Start Rocktober with Awesome Live Music in the NYC Area

The Foo Fighters, photographed above in May at the Starland Ballroom, will support AC/DC at MetLife Stadium tonight

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 90+ 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, show times, location, directions, parking, age restrictions, and accessibility.

Role Model at Radio City Music Hall on September 25 (photograph by Abby Waisler)

LP at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 24 (photograph by Chloe DuGourd/The Rooftop at Pier 17) 

Roger Daltrey of the Who at the Town Hall on September 27

Leslie Mendelson at the Town Hall on September 27

Friday, October 2

• AC/DC, the Foo Fighters at MetLife Stadium
• Harry Styles, Jamie Xx at Madison Square Garden
• Teddy Swims, Mac Ayers, MarcLo at Barclays Center
• The Strokes, Beach House, TV on the Radio, Fcukers at Flushing Meadows Corona Park
• Geese, Leenalchi at Forest Hills Stadium
• Charlie Puth at National Sawdust
• Ray LaMontagne, the Weather Station at Beacon Theatre
• Ludovico Einaudi (solo) at Carnegie Hall
• Switchfoot, Anberlin at the Wellmont Theater
• Ravyn Lenae, Nourished by Time at the Kings Theatre
• W.A.S.P., KK's Priest at Palladium Times Square
• Sofi Tukker, the Bausa at Pacha New York
• jigitz, Killen. at Brooklyn Paramount
• Kylie Cantrall at Terminal 5
• Christone "Kingfish" Ingram at Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Ceremony, Poison Ruïn, Dry Socket at Warsaw
• Elder, Blackwater Holylight at Webster Hall
• Julia Wolf, Bee Blackwell at Irving Plaza
• Jackson Dean at the Gramercy Theatre
• Theo Katzman at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Rhett Miller, Alice Mason at Cafe Wha?
• The Womack Sisters at the Apollo Stages at the Victoria
• Pig, Cyanotic, DNE at Saint Vitus Bar
• The Reds, Pinks & Purples, Simon Joyner & the Ghosts at Baby’s All Right
• Mariami at Shaver Hall
• Keifer, Shibo at Elsewhere Hall
• Dana Fuchs at the Iridium
• When Chi Met Toast at the Bitter End
• Roger Kellaway, John Goldsby and Terry Clarke at the New School
• The Fiery Furnaces, Skeletons Big Band at Roulette
• Lucy Kaye Booth at Desert 5 Spot
• GayC/DC, Guns N' Hoses at TV Eye
• The MGP Experience, Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers, Wexwax at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Vaden Landers at Lucinda's
• Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Joe Russo's Almost Dead outside the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 25; the band performed a free concert outside the venue after nor'easter predictions shut down all outdoor concerts that weekend

Angus & Julia Stone at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 21 (photograph by Sean MacDonald)

Karina Rykman at Webster Hall on September 25 (photograph by Mark Ashe Photography)

Hollis Brown at Mercury Lounge on September 26 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Saturday, October 3

• Dom Dolla, Peggy Gou, Not Without Friends at Flushing Meadows Corona Park
• Harry Styles, Jamie Xx at Madison Square Garden
• Geese, Billy Woods at Forest Hills Stadium
• Shaboozey, Kashus Culpepper at Radio City Music Hall
• Ray LaMontagne, the Weather Station at Beacon Theatre
• Skillet, Escape the Fate at the Wellmont Theatre
• Slayyyter, Pearly Drops at Terminal 5
• ScHoolboy Q at Brooklyn Paramount
• Ninajirachi, MGNA Crrrta at Brooklyn Steel
• Pennywise, H2O, Dopamines, DFL at Warsaw
• Christone "Kingfish" Ingram at Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Overkill, Tower at Saint Vitus Bar
• Julia Wolf, Bee Blackwell at Irving Plaza
• The Rikkies, Summerclub, Natalie Wilson at the Bowery Ballroom
• Unsane, Pissed Jeans, VAZ at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Tōth, Sean Nicholas Savage at Racket
• Set Your Goals, the Warriors, Restraining Order, Stateside at le Poisson Rouge
• The Montvales at Cafe Wha?
• Loukeman at Market Hotel
• Russian Circles, Pelican at the Ruins at Knockdown Center
• Gordi, Gracie and Rachel at TV Eye
• Selwyn Birchwood at the Iridium
• Kyp Malone, MV Carbon, Sinead Youth at Mama Tried
• Josh Joplin Group, Valley Lodge at the Loft at City Winery
• Eli Winter Trio, Ski Team at Public Records
• Jann Klose Band at the Bitter End
• Tommy Stinson w. Karla Rose, Bress Dressed Ghost, First President of Japan, Professor Damage and the Whim Whams, the Cunning-Hams at Maker Park
• The Slambovian Circus of Dreams at Gansevoort Plaza
• The Cynz, Exit 99, St. Divine, Girl with a Hawk, the Glimmer Stars at Parkside Lounge
• Leon Tilbrook at Berlin
• Balaclava, Chemical x, Cherry Cheeks, Pyrex at Maria Hernandez Park
• The Vivisectors, the TarantinosNYC, Mike Mok & the Em-Tones at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Betty at the L.U.N.G.S. Festival at La Plaza Cultural on September 25

Rossi and Reed (Anni Rossi and Bradford Reed) at the L.U.N.G.S. Festival at La Plaza Cultural on September 25

Pinc Louds at the L.U.N.G.S. Festival at La Plaza Cultural on September 25

The Sentimentals at Superfine on September 27 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sunday, October 4

• The Smashing Pumpkins at Barclays Center
• Chief Keef, the Glory Boys at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Ninajirachi, MGNA Crrrta at Brooklyn Steel
• Pennywise, H2O, Dopamines, DFL at Irving Plaza
• Skillet, Escape the Fate, Autumn Kings at the Paramount
• Slayyyter, Pearly Drops at Brooklyn Paramount
• Oliver Tree at ​Terminal 5
• Ninajirachi, MGNA Crrrta at Brooklyn Steel
• Overkill at Saint Vitus Bar
• Jo1 at Webster Hall
• D Savage at the Gramercy Theatre
• GIRL NOISE Music Festival: girlpuppy, Double Standard, fesssi k., Kid Lake, Sabrina Song, screenager, Simone at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Greenwich Village Folk Festival: Suzanne Vega, Noel Paul Stookey, John McCutcheon, Guy Davis, Crys Matthews, Howard Levy, Rod MacDonald, Carolann Solebello, David Massengill, Professor Louie, Kenny White, Greg Greenway, Robin Batteau, Peter Calo, Reggie Harris, Kirsten Maxwell, Aaron Nathans & Michael G Ronstadt, Liz Queler & Seth Farber, Pat Wictor, Eli Smith at the Great Hall at Cooper Union
• Justin Nozuka at Racket
• Lizz Wright + Kenny Banks Sr. at City Winery NYC
• Pedrito Martinez at Cafe Wha?
• Tony Conniff & Band at the Bitter End
• Christopher Ardra, Blue Rumor at Mercury Lounge
• Hélène Barbier, Lightheaded, Home Blitz at Union Pool
• Vaden Landers at Skinny Dennis
• Noun, Dead Tooth, Francie Moon at Maria Hernandez Park
• Songwriter's Open Mic at Lucinda's
• Traditional Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• NY Blues Rocket and Jam at Sugar Mouse

Dave Achelis & 8 Ace at Parkside Lounge on September 25 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Bugs & Crumbs at Parkside Lounge on September 25 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

"Remembering Dolly" with Olivia Ellen Lloyd & Friends at the Jalopy Theater on September 25 (photograph by David Sussman)

Colonial Road at Mussels & More on September 26

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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 October calendar.