Mid-November’s Best Live Music in NYC

Bartees Strange at Governors Ball 2021; he will headline at Elsewhere Hall and the Bowery Ballroom 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 in New York City this week. Contact the venue to confirm 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.

Bright Eyes headlined at the Kings Theatre on November 12

Hooray for the Riff Raff at the Kings Theatre on November 12

The Courteneers at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 11 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The Backfires at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 11 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Monday, November 14

• Ani DiFranco, Gracie and Rachel, Holly Miranda, Jocelyn Mackenzie at Webster Hall

• Death From Above 1979, the OBGMs at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Thee Sacred Souls at the Bowery Ballroom

• Paolo Nutini at le Poisson Rouge

• Paris Jackson at Heaven Can Wait

• Anna of the North at Baby's All Right

• Games We Play at Mercury Lounge

• Henry Hey UMAMI w. Oz Noy, Eli Menzes, Shawn Pelton at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• Puma, Joe & Dave at the Anyway Cafe

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Jr. Mack & Doc French at Terra Blues

• Kevin Harris & Brian Charette at the Ear Inn

• Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End

The Lone Bellow at Webster Hall on November 13

Bailen at Webster Hall on November 13

S.C.A.B. at Baby's All Right on November 11

Couch Prints at Baby's All Right on November 11

Tuesday, November 15

• Fat Joe at the Apollo Theater

• St. Lucia, Caroline Kingsbury at Brooklyn Steel

• Magdalena Bay, Bayli at Webster Hall

• Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Ty Segall (solo acoustic), Charles Moothart at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Lera Lynn, Misty Boyce at le Poisson Rouge

• Nikhil D'Souza at the Gramercy Theatre

• Bartees Strange, Pom Pom Squad, Spring Silver at Elsewhere Hall

• Peter Himmelman at City Vineyard

• Midwxst at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Dropper, Pure Adult at the Broadway

• Adam Masterson at the Bitter End

• Julia Haltigan, Supremo Massiv, Leisure McCorkle at the 11th St. Bar

• Waterside Slim at Stitch Bar & Blues

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Richard Lloyd at the Bowery Electric on November 10 (photograph by Charles David)

Lenny Kaye at the Bowery Electric on November 10 (photograph by Charles David)

Lulu Lewis at the Bowery Electric on November 10 (photograph by Charles David)

Wednesday, November 16

• Wizkid at Madison Square Garden

• Michael Feinstein at Zankel Hall

• Alvvays, Slow Pulp at the Kings Theatre

• Big Freedia at Terminal 5

• St. Lucia, Caroline Kingsbury at Brooklyn Steel

• Sean Paul at Webster Hall

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Manas at Elsewhere Hall

• Cloud Nothings, Speedy Ortiz at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Alfie Templeman, Thomas Headon at the Gramercy Theatre

• Bartees Strange, Pom Pom Squad, Spring Silver at the Bowery Ballroom

• Rayland Baxter at Brooklyn Made

• Jxdn at Baby's All Right

• Snake Canyon, the Brats, B.A.M.F. at Arlene's Grocery

• Binky Griptite at Groove

• Jr. Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• PJ LaMariana at the 11th St. Bar

• Gina Healy, Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• The Backalley Dolls at the Ear Inn

Rhett Miller at the Loft at City Winery on November 10 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Lauren Monroe at the Loft at City Winery on November 9 (photograph by Robert Cavuoto)

Blacklist at the Red Party at Mercury Lounge on November 12

Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing (left) with Marc Ribot on guitar at Union Pool on November 13

Thursday, November 17

• Stromae at National Sawdust

• Carly Rae Jepsen at the United Palace Theatre

• Big Freedia, Freakquencee at Brooklyn Made

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Manas at Elsewhere Hall

• Dopapod at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Alvvays, Slow Pulp at the Bowery Ballroom

• Dayglow, Ritt Momney at Terminal 5

• Wild Nothing at le Poisson Rouge

• Charley Crockett, Greyhounds at Webster Hall

• Charlie Burg at Irving Plaza

• Marco Benevento, Ghost Funk Orchestra at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Kameron Marlowe at the Gramercy Theatre

• Skillibeng at the Knockdown Center

• John Fulbright at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Saetia at Saint Vitus Bar

• Lloyd Cole at City Winery NYC

• Pinkshift, Jigsaw Youth, Yasmin Nur at Elsewhere Zone One

• The Chills at Baby's All Right

• Youth of Today, Glue, Combust, Gel at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Breanna Barbara at Rough Trade NYC

• Yeah Baby, Cindy Cane, Karaoke, Certain Times at Berlin

• Michael Glabicki at Iridium

• Pedrito Martinez at Drom

• Peter Levin & Friends, Sasha Dobson at the Bitter End

• The Oz Noy-Torn Guarna Band at the Bitter End

• Dida Pelled, Precious Human, Grumpy, Allie at the Broadway

• Wiley G, Amelia Jackie, Tami Hart, Another Woman (Joanie Drago) at Parkside Lounge

• The Hugh Pool Band, Wandering Years at the 11th St. Bar

• Dina Regine at the Anyway Cafe

• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues

Augie Bello (center) led a jam at the Bitter End on November 11

Koogler at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on November 11

Daria Jones at Groove on November 10

The weekly Irish Siesiun at the 11th St Bar on November 13

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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 November calendar.