The Best Live Music This Week in NYC

Bastille, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2023, will headline at the Town Hall on Monday and perform a free acoustic mini-set at Rough Trade NYC on Tuesday

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 30+ concerts in New York City in these days leading to Thanksgiving. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, location and directions, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

After a screening of Scream of My Blood, a documentary about Gogol Bordello, at the Gramercy Theatre on November 20, vocalist/guitarist Eugene Hütz (right) and violinist Sergey Ryabtsev performed an acoustic duo set

Shane Smith & the Saints at Webster Hall on November 21

Briscoe at Webster Hall on November 21

Noeline Hofmann at Webster Hall on November 21

Monday, November 25

• Bastille at the Town Hall
• TV on the Radio at Webster Hall
• Lo Moon at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The English Beat at City Winery NYC
• LEYA, fantasy of a broken heart, x3butterfly at TV Eye
• The T Blues Band w. Junior Mack & Michael Hill at Terra Blues
• New Moon Acoustic Blues at Terra Blues
• 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

Samantha Fish at Sony Hall on November 23

Samantha Fish with Mitch Ryder at Sony Hall on November 23

Canned Heat at Sony Hall on November 23

Bernard Allison (center) with Canned Heat at Sony Hall on November 23

Ghalia Volt at Sony Hall on November 23

Tuesday, November 26

• Pentatonix at Madison Square Garden
• Empire of the Sun at the Kings Theatre
• Bastille (solo acoustic) at Rough Trade NYC
• Chelsea Cutler & Jeremy Zucker at Brooklyn Paramount
• TV on the Radio at Webster Hall
• Blood Incantation, Midwife at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Foushee at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Wolves of Glendale, Mekki Leeper, Joey Dardano at the Bowery Ballroom
• Mike Stern at Drom
• Julia Haltigan, Supremo Massiv & Friends at the 11th St. Bar
• SaRon Crenshaw (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The David “Doc” French Band at Terra Blues
• Fat Tuesday Jam w. Joe Taino at Stitch Bar & Blues

Pink Talking Fish at the Capitol Theatre on November 22

Bit Brigade at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 20

Rogê (right) at Catalyst Records on November 22

Wishy at Rough Trade NYC on November 19 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Wednesday, November 27

• Ryan Adams (solo) at Carnegie Hall
• Hyde at Brooklyn Steel
• Delta Heavy, Basstripper at Irving Plaza
• Lexa Gates, Jonah Love at Racket NYC
• Mach-Hommy at the Appel Room at Lincoln Center
• Carolyn Miller, Toby Cohen at Mercury Lounge
• Willie Nile, Marc Jonson at City Winery NYC
• James Maddock, Brian Mitchell & Shawn Pelton at the 11th St. Bar
• The Kennedy Administration at Groove
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Seydurah Avecmoi Band at Terra Blues

Son Rompe Pera at the Hall at Elsewhere on November 22 (photograph by Lucas Pershing)

The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl on November 18 (photograph by Jini Sachse)

Leah Tash at the 11th St. Bar on November 20 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Trail Papa at the 11th St. Bar on November 20 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

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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 November and December calendars.