The Best Live Music in NYC for Valentine’s Week

John 5, pictured above at the Gramercy Theatre in 2018, will return to the same stage on Thursday

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events 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 week. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye performed at the Bowery Ballroom on February 10

Softcult at Mercury Lounge on February 9

Jeff Slate & Friends at The Fest for Beatles Fans at the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport on February 10 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Monday, February 12

• Stick Men at City Winery NYC

• Khamari at Baby's All Right

• Demolition String Band at Porchlight

• Rachel Sage at Cowgirl Seahorse

• Lorraine Leckie & Friends at Pete's Candy Store

• Tony Conniff & Band at the Bitter End

• Richie Cannata's Monday 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

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

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Bobby Bryan at Terra Blues

• Carl Banks at the Red Lion

Matt Langone & the Big Heat at Berlin on February 9

The Cody Melville Band at Berlin on February 9

The True Mongrel Hearts at Berlin on February 9

Tuesday, February 13 Mardi Gras

• Veil of Maya, AngelMaker, Until I Wake, Reflections, Alluvial at the Gramercy Theatre

• Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country at the Bowery Ballroom

• Tigers Jaw (acoustic) at City Winery NYC

• Mali Velasquez, Rom Com at Union Pool

• Landon Conrath, Kevian Kraemer, Hannah Hill at Elsewhere Zone One

• Scott Guild, Kyle Dillon Hertz, Stranger Cat at McNally Jackson Seaport

• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbès

• The Orders, In4Mation at Silvana

• Big Mamou at the 11th St. Bar

• Michael Hill (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. David "Doc" French & Kelton Cooper at Terra Blues

Postcards at Rockwood Music Hall on February 9 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

The Hays Experiment at Rockwood Music Hall on February 9

Wednesday, February 14 St. Valentine's Day

• Stevie Nicks at the UBS Arena

• Cat Power at Carnegie Hall

• Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band at Webster Hall

• Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends, Dave Hill at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Holding Absence, Casey, Capstan, Acres at the Gramercy Theatre

• Sir Babygirl at Bowery Ballroom

• Betty at Joe's Pub

• Khamari at the Sultan Room

• Abigail Washburn, Martha Redbone, Jen Shyu at the Asia Society Museum

• Jaz Karis at the Blue Note

• Tatiana Eva Marie & the Avalon Jazz Band at Cafe Wha?

• Abby Jeanne, Adult Human Females, Alana Amram, Alexandra Blair, Anna Copa Cabanna, Cassie Ramone, Flasyd, Frida Kill, Leah Hennessey, Lord Friday the 13th, Mary Jane Dunphe, Avishag Rodrigues, Miranda and the Beat, Nikki Belfiglio, Puzzled Panther, Shilpa Ray, SUO, Tony & the Kiki, Zohra Atash, Jonathan Toubin at TV Eye

• Kathena Bryant & the Hippy Nuts at Cowgirl

• The Christine Santelli Trio at the Ear Inn

• Jonathan Kalb at Stitch Bar & Blues

• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• Blues People at Terra Blues

Granite Garden at Rockwood Music Hall on February 10

Bianca Love at Rockwood Music Hall on February 10

Thursday, February 15

• Flatland Cavalry, Kaitlin Butts at Irving Plaza

• John 5 at the Gramercy Theatre

• The Christian McBride Big Band at the Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92NY

• Militarie Gun, Pool Kids, Spiritual Cramp, Spaced at the Bowery Ballroom

• Militarie Gun (acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC

• Barry Can't Swim at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

• Casters, Good Deli, Star80, Honey Cutt at Brooklyn Made

• Haiden at Baby's All Right

• Ted Leo, Lloyd Cole, Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill, Claudia Gonson, Joe Hurley, Doug Gillard at the Bowery Electric

• Salami Rose Joe Louis at the David Rubinstein Atrium

• The Andy Ezrin Band w. Will Lee, Oz Noy, Clint De Ganon at the Bitter End

• The Wildmans at Cafe Wha?

• The Hugh Pool Band at the 11th St. Bar

• Blastocyte, Fandango NYC, Magic Forest NYC at Otto's Shrunken Head

• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues

• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & David "Doc" French at Terra Blues

• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

New Moon Acoustic Blues at the Ear Inn on February 8 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Gary Edward Kiyan & the Dragon Boys at Stitch Bar & Blues on February 8 (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 February calendar.