Guide to Rocking in NYC This Weekend

Dead & Company at Madison Square Garden in 2015; the band will headline two nights at Citi Field this weekend

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to New York City. The twice-weekly listings also celebrate via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

The following concerts originally scheduled for this weekend are postponed or canceled. Look further down these listings for alternate choices for live music on those nights.

• The Foo Fighters, Dream Widow at Citi Field

• Doja Cat at MetLife Stadium

• The Gotobeds at Union Pool

• Robert Gordon w. Chris Spedding, Anton Figg, & Tony Garnier at the Bowery Electric

Everynight Charley recommends the following 50+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue for ticket availability, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates. Note that several artists and indoor venues continue to mandate the wearing of masks and/or proof of COVID vaccinations.

Willie Nile on a Rocks Off cruise aboard the Harbor Lights on July 14

Watchhouse headlined at Irving Plaza on July 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Michaela Anne at Irving Plaza on July 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Eilen Jewell at Skinny Dennis on July 12 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Friday, July 15

• Dead & Company at Citi Field
• Tiesto at the Brooklyn Mirage
• Psychedelic Furs, X at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• F*cked Up at Brooklyn Made
• Quarters of Change at the Bowery Ballroom
• New Hope Club at the Gramercy Theatre
• The Dollyrots, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, Don't Panic, Bad Mary at the Bowery Electric
• Bing & Ruth, Leya at le Poisson Rouge
• Talib Kweli w. the Whiskey Boys at the Blue Note
• Les Nubians at City Winery NYC
• Mortuous, Left to Die, Skeletal Remains at the Market Hotel
• The Squirrel Nut Zippers at Bryant Park
• Marissa Paternoster, Shop Talk, Compa, Amelia Jackie at the Bowery Union
• Harkness at Pianos
• Mac Gollehon's Hispanic Mechanics, Zemog El Gallo Bueno, Yvonne Sotomayor w. Kenn Rowell at the Parkside Lounge
• Dustin & Aram, Backslider at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at the Anyway Cafe

Them Dirty Roses at Mercury Lounge on July 13

Cha Wa at River & Blues at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park on July 14 (photograph by Joe Sarkis)

Eljuri at River & Blues at Robert F. Wagner Park on July 14 (photograph by Joe Sarkis)

Brett Wiscons at Rocksood Music Hall, Stage 1, on July 13

Saturday, July 16

• Dead & Company at Citi Field
• The Weeknd, Kaytranada, Mike Deans at MetLife Stadium
• Lane 8, Yotto, Le Youth, Qrion at Forest Hills Stadium
• BADBADNOTGOOD, Bladee, Boy Harsher, Cry$cross, Kat Offline, Luci, Musclecars, Navy Blue at the Brooklyn Mirage
• Chicano Batman, Charlotte Dos Santos at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• F*cked Up at Brooklyn Made
• Foxing, Greet Death at le Poisson Rouge
• Ours at the Bowery Ballroom
• Jordan Rudess at City Winery NYC
• Revive Big Band w. Thais Lona & Friends, Melanie Charles at SummerStage Central Park
• Talib Kweli w. the Whiskey Boys at the Blue Note
• DDG at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Tunnel, the Big Easy, Customer at No Aloha
• Station, Tempt at Mercury Lounge
• Dhruv, LUCA at Mercury Lounge
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Du-Rites, the Carvels NYC, the Tall Pines, the Hipp Pipps at the Bowery Electric
• Rebel Factory, Cthulhu Martini, Downtown Pidgeons, Jennifer Blowdryer at the Parkside Lounge
• Contemporary Adults at the Anyway Cafe
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Danklin’s Tower, Kellieann & luigi babe, Hans Vierge, Noé Socha, Gina Healy at the 11th Street Community Garden

The T Blues Band, with SaRon Crenshaw (left) and Jr. Mack (right) at Terra Blues on July 11

Puma, Joe and Dave at the Anyway Cafe on July 11

The Joe Taino Trio ar Arthur's Tavern on July 12 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn on July 13

Sunday, July 17

• The Brooklyn Bridge, Jay Siegel's Tokens, the Crystals, Charlie Thomas' Drifters w. Jeff Hall, Larry Chance & the Earls, the Capris, Bobby Wilson at the Coney Island Amphitheater
• Ney Matagrosso, Francisco el Hombre, Fado Bicha at SummerStage Central Park
• Hania Rani, Bryan Senti at le Poisson Rouge
• The Lisa Fischer Social Club w. Louis Cato at City Winery NYC
• Talib Kweli w. the Whiskey Boys at the Blue Note
• Mallaigh Ashton, Chilton, Best Breakfast at Mercury Lounge
• Daddy Long Legs, the Wand-ers at Our Wicked Lady, Brooklyn
• The Hipp Pipps, the Cynz, Lieder at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Michael Hill (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Sanford: the Band at the Red Lion
• Maral, Eric Copeland at Union Pool
• Rob Mastrianni at the Anyway Cafe
• Eli Bridges at the Red Lion

Debra Devi at Arlene's Grocery on July 13

Lady Alice at Arlene's Grocery on July 13

Bad Kitty at Rockwood Music Hall on July 13

Jason Inyoung Lee at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on July 12 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

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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 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 July calendar.