The 80 Best Live Music Events for Your Weekend in NYC

Halsey at Governors Ball in 2018; she will headline there this 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.

The Manhattan Beat  recommends the following 80 live music events this weekend in New York City. Contact the venues' websites for ticket availabilities, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates. Note that many artists and venues continue to mandate masks and/or proof of COVID vaccinations.

Modest Mouse headlined at SummerStage Cenral Park on June 8

Years & Years at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner on June 7

Miya Folick at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner on June 7

Ty Sunderland at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner on June 7

Friday, June 10

• Kid Cudi, Louis the Child, Jack Harlow, Quinn XCII, A.S.A.P. Ferg, the Knocks, Skepta, Black Pumas, JPEGMAFIA, Channel Tres, beabadoobee, Coi Leray, Blu DeTiger, Samia, Paris Texas, Aly & AJ, Julia Wolf, JT Turret, Between Friends, Jon Garbus, Plastic Picnic, Kaleena Zanders at Citi Field
• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
• Rufus Du Sol, Lastlings at Forest Hills Stadium
• Melissa Etheridge at the St. George Theatre
• The D.O.C., DJ Quik, Daz, Kurupt, tha Dogg Pound, Too Short, Xzibit at the Beacon Theatre
• Rufus Wainwright at City Winery NYC
• Marshmello at the Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardner
• The Turtles, Chuck Negron, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, the Association, the Vogues, the Cowsills at the Palladium Times Square
• The Kills, Bodega at Brooklyn Steel
• Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, Amayo, Made Kuti at Webster Hall
• John Zorn's New Masada Quartet at the Sultan Room
• Al DiMeola at the Blue Note
• Fabrizio Sotti w. Ice T & M1 at Sony Hall
• Tomberlin, Jana Horn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Back to Yours, Kate Bentsen, Petting Zoo at the Bowery Ballroom
• Soccer Mommy at the Bowery Ballroom
• Benee, Dreamer Boy at Irving Plaza
• Spite, Boundaries, Vatican, Bodybox at the Knitting Factory
• The Amish Outlaws at Brooklyn Bowl
• John 5 at the Iridium
• Stephane Wrembel at Drom
• The Art Gray Noizz Quintet, Norman Westberg, Licks at TV Eye
• Rare DM, LUCY, Italomatic DJs aboard the Cosmo
• John Joseph at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
• Clovis Nicolas at the Blue Note
• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub
• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• The Saron Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Barynya at the Anyway Café

A Place to Biry Strangers at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6

Glove at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6

Native Sun at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6

Gift at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6

Saturday, June 11

• Halsey, Flume, Roddy Ricch, Ashnikko, Joji, Roddy Ricch, Denzel Curry, Chelsea Cutler, Still Woozy, DJ Diesel (Shaquille O'Neal), YG, Tove Lo, Davie, Gus Dapperton, Peach Tree Rascals, Benee, Tom Odell, Valley, Almost Monday, Millington, Dehd, Octavio the Dweeb at Citi Field
• Taylor Swift at the Beacon Theatre
• Lil Baby at the Beacon Theatre
• Victor Manuelle, Jerry Rivera, Andy Montañez, Tito Nieves, India, Grupo Niche, Rey Ruiz, Luis Enrique, Fruko y Sus Tesos, Los Adolescentes, Luis Figueroa, Bobby Allende & Marc Quiñones’ Ocho y Mas at Barclays Center
• Rufus Du Sol, Lastlings at Forest Hills Stadium
• Ace Frehley, Honor among Thieves at Palladium Times Square
• Herbie Hancock, Keyon Harrold at SummerStage Central Park
• The Kills, Bodega at Brooklyn Steel
• Stand Atlantic, With Confidence, No Love for the Middle Child, Census at le Poisson Rouge
• Third World, Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• Jamie Webster at the Gramercy Theatre
• Bass Drum of Death at the Market Hotel
• The Warlocks, Beechwood at the Bowery Ballroom
• Surf Curse at the Bowery Ballroom
• Plastic Picnic, Bryndon Cook at Mercury Lounge
• John 5 at the Iridium
• Al DiMeola at the Blue Note
• The Range, Flora at Elsewhere Zone One
• Joshua Dylan Balis at Pianos
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub
• Tilden, Tanners, Josephine Network, Rafting Phantasy, Bobby LeMaire, Ella Fartzgerald at Brooklyn Made
• Pageant Girls, Kabuki Love, Norm Westberg, Luna Honey at the Bowery Electric
• The Darts, Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang, the Cynz at Gold Sounds
• Vegyn at 88 Palace
• The Jr. Mack Band at Terra Blues
• Stephane Wrembel at Drom
• The TarantinosNYC at Pete's Candy Store
• Jackson Scott at the Anyway Café
• Contemporary Adults at the Anyway Café
• The Evan Kremin Band at the Bitter End
• InCircles, 95 Bulls, Vansaders, No Grudges, Jade Tourniquet at Tompkins Square Park

InCircles at Tompkins Square Park on June 4; the band performs there again this Saturday

Simon Langford at the Bedford Avenue subway station on June 9

The Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn on June 8

Sunday, June 12

• J. Cole, Playboi Carti, Kaytranada, Jazmine Sullivan, Glass Animals, Japanese Breakfast, Clairo, Becky G, 100 gecs, J.I.D., COIN, Soccer Mommy, Surf Curse, Duckwrth, Del Water Gap, Ken Car$on, the Brummies, Jax, De'Wayne, Kaien Cruz, Chris Andrew at Citi Field
• Amanda Shires, Sharon Robinson, Judy Collins, Daniel Seavey at the Beacon Theatre
• Maverick City, Kirk Franklin, Jonathan McReynolds & Housefires at Prudential Center, Newark
• Rufus Du Sol, Lastlings at Forest Hills Stadium
• Bayside, Thrice, Anxious at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• The Kills at Brooklyn Steel
• Todd Rundgren, Christopher Cross, Jason Scheff, Badfinger w/ Joey Molland, Denny Laine at Sony Hall
• Tigran Hamasyan, Arthur Hnatek, Evan Marien at the Gramercy Theatre
• Jose Feliciano at City Winery NYC
• Mary Gauthier, Jaimee Harris at the Loft at City Winery
• Al DiMeola at the Blue Note
• Stephane Wrembel at Barbes
• Joshua Dylan Belis at Rockwood Music Hall
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble at Birdland Jazz Club
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• The Messthetics at Union Pool
• Assaf Salhov at the Anyway Café
• Sashka Drey at the Anyway Café

Steve Roach at the Church of the Heavenly Rest on June 4 (photograph by Chris Ofner)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on June 6 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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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.