⚡11:30 PM·MacDougal Street · Simeon Goodson · Wednesday November 11, 2026 11:30 pm show@Comedy CellarNOV 12 · 12:00 AM·Fruit Bats@Webster HallNOV 12·STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady@Richard Rodgers TheatreNOV 12 · 12:00 AM·George Clanton@Brooklyn SteelNOV 12·Thao@Mercury LoungeNOV 12·Neil Greenberg@The Chocolate Factory TheaterNOV 12·Laurie Simmons: Walking Objects, Legs & Shoes@Edwynn Houk GalleryNOV 12·Blue Man Group – “A New Holiday Surprise”@Richard Rodgers TheatreNOV 12·In Passing@Goca GalleryNOV 12·Eric Zener: Liminal Spaces@Gallery HenochNOV 12·Harmony Korine. UX LAM@Hauser & WirthNOV 12·Carbon Leaf@The Racket11:30 PM·MacDougal Street · Simeon Goodson · Wednesday November 11, 2026 11:30 pm show@Comedy CellarNOV 12 · 12:00 AM·Fruit Bats@Webster HallNOV 12·STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady@Richard Rodgers TheatreNOV 12 · 12:00 AM·George Clanton@Brooklyn SteelNOV 12·Thao@Mercury LoungeNOV 12·Neil Greenberg@The Chocolate Factory TheaterNOV 12·Laurie Simmons: Walking Objects, Legs & Shoes@Edwynn Houk GalleryNOV 12·Blue Man Group – “A New Holiday Surprise”@Richard Rodgers TheatreNOV 12·In Passing@Goca GalleryNOV 12·Eric Zener: Liminal Spaces@Gallery HenochNOV 12·Harmony Korine. UX LAM@Hauser & WirthNOV 12·Carbon Leaf@The Racket11:30 PM·MacDougal Street · Simeon Goodson · Wednesday November 11, 2026 11:30 pm show@Comedy CellarNOV 12 · 12:00 AM·Fruit Bats@Webster HallNOV 12·STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady@Richard Rodgers TheatreNOV 12 · 12:00 AM·George Clanton@Brooklyn SteelNOV 12·Thao@Mercury LoungeNOV 12·Neil Greenberg@The Chocolate Factory TheaterNOV 12·Laurie Simmons: Walking Objects, Legs & Shoes@Edwynn Houk GalleryNOV 12·Blue Man Group – “A New Holiday Surprise”@Richard Rodgers TheatreNOV 12·In Passing@Goca GalleryNOV 12·Eric Zener: Liminal Spaces@Gallery HenochNOV 12·Harmony Korine. UX LAM@Hauser & WirthNOV 12·Carbon Leaf@The Racket

Indie & alternative shows in Manhattan this weekend

Manhattan stacks its venues tight, so the West Village, the Lower East Side and Midtown are rarely more than a subway stop apart. Indie and alternative shows are where up-and-coming bands play small rooms before they move to bigger ones.

7 events this weekend across 7 venues in Manhattan, including Bowery Electric, Drom and Mercury Lounge. The first starts Friday, Nov 13.

Wilmah
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Wilmah
Nov 13Mercury Lounge
Lily Lu Gilbert | Kaneb Andrews | Hotspur Johnny
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Lily Lu Gilbert | Kaneb Andrews | Hotspur Johnny
Nov 13Bowery Electric
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Nov 13 · 6:30 PMDrom
Live Music by Emily A. Sprague and LEYA
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Live Music by Emily A. Sprague and LEYA
Nov 13 · 6:30 PMWhitney Museum of American Art
Jessica Lea Mayfield, Rachel Bobbitt
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Jessica Lea Mayfield, Rachel Bobbitt
Nov 13 · 7:00 PMNight Club 101
West 22nd: Places To Be
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West 22nd: Places To Be
Nov 15The Bowery Ballroom
Lee Emi
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Lee Emi
Nov 15The Racket

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