60+ Excellent Live Music Events This Week in NYC

Phish, photographed above at Madison Square Garden in 2024, will return for a five-night residency at the arena this Wednesday

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.

Note that the following concerts, originally scheduled for this week, were postponed or canceled.

• The Pussycat Dolls, Lil' Kim, Mýa at Madison Square Garden

• Yeat, Slayr, BNYX at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park

Everynight Charley recommends the following 60+ concerts in the New York City area this week. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including ticket availability, show times, location, directions, parking, age restrictions, and other details.

Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden on July 8 (photograph by Rich Fury/MSG Entertainment)

Alex Warren at Madison Square Garden on July 15 (photograph by Jessie Eshak & Elie Pichanick / MSGE)

Jack White, with his daughter Scarlett White on bass guitar, at Brooklyn Paramount on July 11 (photograph by David James Swanson)

Adam Lambert at Brooklyn Paramount on July 15

Monday, July 20

• Shakira at Barclays Center
• Royel Otis, Ax and the Hatchetmen at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• Allison Kelly, Disterbenz, Kelley Swindall, Belle and Chain, Sam Brown at Lucinda's
• Hubby Jenkins (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• 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

Grace Potter at the Vogel on July 15 (photograph by Charles David)

Craig Finn of the Hold Steady performed with Patterson Hood (above) of Drive-By Truckers at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 12

Atta Boy at the Bowery Ballroom on July 17

The Skatalites at City Winery NYC on July 13

Tuesday, July 21

• Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden
• Shakira at Barclays Center
• Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams and Her Band, Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-A-Whirl Band at Forest Hills Stadium
• The Dave Matthews Band at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Shinedown, Coheed and Cambria, From Ashes to New at Prudential Center
• Orchestra of St. Luke's at Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park
• Finn Wolfhard, Sleeper's Bell at ​Webster Hall
• Mr. Fantasy at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Temper Trap at Rough Trade Below
• Greg Freeman, Wendy Eisenberg at Union Pool
• Max Subar, Sofia Wolfson, Pearla at Night Club 101
• Tamar Korn & a Kornucopia at barbès
• Torture & the Desert Spiders at Baker Falls
• Jack Grace Band at the 11th St. Bar
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Tuesday Night Hot Jazz at Mona's
• Live Bluegrass at Lucinda's
• T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas at Bryant Park on July 17

The Brothers Comatose aboard the Liberty Belle on July 16 (photograph by David Sussman)

My Wonderful Boyfriend at Baby's All Right on July 14 (photograph by Kip Kouri)

Sam Brown at Young Ethel's on July 16

Wednesday, July 22

• Phish at Madison Square Garden
• Jon Anderson & the Band Geeks at Palladium Times Square
• Action Bronson & Human Growth Hormone at le Poisson Rouge
• Sublime at the Silver Lining Lounge
• Julia Wolf at the Greene Space
• Congress the Band, the Gringos, Rigometrics at the Bowery Ballroom
• Mike Sherm at the Gramercy Theatre
• Bandits on the Run at Night Club 101
• Luluc, Stuart Bogie at Union Pool
• Joudy, Dead Tooth, Desert Sharks, Dawglet at TV Eye
• Jarod Clemons at the Bitter End
• Dash Rip Rock, Tom Clark & the High Action Boys, Reid Paley at Berlin
• Greg Banks at Broadway Pedestrian Plaza
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Kelton Cooper Band at Terra Blues

The Jacob Jolliff Band at the People's Pub on July 15 (photograph by David Sussman)

Steve Krebs & the Maynard G's at the Johnny Thunders Birthday Bash at the Bowery Palace on July 15

Joy Buzzer at the Johnny Thunders Birthday Bash at the Bowery Palace on July 15

Liza Colby at Lucinda's on July 15

Thursday, July 23

• Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden
• Melanie Martinez, Haute & Freddy at Barclays Center
• Caamp, Mon Rovîa, Hannah Cohen at Forest Hills Stadium
• Greensky Bluegrass at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Shania Twain at Racket
• Kurt Vile and the Violators, Being Dead at ​Brooklyn Paramount
• Allen Stone at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park
• Spirit of the Beehive, Choir Boy, Phantasia at the Ruins at Knockdown Center
• Neighborhood Noise, Monobloc, Torture and the Desert Spiders, SHAGGO at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Boy Throb at Irving Plaza
• Khantrast at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Downtown Boys, Ratas en Zelo at Baby's All Right
• Fabiano do Nascimento at le Poisson Rouge
• Alice Smith at Joe's Pub
• Mike Dillon at LunÀtico
• Young in France, Dream Prescription, Diamond Field at the Bowery Palace
• DD Island, Claire Ozmun, Jairito y La Onda at Alphaville
• The TarantinosNYC at Silvana
• The Patti Rothberg Coincidence, Decoster Universe, Shu Nakamura Band at Sugar Mouse NYC
• Bastards of Fine Arts at the 11th St. Bar
• Adjua Ajamu (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack & SaRon Crenshaw at Terra Blues

The Von Ghouls at Otto's Shrunken Head on July 17

Yuval "Yuvi" Amihai (on guitar) at C and B Cafe on July 19

Mainsail at Shore Road Park on July 14

Back to the Fillmore at the Kettle Black on July 18

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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 July calendar.