Great Live Music for a Late August Evening in NYC

Incubus, photographed above at Radio City Music Hall in 2019, will headline at Madison Square Garden this 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 New York City this week. Consult the social media of the venue or the artists to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other details.

Gin Blossoms headlined at the Count Basie Center for the Arts on August 20 (photograph by Ehud Mazin)

Toad the Wet Sprocket at the Count Basie Center for the Arts on August 20 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Vertical Horizon at the Count Basie Center for the Arts on August 20 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Geese at Forest Hills Stadium on August 16 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Monday, August 26

• Childish Gambino, Willow at Barclays Center
• Jordin Sparks at the Gramercy Theatre
• Musique Soulchild at City Winery NYC
• Twisted Wrist, Lost Dog, Marzana & the Bandits at Mercury Lounge
• 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
• Monday Blues & Roots Jam w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

Bush at the PNC Bank Arts Center on August 21 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Candlebox at the PNC Bank Arts Center on August 21 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Jerry Cantrell at the PNC Bank Arts Center on August 21 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

James Maddock (left) with Shawn Pelton at the 11th St Bar on August 21 

Tuesday, August 27

• Childish Gambino, Willow at Barclays Center
• Young Miko at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Passenger, SYML at the Beacon Theatre
• Havoc, M.O.P., Funk Flex at Palladium Times Square
• Snail Mail, Tim Heidecker & the Very Good Band, Fenne Lily at SummerStage Central Park
• Jeff Rosenstock, Pup at Warsaw
• Lucki at the Brooklyn Paramount
• Boyce Avenue, Jaclyn Davies and Megan Davies at the Bowery Ballroom
• NRBQ at the Iridium
• Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore w. the Guilty Ones, Jon Langford and the Bright Shiners at City Winery NYC
• charlieonnafriday at Baby's All Right
• Living Colour, Nona Hendryx, Burnt Sugar Arkestra, V. Jeffrey Smith, 24/7 Spyz, Bernard Fowler, Eddie Martinez, Carmine Rojas at Sony Hall
• Julia Haltigan, Supremo Massiv & Friends at the 11th St. Bar
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Junior Mack at Terra Blues

Melissa Etheridge (center) at the Kings Theatre on August 20; Indigo Girls joined her on one song

Indigo Girls at the Kings Theatre on August 20; Melissa Etheridge sang on two songs

Cristina Vane at Bryant Park on August 20

Slavic Soul Party at Bryant Park on August 20

Wednesday, August 28

• Young Miko at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Waxahatchee, Woods at the Beacon Theatre
• Snow tha Product at Webster Hall
• Jacob Collier at National Sawdust
• Cults, Bnny at Warsaw
• Musique Soulchild at City Winery NYC
• Balthvs, Free Whenever at Brooklyn Bowl
• NRBQ at the Iridium
• John Medeski, Joe Russo, Lee Ranaldo at the Sultan Room
• Lynn Drury at the Ear Inn
• The Lorenzo Landini Band, Yellow Birch Road at the 11th St. Bar
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Stitch Bar & Blues
• David “Doc” French Trio at Terra Blues
• The Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Hans Garcia at Mercury Lounge on August 16

Jason Green & the Labor of Love at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 16 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Gary Edward Kiyan & the Dragon Boys at Stitch Bar & Blues on August 15 (photograph by Nicholas Cohen)

Yuval Amihai outside C&B Cafe on August18

Thursday, August 29

• Incubus, Coheed and Cambria at Madison Square Garden
• Grupo Frontera at Barclays Center
• Aterciopelados, los Amigos Invisibles at the Brooklyn Paramount
• Homixide Gang, Bear1boss, Homixidemali at Webster Hall
• Jeff Rosenstock, JER at Warsaw
• Cloud Cult, David Huckfelt at le Poisson Rouge
• Mon Rovia, Bebe Stockwell at the Bowery Ballroom
• Laraaji at HERO NYC
• Tetchy, Pretty Bitter, Crush Fund at Brooklyn Made
• Why Bonnie, Sex Week at Union Pool
• The Ritualists, Michael T & the Vanities, the Daddy Sisters, Pale Moon Gang, Fair Panic at the Bowery Electric
• Jordan Dean, Yael S. Copeland at Niagara 
• Emy and the Epix at Carroll Place
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• Chris Campion at the 11th St. Bar
• The T Blues Band w. Kelton Cooper & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues
• The Hunt at TV Eye
• Days of Wild at the Red Lion

Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra at the Shrine on August 16 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Jeremy Pelt (on trumpet) at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park on August 22 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

M'Boom and Horns at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park on August 22 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Kojo Melché Roney Experience at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park on August 22 (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 August and September calendars.