Great Live Music for Mothers Day Weekend in NYC

The Head and the Heart, photographed above in Prospect Park in 2023, will headline at Brooklyn Paramount this Thursday

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 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.

Foo Fighters at Starland Ballroom on May 2

Drugdealer at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 1

The Grammy Museum presented A New York Evening with Taj Mahal at the Greene Space on May 1

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell at the Kings Theatre on May 3

Friday, May 8

• Rhiannon Giddens at Carnegie Hall
• Hasan Raheem, PDNY at Brooklyn Steel
• Grupo Bryndis, Industria Del Amor, Guardianes Del Amor at Palladium Times Square
• Cobrah at Brooklyn Paramount
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Sleaford Mods, Dazy at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Flo Rida, Shaggy, Paul Russell, Nina Sky at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• The Flatliners, A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest at the Meadows
• Free Throw, Macseal, TRSH, Wakelee at Webster Hall at Webster Hall
• Remember Sports, Cusp at the Bowery Ballroom
• Gladie, Noun at TV Eye
• C2C Festival: Arca, Nourished by Time, Los Thuthanaka, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, aya, Elias Rønnenfelt, Malibu, NEW YORK, Titanic, YHWH Nailgun at Knockdown Center
• Son Rompe Pera, La Banda Chuska at Brooklyn Bowl
• Cardinals at Main Drag Music
• NOBRO, THICK at Baby's All Right
• Bush Tetras, Dead Tooth at le Poisson Rouge
• Koyo at Rough Trade Below
• Little Image, le Keep at Mercury Lounge
• Phil Robinson Band at the Laurie Beechman Theatre
• Juice at Mercury Lounge
• NY Grim at Catalyst Records
• Byron/Potter/Reed, the MGP Experience at the Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park
• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Nautics at Washington Square Park on May 1

T!lt at Washington Square Park on May 1

The Baxbys at Washington Square Park on May 1

Bec Lauder & the Noise at Washington Square Park on May 1

Saturday, May 9

• Broken Social Scene (acoustic) at Rough Trade Below
• The Clark Sisters, Jennifer Holliday, Le’Andria Johnson at Palladium Times Square
• LASZEWO, Darby, Ryan Case, Neel Samba at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• The Jacksons at the St. George Theatre
• Courtney Barnett, Momma, Truman Sinclair at the Kings Theatre
• Max Styler at Brooklyn Storehouse
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Sleaford Mods, Dazy at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Paper Kites, Donovan Woods at Webster Hall
• The Cribs, Homade, Michael Ian Cummings at Warsaw
• Soul Blind, Split Chain, Downward, Dream Fatigue at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Thing, Nine Perfect Lives, TVOD at Irving Plaza
• Sub*T, Panik Flower, Trinket at Elsewhere Zone One
• Dar Williams, Spencer LaJoye at le Poisson Rouge
• The Scratch, Rat Palace at Racket NYC
• Ora the Molecule, Muscle Memory, Nuclear Cowboy at Pianos
• Blood Club, Fashn at Market Hotel
• Or Best Offer, Retail Drugs, Lily Piette at Baby's All Right
• Case Oats at Union Pool
• Demolition String Band at Skinny Dennis
• Editrix at Mama Tried
• Turbo Goth, Evil Twin at Baker Falls
• Choked Up, Joe Jack Talcum, Cupid’s Nemesis, Hasty at P.I.T.
• Niall Connolly at the Bitter End
• Michael Riff, SoulCake at Pangea Front Lounge
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Red Lion

Rebelmatic at Union Square Park on May 2

Ricanstruction at Union Square Park on May 2 (photograph by Fred Scott)

Bufferbrain at Union Square Park on May 2

Mark Dillon & the Roots Revival at Union Square Park on May 2

Sunday, May 10 Mothers Day

• The Head and the Heart, the Brudi Brothers at Brooklyn Paramount
• The Clark Sisters, Jennifer Holliday, Le’Andria Johnson at Palladium Times Square
• Jodeci at the Kings Theatre
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• The Wailers at Brooklyn Bowl
• Flyte, Ken Pomeroy at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Noah Guy, Brandon at the Bowery Ballroom
• Inner Wave, los Mesoneros, Twin Seas at Elsewhere Hall
• Cardinals at Rough Trade Below
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Loft at City Winery
• The Lemon Twigs, Josephine Network, Fine Mess at Tompkins Square Park
• Dar Williams, Maddie Pizzarelli at le Poisson Rouge
• Toshi Reagon at Joe's Pub
• Joy Askew, Kris Delmhorst at Scratcher
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Noé Socha at Arthur’s Tavern

The Scene Is Now at Mama Tried on May 3

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes at the People's Pub on April 28 (photograph by David Sussman)

Christian Apuzzo at Jalopy Tavern on May 2 (photograph by David Sussman)

Heroes for Ghosts at the Bitter End on May 2

Shane Dan Turner at the Bedford Avenue subway station on May 1

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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 May calendar.