Rock the Weekend with Live Music in NYC

Dave Matthews, pictured above at Love Rocks NYC in 2020, will lead the Dave Matthews Band for two nights at Madison Square Garden this weekend

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best concerts coming to the New York City area. 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+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other details.

Teddy Swims headlined at Terminal 5 on November 14

Elley Duhe at Terminal 5 on November 14

Maren Morris at the Bowery Ballroom on November 6

Foxing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 16

Friday, November 17

• The Dave Matthews Band at Madison Square Garden

• Ellie Goulding w. Wordless Music Orchestra at the Kings Theatre

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel

• Men I Trust, TOPS at Terminal 5

• Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman at Symphony Hall

• Afrojack at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner

• Dying Fetus, the Acacia Strain, Despised Icon, Creeping Death, Tactosa at Warsaw

• Slaughter Beach, Dog, Bonny Doon, Erin Rae at Webster Hall

• The Armed, Body Meat, Spaced at Irving Plaza

• Mae, Hembree, Tedious & Brief at the Gramercy Theatre

• Half Moon Run, La Ren at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Mike Doughty and Ghost of Vroom at the Bowery Ballroom

• Ron Gallo, Santa Chiara at Brooklyn Made

• Boy Named Banjo, Brother Elsey at the Brooklyn Bowl

• Leisure, Monster Rally at the Hall at Elsewhere

• The Hotelier, Foxing, Emperor X at Racket NYC

• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall at Cafe Carlyle

• Tank and the Bangaz & Friends at the Blue Note

• John Cameron Mitchell & Amber Martin at Joe's Pub

• Billy Raffoul, Peter Raffoul, the Indiana Drones at Mercury Lounge

• Magos Herrera at National Sawdust

• Razor Braids, Big Girl at Baby's All Right

• Tor Miller at the Bowery Electric

• Bridget Everett & the Tender Moments at Joe's Pub

• The Bug Club at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• The Chris Bergson Trio at 1803

• National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Kolker at the Bitter End

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Shane Smith & the Saints at Webster Hall on November 15

Angel White at Webster Hall on November 15

Calder Allen at Webster Hall on November 15

James Maddock with guest Shannon Conley at the Bitter End on November 16

Saturday, November 18

• The Dave Matthews Band at Madison Square Garden

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel

• Lukas Nelson & POTR, Ben Chapman at Webster Hall

• Men I Trust, TOPS at Terminal 5

• Ben Kweller at Racket NYC

• Citizen, Narrow Head, Modern Color at Warsaw

• Citizen (acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC

• Helena Deland, Jana Horn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Tank and the Bangaz & Friends at the Blue Note

• LP Giobbi at the Knockdown Center

• Kishi Bashi at the Murmrr Theatre

• Fishbone, Crazy & the Brains at White Eagle Hall

• Boys Noize at Elsewhere

• Raf Saperra at the Bowery Ballroom

• Elyanna at Irving Plaza

• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall at Cafe Carlyle

• John Cameron Mitchell & Amber Martin at Joe's Pub

• Bridget Everett & the Tender Moments at Joe's Pub

• Ocie Elliott, zachy at Brooklyn Made

• Full of Hell, END, Inter Arma, Wake at the Brooklyn Monarch

• Pansy Division, Choked Up at TV Eye

• Eggy, Stolen Gin at Brooklyn Bowl

• Puma Blue, Dweller at le Poisson Rouge

• The Smashing Times, Jeanines, Lightheaded at Union Pool

• The Wilson Springs Hotel, Widely Grown at Cafe Wha?

• The Cocktail Slippers, Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang, Amanda Cross at Heaven Can Wait

• Tom Heyman at Pete's Candy Store

• Lenny Kaye at the Francis Kite Club

• Naomi Greene at PAC NYC Lobby Stage

• The Clarence Spady Band at Terra Blues

• The David "Doc" French Trio at Terra Blues

• JT Bowen & the Mighty Kings of Soul at Arthur's Tavern

Val Kinzler at the Bowery Electric on November 14 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Victor V. Gurbo at the Bowery Electric on November 14 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Density at Frank Wood's Wind Down Sunday at the Shillelagh Tavern on November 12 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Johnny Young at Frank Wood's Wind Down Sunday at the Shillelagh Tavern on November 12 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Sunday, November 19

• LCD Soundsystem at Brooklyn Steel

• Plini, Strawberry Girls, Standards at Warsaw

• Xavier Omar, Elhae at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Yussef Dayes at Irving Plaza

• José Feliciano, Eric Andersen, Tom Paxton, Carolyn Hester, Vernon Reid, Steve Earle, David Amram, Steve Katz, Geoff Muldaur, Jenni Muldaur, Marshall Crenshaw, the Bongos, Justin Vivian Bond, Lenny Kaye, Terre Roche, Willie Nile, Happy Traum, Glenn Mercer, Mary Lee Kortes & Eric Ambel, Anthony DeCurtis, Marc Eliot, Terri Thal at Zankel Hall

• Tank and the Bangaz & Friends at the Blue Note

• Kool Keith at Sony Hall

• Ben Kweller at Racket NYC

• The Duke Robillard Band at the Blue Note

• Steep Canyon Rangers at City Winery NYC

• Stephane Wrembel at Barbes

• Roosevelt Collier, Taz Niederauer at Cafe Wha?

• Lydia Lunch & Retrovirus, Weasel Walter, Tim Dahl, Kevin Shea, Cronies at TV Eye

• Bridget Everett & the Tender Moments at Joe's Pub

• Roger Street Friedman, Lucy Isabel, Pinkerton Raid at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2

• The Hipp Pipps, Joy Buzzer, Lieder at Otto's Shrunken Head

• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End

• Emily Frembgen at Pete's Candy Store

• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

• The Irish Seisiun at the 11th St. Bar

Akiko Tsuruga (electric piano) at the Interchurch Center on November 15 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Felipe Pavani at the Times Square subway station mezzanine on November 12

Gonzalo Silva at a 42nd Street subway platform on November 12

Nxtime at Central Park on November 11 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

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The Manhattan Beat reports on 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 The Manhattan Beat home page and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music."

For a more complete listing of upcoming performances in the New York City area, visit The Manhattan Beat's November calendar.