The Best Live Music This Weekend: Governors Ball & More

Hozier, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2024, will headline the third and final night of Governors Ball this Sunday

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 60+ 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.  

The Kooks headlined at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on June 3

lovelytheband at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on June 3

Dope Lemon at Brooklyn Steel on June 4

Kate Peytavin at Brooklyn Steel on June 4

Friday, June 6

• Governors Ball: Tyler, the Creator, Benson Boone, Mk.gee, the Backseat Lovers, T-Pain, Tyla, Role Model, JPEGMAFIA, BigXthaPlug, Mannequin Pussy, the Beaches, Matt Champion, Wasia Project, Isabel LaRosa, Jean Dawson, bLAck pARty, Stolen Gin, Dogpark, Strawberry Launch, School of Rock at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Mike Dean at MetLife Stadium
• Lil Wayne at Madison Square Garden
• The Driver Era at SummerStage Central Park
• The Doobie Brothers at Irving Plaza
• Emily King at the Blue Note
• The Brook & the Bluff, Toledo at the Rockaway Hotel
• Save Ferris at the Meadows
• 9th St. Groove, Getting Started at the Bowery Ballroom
• OMNOM, Jackie Hollander, Marco Strous at the Ruins at Knockdown Center
• Merkules, Ryan Oakes at Racket NYC
• Ruben Studdard at City Winery NYC
• The Adam Ezra Group, Clover at the Loft at City Winery
• Christopher Ardra, Alex Yacovelli, Aimee Bayles at Mercury Lounge
• Lily Seabird, hemlock at Night Club 101
• Marshall Allen at Public Records
• The Fish & the Wizard at the Bitter End
• Woe, Obsidian Tongue at el Bunker del Diablo
• Basic Bitches, the Wraycyclers, Exit 99 at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Jeff Goldblum with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at the Bowery Ballroom on June 1

Reed Turchi at Barbès on May 30 (photograph by Juan Soria)

Ed Kowalczyk of Live at the Lip Service Podcast at the Bitter End on June 4 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Hamilton Leithauser at the Lip Service Podcast at the Bitter End on June 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, June 7

• Governors Ball: Olivia Rodrigo, Feid, Conan Gray, Young Miko, Wallows, Marina, Mariah the Scientist, Car Seat Headrest, Artemas, Wave to Earth, the Garden, Orion Sun, the Lemon Twigs, Yaya Bey, the Backfires, Lexa Gates, Die Spitz, Monobloc, Glasshouse, School of Rock at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Mike Dean at MetLife Stadium
• Jack's Mannequin at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Yandel at SummerStage Central Park
• David Bisbal at Brooklyn Paramount
• Sleigh Bells, Sophie Hunter at Webster Hall
• Mannequin Pussy at Warsaw
• Dean Wareham at the Bowery Ballroom
• A Static Lullaby, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, the Color Fred at the Gramercy Theatre
• Emily King at the Blue Note
• Show Me the Body at Night Club 101
• EXO-TECH at le Poisson Rouge
• AceMo, HAAi, Patrick Mason, Tenashee at the Main Hall at Knockdown Center
• Veronica Lewis at the Sultan Room Rooftop
• The Ritualists, Michael T. & the Vanities, Duulsuns, Ira Oksman & the Satan Mares at Our Wicked Lady
• Live Skull, Skull Practitioners, Genre is Death at Main Drag Music
• The Grip Weeds, the Cynz, Tyler Okun Experience at Parkside Lounge
• The Supertones, the Rhino Chasers, Scott Helland Guitarmy of One at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Tanqueray Hayward, Bugs & Crumbs, the Rewd Ones, the Next at the Shrine World Music Venue
• Strange Majik at Arthur's Tavern
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Eugene Hütz of Gogol Bordello at the Lip Service Podcast at the Bitter End on June 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Telescreens at the Lip Service Podcast at the Bitter End on June 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Thesaurus Rex at the Lip Service Podcast at the Bitter End on June 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Torture and the Desert Spiders at the Lip Service Podcast at the Bitter End on June 4 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Sunday, June 8

• Governors Ball: Hozier, Glass Animals, Mt. Joy, Clairo, Raye, Royel Otis, the Japanese House, Amaarae, Key Glock, berlioz, Montell Fish, Mark Ambor, Joey Valence, Brae, Frost Children, Nourished by Time, Militarie Gun, Kyle Dion, Snow Wife, Olivia Lunny at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
• Melendi at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
• The Linda Lindas at Brooklyn Bowl
• The Movement, Mike Love at the Rockaway Hotel
• Be:First at Webster Hall
• Show Me the Body at Night Club 101
• Emily King at the Blue Note
• Ava McCoy, mer marcum, After Ours at Baby's All Right
• Peter Collins at the Loft at City Winery
• Stéphane Wrembel at Barbès
• Punk Island: Couch Slut, Choked Up, Dog Date, Desert Sharks, Frida Kill, Nihiloceros, P.H. 0, Pinc Louds, Rebelmatic at Randall's Island
• Urban Waste, Fang, YDI, Complete Fuckers, Angry Corpses, Blackout Shoppers at Tompkins Square Park
• Bella Rocha, Son of Jacob, Anjoli Simone at Arlene's Grocery
• Hero Magnus, Sophie Kyle Collins at Purgatory
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar
• Hubby Jenkins at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• Noé Socha at Arthur's Tavern

Michael Younker at Purgatory on May 30 (photograph by Colton Williams)

The Coffin Daggers at Parkside Lounge on June 1

Danny's Devil's Blues at Parkside Lounge on June 1

The Barry Harrison Trio at Fred's Dog House on May 31 (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.