Start Summer with Great Live Music in NYC

Paul Simon, photographed at the Beacon Theatre on June 16, will continue his five-night residency this Friday and Saturday (photograph by Jake Edwards)

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 the New York City area this weekend. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including location and directions, parking, ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, and COVID compliance.  

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performed at the Tribeca film festival's premiere of his documentary, Matter of Time, on June 12 (photograph by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for EB Research Partnership)

The Doobie Brothers at Irving Plaza on June 6 (photograph by Jim Trocchio)

James Blunt at SummerStage Central Park on June 17 (photograph by Marc Millman)

Forest Blakk at SummerStage Central Park on June 17 (photograph by Marc Millman)

Friday, June 20

• Paul Simon at the Beacon Theatre
• Fuerza Regida at Madison Square Garden
• Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall
• Third Eye Blind, Stars at Prudential Hall
• Banks, Absolutely at Brooklyn Paramount
• Blondshell, Daffo at ​Brooklyn Steel
• Rivers of Nihil, Holy Fawn, Inter Arma, Glacial Tomb at the Meadows
• Blue June Music Fest: John Vincent III, Kacy Hill, Jack Van Cleaf, Lizzie No, Hans Williams, Dipsea Flower, Ayla at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Vandals, Murphy's Law at Irving Plaza
• Sleep Theory, Nevertel, Oxymorrons, Stray View at the Gramercy Theatre
• Hotline TNT at Rough Trade Below
• Joe McGinty & the Loser’s Lounge at Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center
• Neil Frances at 99 Scott
• Jay Mula at Racket NYC
• This Will Destroy You, Jesse Beaman at Littlefield
• The Rumjacks, Crazy and the Brains at TV Eye
• Charlie Cunningham, Kristin Daelyn at le Poisson Rouge
• Babehoven, Raavi at National Sawdust
• Tasha, Why Bonnie, Marem Ladson at Bryant Park
• My Son the Doctor, Pet Fox, Laveda at Night Club 101
• Triathalon at Night Club 101
• Clamfight, Hollow Leg, Florist, Burning Wizard at Gold Sounds
• Versa the Band, Chatterbox, Real Clothes, Madi Task, Nino Mendoza at Sugar Mouse
• The Black Smokes w. Jovin Webb, Playing in Traffic, the Upstart Crows, the Neon Angels, Modern Fictions at Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, Queens
• Kolker at the Bitter End
• Stephanie M. Hall at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Anna of the North at Nordic Next at SummerStage Central Park on June 15 (photograph by Emily Tan)

Sarah Klang at Nordic Next at SummerStage Central Park on June 15 (photograph by Brendan Bourke)

Smag På Dig Selv at Nordic Next at SummerStage Central Park on June 15 (photograph by Emily Tan)

Goldielocks at Nordic Next at SummerStage Central Park on June 15 (photograph by Emily Tan)

Saturday, June 21

• Paul Simon at the Beacon Theatre
• Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall
• Dr. Dog, Crumb, Wild Pink at Forest Hills Stadium
• Tito Nieves at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• Descendants at Knockdown Center
• Hotline TNT, Toner, Starcleaner Reunion at the Ground Rooftop
• Tropical F*ck Storm, Bill Orcutt at the Bowery Ballroom

• Sleep Theory, Nevertel, Oxymorrons, Stray View at the Gramercy Theatre

• Meshell Ndegeocello at Little Island
• Ross Mintzer at Racket NYC
• Dana Fuchs at the Iridium
• Porch Stomp at Nolan Park at Governors Island
• Yasmin Williams at the Glade at Little Island
• Disiniblud, Robber Robber, Sasha and the Valentines at Bryant Park
• Gridiron at Rough Trade Below
• Mohini Dey at National Sawdust
• The Convenience, Foyer Red, Plastic at Union Pool
• Kristen Ingrid, Frances De Vargas, Ailíse at Cafe Wha?
• Density Black Cat, the Patti Rothberg Coincidence, the Franklin Byron Band at Shillelagh Tavern
• Strange Majik at Arthur's Tavern
• Kore Rozzik, the Black Smokes w. Jovin Webb, Karais James, Playing in Traffic, Fair Panic, the Zan Harrold Band, the Upstart Crows, the Neon Angels at Sugar Mouse
• Strawberry Glass, Duck Butter, Copper Cross, Rory D'Lasnow at Arlene's Grocery
• Michael Hill Trio at Terra Blues
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues

Dickie Landry with Laurie Anderson at Hunter Dunbar Projects on June 16 (photograph by Brian Cullman)

Veda, accompanied by her father, Bobby Amaru of Saliva, at the annual meeting of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on June 11 (photograph by Angus Banks)

Wifetime at Young Ethel's on June 16 (photograph by David Sussman)

Monday Night Bluegrass Session at Mona's on June 16 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sunday, June 22

• Xiu Xiu, Chuquimamani-Condori, Chino Amobi at Knockdown Center
• Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Scarlet Rivera, Cindy Cashdollar, Bobbye Hall, Gail Ann Dorsey, Vanessa Carlton, Yasmin Williams, Mei Semones, Allison Russell, Bridget Everett, Joan Osborne, Lisa Fischer, Lucius at Damrosch Park
• Channel 3, Mala Vista, Chemical X, Chumhuffer, Beast from the East at the Bowery Electric
• Sun Kil Moon at Sony Hall
• Skavoovie and the Epitones, Pilfers, Chris Murray, Springheeled Jack, Lady Hatchet Quartet at Racket NYC
• La Muchacha, el Propio Junto at le Poisson Rouge
• Meshell Ndegeocello at Little Island
• Chad Lawson at the Sound Mind Center
• Bushfire, Edging, Tetchy, Balaclava, Shred Flintstone at Berlin
• Foreign Love Language, Slow Collision, Mallaigh Ashton, Felicity Paige at Arlene's Grocery
• Strange Neighbors, Hailee Jane, ShiShiBOYFORREAL, the Neon Angles at Bar Freda
• Olivia Mancuso, 3dspacecadet, Aerhart, Kris Harris at Hart Bar
• Bill Popp (solo) at Silvana
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues

The Emily Duff Band at Cowgirl on June 16

Cash Bribe at Lucky 13 Saloon on June 13 (photograph courtesy of Cash Bribe)

warmachine at Arlene's Grocery on June 10 (photograph by @__rdlrt)

The 11th St. Bar Quintet at the 11th St. Bar on June 16 (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 June calendar.