratcher
• Sea Monster, JOff WilsOn, Rew Starr, Bill Popp at the Lofts at Prince
• Wexwax at Lucky
• Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Noé Socha at Arthur’s Tavern

Shadowgrass at Brooklyn Bowl on April 11 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sheriff Bob's Goodtime Jam at Revision Lounge and Gallery on April 7 (photograph by David Sussman)

The weekly Live Bluegrass night at Lucinda's on April 7 (photograph by David Sussman)

The weekly Bluegrass Wednesdays at Mathilde on April 8 (photograph by David Sussman)

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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.