Good Live Music for a Late August Weekend in NYC

Erykah Badu, photographed above at Afropunk in 2018, will headline Afropunk again this Friday and Saturday

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 60+ concerts in New York City this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Forest Hills Stadium on August 16

Stray Cats at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on August 15 (photograph by Ryan Muir) 

Midnight Cowgirls at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on August 15

Neshell Ndegeocello at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on August 14

Friday, August 23

• Wallows, Benee at Madison Square Garden
• Afropunk: Erykah Badu, Larissa Luz at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• The Roots, Jungle Brothers, Digable Planets at SummerStage Central Park
• mike. at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Santigold, Troy Baker Sound at Terminal 5
• Jeff Rosenstock, Catbite at Warsaw
• Eyehategod, Exhorder, Hans Condor, Funeral Leech at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Laundry Day at the Rockaway Hotel
• The Randy Rogers Band at Irving Plaza
• Why?, Baths at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Jerry Douglas Band at City Winery NYC
• The Christian McBride Big Band, Wallace Roney Jr. at Marcus Garvey Park
• Perpetual Groove, Space Bacon at Brooklyn Bowl
• Tinzo, JoJo at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• ESG, Midnight Magic at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Poliça at the Sultan Room
• Boy Harsher (DJ Set), Blu Anxxiety, Kristine Barilli, Simple Pleasures at Xanadu
• World Atlas, My Favorite, Mahogany at Brooklyn Made
• Casey MQ, 7038634357 at le Poisson Rouge
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn
• Phil Gammage (duo) at the McCarren Parkhouse
• Bikini Carwash, the Last Throes, Space Mediums at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Dive Bar Romeos at Stitch Bar & Blues
• DensityBlackCat (acoustic) at the 6th Street & Avenue B Community Garden
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Iron & Wine at the Brooklyn Paramount on August 14

Sunny War at the Brooklyn Paramount on August 14

Dengue Fever at le Poisson Rouge on August 15 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Salt Cathedral at le Poisson Rouoge on August 15 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, August 24

• Two Friends, Party Favor b2b Baauer, Yung Bae at Madison Square Garden
• Afropunk: Erykah Badu, Durand Bernarr, DJ Moma, Jenny Hates Techno, Hue, Phunky Nomads, Breezy Supreme, Rebelmatic, Winter Wolf at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park
• Sublime with Rome, G. Love & Special Sauce, Sitting on Stacy at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Sean Paul, Lloyd, Mya at Roy Wilkins Park
• Power Trip, Ceremony, Frozen Soul, Public Acid, the Final Agony at the Knockdown Center
• Kikuo at Palladium Times Square
• Colde, Jiwoo, basecamp at the Brooklyn Paramount
• The Lox at Terminal 5
• Jeff Rosenstock, Oceanator at Warsaw
• Sapphira Cristal at the Gramercy Theatre
• Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles at Racket NYC
• Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Carmen Lundy, Helen Sung, Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few, Tyreek McDole, DJ KulturedChild aka Angelika Beener at Marcus Garvey Park
• No Stupid Questions, Nautics, Rachel Rose at the Bowery Ballroom
• Anaïs and the Hoops, vonnie whatever and the whoevers, Danny Ritz at Brooklyn Made
• Zopa, High Flight at Baby's All Right
• Sons of Cream at Sony Hall
• Fawn at the Bitter End
• Andy Galore and Friends at the Bitter End
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• deerfrance, Lucy Sante, FaithNYC at the Francis Kite Club
• Flash Cooney & the Deans of Discipline, Thomas Simon Vortex, George Gilmore & the Giblets, Dumbshows & Noise at the Parkside Lounge
• Recreational Outrage, Membrains, Shop Talk at Otto's Shrunken Head
• SoulCake at Pangea Front Lounge
• Western Skies at Rockwood Music Hall
• Spaghetti Eastern Music at Rockwood Music Hall
• Slash Need, Arly Scott, Tula Vera at 18th Ward Brewing
• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

The Warped Tour Band at Brooklyn Bowl on August 16

Omah Lay at the Bowery Ballroom on August 15

The Po' Ramblin' Boys at Cafe Wha? on August 14 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Alyssa & Wayne Brewer at Jones Bar on August 16 (courtesy of Alyssa & Wayne Brewer)

Sunday, August 25

• Pitbull, T-Pain at Forest Hills Stadium
• Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Stevenson, Dro Cardoso at Warsaw
• Nick Waterhouse, Jensen & the Sweethearts at Our Wicked Lady
• This Day Forward at the Bowery Ballroom
• AJ Raphael, Nieman at the Gramercy Theatre
• Ripe, the Free Label at the Rockaway Hotel
• Musique Soulchild at City Winery NYC
• Tambor y Caña, Jim Kweskin & Samoa Wilson, Ali Dineen & Feral Foster, Eli Smith, Juntas Chicas at Washington Square Park
• Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Louis Hayes, SuperBlue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter w. Huntertones, Ekep Nkwelle, Alexis Lombre, DJ KulturedChild aka Angelika Beener at Tompkins Square Park
• One Step Closer at Rough Trade NYC
• Live Skull, Arklight, Clone at Mama Tried
• Jackson Scott at Pangea Front Lounge
• Belle Shea at Book Club Bar
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

The MGP Experience at Rockwood Music Hall on August 15

Fandango NYC at Rockwood Music Hall on August 15

Magic Forest NYC at Rockwood Music Hall on August 15 (photograph by Anne Husick)

Rhapsody Players at Shore Road Park on August 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 August calendar.