Awesome Live Music for Hot Summer Nights in NYC

Spoon, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2019, will headline a free concerts at SummerStage Central Park on 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.

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 location and directions, parking, ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, and COVID compliance.

Patti Labelle (right) and Nona Hendryx at Nightbirds - The Music of Labelle at David Geffen Hall on June 28

Billy Bragg at the Vogel on June 28 (photograph by Charles David)

Jason Marsalis (right) at the David Rubinstein Atrium on June 28

The Sam Brown Trio at Superfine on June 28 (photograph by David Sussman)

Monday, July 6

• Show Me the Body at Rough Trade Below
• Gabby Moreno at Joe's Pub
• Whippoorwill, Randall Carter and the Real Sound Men at Lucinda's
• Screamin' Rebel Angels at Lucinda's
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• Tiger Blues at Cowgirl Seahorse
• Ethan Eubanks' Blues Bangers at the Red Lion
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues
• Gary Wright at Terra Blues
• Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• Anti-Hoot Open Mic at Baker Falls
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

Jesca Hoop at le Poisson Rouge on June 29

Faun Fables at le Poisson Rouge on June 29

Leftover Crack at Tompkins Square Park on June 27

Balaclava at Tompkins Square Park on June 27

Tuesday, July 7

• Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden
• Delirium Musicum at Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park
• American Football, Fantasy of a Broken Heart at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Akriila, Melodie at Elsewhere Zone One
• Rat Boys at Rough Trade Below
• Florry, Sweet Baby Jesus at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Tamar Korn & a Kornucopia at barbès
• Torture & the Desert Spiders at Baker Falls
• Emy & the Epix at Stuyvesant Cove
• T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Tuesday Night Hot Jazz at Mona's
• Live Bluegrass at Lucinda's

Matt Basile (left) at Cowgirl Seahorse on June 29 (photograph by David Sussman)

Bluegrass Pride Jam at the Jalopy on June 28 (photograph by David Sussman)

The weekly Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on June 29 (photograph by David Sussman)

The weekly Bluegrass Wednesdays at Mathilde on July 1 (photograph  by David Sussman)

Wednesday, July 8

• Louis Tomlinson, the Beaches at Madison Square Garden
• Paul Simon at Forest Hills Stadium
• Spoon, Ratboys, Bodega, Alisa Ali at SummerStage Central Park
• Young Thug, Tezzus, Diamond*, 1300SAINT, lyrus, Yume at Irving Plaza
• Kevian Kraemer, Jackson Marshall at the Bowery Ballroom
• Flying Lotus at the Blue Note
• Sofia Isella at Rough Trade Below
• Emmet Cohen at Smoke Jazz Club
• Vivian Girls at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Akriila, Carlián at Elsewhere Zone One
• Sparklmami at Baby's All Right
• Jesse Royal w. Zion Marley & KA$E at S.O.B.'s
• Moody Joody, Julesy at Night Club 101
• Rene Lopez at Lucinda's
• Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn
• Vaden Landers, Kelley Swindall, the Spitballs at Lucinda's
• Chris Bergson Band at the Bitter End
• Ripple All-Stars at the Bitter End
• Chanese Elifé at Broadway Pedestrian Plaza
• Caroline Cotto, Toasted, the Hipp Pipps at Berlin
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band at Terra Blues

Crazy Mary at a memorial for Walter Steding at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on June 27

Puma Perl at a memorial for Walter Steding at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on June 27

SoulCake at a memorial for Walter Steding at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on June 27

Rick Eckerle & Friends at a memorial for Walter Steding at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on June 27

Nino Jett Starr at a memorial for Walter Steding at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on June 27

Thursday, July 9

• Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden
• Megan Moroney, JP Saxe, Solon Holt at Barclays Center
• Paul Simon at Forest Hills Stadium
• Shaggy w. Robin Thicke, Tanto Metro & Devonte, Rayvon, Noah Powa, NESTA, Amber Lee, Matthew Malcolm, Shuga at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
• American Football, Ian Sweet at Brooklyn Paramount
• DJ Premier, the Alchemist at Webster Hall
• Cure for Paranoia, Lily Talmers, Tiril Jackson at Warsaw
• Sun Kil Moon at Sony Hall
• Rebirth Brass Band at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park
• Alice Smith at Joe's Pub
• The Deslondes, Chris Acker aboard the Liberty Belle
• Youbet at TV Eye
• sad13, New Idea Society, Russian Baths at Union Pool
• Flying Lotus at the Blue Note
• Casi at Rough Trade Below
• Akriila, Carlián at Elsewhere Hall
• Emmet Cohen at Smoke Jazz Club
• Morrissey Blvd., Tobacco Road at Baby's All Right
• The Michael Allman Band at the Bitter End
• No Fun Fest: Bill Nace, Carlos Giffoni, Charmaine Lee, Twig Harper at Roulette
• Disturbed Furniture, Rome 56, the Patti Rothberg Coincidence, Val Kinzler & Friends, Wallyboy and the Wild Ones at Parkside Lounge
• Crazy Mary at the Shrine World Music Venue
• Sanford: at the 11th St. Bar
• Golden Everything, Danny Golden at Groove
• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band at Terra Blues

Spike Polite & Sewage NYC in Washington Square Park on June 29

Oedipus Triple Rex in Washington Square Park on June 29

Aidan Puntes in Washington Square Park on June 29

London Fogg at the Kettle Black on June 27

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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.