End May with Good Live Music in NYC

Bloc Party, photographed above at SummerStage Central Park in 2019, will headline at Forest Hills Stadium this 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 80+ live music events in the New York City area this weekend. Contact the venue or the artists' social media to confirm ticket availability, show times, location and directions, age restrictions, COVID compliance, and other updates.

Rauw Alejandro at Barclays Center on May 19 (photograph by Marco Perretta)

John Fogerty at the Beacon Theatre on May 28 (photograph by Mike Morgan/Ripe Melon Photography)

Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' at the Town Hall on May 28 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Abraham Alexander at the Town Hall on May 28 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Friday, May 30

• Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan, We the Kings at Madison Square Garden
• One OK Rock, Stand Atlantic at Prudential Center
• Rezz, Mersiv, Nostalgix, G-Space, ISQA at SummerStage Central Park
• Jet, Band of Skulls at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Samia, Raffaella, Hank Heaven at Brooklyn Steel
• The Menzingers, Lucero, Queen of Jeans at Warsaw
• Matt Berninger, Ronboy at Webster Hall
• Jeff Goldbum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at Café Carlyle
• Pinback, Hammered Hulls at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Craig Finn & the People of Substance Band, Kathleen Edwards at the Bowery Ballroom
• Riovaz, Frankie Scoca at the Hall at Elsewhere
• Mau y Ricky at Irving Plaza
• A Place to Bury Strangers, the Serfs aboard Harbor Lights
• Mercer Henderson, Rachel Bochner, Stevie Bill, Abby Holliday at Brooklyn Bowl
• Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen at the Bitter End
• Carolyn Wonderland at the Iridium
• Budos Band at Baby's All Right
• EMEFE, La Manga at the Sultan Room
• Kamijo at Racket NYC
• 54 Ultra at Night Club 101
• Christeene, Fine Mess at Night Club 101
• Reed Turchi at Barbès
• West 22nd, Pretty Jane, Innlet at Mercury Lounge
• Michael Younker, CT Hustle and the Muscle, SUO at Purgatory
• The National Reserve at Skinny Dennis
• Flasyd, Navy Gangs, Balaclava, Lowballer at Arlene's Grocery
• Kids That Fly, Belle Blue at Broadway Pedestrian Plaza
• Danny's Devils Blues, Density Black Cat at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Meital, Joey Whelan, India Theriot at Pete's Candy Store
• Clarence Spady (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Chloe Moriando at the Bowery Ballroom on May 20 (photograph by Sophia Cucci)

Midge Ure at Sony Hall on May 22 (photograph by Tina Benitez-Eves)

Logan Crosby at Mercury Lounge on May 29 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

 Clayton Mullen at Mercury Lounge on May 29 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, May 31

• Luke Bryan at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Joan at Forest Hills Stadium
• Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Alan Walker at ​Summerstage Central Park
• BINI at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Raphael Saadiq at the Apollo Theatre
• Matt Berninger at Rough Trade Below
• Joan Osborne, Nicki Bluhm, Gail Ann Dorsey, Cindy Cashdollar, Will Bryant, Lee Falco at Adler Hall
• Smino, Samara Cyn at Terminal 5
• Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, Astropical at Brooklyn Paramount
• Jeff Goldbum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at Café Carlyle
• Mike at Irving Plaza
• Florist, Allegra Krieger at the Bowery Ballroom
• Momma, Wishy at Warsaw
• Sinkane, Ghost Funk Orchestra at Brooklyn Bowl
• Tinzo + Jojo, Griffin Maxwell Brooks at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen at the Bitter End
• Budos Band at Baby's All Right
• Catbite, the OBGMs, Kmoy at TV Eye
• Crate, Pry, Cal Fish at Night Club 101
• Alex Orange Drink, Gymshorts at Mercury Lounge
• Mary-Elaine Jenkins at Pete's Candy Store
• Underwater Bosses, the TarantinosNYC, the Monomatics at Otto's Shrunken Head
• The Fightscuffs, Tom Clark and the High Action Boys, the Overhead Bins at Berlin
• Honeycrush, Chris Eichlin, Kira Metcalf at Bar Freda
• JC Maillard at the Perelman Performing Arts Center Lobby Stage
• Pinc Louds, Lumberob, the Great Googly Moogly at the Sultan Room Rooftop
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
• Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues

Lahna Deering at Baker Falls on May 25

Deer France at Baker Falls on May 25

Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on May 26 (photograph by David Sussman)

Wednesday Bluegrass at Mathilde on May 28 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sunday, June 1

• Mt. Joy (acoustic) at Rough Trade Below
• Tennis, Billie Marten at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Astropical at SummerStage Central Park
• Pallbearer, Cinder Well, Blood Vulture at the Meadows
• Soolking at Irving Plaza
• Jeff Goldbum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at the Bowery Ballroom
• Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes at Sony Hall
• Wishy at Night Club 101
• Necron 9, Cicada, Destruxion America, Taz, Abism at Mercury Lounge
• Haggus at Trans-Pecos
• The Bongos at the Bitter End
• 54 Ultra at Baby's All Right
• Peter Manheim, Imal Gnawa, TY.000 at the Sultan Room
• The Coffin Daggers, Danny’s Devils Blues, Big Kid Whiskey at the Parkside Lounge
• My War, Scott Helland Guitarmy of One at the Bowery Electric
• Abby Jeanne, Balaclava, Certain Death, Jasno Swarez at Maria Hernandez Park
• The Puma Perl Band at Pangea Front Lounge
• E.R.O.S., Arissa, MCP at Arlene's Grocery
• The Head Peddlers, Santo at Lucky
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

Ice Petal Flowers at the Bitter End on May 27

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on May 26 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

The Bakersfield Breakers at the 11th St. Bar on May 28 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

David "Doc" French at the Alright at Terra Blues on May 27 (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 May and June calendars.