Live Music This Week in the NYC Area

Morrissey at Forest Hills Stadium in 2019; he headlines two concerts in the New York area this week

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.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 70+ concerts this week in the New York City area. Contact the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, COVID compliance, and other updates. Note that several artists and indoor venues continue to require proof of COVID vaccinations and/or mandate the wearing of masks.

Lotus at the Brooklyn Bowl on November 25 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Dark Star Orchestra at the Paramount in Huntington on November 25

As many as 45 performers participated in Sam Teichman's 11th annual tribute to the Band's The Last Waltz; the Leave a Lasting Mark benefit for Food for Life-Tompkins Square Park happened at the Bitter End on November 22 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Monday, November 28

• Harry Connick Jr. at David Geffen Hall
• Rina Sawayama at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner
• Joe P at Rough Trade NYC
• Breland, Temecula Road at Mercury Lounge
• Sophie B. Hawkins (solo), Jesse Rubin at City Winery NYC
• Incite at the Kingsland Bar & Grill
• Felix Slim at the Red Lion
• Dirty Water Dogs at the Anyway Cafe
• Aaron Comess Group at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1
• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End
• The T Blues Band w. Jr. Mack & Doc French at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• Christine Santelli & Heather Hardy at Porchlight
• Papa's Dream Shadow at the Ear Inn

The Hipp Pipps at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 20 (photograph by Alan Rand)

ReWdMiMz at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 20 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Ziggy Shock at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 20 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Charm School at the Bowery Electric on November 23 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Tuesday, November 29

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel
• Machine Head at Saint Vitus Bar
• Pond, Cryogeyser at Webster Hall
• Sad Night Dynamite, SAIAH at the Bowery Ballroom
• Julieta Venegas at Palladium Times Square
• Jake Xerxes Fussell, Joanna Sternberg at Union Pool
• L.S. Dunes at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Slaps, Friko, the After Hours at the Sultan Room
• Kelsey Waldon, Olivia Ellen Lloyd at Mercury Lounge
• Sam Hollander at the Bitter End
• Christian McBride's New Jawn at the Village Vanguard
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues
• Mona's Hot Five at Mona's
• Rew Starr, Anne Husick, Patti Rothberg, Mimsey Mack at the Hard Swallow
• August Wells at the 11th St. Bar
• Jackson Scott at the Anyway Cafe

Jackson Scott (right), accompanied by Gabriel Hermida, at the Anyway Cafe on November 26; Scott returns there on Tuesday

The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues on November 26; Mack (left) returns for an acoustic set this Wednesday and Thursday

The Kelli Baker Band at the Bitter End on November 26

Wednesday, November 30

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel
• Morrissey at the Kings Theatre
• The Hold Steady, Laura Stevenson at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Soen at the Gramercy Theatre
• Surf Curse at Webster Hall
• Palm, Water from Your Eyes, LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Morgenshtern at Palladium Times Square
• Cancer Bats, War on Women, Spaced at Saint Vitus Bar
• Bilmuri at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Skatalites at Cafe Wha?
• Good Problem, Boy in Space, Amadelle at Mercury Lounge
• Christeene, Holland Andrews at the Market Hotel
• Mickey Leigh's Mutated Music, Joey Wit + the Definition, Gene Dante, the Patrick Duffy Band at the Bowery Electric
• Christian McBride's New Jawn at the Village Vanguard
• Mike Stern at Drom
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Jonathan Kalb at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Barynya at the Anyway Cafe
• Bastards of Fine Arts at the 11th St. Bar
• Mulebone at the Ear Inn

Puma Perl at Book Club on November 27

SoulCake at Book Club on November 27

Jim Flynn at Book Club on November 27

Thursday, December 1

• Morrissey at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
• Amon Amarth, Carcass, Obituary, Cattle Decapitation at the Hammerstein Ballroom
• The Hold Steady, Proper. at the Brooklyn Bowl
• Dominic Fike, Baird at Terminal 5
• The Ballroom Thieves at Baby's All Right
• New Rules, Haley Joelle at the Bowery Ballroom
• Mclusky at Warsaw
• Alvaro Diaz at the Gramercy Theatre
• Pictureplane (dj), Sacred Skin, Psyche, Rare DM, Lathe of Heaven at Saint Vitus Bar
• Covet, the Velvet Teen, the Speed of Sound in Seawater at Brooklyn Made
• Dion Lunadon, Mold!, Pyrex, Tits Dick Ass at the Sultan Room
• Indigo Sparke, Katie Von Schleicher at Union Pool
• Christian McBride's New Jawn at the Village Vanguard
• Trixie Whitley & Moist Paula at Pete's Candy Store
• Julia Haltigan at Pete's Candy Store
• Dazy, Jobber, Golden Apples at Alphaville
• The Conall Band at the Bitter End
• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Moonshine Society at Terra Blues
• The Val Kinzler Band, Decoster and Dee Who, the Michael McHugh Band, Fleza Doza at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Sanford: the Band at the 11th St. Bar
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Mt. Juliet at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on November 26

Claudia Valentina at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on November 26

Guitar Dennis at the West 4th Street subway platform on November 26

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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 December calendar.