Great Live Music in the NYC Area in Mid-August

Jon Batiste, photographed above opening for the Rolling Stones at MetLife Stadium in 2024, will headline Forest Hills Stadium with special guests this Saturday
(Editor's Note: Post press time, we learned that Jon Batiste's concert is canceled; check the listings below for lots of other great live music choices this weekend)

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 the weekend, are postponed or canceled.

• Jon Batiste w. Cautious Clay, Ingrid Silva, Matteo Bocelli, Nick Waterhouse at Forest Hills Stadium, Queens
• The Psychedelic Furs, Living Colour at Rooftop at Pier 17

Everynight Charley recommends the following 40+ 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 ticket availability, performance times, location, directions, parking, age restrictions and accessibility.

Yoasobi at Barclays Center on August 6 (photograph by Esther Kim)

The Red Clay Strays at Madison Square Garden on August 9 (photograph by Emma Wannie/MSG Entertainment)

Chance Peña at Webster Hall on August 11

Hans Williams at Webster Hall on August 11

Friday, August 14

• Olivia Dean at Madison Square Garden
• Zedd, DJ Snake, Louis the Child, Knock2, Zensei at Randall's Island Park
• Zeds Dead, ALLEYCVT, Neumonic, Mikayli b2b isded at Forest Hills Stadium
• Joe Hisaishi at Radio City Music Hall
• Phil Wickham, Jon Reddick, Franni Cash at the Beacon Theatre
• Hayla at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Dlala Thukzin, Oscar MBO, Dj Bullet, Dave Mercure, Dj K9, Kelvin Momo at Terminal 5
• Raphaël Feuillâtre, Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque, Ziggy & Miles, Gabriele Leite at Bryant Park
• VonOff1700 at the Gramercy Theatre
• Flavour, Naomi Achu, 2CENT, Prince Bright, Unathi Nkayi at Racket
• Paul Wall, Termanology at le Poisson Rouge
• Radiator Hospital at Rough Trade Below
• Jimmy Gnecco, Ryan Star at the Silver Lining Lounge
• Mary Shelley, better living., Ogbert the Nerd at the Sultan Room
• Joey Alexander at the Pocket
• Maryam Turkey, Umer Piracha, Arjun Shah at Public Records
• Faith NYC at Catalyst Records
• The Pandemics, the Unsustainables, Batsnack at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

The Fleshtones celebrated 50 years with a retrospective concert at the Bowery Ballroom on August 7 featuring surprise guests, including Peter Buck (left) of R.E.M. and Lenny Kaye (center) of Patti Smith's band

Johnny Manchild & the Poor Bastards at Mercury Lounge on August 6

Friend of a Friend at Mercury Lounge on August 6

Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. at Otto's Shrunken Head on August 6

Saturday, August 15

• Olivia Dean at Madison Square Garden
• Zedd, Porter Robinson, Madeon, Dillon Francis, Ellis at Randall's Island Park
• Joe Hisaishi at Radio City Music Hall
• Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
• Yola, Dom Flemons and the Traveling Wildfires, Cleo Reed at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• The Messthetics, Marc Ribot, Gyan Riley, Pierre Bensusan at Bryant Park
• Agolloch, Profanatica, Yellow Eyes, John Haughm at Brooklyn Steel
• Blues BBQ Festival: Bobby Rush, Sugaray Rayford, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & the Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band, Bywater Call, Howlin' Hurd at Pier 76 in Hudson River Park
• Eagles of Death Metal, Mountain Head at Warsaw
• Red Vox, Les Vinyl at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The James Hunter Six at the Iridium
• Wax Jaw, Dead Tooth at Night Club 101
• Hank Heaven, James Eichman at Church Street Boxing Gym
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Zacchae’us Paul at Abrons Art Center
• Screamin' Rebel Angels at the Gutter
• Noe Socha, David Barish, Brad Vickers & Margey Peter's Vestapolitans Duo, Cupid and the Cowboy at the 11th Street Community Garden
• Adjua Ajamu Trio at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Jarrod Dickenson at Lucinda's on August 6

Vaden Landers at Lucinda's on August 9

Will Corona at Lucinda's on August 6

Kiki Kramer at Night Club 101 on August 6

Sunday, August 16

• Joe Hisaishi at Radio City Music Hall
• Jamala at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Stéphane Wrembel at barbès
• Lyfe Jennings at City Winery NYC
• The Hipp Pipps, the Eugene Chrysler Band, Delta Vice at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The Wigouts, N.E. Veins, Skum City at Otto’s Shrunken Head
• Vaden Landers at Superfine
• Miss Maybell & the Ragtime Romeos at barbès
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Stella Blue's Band at Garcia's on August 8 (photograph by David Sussman)

Dead Ball: A Psychedelic Renaissance Faire with Bushwick's Dead at Brooklyn Bowl on August 8

The Whiskey Biscuits at the 11th St. Bar on August 6

Fast Forward at the Wicked Monk on August 8

***

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 August calendar.