Guide to the Best Live Music in NYC This Weekend

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, pictured above at Forest Hills Stadium in September 2023, will conclude a five-night residency at the Capitol Theatre 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 50+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other details.

Model/Actriz headlined at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 13

Current Joys at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 13

Swami Sound at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 13

Danielia Cotton at the Bitter End on December 11 (photograph by Val Kinzler)

Friday, December 15

• Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre

• Gavin DeGraw at Cafe Carlyle

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Ingrid Michaelson at Webster Hall

• Samara Joy at the Apollo

• Four Tet at Warsaw

• We Are Scientists, Sean McVerry at the Bowery Ballroom

• Joy (Anonymous) at the Knockdown Center

• mxmtoon at Roulette

• Hovvdy at Public Records

• Nitepunk at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• The Krasno/Moore Project at Brooklyn Bowl

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

• Ana Gasteyer at le Poisson Rouge

• Stacy Kent at Birdland Jazz Club

• Chris Barron at the Iridium

• Eszter Balint and Friends w. Shilpa Ray at Barbes

• High Waisted, Fiona Silver, First President of Japan at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls

• Tor Miller, Morning Silk, Daffo at the Bowery Electric

• Sister Nancy at Superior Ingredients

• Infant Island, Massa Nera, Sonagi, Auxiena Saint at Trans-Pecos

• plum blossom at Roulette

• National Reserve at Skinny Dennis

• Satch Kerans Band, Corsage, Tim Heap & the Buybacks at Parkside Lounge

• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

• Kolker at the Bitter End

Dina Regine (right) with Mark Plati at the 11th St. Bar on December 12

Diane Gentile (right) with Jason Victor at the 11th St. Bar on December 12

Kelley Swindall at the 11th St. Bar on December 12

Elisa Winter's Happy Holidaze at the 11th St. Bar on December 14

Saturday, December 16

• Madonna at Barclays Center

• Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre

• Insane Clown Posse aboard the Liberty Belle

• Gavin DeGraw at Cafe Carlyle

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Jon Pardi at the Beacon Theatre

• Speedy Ortiz, Foyer Red, Grocer at the Bowery Ballroom

• The Slackers, Mustard Plug, the Freecoasters, Stop the Presses at Brooklyn Bowl

• Moon Hooch, Cloudchord at Brooklyn Made

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

• Ana Gasteyer at le Poisson Rouge

• Stacy Kent at Birdland Jazz Club

• The Narrowbacks at Connolly's Klub 45

• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues

• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

• Miss Maybell & Charlie Judkins at the Flatiron Room NoMad

Jade at Heaven Can Wait on December 14

Jake Benjamin at Heaven Can Wait on December 14

Huron John at the Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls on December 14

Tim Young at Club Cumming on December 14

Sunday, December 17

• Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden

• Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at the Capitol Theatre

• Chris Botti at the Blue Note

• Fantastic Cat, Cat Popper at the Bowery Ballroom

• Bilal, Contour at the Hall at Elsewhere

• Nefesh Mountain at le Poisson Rouge

• No Redeeming Social Value, Butterbrain, RBNX, Chumhuffer, T.O.Y.S. at the Bowery Electric

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

• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbes

• Bella's Bartok at Café Wha?

• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End

• Mulebone at the Ear Inn

• The Hipp Pipps, the Hudson City Rats, Curtis Suburban, George Gilmore and the Giblets at Otto’s Shrunken Head

• Igor at the Bowery Electric

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

• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

New Moon Acoustic Blues at Stitch Bar & Blues on December 14 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Blues Rockets jam at Sour Mouse NYC on December 12

Otto's Experiments at Otto's Shrunken Head on December 14

A jazz band at new club Down & Out on December 14

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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.