Start May with Cool Live Music in the NYC Area

The Foo Fighters, photographed above at Irving Plaza last night, will headline at the Starland Ballroom on 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.

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.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones headlined at Brooklyn Paramount on April 25

Thee Sinseers at Brooklyn Paramount on April 25

Brother Wallace at Brooklyn Paramount on April 25

Heavenly at the Bowery Ballroom on April 18 (photograph by Stephanie Black)

Friday, May 1

• George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Alastair Green at the Capitol Theatre
• Dave, Funk Flex at Brooklyn Paramount
• Caifanes at Palladium Times Square
• fakemink at Terminal 5
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Cryptopsy, Necrot, Fulci Spirit Adrift, Blood Monolith at Brooklyn Monarch
• Drugdealer at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Kings Kaleidoscope, Hollyn at the Gramercy Theatre
• New Dad, Freak Slug at Webster Hall
• Belaire at Warsaw
• Gelli Haha at the Bowery Ballroom
• Dark Force Fest: Combichrist at the Sheraton Parsippany
• Taj Mahal at the Greene Space
• Red Rum Club, Ollie Gullick at Baby's All Right
• Steam Powered Giraffe at Racket NYC
• Gooseberry, Locations at Night Club 101
• Steve Wilson Quintet at Smoke Jazz Club
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• George Gilmore and the Giblets, Ross Byron Band, Spyder Darling Band at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Nautics, Tilt, Bec Lauder & the Noise, the Baxbys at Washington Square Park
• Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Alan Doyle at City Winery NYC on April 26

Bandits on the Run at City Winery NYC on April 26

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes at the weekly Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on April 27 (photograph by David Sussman)

Michaet Daves & Bruce Molsky at the Jalopy Theatre on April 26 (photograph by David Sussman)

Saturday, May 2

• The Foo Fighters at the Starland Ballroom
• Bring Me the Horizon, Motionless in White, the Plot in You, Amira Elfeky at Madison Square Garden
• Mika, Dilly at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Shine at the Kings Theatre
• Oklou, Ninajirachi, Vickie Cherie at Terminal 5
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Behemoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ, Immolation at Palladium Times Square
• Dark Force Fest: Front Line Assembly at the Sheraton Parsippany
• Sugar at Webster Hall
• Ian Asher at Brooklyn Paramount
• Yumi Zouma, Ducks Ltd at Warsaw
• Maya Hawke at the Bowery Ballroom
• Arkells, Bino Bames at Racket NYC
• OCT at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Polish Ambassador at Brooklyn Bowl
• Foxtide, Hallpass at Mercury Lounge
• People I’ve Met, Nudey, Rose Paradise at Mercury Lounge
• Steve Wilson Quintet at Smoke Jazz Club
• Keith Carne, A Nave Especial, Brian Carley at Union Pool
• The Hip Snacks at the Bitter End
• Kristin Flammio & the Pretty Bitchin at Mama Tried
• Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart at Long Play Festival
• Twangstock: The Supertones, Strange but Surf, Drip 2.0, Agent Octopus, Band of Others at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Rebelmatic, Ricanstruction, Butterbrain, Mark Dillon & the Roots Revival at Union Square Park
• David "Doc" French Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

The Rover Boys at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 26 (photograph by Anthony Palumbo)

Professor Damage and the Whim Whams at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 26 (photograph by Chris Falkowski)

Kitana with Screamin' Sadie Hawkins at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 26 (photograph by Aaron Jaffe)

The weekly Bluegrass Wednesdays at Mathilde on April 22 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sunday, May 3

• UB40 at the Kings Theatre
• Oklou, Ninajirachi, Vickie Cherie at Terminal 5
• Sugar at Webster Hall
• Katie Tupper, Ety at the Bowery Ballroom
• Dark Force Fest: London After Midnight at the Sheraton Parsippany
• Unprocessed, ALLT, RJ Pasin, Midwinter at the Gramercy Theatre
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Loft at City Winery
• Richard Barone & James Mastro at the Loft at City Winery
• Doug Howard at the Cutting Room
• Genre Is Death, Sylvia Black, Skull Practitioners, Erica Mancini's Electronium at Madame X
• Club d'Elf, Elephant Proof, Free Whenever at Brooklyn Bowl
• Boogarins, Garcia Peoples at the Sultan Room
• Twangstock: Cha Cha Boom, Zocko!, Coincidence Machine, Time Surfers at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Telehealth, Mary Shelley at Night Club 101
• Enziguri, Enrage, American Eagle, United Blood NYC, Concrete Burial at the Bowery Palace
• Steve Wilson Quintet at Smoke Jazz Club
• Puma Perl at Lucky
• Density Black Cat at Gramercy Rehearsal Studios
• Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Miss Maybell at Terra Blues
• Noé Socha at Arthur’s Tavern

Fishbone at Brooklyn Bowl on April 25

Strangers Stopping Strangers at Brooklyn Bowl on April 22

Pink Talking Fish at Brooklyn Bowl on April 24

Wedding Crashers at Brooklyn Bowl on April 24

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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.