Excellent Live Music This Weekend in the NYC Area

Kings of Leon, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2024, will be a support act for Zach Bryan's three concerts at MetLife Stadium this weekend

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.  

Barenaked Ladies at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 9 (photograph by Keeyahtay Lewis)

Sugar Ray at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 9 (photograph by Keeyahtay Lewis)

Fastball at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 9 (photograph by Keeyahtay Lewis)

Graham Nash at the Capitol Theatre on July 11 (photograph by Capitol Theatre House Photography)

Friday, July 18

• Zach Bryan, Kings of Leon, the Front Bottoms at MetLife Stadium
• Tyler, the Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas at Barclays Center
• Rod Stewart, Richard Marx at PNC Bank Arts Center
• Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall
• Andy Grammer at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Men I Trust, strongboi at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park
• The Warning, Speed of Light at the Palladium Times Square
• Mekons, Johnny Dowd at White Eagle Hall
• White Denim, Tagua Tagua at Brooklyn Bowl
• Howl at Brooklyn Bowl
• Kyle Mooney at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• La Excelencia at Bryant Park
• HYO, Yetep, IZNYRS at Racket NYC
• The Bad Plus at the Blue Note
• Friendship, 22º Halo, 2nd Grade at Baby's All Right
• Shemekia Copeland, Chris Bergson at Sony Hall
• Nodega at Rough Trade Below
• Squanderers, Shahzad Ismaily Duo at le Poisson Rouge
• Carolina Mama at Joe's Pub
• Common Holly, Alexia Avina at Night Club 101
• P.H.0, Sharkswimmer, Tilden, Shadow Monster, SORRYNOTSORRY, Gold Casio at Our Wicked Lady
• Johnny Thunders Birthday Bash: Lenny Kaye, Diane Gentile, Flash Cooney & the Deans of Discipline, Jon Pozzuto, Joy Buzzer, the Knight Shades, Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen, Ruby Dee and the Snakehandler, Steve Krebs and the Maynard G's, Voodini at the Bowery Electric
• Resistance Co., Skum City, ChumHuffer, Buzzkill at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Junior Mack (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues

Acid Bath at Brooklyn Paramount on July 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

EYEHATEGOD at Brooklyn Paramount on July 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Wailin Storms at Brooklyn Paramount on July 11 (photograph by Ehud Lazin)

Guys with Guitars at Mulcahy's on July 10 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, July 19

• Zach Bryan, Kings of Leon, the Front Bottoms at MetLife Stadium
• Cyndi Lauper, Jake Wesley Rogers at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• Hugh Jackman at Radio City Music Hall
• Don Diablo at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Jade Bird at Rough Trade Below
• Rose City Band, Powers/Rolin Duo at the Bowery Ballroom
• BashfortheWorld, Yo Dogg at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• The Bad Plus at the Blue Note
• Diggy Graves, Resentvul at the Gramercy Theatre
• Liniker at Damrosch Park
• A Place to Bury Strangers, Pop Music Fever Dream, Venus Twins, Pons, Dog Date at Maria Hernandez Park
• Samora Pinderhughes at the Glade at Little Island
• Est Gee at Racket NYC
• This Is Lorelei, Greg Freeman, Dirt Buyer, Feardorian at the Ruins at Knockdown Center
• Teenage Halloween, Secret Band, Namesake, the Dracu-las, Haybaby, Debbie Dopamine, Jelly Kelly, WifeKnife, Night Spins, Lost Children at Our Wicked Lady Rooftop
• Heather "Lil Mama" Hardy Band, Christine Santelli at the Bitter End
• Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, the Chelsea Curve, Pin Ups at Parkside Lounge
• Rollo White, Girls on Grass, Matt Basile, Maynard and the Musties at Baker Falls
• Squirrels from Hell at the Shrine World Music Venue
• Lorraine Leckie and Her Demons at Pete's Candy Store
• Strange Majik at Arthur's Tavern
• Joe Taino Group at Arthur’s Tavern
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues

Winona Fighter at Mercury Lounge on July 10

Carissa Johnson & the Cure-Alls at Mercury Lounge on July 10

Frenchy and the Punk at The Red Party at Mercury Lounge on July12

Bruce Barth at Arthur's Tavern on July 14 (photograph by Seth Okrend)

Sunday, July 20

• Zach Bryan, Kings of Leon, the Front Bottoms at MetLife Stadium
• Shinedown, Bush, Morgan Wade at Madison Square Garden
• The Roots at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
• Pelican, Couch Slut, Porcelain at the Meadows
• The Bad Plus at the Blue Note
• Deborah Silver at Birdland Jazz Club
• Hannah Cohen, Evan Wright at Union Pool
• Gustaf, Dead T00th, Desert Sharks at Our Wicked Lady Rooftop
• The Hipp Pipps, Kamikaze Choir, TarantinosNYC at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Noé Socha at Arthur's Tavern
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

Bad Flowers at Parkside Lounge on July 12 (photograph by Susan Lashley)

The Avenue Bees at Parkside Lounge on July 12 (photograph by Susan Lashley)

Joe Sztabnik Band at Parkside Lounge on July 12 (photograph by Susan Lashley)

Fausto and Dan at Peck Slip Social on July 10 (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 July calendar.