December Rocks with Awesome Live Music in NYC

Interpol, shown above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2019, will headline two nights at the Beacon Theatre this week

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 concerts in the New York City area this week. Contact the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other details.

Dinosaur Jr. at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 8

Luluc at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 8

Rare DM at The Red Party at Mercury Lounge on December 9

Bergy Seltzer at Mercury Lounge on December 9

Monday, December 11

• Yo La Tengo at the Bowery Ballroom

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Woodz at the Kings Theatre

• Majid Jordan, Alex Lustig at Brooklyn Steel

• Sky Ferreira at Webster Hall

• Dogstar, Archer Oh at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Luca Benedetti at Skinny Dennis

• Cancion Franklin, Leah Tash at Mercury Lounge

• The Edwin Vazquez Duo at the Flatiron Room NoMad

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Michael Hill at Terra Blues

• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues

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

• Big Ed's Blues Jam at the Red Lion

• Mona's Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's

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

Chroma at Rockwood Music Hall on December 9

Bedroom Band at Rockwood Music Hall on December 9

Secret Fox at Parkside Lounge on December 9

Industry Darlings at Parkside Lounge on December 9

Tuesday, December 12

• Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre

• Gavin DeGraw at Cafe Carlyle

• Yo La Tengo at the Bowery Ballroom

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Majid Jordan, Alex Lustig at Brooklyn Steel

• Odie Leigh, King Strang at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Ratboys, This Is Lorelei at Baby's All Right

• Sam Fischer at Baby's All Right

• Marsha Ambrosius at City Winery NYC

• Stacy Kent at Birdland Jazz Club

• Kelley Swindall, Diane Gentile, Dina Regine at the 11th St. Bar

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The Bobby Bryan Band at Terra Blues

The Ritualists at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

SoulCake at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Anne Husick & Exit 99 at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

DensityBlackCat at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Wednesday, December 13

• Madonna at Barclays Center

• Andrea Bocelli, Zucchero at Madison Square Garden

• Interpol, Been Stellar at the Beacon Theatre

• Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre

• Gavin DeGraw at Cafe Carlyle

• Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Carnegie Hall

• Chuu at the Kings Theatre

• Patrick Watson, la Force at Webster Hall

• Yo La Tengo at the Bowery Ballroom

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Model/Actriz, Current Joys, Swami Sound at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Nefesh Mountain at the Greene Space

• Sílvia Pérez Cruz at le Poisson Rouge

• Betty LaVette at the Iridium

• Stacy Kent at Birdland Jazz Club

• The Amish Outlaws at Café Wha?

• Ben Richter, Lily Maase, James Ilgenfritz at Scholes Street Studios

• Raegan at Pianos

• Pinc Louds (solo) at 96 Tears

• The Phil Gammage Quartet at Ethyl's Alcohol & Food

• The Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn

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

• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

Puma Perl at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

The Bowery Boys at A Benefit for Kipp at Parkside Lounge on December 7 (photograph by Alan Rand)

Val Kinzler at Rockwood Music Hall on December 8 (photograph by James Lane)

Thursday, December 14

• Madonna at Barclays Center

• Andrea Bocelli, Zucchero at Madison Square Garden

• Interpol, Model/Actriz at the Beacon Theatre

• Gavin DeGraw at Cafe Carlyle

• Samara Joy at the Apollo

• Yo La Tengo at the Bowery Ballroom

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds, Catbite, Blind Adam and the Federal League at Webster Hall

• 100 gecs, Tisakorean, Liturgy at the Knockdown Center

• Joe Russo, Stuart Bogie, Josh Kaufman, Ben Perowsky at the Sultan Room

• Automatic, Thus Love, Public Practice at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Justin Quiles at Irving Plaza

• Betty LaVette at the Iridium

• Bush Tetras, Sediment Club at TV Eye

• The Thing, Shred Flintstone, Big Girl at Main Drag Music

• Stacy Kent at Birdland Jazz Club

• Jeff Kazee, Shawn Pelton, Craig Dryer and Richard Hammond at the Bitter End

• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Michael Hill & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Too Many Lauras at Otto's Shrunken Head on December 9

The Howard Levy 4 at the Iridium on December 8 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Brad Vickers and His Vestapolitans at Silvana on December 9 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on December 4 (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 December calendar.