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.
Friday, October 17
Sam Smith, Sienna Spiro at Warsaw
My Morning Jacket, Balthvs at Brooklyn Paramount
Bridget Everett at the Beacon Theatre
Grizzly Bear, Chanel Beads at Brooklyn Steel
Lee Brice at the Hammerstein Ballroom
Aly & AJ, Amanda Shires at Terminal 5
TiËsto at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner
Gucci Mane at Brooklyn Bowl
Julian Lage at the Town Hall
Revocation, Judiciary, Inferi, Vomit Forth at Brooklyn Monarch
Oklou at Knockdown Center
Watchhouse, Frail Talk at Webster Hall
Catie Turner, Grace Gardner at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tors, Ber at the Bowery Ballroom
Good Neighbours, Nicky Youre at Irving Plaza
Robert Glasper OG Acoustic Piano Trio at the Blue Note
Spencer Crandall, Dalton Dover at the Gramercy Theatre
Bret McKenzie at le Poisson Rouge
Nahko and Medicine for the People at Racket NYC
The Pietasters, the Kilograms aboard Rocks Off Cruises
Moon Panda, Dejima, Comedown Room at the Sultan Room Rooftop
Bird Street at Catalyst Records
Biohazard at Rough Trade Below
Gunnar, Zoe Ko at Mercury Lounge
David Higgins (solo) at Cafe Wha?
Los Esplifs at Night Club 101
Kioea at ShapeShifter Lab
Sparklmami at the David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Steve Krebs & the Maynard G’s, the Hellflowers, Basic Bitches at Otto’s Shrunken Head
Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
Junior Mack Band at Terra Blues
Saturday, October 18
Tate McRae, Zara Larsson, Alessi Rose at Madison Square Garden
Sam Smith, Sienna Spiro at Warsaw
My Morning Jacket, Balthvs at Brooklyn Paramount
Disclosure, Oppidan, Rose Kourts at Forest Hills Stadium
Disclosure, Bullet Tooth, Don Ri at Knockdown Center
TiËsto at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner
Grizzly Bear, Chanel Beads at Brooklyn Steel
Richy Mitch & the Coal Miners, Field Medic at Webster Hall
Quadeca, Rozey at Irving Plaza
Ruston Kelly, Sam MacPherson at the Bowery Ballroom
Madison McFerrin, 13th Law at the Hall at Elsewhere
The Spill Canvas, Mae at the Gramercy Theatre
Madi Diaz, Clover County at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
Robert Glasper OG Acoustic Piano Trio at the Blue Note
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nubya Garcia, Adrian Younge, Endea Owens, Karriem Riggins, OKAN, New Jazz Underground at BRIC House
Will Butler + Sister Squares at Joe’s Pub
Eartheater, Junglepussy, Doss, GIFT at Governors Island
Jake Miller, NERIAH at Racket NYC
Upchuck, TVOD, AFK at Elsewhere Zone One
Acceptance, Just Surrender, Head North at the Brooklyn Monarch
Monophonics, Canyon Lights at Brooklyn Bowl
Joshua Radin, Brendan James at Sony Hall
Jackie Venson at the Cutting Room
Bret McKenzie at le Poisson Rouge
Roomful of Blues at the Iridium
Love Crushed Velvet, Alexandra Skora at Perelman Performing Arts Center Lobby Stage
Labretta Suede & the Motel 6, Steve Krebs & the Maynard G’s, Smugly Ugly, Tied for Last at Otto’s Shrunken Head
The Cynz, St. Divine, Exit 99, Girl with a Hawk at Parkside Lounge
Bobby Bryan Trio at Terra Blues
SaRon Crenshaw Band at Terra Blues
Sunday, October 19
Omer Adam at Madison Square Garden
Disclosure, JADALAREIGN, James Juke at Ruins at Knockdown Center
TiËsto at Greenpoint Waterfront
Psychedelic Furs, Gary Numan at Brooklyn Paramount
Ravyn Lenae, keiyaA at Terminal 5
Chris Thile at the Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92NY
Ron Gallo, Pom Pom Squad, Becca Mancari, Meg Elsier, Roxiny, Alison Leiby at Brooklyn Bowl
Alice Phoebe Lou at the Bowery Ballroom
Odeal at Irving Plaza
Robert Glasper OG Acoustic Piano Trio at the Blue Note
Will Butler + Sister Squares at Joe’s Pub
Quadeca at Rough Trade Below
Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at the Sultan Room
PWRUP, Mega Infinity, Joker’s Republic at the Woodshop
Cool Whip, Aitis Band, Sugarlife at Pianos: Showroom
Buck and a Quarter at Pangea Front Lounge
The Pioneers at Terra Blues
Gary Wright at Terra Blues
The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar