NYC’s Best Live Music This Week

The Head and the Heart at Forest Hills Stadium in 2019; the band will headline two nights this week at the Rooftop at Pier 17

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 80+ concerts in New York City this week. 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.

Monday, June 6

• Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at the Beacon Theatre
• The Head and the Heart, Jade Bird at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Future Islands at Brooklyn Steel
• A Place to Bury Strangers, Glove, Native Sun, Gift at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat at Sony Hall
• Mannequin Pussy, Chronic at Saint Vitus Bar
• Billy J. Kramer & Friends at the Cutting Room
• Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Hart at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion
• Chris Snell's Bluegrass Session at Mona's
• The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar
• Puma, Joe & Dave at the Anyway Cafe
• The T Blues Band at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End
• Doc French and the All Rights at the Ear Inn

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss headlined Forest Hills Stadium on June 4

JD McPherson at Forest Hills Stadium on June 4

The T Blues Band at Terra Blues on May 30; the band performs there every Monday

The Shackles & Friends at the Olive Tree on May 30; the Shackles perform every Monday

Tuesday, June 7

• Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at the Beacon Theatre
• The Head and the Heart, Jade Bird at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Bastille, Sarah Jaffe at Terminal 5
• Rufus Wainwright at City Winery NYC
• Years & Years, Miya Folick, Ty Sunderland at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner
• Bombino at le Poisson Rouge
• mxmtoon, Chloe Moriando at Webster Hall
• The Robert Cray Band at Sony Hall
• Circuit des Yeux at Green-Wood Cemetery
• Mary Lattimore, Little Black Egg at the Bowery Ballroom
• EST Gee at Irving Plaza
• Al DiMeola at the Blue Note
• Why Not, Sweet Pill at Baby's All Right
• Seth Walker at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3
• The T Blues Band at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

Bon Iver at Forest Hills Stadium on June 3

La Femme at Brooklyn Steel on June 5

Sam Quealey at Brooklyn Steel on June 5

CumGirl8 at Brooklyn Steel on June 5

Wednesday, June 8

• Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at the Beacon Theatre
• Modest Mouse, the Cribs at SummerStage Central Park
• Rufus Wainwright at City Winery NYC
• They Might Be Giants at the Bowery Ballroom
• Kamasi Washington, Ravyn Lenae at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• mxmtoon, Chloe Moriando at Webster Hall
• Nation of Language, Glove at Baby's All Right, Brooklyn
• Rakim, Ravi Coltrane at Sony Hall
• Jackopierce at the Gramercy Theatre
• Last Dinosaurs, Rebounder, Boy Wonder at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Candlemass, Primitive Man, Mortiferum, Jarhead Fertilizer, Body Void, Elizabeth Colour Wheel at le Poisson Rouge
• Fred Armisen, Def Rain at Elsewhere Rooftop
• Lovelytheband at Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
• Al DiMeola at the Blue Note
• Starbenders, Magic Whatever at the Knitting Factory
• Marcia Ball at the Iridium
• Bangladeafy, the Pop Ritual, Dahjyn at Trans-Pecos
• Marc Ribot, Greg Lewis at the Atlantic BKLN
• NOAHFINNCE, Sophie Power at Mercury Lounge
• Goldie Scott, Mollie Edsell at the Cutting Room
• Maddie Poppe, Jesse Lynn Madera at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• The Michael Daves Quartet at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• The Jr. Mack Band at Terra Blues
• Michael Hill (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Brothers Yee at the 11th St. Bar
• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues
• The Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn

  

  As the name implies, Otto's Wednesday Jam & Open Mic happens every Wednesday at Otto's Shrunken Head and features both an open mic and a jam; here is a scene from June 1

Strange but Surf at Unsteady Freddie's Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on June 4

Contemporary Adults at the Anyway Cafe on June 3

Sean Yox busking near Forest Hills Stadium at the audience exited the Robert Plant & Alison Krauss concert on June 4

Thursday, June 9

• Marshmello, Nitti Gritti, Valentino Khan at the Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardner
• Tove Lo, Buzz at Irving Plaza
• Dead Kennedys, Nekromantix, the Venomous Pinks at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Aldous Harding, H Hawkline at Webster Hall
• !!!, Model/Actriz at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel, Bootblacks, Rosegarden Funeral Party at the Bowery Ballroom
• beabadoobee at Warsaw
• Lancey Foux at the Gramercy Theatre
• Spirit Family Reunion, Fogo Azul, Lucky Risograph at the DUMBO Archway
• Al DiMeola at the Blue Note
• Stephane Wrembel at Joe's Pub
• Pedrito Martinez at drom
• Making Movies at Mercury Lounge
• Wilderun at the Kingsland
• The Jamie McLean Band at the Bitter End
• Been Stellar, Sub*T at Mercury Lounge
• Caveman, Caroline Kingsbury, the Pressure Kids, Shallowhalo at Berlin
• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub
• A.M. Boys, Kristeen Young, Dream Prescription at Trans-Pecos
• Squirrels from Hell at the Shrine
• Stew Cutler at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Joanna Sternberg at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band at Terra Blues
• Strange Majik at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
• Billy Hough at Howl! Happening
• Bobby Blue and Yoshiki Yamada at the Anyway Café

Jason Green & the Labor of Love at Arthur's Tavern on May 31 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Bobby Bryan at Arthur's Tavern on June 5 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Ed Cherry at the Cellar Dog on June 5 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Three musicians jammed in Tompkins Square Park on June 5

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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.