This Weekend’s Best Live Music in NYC

Joji at Governors Ball 2022; he will headline at Madison Square Garden on Saturday

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 weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Gary Numan headlined at Webster Hall on May 2

A Place to Bury Strangers at Webster Hall on May 2

The Heavy at the Hall at Elsewhere on May 4

Loose Buttons at the Hall at Elsewhere on May 4

Friday, May 5

• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden

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

• Kali Uchis, Raye at Radio City Music Hall

• Naomi Raine, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Natalie Grant, Taya at the Theater at Madison Square Garden

• Goth Babe, Yoke Lore at the Rooftop at Pier 17

• Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer at the Town Hall

• Drive-By Truckers, Lydia Loveless at the Bowery Ballroom

• Angèle at Terminal 5

• Saosin, Astronoid at Irving Plaza

• The Hoodoo Gurus, the Fleshtones at Webster Hall

• Saves the Day at Brooklyn Made

• Joan Osborne at City Winery NYC

• UPSAHL, WizTheMC at Racket NYC

• Khemmis, Conjurer, Wake at the Monarch

• Enisa at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Martin Sexton & KT Tunstall at Sony Hall

• Alejandro Escovedo, Diane & the Gentle Men at the Iridium

• Avalon Emerson & the Charm at Baby's All Right

• Telescreens, the Cave, Galeana at Mercury Lounge

• Country Westerns, Liquor Store, iLL Angel at Union Pool

• The Callous Daoboys, Husbandry at Saint Vitus Bar

• Nicholas Hamilton at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• Tredici Bacci, Anthony Coleman, Starla Online, Stice, Jazz Lambaux at 411 Kent

• Lael Neale at Public Records

• The Natural Lines, the Lighthouse and the Whaler at Saint Vitus Bar

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Tim Baker and All Hands w. Eric Slick at Heaven Can Wait

• Donut City, Recreational Outrage, Blackout Shoppers, Bugout Society at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Shadow Monster, Shred Flintstone, InCircles at Washington Square Park

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

• The Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

• Tongues Unknown at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3

• Lorraine Leckie at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• Val Kinzler at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• Myrna & the Bulldog at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

• Kolker at the Bitter End

Jennifer Nettles at City Winery NYC on April 30 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams with guest David Bromberg at City Winery NYC on May 3

Drive-By Truckers at the Bowery Ballroom on May 4

Sunny Sweeney at Skinny Dennis on May 3 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, May 6

• Joji, Rei Brown, Lil Toe (Ammo) & SavageRealm at Madison Square Garden

• Quinn XCII, A R I Z O N A, Julia Wolf at Radio City Music Hall

• Tiwa Savage, Nao, Ayra Starr, Elaine Tyla at the Coney Island Amphitheater

• Angèle at Terminal 5

• Stephane Wrembel at the Town Hall

• Set It Off, Scene Queen, In Her Own Words, Rivals at Palladium Times Square

• Ron Pope, Lydia Luce at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Rebecca Black, Mazie at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Durand Jones at the Bowery Ballroom

• Babyface Ray, Veeze at Webster Hall

• Saves the Day at Brooklyn Made

• Acid Dad, Wine Lips at Mercury Lounge

• Museum of Love, Rimarkable, Mike Simonetti at SILO Brooklyn

• Transviolet, Jagwar Twin at Elsewhere Zone One

• Smash into Pieces, Citizen Soldier at Racket NYC

• Finch, Vinnie Caruana at le Poisson Rouge

• mmeadows, Salt Cathedral at Baby's All Right

• Necrot, L.O.T.I.O.N., Skullshitter at Saint Vitus Bar

• Alice, Adrian H and the Wounds, System Syn at Drom

• Jimmy Vivino at the Iridium

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Rachel Baiman at the Owl

• Gocco, Tetchy, Tits Dick Ass, the Silk War, Big Girl, Abby Jeanne, Bugs in the Dark, InCircles, Maya Lucia, AK & the Hallucinations, Cor de Lux, Brodeo at Our Wicked Lady rooftop

• The Reid Paley Trio, Grace Bergere, Pete Simonelli, Kevin Thomson at Main Drag Music

• Band of Others, TarantinosNYC, Trash Island at Otto's Shrunken Head

• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Squirrels from Hell at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1

Crocodiles at Mercury Lounge on May 4

TDA at Mercury Lounge on May 4

The Jersey Swamp Cats at Stitch Bar & Blues on April 29 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on May 1 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, May 7

• Bono at the Beacon Theatre

• GBH, MDC, NIIS at the Gramercy Theatre

• SQÜRL w. Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, Bria at the Rainbow Room

• Jann Klose at the Cutting Room

• Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn at the BRIC Ballroom

• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbès

• Acid Dad, Wine Lips at Baby's All Right

• The Coffin Daggers, Wiped Out, Illuminated Sidewalks at Mercury Lounge

• Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pub

• Youth in a Roman Field, Common Jack at Scratcher

• June McDoom, Eliana Glass, Patricia Brennan, Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days at BAMcafé

• Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir at Joe's Pub

• Thumpin' Johnny Ruckus, Bill Popp & the Tapes, DonBlackCat & Friends, Sea Monster, Commercial Interruption, Anne Husick, Jeannie Skelly, Reel Celtic at the Parkside Lounge

• Chrysalis, Roseblud, Apollo Flowerchild, Bymaddz at Heaven Can Wait

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• David "Doc" French (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

The T Blues Band with Bobby Bryan and David "Doc" French at Terra Blues on May 3

The George Papageorge Trio at the Bitter End on May 3

Brian Charette's Mighty Grinders at the Bitter End on May 3

Dreamland Fire at the Red Lion on May 3

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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.