Wonderful Live Music in the NYC Area This Week

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, photographed above at Prudential Center on April 20, will headline at the UBS Arena on Tuesday

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 events in the New York City area this week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, location and directions, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

The Afghan Whigs at Webster Hall on April 30 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Mercury Rev at Webster Hall on April 30

Thursday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 29

GIFTSHOP at Berlin on April 25 (photograph by NicVan7 Prod.)

Monday, May 4

• Sugar at Webster Hall
• SleazyWorld Go at the Gramercy Theatre
• Ryan Bingham (acoustic) at Rough Trade Below
• The Songs of Woody Guthrie at Lucinda's
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & SaRon Crenshaw at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• Anti-Hoot Open Mic at Baker Falls

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore at City Winery NYC on April 29 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Lenny Kaye at City Winery NYC on April 29 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes at Mercury Lounge on April 29 (photograph by David Sussman)

The Cody Sisters at Mercury Lounge on April 29 (photograph by David Sussman)

Tuesday, May 5

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at UBS Arena
• Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall
• Elmiene at Brooklyn Paramount
• Biffy Clyro, Raue at Irving Plaza
• Lucy Bedroque, 9lives, kuru at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Natalie Nunn at Webster Hall
• Bella White at the Bowery Ballroom
• One or Eight at Racket NYC
• Carolyn Wonderland at the Iridium
• Wayne Krantz at the Bitter End
• Torn Open, Scumbag, Pillowbiter at the Bunker
• Jack Grace Band at the 11th St. Bar
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Tuesday Night Hot Jazz at Mona's
• Live Bluegrass at Lucinda's
• NY Blues Rockets at Sour Mouse NYC

Funk'n Groov'n at the Bitter End on April 28

Mark Whitfield at the Bitter End on April 29 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Abbie Gardner & Nate Sabat at the Jalopy Theatre on April 30 (photograph by David Sussman)

Matt Chertkoff at NoMad Piazza on April 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Wednesday, May 6

• Cazzu at the InfoSys Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Elmiene at Brooklyn Paramount
• Josiah Queen at Palladium Times Square
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Lucy Bedroque, 9lives, kuru at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Searows, Jordan Patterson at Webster Hall
• Bloodywood, the Pretty Wild, Ladrones, Ankor at Irving Plaza
• Archspire, Undeath, Crown Magnetar, Mutilation Barbecue at the Gramercy Theatre
• Pharcyde, DJ Rob Swift, Mista Sinista at Brooklyn Bowl
• The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis at le Poisson Rouge
• HVOB at Warsaw
• Winyah, Edgehill at the Bowery Ballroom
• Willie Nile at Joe's Pub
• Tyler Ballgame, Joan Trip at Baby's All Right
• Chuwi, Noia at Racket NYC
• Thin Lear, Adam Lytle, Damon Smith at Night Club 101
• John-Robert, Nickname Jos, Caroline Strickland at Night Club 101
• Accessory at Baby's All Right
• Lily Vakili at the Francis Kite Club
• Greg Humphreys & Friends at the 11th St. Bar
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Kelton Cooper Band at Terra Blues
• Dirty Water Dogs at the Ear Inn

Density Black Cat at Sugar Mouse on April 27 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Exit 99 at Sugar Mouse on April 27 (photograph by Alan Rand)

The Deep Drags at Sugar Mouse on April 27 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Mad Staggers at the 11th St. Bar on April 30 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Thursday, May 7

• The Black Keys, Miles Kane at the Capitol Theatre
• PinkPantheress at Brooklyn Storehouse
• Josiah Queen at Palladium Times Square
• Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
• Bill Callahan at Knockdown Center
• Dry Cleaning, Snooper at Brooklyn Steel
• Hiss Golden Messenger at Skinny Dennis
• Bleed from Within, Sylosis, Great American Ghost, Life Cycles at the Gramercy Theatre
• Corrosion of Conformity, Whores, Crobot at le Poisson Rouge
• A Wilhelm Scream, the Flatliners, Signals Midwest at the Meadows
• Winyah, Edgehill at the Bowery Ballroom
• Robert Randolph, Emily King, Tyler Ballgame at City Winery
• Kevin Morby at Lucinda's
• Home Front, Bootlicker, Abism aboard the Liberty Belle
• Oscar and the Wolf w. Rodney Chrome at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Paul Beaubrun at BAMcafé at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Chuwi, Tipa Tipo at Racket NYC
• Joe Pernice, Pete Manchini at Public Records
• Alexis Taylor at Night Club 101
• The Tall Pines, Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill, Julia Haltigan, Reese Nobile at Joe's Pub
• Evolfo, Psymon Spine, gushes at TV Eye
• Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Wormburner at the 11th St. Bar
• Grahame Lesh & Friends at Brooklyn Bowl
• Justin Howl at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues 

The weekly Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on April 27 (photograph by David Sussman)

E.W. Harris at the weekly Songwriter's Open Mic at Lucinda's on April 26

The weekly Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar on April 26

The Other 3 + 1 at Delia's Lounge on April 26

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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.