70+ Live Music Options in the NYC Area This Weekend

Robert Plant at the Beacon Theatre in 2018; he and Alison Krauss will perform at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events 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 70+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue for ticket availabilities, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates. Note that many artists and venues continue to mandate the wearing of masks and/or proof of COVID vaccinations.

Friday, June 3

• Justin Bieber at Barclays Center
• Bon Iver, Bonny Light Horseman at Forest Hills Stadium
• Gipsy Kings w, Nicolas Reyes, Mikaela Davis at the Beacon Theatre
• Kenny G at the Town Hall
• New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, Be Well at Terminal 5
• Future Islands, ESG at Brooklyn Steel
• Dying Fetus, Chelsea Grin, Bodysnatcher, Frozen Soul, Undeath at the Gramercy Theatre
• Kings Kaleidoscope, the New Respects, Madison at the Bowery Ballroom
• Chris Lake at the Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardner
• Life of Agony, Dog Eat Dog, Kings Never Die at Warsaw
• Felix Cavaliere's Rascals, Mickey Dolenz at Palladium Times Square
• Melissa Etheridge (solo) at City Winery NYC
• Madeleine Peyroux at Sony Hall
• Xenia Rubinos, Linda Diaz at Elsewhere Hall
• Anvil, Saviour at the Knitting Factory
• Busty and the Bass, S.T.S., KALLITECHNIS at Brooklyn Made
• 1788-L, X&G at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Leona Naess at the McKittrick Hotel
• Willis at Mercury Lounge
• Daddy Long Legs, Apache, Tuxedo Cats at TV Eye, Queens
• Grant-Lee Phillips at the Loft at City Winery
• Marzz at S.O.B.'s
• Grace Cummings at the Sultan Room
• Sadurn, Yowler at Baby's All Right
• The Sweet Things, Cosmic Footprint, Bad Vacation, Kelley Swindall at the Bowery Electric
• Silver Relics, One Way Out, Space Junk Is Forever at Heaven Can Wait
• The Jr. Mack Band at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Black Angels NYC, the Serotonians, Commercial Interruption at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Contemporary Adults at the Anyway Café

Future Islands at Brooklyn Steel on June 2, the first of three nights there 

ESG at Brooklyn Steel on June 2

Max & Iggor Cavalera at the Gramercy Theatre on May 31

Warbringer at the Gramercy Theatre on May 31

Saturday, June 4

• Coldplay, H.E.R. at MetLife Stadium
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, JD McPherson at Forest Hills Stadium
• Vance Joy, Budjerah at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Aurora, Sub Urban at SummerStage Central Park
• Future Islands, ESG at Brooklyn Steel
• Chris Lake at the Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardner
• Don MacLean at the Town Hall
• Wet, Hannah Jadagu at Webster Hall
• The Sleeping at Irving Plaza
• Kings Kaleidoscope, Madison at the Bowery Ballroom
• Daniel Romano's Outfit, Carson McHone at Brooklyn Made
• Destroy Boys, Scowl at le Poisson Rouge
• Steve Roach at the Church of the Heavenly Rest
• Limbs, Greyhaven at Baby's All Right
• Jordana, Harry Teardrop at Baby’s All Right
• The Mike Stern Band at drom
• Sheer Terror, Rebelmatic, End It, Violent Way at the Meadow
• Marzz at S.O.B.'s
• Service at the Sultan Room
• Hello Mary, Catcher at Mercury Lounge
• Las Rubias del Norte at Barbes
• Pinc Louds (solo), Apollo Flowerchild, Will Bug at Wet Spot
• Strange but Surf, Duke Galaxy & the Pipeliners, the Supertones at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Saron Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Flow Tribe at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• The Next, ReWd MiMz at the Shrine
• The Typsy Gypsy Girls at the Anyway Café

Melissa Etheridge at City Winery NYC on May 30

Bush Tetras at Elsewhere Zone One on June 1

Hugo Burnham of Gang of Four did a dj set at Elsewhere Zone One on June 1

The Cradle at Elsewhere Zone One on June 1

Sunday, June 5

• Coldplay, H.E.R. at MetLife Stadium
• Rufus Wainwright at City Winery NYC
• La Femme, cumgirl 8, Sam Quealy at Brooklyn Steel
• Mannequin Pussy, Chronic at Saint Vitus Bar
• Dre Island at the Boathouse  + Audubon Center at Prospect Park, Brooklyn
• Carpool, Common Sage, Cliffdiver, Palamino at the Broadway 
• Enter the Haggis, Mike O'Malley at Cafe Wha?
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble at Birdland Jazz Club
• Yemen Blues at Joe's Pub
• Katy Kirby at Union Pool
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar
• Service at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Allen Gogarty at the Red Lion
• Felix Slim at the Red Lion
• Diana Gitesha Hernandez at the Anyway Café
• Mark Capon at the Anyway Café

Mai Leisz at the Blue Note on May 30

Rob Mastrianni at the Anyway Cafe on May 30

A jazz trio in Tompkins Square Park on May 30

Hollywood Phil outside Tompkins Square Park on May 30

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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 June calendar.