The Best Live Music Choices This Weekend

Rob Zombie, photographed above with one of his monsters at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in 2023, will headline at the PNC Bank Arts Center this Saturday, accompanied by Alice Cooper, Filter and Ministry

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 70+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Consult the websites and social media of the venue to confirm ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Pearl Jam headlined the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden on September 3

Glen Hansard at Madison Square Garden on September 3

Crowded House at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 4

Michigander at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on September 4

Friday, September 6

• Usher at ​Barclays Center
• Cigarettes after Sex at Madison Square Garden
• Jon Batiste at Radio City Music Hall
• Glen Hansard at the Beacon Theatre
• Joe Russo's Almost Dead at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Teezo Touchdown, BossMan Dlow at Xanadu
• Peter Hook & the Light at Brooklyn Steel
• Life of Agony, Spoiler aboard the Liberty Belle
• The Fall of Troy at the Brooklyn Monarch
• Yung Fazo, Akshara at Terminal 5
• The KingDom at Webster Hall
• Raf Saperra at Irving Plaza
• Elephant Gym at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Lindsey Lomis, Sabrina Song, Bizzy at the Bowery Ballroom
• Sarah Kinsley at Rough Trade NYC
• A Thousand Horses, Amanda Cross at Racket NYC
• City of the Sun, B. Miles at Brooklyn Made
• Cordovas at Groove
• Macy Gray at City Winery NYC
• The Vapors, the Mylars at Mercury Lounge
• Sunny War at Joe's Pub
• Svetlana & the New York Collective at Arthur's Tavern
• Sonny Singh at Drom
• Vlad Holiday, Promiseland at the Sultan Room
• The Pin Ups, Joy Buzzer, Eleanor Kelly at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Brock, Lanzetti, Ogawa at the Bitter End
• Free Whenever at the Bitter End
• Kolker w. Hope Winter at the Bitter End
• The Val Kinzler Band at Stitch Bar & Blues
• The Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• The SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Deep Purple at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater on September 1

Yes at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater on September 1

Hannah Wicklund at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater on September 1

Israel Vibration & Roots Radic at Sony Hall on August 30

Saturday, September 7

• Nicki Minaj at Madison Square Garden
• Usher at ​Barclays Center
• Jon Batiste at Radio City Music Hall
• Omar Apollo, Malcom Todd at Forest Hills Stadium
• Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Ministry, Filter at PNC Bank Arts Center
• Joe Russo's Almost Dead at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Galantis, Xandra at Louis Armstrong Stadium
• Alesso, AC Slater, John Alto at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
• Paul Weller, George Houston at the Kings Theatre
• Bikini Kill, Birthday Girl at the Brooklyn Paramount
• Maeta, Chase Shakur, Amaria, Jaz Karis, Josh Levi, Una Mia, Isaia Huron at Brooklyn Steel
• Built to Spill, Kicking Giant at Webster Hall
• Azymuth, Levitation Room at Brooklyn Bowl
• ASTN, Mulherin, Ash Leone at le Poisson Rouge
• Telescreens, Sid Simons at Irving Plaza
• Gooseberry, the Upsides, B. Miles at the Bowery Ballroom
• The Vapors, Pajamazon at Mercury Lounge
• Cordovas at Groove
• Underworld at TV Eye
• Kids That Fly at Union Pool
• Juana Luna at the David Rubinstein Atrium
• Bandits on the Run at Joe's Pub
• Hundred Watt Heart at the Bitter End
• Sharp Class, the Chelsea Curve, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, the Elevator Operators at the Parkside Lounge
• Wiped Out, Strange but Surf, the Rhino Chasers at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Squirrels from Hell at Pete's Candy Store
• Spaghetti Eastern Music at Pangea Front Lounge
• M Wagner, Onesie, Pete/Spirit at 18th Ward Brewing
• Ricky Stein at the Red Lion
• JT Bowen & the Mighty Kings of Soul at Arthur's Tavern
• The Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Emy and the Epix at Carroll Place on August 29 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Axel Barrigan at Catalyst Records on August 30

Madi Task at the Ten Ten Ten Festival at Island Glass Studios on September 1 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Hudson Holms at Otto's Wednesday Open Mic at Otto's Shrunken Head on September 4 (photograph by Ira Zadikow)

Sunday, September 8

• Bikini Kill, Sweeping Promises at the Brooklyn Paramount
• Gesaffelstein at the Brooklyn Mirage
• Built to Spill, Kicking Giant at Webster Hall
• Charly Bliss, Raffaella at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Ballyhoo!, Mad Caddies, the Quasi Kings at the Gramercy Theatre
• BLK ODYSSY, Asha Imuno at the Bowery Ballroom
• Young John at Warsaw                              
• Mortiis, Brighter Death Now, Sombre Arcane, Hermit Knight at le Poisson Rouge
• Oceano, To the Grave, Vctms, Half Me at the Meadows
• Oceanator, Bacchae at Baby's All Right
• Nicole Atkins, Justin & the Cosmics at the Bowery Electric
• The Dang-It Bobbys at Pete's Candy Store
• Sunday School w. Binky Griptite at the Bitter End
• Freeform Duo at Book Club
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Bobby Bryan (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• The York College Blues Band, the Gotham Blues Women, New Moon Acoustic Blues, Blues People at the Red Lion
• Allen Gogarty at the Red Lion

The Emily Duff Band at the Loft at City Winery on September 4 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Half Step - GD Tribute at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club on September 1

Yuval Amihai (left) outside C & B Cafe on August 31

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on September 2 (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 September calendar.