Excellent Live Music for Mid-May in NYC

Steve Earle performed solo at the Loft at City Winery on May 14; he will co-headline a benefit concert at Town Hall tonight with David Byrne, Kurt Vile and Terry Allen (photograph by Kevin Keane)

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.

The following concerts originally scheduled for this week have been postponed or canceled. If you planned to attend these shows, consider instead seeing one of the other shows listed further below.

• Denzel Curry at the Blue Note

• Billy Nomates at Mercury Lounge

Everynight Charley recommends the following 70+ concerts this week in the New York City area. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Vieux Farka Touré headlined at Brooklyn Bowl on May 11

Don McClosky at Brooklyn Bowl on May 10

Will Leet of Sammy Rae & the Friends at Brooklyn Bowl on May 10

Alicia Walter at Brooklyn Bowl on May 10

Monday, May 15

• Steve Earle, David Byrne, Kurt Vile & Terry Allen at the Town Hall

• shame, Been Stellar at Irving Plaza

• Plini, Sungazer, Jakub Zytecki at the Gramercy Theatre

• The Milk Carton Kids at Baby's All Right

• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at Webster Hall

• Waveform* at Rubulad

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• Open Blues Jam Mondays w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

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

• Dirty Water Dogs at the Ear Inn

Heartless Bastards at Brooklyn Bowl on May 12

The Watson Twins at Brooklyn Bowl on May 12

Rahill (center) of Habibi at Rough Trade NYC on May 14

Tuesday, May 16

• NMIXX at the Kings Theatre

• Graham Nash at City Winery NYC

• Rufus Wainwright at Café Carlyle

• The Hives at Racket NYC

• joan, Aviv at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Sauti Sol, Eddy Kenzo, King Kaka at Irving Plaza

• Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O, ST37 at TV Eye

• SWMRS, PG Chico at Brooklyn Made

• Genevieve Stokes at Mercury Lounge

• Sam Nelson at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Dom Flemons at Joe's Pub

• Steve Wynn & Jason Victor at the Bowery Electric

• Decisive Pink at Union Pool

• James Maddock at the 11th St. Bar

• Josephine Foster at Blank Forms

• Tamar Korn & Friends at Barbès

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

The Cactus Blossoms at Brooklyn Made on May 13

Two Runner at Brooklyn Made on May 13

GRÓA at Reykjavik Presents: Iceland Airwaves Off Venue at Pianos on May 11 (photograph by Carmen Kintz)

gugusar at Reykjavik Presents: Iceland Airwaves Off Venue at Pianos on May 11 (photograph by Carmen Kintz)

Wednesday, May 17

• The New Pornographers, Wild Pink at Brooklyn Steel

• Duki at Palladium Times Square

• Rufus Wainwright at Café Carlyle

• Hippie Sabotage, Daisy Guttridge at Webster Hall

• Graham Nash at City Winery NYC

• Kevin Devine & the New Amsterdams, Brother Bird at Brooklyn Made

• Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O, ST37 at Mercury Lounge

• Mareux, Cold Gawd at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Greg Puciato, Escuela Grind, Deaf Club, Trace Amount at the Gramercy Theatre

• Matthew Logan Vazquez, Danny Golden at Baby's All Right

• Katelyn Tarver at Ludlow House

• Pearl & the Oysters at Elsewhere Zone One

• Taleen Kali, Leathered, Silent Mass at Our Wicked Lady

• Dead Bars, Shellshag, Ellen and the Degenerates, Radar at TV Eye

• Sasha Dobson w. Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen, Heather Eatman, Serena Jost, Mary Lee Kortes, and Pete Salett at Berlin

• Felix Slim at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Buck and a Quarter at Barbès

• Bobby Bryan (acouctic) at Terra Blues

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• Back Alley Dolls at the Ear Inn

Sunday School with Binky Griptite at the Bitter End on May 14

Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen at Flip, Flop & Fly at Otto's Shrunken Head on May 12

Tyrone Shoelaces at Silvana on May 13

The Bearded Band at Numero28 East Village on May 11

Thursday, May 18

• Rufus Wainwright at Café Carlyle

• Lonnie Holley at the New York Society for Ethical Culture

• Harry Mack at Irving Plaza

• moe. at Brooklyn Bowl

• Antibalas at the Blue Note

• No Pressure, KOYO, Illusion, Fleshwater at le Poisson Rouge

• Sir Chloe at Racket NYC

• TisaKorean, Matt Ox, Surf Gang, EvilGiane, Dazegxd at the Bowery Ballroom

• Watsky, Feed the Biirds, Garth. at the Gramercy Theatre

• Joe Hoekstra & Brandon Gibbs (acoustic) at the Loft at City Winery

• El Michels Affair & Black Thought, Brainstory at Brooklyn Made

• Big Girl, Groupie at the Broadway

• Gideon King & City Blog, the Alex Skolnick Trio at the Cutting Room

• FACS, P.E., Bedridden at TV Eye

• Jr. Mack w. Noé Socha Duo at Arthur's Tavern

• Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

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

• Gordon Lockwood at Terra Blues

• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Jelly Kelly at Tompkins Square Park on May 14

Bend at Tompkins Square Park on May 14

The Tin Can Collective at a block party on Troutman Street in Brooklyn on May 13

The Barry Harris Chorus and Orchestra at Saint Peter's Church on May 10 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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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 May calendar.