April Rocks with Live Music in NYC

Bono at the Beacon Theatre on April 16; he will continue his residency there into May (photograph by Kevin Mazur)

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to New York City. The twice-weekly guide also celebrates 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 weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

The Joe Perry Project headlined at Webster Hall on April 18

Micky James at Webster Hall on April 18

Robin Taylor Zander at Webster Hall on April 18

Those Pretty Wrongs at Rough Trade NYC on April 18

Friday, April 21

• Bono at the Beacon Theatre

• Jon Anderson & the Band Geeks at Palladium Times Square

• Lucinda Williams at City Winery NYC

• The Smithereens w. Robin Wilson, Mark Farner's American Band at the St. George Theatre

• Ney Matogrosso (acoustic) at the Town Hall

• Chlöe at Brooklyn Steel

• Michigander, Abby Holliday at the Bowery Ballroom

• Built to Spill, Disco Doom, Oruã at Brooklyn Made

• Skinny Puppy, Lead into Gold at Irving Plaza

• Ruston Kelly, Purr at Webster Hall

• Whitechapel, Archspire, Sign of the Swarm, Entheos at the Gramercy Theatre

• Badfish, Joe Samba at Brooklyn Bowl

• Field Guide, Cece Coakley at Elsewhere Zone One

• Black Flag at Saint Vitus Bar

• Tamino, People Museum at Racket NYC

• Takuya Kuroda, Melanie Charles at le Poisson Rouge

• Tito Rodríguez Jr at the David Rubenstein Auditorium

• Tye Tribbett at Sony Hall

• Shana Cleveland at Mercury Lounge

• Fat Trout Trailer Park, Aux Blood, Wiring, Little Cliff at Arlene's Grocery

• Bodywash, Phantom Handshakes at Berlin

• Alice Howe at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

• Richard Lloyd at the Kingsland

• Richie Quake, Telescreens, Birthday Girl at Heaven Can Wait

• Tangiers Blues Band at the Iridium

• Crazy Mary, Frank Wood & His NYC All-Stars Band, the Jynx & Dino Show at the Parkside Lounge

• SoulCake at the Jefferson Market Library

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Xiu Xiu at le Poisson Rouge on April 19

GIFT at le Poisson Rouge on April 19

Godcaster at le Poisson Rouge on April 19

Richie Cannata's Monday Night Jam at the Bitter End on April 17

Saturday, April 22

• French Montana, Jeezy, T.I., Jadakiss, Remy Ma, Cam'ron, Fivio Foreign, Jucee Froot at Barclay Center

• Bono at the Beacon Theatre

• Mariza at the Town Hall

• Lucinda Williams at City Winery NYC

• Peter Murphy, Adrian Belew, Scrote, Royston Langdon, Eric Schermerhorn, Ron Dziubla, Matt McJunkins, Jeff Friedl at the St. George Theater

• Aly & AJ, With Love From, Miya Folick at the Hammerstein Ballroom

• Suso Sáiz, Qasim Naqvi at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church

• Skinny Puppy, Lead into Gold at Irving Plaza

• Built to Spill, Heaven, Bijoux Cone at Brooklyn Made

• Tamino, People Museum at Racket NYC

• Star Kitchen w. Matisyahu at Brooklyn Bowl

• Onyx, R.A. the Rugged Man at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Two Another at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Kerala Dust, LANNDS at the Bowery Ballroom

• FLO at Pace University

• Origami Angel, Pinkshift, Sweet Pill at le Poisson Rouge

• Garcia Peoples, Chris Forsyth, Purling Hiss at Union Pool

• Braxton Cook at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Cryogeyser, Draag, Shower Curtain at Elsewhere Zone One

• Spike Hellis, Void Vision, Shadow Age at TV Eye

• Shana Cleveland at the Sultan Room

• Semaphore at Gold Sounds

• Mary Shelley, O. Wake, Di Ivories at Mercury Lounge

• Jill Fiore, Diane and the Gentle Men, Mighty Fine, Anna Copacabana at Heaven Can Wait

• Lil Mo & the Monicats at Connolly's Klub 45

• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

The Danielle Nicole Band at Café Wha? on April 18 (photograph by Eileen Lawrence)

Cabinet at Cafe Wha? on April 17

Deer France at Lucky on April 16

Daria Jones at Groove on April 13

Sunday, April 23

• Placebo, Big Joanie at Brooklyn Steel

• Built to Spill, Prism Bitch, Itchy Kitty at Brooklyn Made

• Carsie Blanton, Brittany Ann Tranbaugh at le Poisson Rouge

• Fishbone, Ache, Sgt. Scagnetti at the Gramercy Theatre

• The Verve Pipe at City Winery NYC

• Blood Brothers at the Iridium

• Lucy Wainwright Roche at the Loft at City Winery

• Kasim Sultan at the Iridium

• LANNDS at Elsewhere Zone One

• The Van Pelt, Caithlin DeMarrais, Common Sage at Saint Vitus Bar

• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbès

• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Birdland Jazz Club

• Robbie Fulks at Mercury Lounge

• Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage, Baby Dayliner, MayQueen, Ryan Lee Crosby at Our Wicked Lady Rooftop

• Samoa Wilson at Terra Blues

• The Black Cats NYC, Charm School, Myrna & the Bulldog, Kelley Anne Luigi, the Vigilantes at the Parkside Lounge

• Donald Gallagher, Rew Starr, Shelton Pritchard Lindsay, Pistol Pete Sturman at the Rock Bar

• SoulCake at Lucky

• Mark Geary, Karl Geary at Scratcher

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

• Granite to Glass at Book Club

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Zach Ludlow at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1, on April 13

13 Baap at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, on April 13

Deal James at Bosco on April 13

Guitar Dennis at the West 4th Street subway station on April 14

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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 performances for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's April calendar.