End May and Start June with Live Music In New York City

Melissa Etheridge at the Love Rocks NYC concert at the Beacon Theatre on March 10; this week she will perform solo acoustic shows at City Winery NYC.

The live music scene is back in full swing, from arenas to small bars. The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music coming to New York City. It also celebrates via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 60+ live music events in New York City this week. Contact the venue for show times, ticket availability, and other updates. Note that some musicians and venues continue to require proof of COVID vaccination and/or masks for indoor entry.

Kurt Vile at Terminal 5 in 2016; this week he will headline two nights at Webster Hall 

Monday, May 30

• Dadju at Irving Plaza
• Melissa Etheridge (solo) at City Winery NYC
• Chris Snell's Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• Assaf Salhov & Guests at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band at Terra Blues
• Miss Maybell & Charlie Judkins at Fine & Rare
• Papa Vega's Dream Shadows at the Ear Inn
• Carl Banks at the Red Lion
• Rob Mastrianni at the Anyway Café

Boris & the Cuties, featuring Boris Pelekh of Gogol Bordello, performed at Mercury Lounge on May 28

The Wild Things headlined at Mercury Lounge on May 27, the night after the band opened for the Who at MadisonSquare Garden

Razor Braids at Mercury Lounge on May 27

Social Creatures at Mercury Lounge on May 27

Tuesday, May 31

• T-Pain, Erica Banks, Young Cash, Mason Dane at Irving Plaza
• Max & Iggor Cavalera, Warbringer, Healing Magic at the Gramercy Theatre
• Mansionair at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Melissa Etheridge (solo) at City Winery NYC
• Digable Planets, J Words at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Kristen Hersch, Fred Abong at the Loft at City Winery
• Eric Andersen at the Cutting Room
• Mess Esque, Alexia Avina at Baby's All Right
• Maria Lynn, Julia Shuren at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
• James Madock at the 11th St. Bar
• Tredici Bacci, Rachel Lime, Like a Doll at Baby's All Right
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues
• Strange Majik at Belle Reve
• Ricky Stein at Groove

Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues on May 28

Edwin Vazquez at the Bitter End on May 28

Tempest City at the Bowery Electric on May 28

Phantom Rocket at the Bowery Electric on May 28

Wednesday, June 1

• Chris Tomlin + United at Prudential Center, Newark
• Kurt Vile & the Violators, National Information Society at Webster Hall
• Anamanaguchi, ditzk, Bit Shifter at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Broods, Ella Vos at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra at the Oasis at Lincoln Center
• Nation of Language at Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
• Robert Glasper at Washington Square Park
• Sara Kays, Hayd at the Bowery Ballroom
• Nick Hakim, Meshell Ndegeocello at Public Records
• Bush Tetras, Hypoluxo at the Elsewhere Rooftop
• Chris Barron, Brendan Brown, Nick Cassarino at Cafe Wha?
• Treya Lam at Joe's Pub
• Silver Tooth Cactus, Villins, Semi-Auto, Gin War at Arlene's Grocery
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Greg Humphrey's Electric Trio at the 11th St. Bar
• The Saron Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Barynya at the Anyway Café
• The Jake Walker Trio at the Ear Inn

Steven Clair (left) at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1 on May 28

Coulou at Heaven Can Wiat on May 27

Stop the Presses at Otto's Shrunken Head on May 27

Stuck Lucky at Otto's Shrunken Head on May 27

Thursday, June 2

• Kurt Vile & the Violators, Sun Ra Arkestra at Webster Hall
• Babyface Ray, Peezy, Baby Money at the Gramercy Theatre
• Air Supply at Palladium Times Square
• Future Islands, ESG at Brooklyn Steel
• Anamanaguchi at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Melissa Etheridge (solo) at City Winery NYC
• Madeleine Peyroux at Sony Hall
• Emmit Fenn, Ayokay at Irving Plaza
• Christian Löffler at le Poisson Rouge
• Manila Grey at the Bowery Ballroom
• Jukebox the Ghost at Baby's All Right
• Crobot, Nefariant at Mercury Lounge
• Street Cleaner, Moris Blak, Watchout for Snakes at the Knitting Factory
• Danny Konokuchi & the Revisionists at the Oasis at Lincoln Center
• New Rules at Mercury Lounge
• Caroline Kingsbury, Sam Quealy, Adios Ghost, DD Walker at Berlin
• Melissa Weikart, Carmen Q. Rothwell at the Owl Music Parlor
• Brian Mitchell at the Bitter End
• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues
• David French & Josh Goldberg at Stitch Bar & Blues
• The Bakersfield Breakers at the 11th St. Bar
• Studebaker John at Terra Blues
• Robert Glasper at the Blue Note
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion
• Buck and a Quarter at the Anyway Café

Strange Majik is usually a band but on May 29 at the Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, it was David Pattillo solo 

The Variants are normally a quartet, but performed as a duo in Tompkins Square Park on May 29

Son del Monte at the Loisaida Festival on Avenue C on May 29

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. 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 listing of upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's May and June calendars.