The Best Live Music in NYC This Rocktober Week

Sienna Spiro, photographed above at Warsaw in 2025, will headline at Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday and at Brooklyn Paramount 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 80+ 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, location, directions, parking, age restrictions, set times, and accessibility.

Steve Lacy at Radio City Music Hall on October 10 (photograph by Vicki Lewis/MSG Entertainment)

Sylvan Esso at Brooklyn Paramount on October 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Arushi Jain at Brooklyn Paramount on October 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats at Irving Plaza on October 11

Messa at Irving Plaza on October 11

Monday, October 19

• Josh Groban, Wynton Marsalis, Stephen Colbert, Louis Cato, Betsy Wolfe, Lorna Courtney, Joey Fatone at the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Surf Gang, Anysia Kym at Brooklyn Paramount
• Toad the Wet Sprocket (acoustic), Willy Porter at Sony Hall
• Amber Mark at the Blue Note
• Elanor Moss, Jana Horn at Night Club 101
• Laura Cortese at the Jalopy Theatre
• Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl
• Rev. Vince Anderson & the Love Choir at Union Pool
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & SaRon Crenshaw at Terra Blues
• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• 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

Benjamin Tod & the Inline Six at the Bowery Ballroom on October 13

Shawn James at Racket NYC on October 13

Trappers Pass at Racket NYC on October 13

Mimi Roman & the Brooklyn Cowgirls at Lucinda's on October 12

Jackson and the Janks at Lucinda's on October 12

Tuesday, October 20

• Sienna Spiro, Summer Joy at Hammerstein Ballroom
• Paris Paloma, Susannah Joffe at Brooklyn Paramount
• Quadeca, DERBY, Olēka at Brooklyn Steel
• The Tallest Man on Earth, Gwenifer Raymond at Webster Hall
• Allison Russell, Autumn Nicholas at Irving Plaza
• Daughtry (acoustic), Ryan Perdz at the Paramount
• Lifehouse (acoustic) at the Gramercy Theatre
• Patty Smyth at Café Carlyle
• Lexi Jayde, Ally Salort at the Bowery Ballroom
• Juana Molina at le Poisson Rouge
• 8TURN at Racket
• Claud at Pianos: the Mezzanine
• Amber Mark at the Blue Note
• Will Varley, Will Lawrence at Mercury Lounge
• Worldpeace DMT at Baby's All Right
• The Dust Bowl Choir at the 11th St. Bar
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Tuesday Night Hot Jazz at Mona's
• Live Bluegrass at Lucinda's
• NY Blues Rockets & jam at Sour Mouse NYC

The Travelin' McCourys at Cafe Wha? on October 15 (photograph by David Sussman)

The Earth & All Within at Drom on October 14

Clara Delmar at Drom on October 14

Melle Baby at Drom on October 14

Piper Connolly at Drom on October 14

Wednesday, October 21

• Harry Styles, Jamie Xx at Madison Square Garden
• Sienna Spiro, Summer Joy at Brooklyn Paramount
• Animal Collective at Knockdown Center, Queens
• Built to Spill, Quasi, Melanie Radford at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Castle Rat, Unto Others, Wraith Knight at Webster Hall
• Skilla Baby at Irving Plaza
• Carly Pearce, Belle Frantz at the Gramercy Theatre
• After at the Bowery Ballroom
• Patty Smyth at Café Carlyle
• The Snuts at Racket
• Juana Molina at le Poisson Rouge
• Swapmeet, Baby Wave at Baby's All Right
• Worldpeace DMT at Baby's All Right
• Joe Pug & Willie Watson at the Loft at City Winery
• Guthrie Trapp & Friends at the Bitter End
• Joelton Mayfield, Ben de la Cour at Cafe Wha?
• Toasted, Thornes, Brass Knuckle Evangelists, New Born Kings at Arlene's Grocery
• Liza Colby at Lucinda's
• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues

WNHL (The Women's National Hockey League) at 3 Dollar Bill on October 11 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Sandrinne of Smores at 3 Dollar Bill on October 11 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Aidan Moriarty of Strange Neighbors at 3 Dollar Bill on October 11 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Grady Tesch and Momentum at la Plaza Cultural Community Garden on October 10

Ghost Rodeo at la Plaza Cultural Community Garden on October 10

Thursday, October 22

• Little Big Town at Prudential Hall
• Beck, Ioanna Gika at Brooklyn Paramount
• Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves at Carnegie Hall
• The Damned, Flamin' Groovies, the Courettes at ​Brooklyn Steel
• The Avalanches, Erick the Architect at Terminal 5
• Cradle of Filth, Blackbraid, Worm, Black Satellite at Warsaw
• Animal Collective at Knockdown Center, Queens
• Built to Spill, Quasi, Melanie Radford at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Carly Pearce, Belle Frantz at the Gramercy Theatre
• After at the Bowery Ballroom
• BE:FIRST at Racket
• Noah Gunderson, Runnner, Breakup Shoes at le Poisson Rouge
• Patty Smyth at Café Carlyle
• Susto (solo) at Drom
• Swapmeet, Baby Wave at Baby's All Right
• Syd Taylor, Meyru at Baby's All Right
• Scott Sharrard & Eldorado Slim at the Bitter End
• Guthrie Trapp & Friends at the Bitter End
• paris_monster, Blak Emoji at Berlin
• Grace Bergere, Avishag Cohen Rodrigues, Joseph Keckler at Wild Horses
• Charlie Sub & Sounddogs, the Rebel Factory, the MGP Experience, Gregg Gutty at B Scene
• Big Mamou at the 11th St. Bar
• Raffaella at Lucinda's
• The Kyle Lacy Band at Lucinda's
• The Patti Rothberg Coincidence, Val Kinzler, SoulCake, Patti and the Paloozas at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues
• Gary Wright at Terra Blues

The Bakersfield Breakers at the 11th St. Bar on October 13 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Whippoorwill at Lucinda's on October 13

The weekly Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on October 12 (photograph by David Sussman)

The weekly Live Bluegrass night at Lucinda's on October 13

Real Young & Lazy Horse at Union Pool on October 11

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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 where 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.