Start May with Good Live Music in NYC

Gary Numan at Webster Hall in 2022; he will headline the venue again this Tuesday

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

John Fogerty at Radio City Music Hall on April 28 (photograph by Gail Hoffman)

Hot Tuna performed as an acoustic duo at the St. George Theatre on April 29

The Walkmen concluded a five-night residency at Webster Hall on April 28

Liily at Webster Hall on April 28

Monday, May 1

• Action Bronson, Dr. Bachlava and the Human Growth Hormone at le Poisson Rouge

• Spiritbox, After the Burial, Intervals at Irving Plaza

• Say Anything, the Color Fred at the Bowery Ballroom

• Saint Motel, Homes at Night at Webster Hall

• Saint Levant at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Breakup Shoes at Brooklyn Made

• Vision Video, Kristeen Young, Shanghai Beach at Saint Vitus Bar

• Felix Slim at Skinny Dennis

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & SaRon Crenshaw at Terra Blues

• Papa Vega at Terra Blues

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

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

• Richie Cannata's Monday Jam at the Bitter End

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Ear Inn

• The Wilson/Rosnes/Washington Trio at St. Paul's Chapel

Kitchen Dwellers at the Brooklyn Bowl on April 28

Eggy at the Brooklyn Bowl on April 28

Fatoumata Diawara at the Brooklyn Bowl on April 29

The Jayhawks at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater in Port Washington on April 27 (photograph by Henry Laura)

Tuesday, May 2

• Train, G. Love & Special Sauce at the Theater at Madison Square Garden

• Metronomy at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner

• Lizzy McAlpine, Olivia Barton at Terminal 5

• Gary Numan, A Place to Bury Strangers at Webster Hall

• Meg Myers, Weathers, Band of Silver at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• The Garden, T.S.O.L. at Irving Plaza

• Los Bitchos at Brooklyn Made

• Rodney Crowell, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley at Sony Hall

• Joesef at the Bowery Ballroom

• Davey Knowles at the Iridium

• Avalon Emerson & the Charm at Nowadays, Queens

• Wyn Starks at Cafe Wha?

• Tamar Korn & Friends at Barbès

• Chris Luquette & Nashville East at Skinny Dennis

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Kolker at the 11th St. Bar

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Arthur's Tavern

• Scott Stenten at City Winery Grand Central

Flatland Cavalry at the Gramercy Theatre on April 26 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Cole Chaney at the Gramercy Theatre on April 26 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The Heavy Heavy at Brooklyn Made on April 27 (photograph by Kevin Keane

Shane Guerrette at Brooklyn Made on April 27 (photograph by Kevine Keane)

Wednesday, May 3

• Bono at the Beacon Theatre

• Coheed and Cambria, Deafheaven at Rooftop at Pier 17

• Fever Ray, Christeene at Terminal 5

• The Garden, T.S.O.L. at Irving Plaza

• Chelsea Grin, Carnifex at the Gramercy Theatre

• The War and Treaty, William Prince at the Bowery Ballroom

• Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams at City Winery NYC

• David Wax Museum, Bandits on the Run at Mercury Lounge

• Sunny Sweeney at Skinny Dennis

• Shaina Taub at Joe's Pub

• Davey Knowles at the Iridium

• ADG7 at le Poisson Rouge

• Bush Tetras at Union Pool

• The Andy Statman Trio at Barbès

• Giacomo Turra at Cafe Wha?

• Apollo Flowerchild at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• The T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• Ellis Hooks at Terra Blues

• Jason Green at City Winery Grand Central

• Greg Humphreys Electric Trio, Lara Taubman at the 11th St. Bar

• Papa's Dream Shadows at the Ear Inn

• Brian Charette's Mighty Grinders at the Bitter End

• Seth Okrend at Stitch Bar & Blues

Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. at Otto's Shrunken Head on April 27

Screamer Party at the 11th St. Bar on April 27

Sarah Devoe at Heaven Can Wait on April 27

Thursday, May 4

• Bono at the Beacon Theatre

• Kali Uchis, Raye at Radio City Music Hall

• The Commodores, Bobby Wilson at the St. George Theatre, Staten Island

• Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer at the Town Hall

• Moby at NeueHouse

• Nation of Language, Gustaf at Brooklyn Steel

• Drive-By Truckers, Lydia Loveless at Bowery Ballroom

• Angèle at Terminal 5

• Obituary, Immolation, Blood Incantation, Ingrown at Irving Plaza

• Doyle at the Kingsland

• Alejandro Escovedo at the Iridium

• Ringo Deathstarr, Pleasure Venom, Keep at Saint Vitus Bar

• The Heavy, Loose Buttons at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Ingested, Devourment, Extermination Dismemberment, Organectomy, Coronary Thrombosis at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Jordan Ward, Courtnie at Baby's All Right

• The Bernardes at le Poisson Rouge

• Brandon Patrick George at the David Rubinstein Atrium

• Crocodiles, TDA, Licks at Mercury Lounge

• Bella White at Brooklyn Made

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Hubby Jenkins (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Scott Martin & the Grand Disaster, Lizzie & the Makers, Amanda Cross, Sweetboy at Main Drag Music

• Density, Exit 99 NYC, Crazy Mary, Fandango NYC, the James Rocket at the Shrine

• The Brian Mitchell Band at the Bitter End

• Miss Maybell & Her Ragged Jazz Band at Arthur's Tavern

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Sanford: the Band at the 11th St. Bar

Crazy Mary at the Parkside Lounge on April 21 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Jynx & Dino at the Parkside Lounge on April 21 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Chelsea Curve at the Parkside Lounge on April 28 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Baikin at the Parkside Lounge on April 28 (photograph by Alan Rand)

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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.