The Best Live Music for NYE Weekend in NYC

Gov't Mule, shown above at the Beacon Theatre in 2019, will headline the venue again this Saturday and Sunday

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 60+ live music events in the New York City area this end-of-the-year weekend. Contact the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other details.

Gogol Bordello at Brooklyn Bowl on December 28, the first of four consecutive nights at the venue

Jon Spencer at Brooklyn Bowl on December 28

Grace Bergere at Brooklyn Bowl on December 28 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Howlin' Hurd at Skinny Dennis on December 27

Friday, December 29

• Phish at Madison Square Garden
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• Gogol Bordello, Incendiary Device, Values Here at Brooklyn Bowl
• Patti Smith and Her Band at Brooklyn Steel
• Glassjaw at Warsaw
• Nora En Pure, Enamour, Rezident at the Brooklyn Hangar
• Frankie Cosmos, Market, Talulah Paisley at Baby's All Right
• Space Bacon at Hill Country Barbecue Market
• Cupcakke at City Winery NYC
• Dar Williams, Catie Curtis at the Bell House
• Heavy Temple, Sun Voyager, Restless Spirit at Brooklyn Made
• Nikki Nair at Public Records
• National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• Peter Collins at Café Wha?
• Will Bernard and Oz Noy w. Josh Dion and Adam Minkoff at the Bitter End
• Bill Popp, the Ruminators, Michael G. Potter, Mora Tau, the Brothers Krash, ReWd OneZ, Tiny Pinecones, Crazy Mary, Krebs & the Maynard G's, the Phil Gammage Quartet, Senioritis, DensityBlackCat at Otto's Shrunken Head
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Felice Brothers at Brooklyn Bowl on December 27

Happiness at Brooklyn Bowl on December 27

The Yosef David Band at Rockwood Music Hall on December 26

Strangers Stopping Strangers at Hill Country Barbecue Market on December 8 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

Saturday, December 30

• Phish at Madison Square Garden
• Meek Mill, Rick Ross, Rema, Lola Brooke, 41, Scar Lip, Byron Messia, Shenseea, Jada Kingdom, Ding Dong, Bunji Garlin, Rupee, Funk Flex, Teejay at Barclays Center
• Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• Gogol Bordello, C'mgirl8, Mary Shelley at Brooklyn Bowl
• Patti Smith and Her Band at Brooklyn Steel
• Mickman, Shield, Omnist, Charles Nimbus at the Kings Theatre
• Bassnectar, Dorfex Bos, Maidenspace, Cryticflow at Palladium Times Square
• Sajjan Raj Vaidya at Terminal 5
• Billy Gibbons & Friends at City Winery NYC
• This Will Destroy You, Christopher Tignor at le Poisson Rouge
• Glassjaw at Warsaw
• John Medeski, Billy Martin, Scott Metzger, Nels Cline at Sony Hall
• Ann Hampton Callaway at Feinstein's/54 Below
• Winter Nights, Another Demon, Deadtide at the Kingsland Bar
• Free Whenever at Stitch Bar & Blues
• Rene Lopez at Rockwood Music Hall
• Dave Achelis & 8 Ace at Rockwood Music Hall
• Blac Rabbit at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls
• Screamin' Rebel Angels, Party Nerves, TarantinosNYC at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Krebs & the Maynard G's, the Hudson City Rats, Bang Bang Band Girl, Blowdryer Nouveau at the Parkside Lounge
• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Miss Maybell & Charlie Judkins at the Flatiron Room NoMad

Diane Gentile at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on December 26

Amanda Cross and Derek Cruz at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on December 26

Dina Regine at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on December 26

Jeremy Fury at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on December 26

Sunday, December 31 New Year's Eve

• Phish at Madison Square Garden
• Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre
• Chris Botti at the Blue Note
• Jade Cicada, Supersillyus, Bwoy de Bhajan, Dendroid at the Kings Theatre
• Gogol Bordello, c'mgirl8, Puzzled Panther at Brooklyn Bowl
• Tinlicker (DJ set), Booka Shade, Sohmi, Romain Garcia, Naz at the Brooklyn Hangar
• Bassnectar, UHNK, Vvvyd, Crypticflow at Palladium Times Square
• Jason Ross, Andrew Bayer, Fairlane, Ash Nova, KIMOSABI at Terminal 5
• Ship Wreck, KC Lights, Win and Woo at Webster Hall
• Kream, Max Styler, Vitorya at Brooklyn Steel
• Lion Babe at Deluxx Fluxx
• Billy Gibbons & Friends at City Winery NYC
• Murphy's Law, Urban Waste at the Kingsland
• Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds, 95 Bulls, the Art Gray Noizz Quintet, the Wand-ers, Fabulous Roman Candles, Jonathan Toubin, Josh Styles, Darky Ramone at TV Eye
• The Jamie McLean Band, Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart at the Bitter End
• Chiwolf, Code1050, Tiny Pinecones, DensityBlackCat, Brokeneck Girls at the Shillelagh Tavern
• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Jackson Scott & Friends at Pangea
• Miss Maybell & Charlie Judkins at the Flatiron Room NoMad

Puma Perl at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on December 26

Joe Sztabnik at the Map Room at the Bowery Electric on December 26

Rennie Pincus & Friends at Stitch Bar & Blues on December 28 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

The Vin Mott Blues Band at Stitch Bar & Blues on December 28 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

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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 and January calendars.