101 Great Live Music Events This Week in the NYC Area

Tom Jones, photographed above at Brooklyn Paramount in 2024, will headline two nights at the Beacon Theatre this week

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 101 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, set times, location, directions, parking, age restrictions and accessibility.

Phoebe Bridgers at Barclays Center on July 24, the first night of a three-night residency at the arena (photograph by Matt Grubb)

Malcolm Todd at Radio City Music Hall on September 23 (photograph by @yondoby)

Yeat at SummerStage in Central Park on September 18 (photograph by Sean Jamar/City Parks Foundation SummerStage)

Glokk40Spaz at SummerStage in Central Park on September 18 (photograph by Sean Jamar/City Parks Foundation SummerStage)

Monday, September 28

• Public Image Ltd, Plague Vendor at Webster Hall
• Six Sex at Brooklyn Steel
• Florence Road, People I've Met at the Bowery Ballroom
• Katie Pruitt, Next of Kin at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Towa Bird, Mother Soki at Irving Plaza
• The Rescues, MILCK at le Poisson Rouge
• Friendly Fires at Elsewhere Zone One
• L'Rain, medium. at Night Club 101
• Gail Ann Dorsey, Nora Polinnia, Luli Bono, Skorts at the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• Hubby Jenkins (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Junior Mack at Terra Blues
• Ethan Eubanks Blues Bangers at the Red Lion
• 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
• The Antihoot at B Scene

Gov't Mule at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 23

Ziggy Marley at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 23

Yola (DJ set) at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 23

Bikini Kill at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 24

Tuesday, September 29

• Gorillaz, Little Simz, Deltron 3030 at Madison Square Garden
• Dermot Kennedy, Jonah Kagen at Forest Hills Stadium
• Wave to Earth at Radio City Music Hall
• Tom Jones at the Beacon Theatre
• Audrey Hobert at Brooklyn Paramount
• Dylan Gossett, Charles Wesley Godwin at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Sawyer Hill, Never Ending Fall at Irving Plaza
• The Womack Sisters at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Bebe Stockwell, Gabrielle Hope at the Bowery Ballroom
• Spencer Krug, Christopher Emond at le Poisson Rouge
• DIIV at the Meadows
• Daley at the Blue Note
• L'Rain, Eucademix, Bernard Rocks at Night Club 101
• Fórn, otay:onii, Foreign Body at TV Eye
• Squirrel Flower, Dari Bay at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Son Rompe Pera at Union Pool
• Sons of Cream at the Iridium
• Croz Boyce at Public Records
• Dolly Parton Tribute Show at Lucinda's
• Live Bluegrass at Lucinda's
• 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
• NY Blues Rockets & jam at Sour Mouse NYC

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals at the Stone Pony on September 23 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

The Beths at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 23

Ashley Cooke at Irving Plaza on September 24

Timmy McKeever at Irving Plaza on September 24

Wednesday, September 30

• Harry Styles, Jamie XX at Madison Square Garden
• Weezer, Silversun Pickups, the Shins at Barclays Center
• Tom Jones at the Beacon Theatre
• Jacob Collier at Carnegie Hall
• Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Teen Mortgage at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs at the Town Hall
• Audrey Hobert at Brooklyn Paramount
• Epik High at Terminal 5
• Buffalo Traffic Jam, HAFFWAY, Lydia Maes at Irving Plaza
• Frog, Woods, Lex Walton at Webster Hall
• Empress Of, Queenie at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• INOHA, Pretoria, Capital Soiree at Warsaw
• Stryper, Saviour at Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall
• Cate Le Bon, Lucrecia Dalt, Dagmar Zuniga at Knockdown Center
• Bear Ghost at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Womack Sisters at Baby's All Right
• Seasick Steve, Josh Okeefe at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Tear Garden, Orange Decoder Ring at le Poisson Rouge
• Simple Things at Racket
• Owen Youngs, Northcote at Cafe Wha?
• Anaiis, Elliott Skinner at St. Ann and Holy Trinity Church 
• Post Sex Nachos, Fetch Tiger at the Sultan Room
• Rocketship, Lightheaded at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Hollow Bastion, Savanna Ruth, Wulfer, untitled freak at Sleepwalk
• Magnus Ferrell & Friends at the Blue Note
• King Mei Mei at Littlefield
• Rite of Strings at Joe’s Pub
• Sons of Cream at the Iridium
• James Maddock at the 11th St. Bar
• Organ Trio Freakout! at the Bitter End
• Bentley Robles, Anne Tello at Lucinda's
• Mulebone at the Ear Inn
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Michael Powers at Terra Blues

Terre Roche at Rough Trade Below on September 23

Lucy Bright at the Bowery Palace on September 24 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Skylar Nathanson at Lucinda's on September 23

The weekly Bluegrass Wednesdays at Mathilde on September 23 (photograph by David Sussman)

Thursday, October 1

• Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Billy F Gibbons, Ivan Neville, Robert Randolph, Bobby Rush, Isaiah Sharkey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimmie Vaughan, Ally Venable, Willie Weeks, Kim Wilson at Radio City Music Hall
• Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band at Forest Hills Stadium
• Charley Crockett, Durand Jones and the Indications at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
• Ray LaMontagne, the Weather Station at Beacon Theatre
• Ludovico Einaudi (solo) at Carnegie Hall
• Patti LuPone at Kaufmann Concert Hall
• Audrey Hobert at Brooklyn Paramount
• Arlo Parks, Baird at Knockdown Center
• The Jungle Giants, Morning Silk at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Buffalo Traffic Jam at Irving Plaza
• The Fixx, Colin Blunstone, Peter Asher at Adler Hall
• The Helm Family Ramble Band at Industry City Bandshell
• Starbomb, Scoochie Boochie at Webster Hall
• Kevin Atwater, Jessie Mazin at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Palehound, Franz Charcoal, Thanks for Coming, Beck Zegans at Cassette
• Asha Banks, Alfie Jukes at Racket NYC
• David Longstreth, Haley Fohr, the Wordless Music String Quartet at Roulette
• Taylor Bickett at Mercury Lounge
• Robert Ellis, Alicia Blue at Skinny Dennis
• Somi at Sony Hall
• Improvement Movement, the Point. at Elsewhere Rooftop
• SCAM, Inspector Spacetime, Hermigervill at Pianos
• The Bottle Openers, George Gilmore & the Giblets, Tom Clark and the High Action Boys at B Scene
• Lord Coward at Lucinda's
• Gary Wright at Terra Blues
• Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

Bill Saxton at the 5th Annual John Coltrane Jazz Appreciation Festival at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park on September 23 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

D. Vincent Williams at Southern Rounds: Bringing Nashville to New York! at the Paley Museum on September 24 (photograph courtesy of the Paley Museum)

Kevin MaC at Southern Rounds: Bringing Nashville to New York! at the Paley Museum on September 24 (photograph courtesy of the Paley Museum)

Hannah Dasher at Southern Rounds: Bringing Nashville to New York! at the Paley Museum on September 24 (photograph courtesy of the Paley Museum)

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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 September and October calendars.