Terrific Live Music Choices in NYC from Juneteenth to Fathers Day

Wilco, photographed above at the United Palace in 2022, will headline at Forest Hills Stadium this 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.

The following concerts, originally scheduled for this weekend, are postponed or canceled.

• The Black Crowes, Whiskey Myers at Prudential Center
• Vacations, grentperez, girlpuppy, Mamalarky, Alex Lahey, Horse Jumper of Love, Thelma Plum, Winter at the Knockdown Center

Everynight Charley recommends the following 60+ concerts in the New York City area 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.

Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Tony Shanahan performed at the Tribeca Festival on June 13, when Bono presented Springsteen with the festival's Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award (photograph by Sachyn Mital)

Mumford & Sons performed an acoustic mini-set after the premiere of the documentary Mumford & Sons: The House Band at the Tribeca Festival on June 12

Yungblud at Radio City Music Hall on June 10

The Warning at Radio City Music Hall on June 10

Friday, June 19 Juneteenth

• Goose at Madison Square Garden
• Israel & New Breed, Hezekiah Walker, Donald Lawrence, Smokie Norful, Jekalyn Carr, Maranda Curtis, Vincent Bohanan & SOV, Pastor Stephen A. Green and Greater Allen Cathedral Choir at Forest Hills Stadium
• CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso at Radio City Music Hall
• Young the Giant, Cold War Kids, Almost Monday at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Ja Rule, LeToya Luckett at SummerStage Central Park
• Infinity Song, Annie and the Caldwells, Victory Boyd at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• Vundabar, Slow Fiction at Warsaw
• Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Max Alan, Brenna MacMillan at Webster Hall
• Daisy Grenade, Vienna Vienna, Stupid Lucky at the Bowery Ballroom
• Yung Bleu at the Gramercy Theatre
• Shane McAnally at le Poisson Rouge
• The Bad Plus, Frances Chang at Sony Hall
• Eddie 9V at Brooklyn Bowl
• Take 6 at the Blue Note
• Love Child, New Radiant Storm King, Phantom Tollbooth, Gerar at TV Eye
• Rozzi, Jimmy Gnecco at the Silver Lining Lounge
• Kelley Swindall at Wild Horses
• Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Jason Mraz at Brooklyn Paramount on June 9

Gregory Page (center) with Jason Mraz (left) and Chaska Potter of Raining Jane at Brooklyn Paramount on June 9

Echo & the Bunnymen at Brooklyn Paramount on June 8

The Dan Pappalardo Trio at Brooklyn Paramount on June 8

Saturday, June 20

• Goose at Madison Square Garden
• Wilco, Yo La Tengo at Forest Hills Stadium
• Elderbrook, Tobiahs at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
• Wayne Wonder, Lila Iké at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• Joan Osborne, Tom Rush, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Willie Nile, Richard Shindell, Chris Smither, Mary Fahl, David Broza at Symphony Space
• Dion at Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair
• Said the Sky, Grabbitz, Zensei at Brooklyn Steel
• I Am the Avalanche, Crime in Stereo, Make Do and Mend, Nightmare of You at the ​Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Flawed Mangoes, Scarlet House at Irving Plaza
• The Solids at the Bowery Ballroom
• Amy Grant at City Winery NYC
• Del Amitri, Adam Lytle at le Poisson Rouge
• Dorian Electra, Veronica Everheart at Baby's All Right
• ESG, Burnt Sugar Arkestra w. Vernon Reid, Sunny War, Nabihah Iqbal at Maker Park, Staten Island
• Crosby Collective at Brooklyn Bowl
• Joan as Police Woman at Joe's Pub
• L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation at TV Eye
• The Klezmatics, Sofia Rei at Crown Hill Theatre
• PorchStomp at Governors Island
• Rebelmatic, Honeychild & Biz, Fatboi Sharif, Carlos the Chords, Vordul Mega at Tompkins Square Park
• Lukka, Jelly Kelly, Sorry Darling, Neon Wire at Main Drag Music
• Skum City, Raw Nerve, JGB, the Pleebs at Otto’s Shrunken Head
• Squirrels from Hell at Pete's Candy Store
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Miss Maybell at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. David "Doc" French & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues

Jinjer at Palladium Times Square on June 12 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

AVTT/PTTN (The Avett Brothers + Mike Patton) at the Kings Theatre on June 12

Bella Kay at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 10

Alina Baraz at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 10

Sunday, June 21 Fathers Day

• Goose at SummerStage Central Park
• Jay Electronica & Friends at the Town Hall
• Himra at the Gramercy Theatre
• Sekou at Elsewhere
• Chinese American Bear, Layton Wu at the Bowery Ballroom
• Pink Siifu at S.O.B.'s
• Gottlieb at Sleepwalk
• Popa Chubby at the Loft at City Winery
• Wayne Krantz at the Bitter End
• Red Barrat at barbès
• Joan as Police Woman at Joe's Pub
• The Hipp Pipps, the Pepperpot Bats, Jonee Earthquake Band at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The Deep Drags, Density Black Cat, Psych-O-Positive at Mercury Lounge
• Kelley Swindall at Lucinda's
• Alex Boszhardt & the Flying Saucers, Noe Socha & Gina Healy, Stephanie Marie, Kansola at the 11th Street Community Garden
• Miss Maybell & the Ragtime Romeos at barbès
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Adjua Ajamu (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

Warthog at the Bowery Ballroom on June 12

Sloppy Heads at Mama Tried on June 11

Big Mamou at the 11th St. Bar on June 9

Hearts on Fire at Wild Horses on June 12 (photograph by David Sussman)

Bad Decisions at the Kettle Black on June 7

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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 June calendar.