⚡OCT 20·New York Knicks Basketball@Madison Square Garden·9:30 PM·Monday Night Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club·9:30 PM·Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy@The Tiny Cupboard·10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@Terra Blues·10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@John's of Bleecker Street·10:15 PM·Brandon Suarez Quartet@The Django·11:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy Club·OCT 20 · 12:00 AM·8TURN@The Racket·OCT 20·Bywater Call@Iridium Jazz Club·OCT 20·The Haunted Keyboard@Chelsea Table & Stage·OCT 20 · 12:00 AM·2:22 – A Ghost Story@Off Broadway Floral Events·OCT 20·FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2@Village Vanguard·OCT 20·New York Knicks Basketball@Madison Square Garden·9:30 PM·Monday Night Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club·9:30 PM·Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy@The Tiny Cupboard·10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@Terra Blues·10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@John's of Bleecker Street·10:15 PM·Brandon Suarez Quartet@The Django·11:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy Club·OCT 20 · 12:00 AM·8TURN@The Racket·OCT 20·Bywater Call@Iridium Jazz Club·OCT 20·The Haunted Keyboard@Chelsea Table & Stage·OCT 20 · 12:00 AM·2:22 – A Ghost Story@Off Broadway Floral Events·OCT 20·FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2@Village Vanguard·OCT 20·New York Knicks Basketball@Madison Square Garden·9:30 PM·Monday Night Comedy Show@St. Mark's Comedy Club·9:30 PM·Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up Comedy@The Tiny Cupboard·10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@Terra Blues·10:00 PM·T Blues Band | Mack / Crenshaw@John's of Bleecker Street·10:15 PM·Brandon Suarez Quartet@The Django·11:00 PM·Stand Up Comedy In The Heart Of NYC@Broadway Comedy Club·OCT 20 · 12:00 AM·8TURN@The Racket·OCT 20·Bywater Call@Iridium Jazz Club·OCT 20·The Haunted Keyboard@Chelsea Table & Stage·OCT 20 · 12:00 AM·2:22 – A Ghost Story@Off Broadway Floral Events·OCT 20·FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2@Village Vanguard

Live music in NYC this weekend

New York never runs out of options, from Lower East Side basements and Williamsburg warehouses to West Village jazz rooms and Bushwick lofts. Live music covers everything from touring headliners to local bands and singer-songwriters.

73 events this weekend across 26 venues in NYC, including 54 Below, Jazz At Lincoln Center and Terra Blues. The first starts Friday, Oct 23.

From Cuba to the Crescent City The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Oct 23Jazz At Lincoln Center

Navan Kisses on the Moon Tour

Navan Kisses on the Moon Tour

Oct 23Chelsea Table & Stage

Telescreens – Why The Lights Flicker North American Tour

Telescreens – Why The Lights Flicker North American Tour

Oct 23The Bowery Ballroom

Sean Patrick & The Alibis

Oct 23River Street Garage, LLC.

Meshell Ndegeocello, Samora Pinderhughes

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Meshell Ndegeocello, Samora Pinderhughes

Oct 23Brooklyn Academy of Music

Live MusicOther

String Quartet Haydn-a-thon

Oct 23 · 4:00 PMThe Juilliard School

Live MusicOther

String Quartet Haydn-a-thon

Oct 23 · 6:00 PMThe Juilliard School

Live MusicOther

Rush Hour Performance

Oct 23 · 6:00 PMThe Juilliard School

Carl Allen’s Messengers of Jazz - A Tribute to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMJazz At Lincoln Center

Clarence Spady Acoustic

Live MusicBlues

Clarence Spady Acoustic

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMTerra Blues

Clarence Spady Acoustic

Live MusicBlues

Clarence Spady Acoustic

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMJohn's of Bleecker Street

Matthew Danger Lippman • Horror Movie Marathon • Star 80

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Matthew Danger Lippman • Horror Movie Marathon • Star 80

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMUnion Pool

John Lloyd Young: Songs from the Road

John Lloyd Young: Songs from the Road

Oct 23 · 7:00 PM54 Below

Live MusicAlternative

Valentina Magaletti & Gabby Fluke-Mogul, boring tables

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMPublic Records

Ilykimchi

Live MusicAlternative

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMElsewhere

Arkose, Kevin Oliver Jr. Group, Freedom Attic

Arkose, Kevin Oliver Jr. Group, Freedom Attic

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMThe Sultan Room

MORAL KIOSK (R.E.M.) & BASTARDS OF YOUNG (REPLACEMENTS)

MORAL KIOSK (R.E.M.) & BASTARDS OF YOUNG (REPLACEMENTS)

Oct 23 · 7:00 PMLittlefield

Jumaane Smith Quartet

Jumaane Smith Quartet

Oct 23 · 7:30 PMThe Django

Marsalis and the Masters

Oct 23 · 7:30 PMLincoln Center

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Oct 23 · 7:30 PMLincoln Center

Robert Glasper X Wyclef Presents Q Theory

Robert Glasper X Wyclef Presents Q Theory

Oct 23 · 8:00 PMBlue Note Jazz Club

Live MusicCountry

Oct 23 · 8:00 PMUnder the K Bridge

Carl Allen’s Messengers of Jazz - A Tribute to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers

Oct 23 · 9:00 PMJazz At Lincoln Center

54 Sings Princesses vs. Villains Part 2

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54 Sings Princesses vs. Villains Part 2

Oct 23 · 9:30 PM54 Below

Dan Amato & Love Delux

Dan Amato & Love Delux

Oct 23 · 10:00 PMWillie McBride’s

Doc / Bryan Band

Live MusicBlues

Doc / Bryan Band

Oct 23 · 10:00 PMTerra Blues

Doc / Bryan Band

Live MusicBlues

Doc / Bryan Band

Oct 23 · 10:00 PMJohn's of Bleecker Street

Channeling Owen

Oct 23 · 11:00 PMFreddy's Bar and Backroom

Freddy DeBoe Band

Freddy DeBoe Band

Oct 23 · 11:00 PMThe Django

L7: The Last Hurrah Tour 2026

Oct 24 · 12:00 AMKnockdown Center

Brooklyn Guitar School Student Showcase

Oct 24Freddy's Bar and Backroom

Brian Simpson

Oct 24Iridium Jazz Club

Telescreens – Why The Lights Flicker North American Tour

Telescreens – Why The Lights Flicker North American Tour

Oct 24The Bowery Ballroom

Lee Taylor

Oct 24 · 12:15 AMThe Django

Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary ft El Michels Affair + special guests

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Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary ft El Michels Affair + special guests

Oct 24 · 6:00 PMElsewhere

Be Your Own Pet, Farmer's Wife, Josephine Network

Be Your Own Pet, Farmer's Wife, Josephine Network

Oct 24 · 6:30 PMElsewhere

Carl Allen’s Messengers of Jazz - A Tribute to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers

Oct 24 · 7:00 PMJazz At Lincoln Center

Slimdan

Oct 24 · 7:00 PMUnion Pool

Mark Guiliana – BEAT MUSIC

Oct 24 · 7:00 PMPublic Records

John Lloyd Young: Songs from the Road

John Lloyd Young: Songs from the Road

Oct 24 · 7:00 PM54 Below

Adjua Ajamu Trio

Live MusicBlues

Adjua Ajamu Trio

Oct 24 · 7:00 PMTerra Blues

Neutral Snap | Shower Beers | Dana Ives

Neutral Snap | Shower Beers | Dana Ives

Oct 24 · 7:30 PMBowery Electric

Ed Cherry Quartet

Ed Cherry Quartet

Oct 24 · 7:30 PMThe Django

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Artist Spotlight: Batiashvili, Capuçon & Thibaudet

Oct 24 · 7:30 PMDavid Geffen Hall

Robert Glasper X Kem presents Alkemy

Robert Glasper X Kem presents Alkemy

Oct 24 · 8:00 PMBlue Note Jazz Club

Leah Tash 'This Town Has Changed' EP Release / Perla

Leah Tash 'This Town Has Changed' EP Release / Perla

Oct 24 · 8:30 PMJalopy

Carl Allen’s Messengers of Jazz - A Tribute to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers

Oct 24 · 9:00 PMJazz At Lincoln Center

DUETS: The Concert Series- Volume 11

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DUETS: The Concert Series- Volume 11

Oct 24 · 9:30 PM54 Below

Where it’s happening

54 Below · 7 events
Jazz At Lincoln Center · 7 events
Terra Blues · 6 events

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