NYC Live Music This Week: Sara Bareilles at the Beacon, the Pier 17 Rooftop Season Opens, and the Blue Note Jazz Festival Hits 15 Years (June 4–7, 2026)
From Sara Bareilles at the Beacon to the Pier 17 rooftop season and the 15th Blue Note Jazz Festival, here are the NYC live music picks worth your night out, June 4–7, 2026.
Governors Ball Takes Over Flushing Meadows This Weekend — Plus the Best Small-Venue Picks for June 3–7, 2026
Governors Ball 2026 lands at Flushing Meadows Corona Park this Friday through Sunday with Lorde, Stray Kids, and A$AP Rocky headlining. Plus: Blue Note Jazz Festival week two picks, SummerStage opening night, and the small-venue plays for a packed June 3–7 in NYC.
NYC Live Music This Week: Blue Note Jazz Festival Kicks Off, Baby Keem Hits Brooklyn Paramount, and MonoNeon Takes the Village (June 1–7, 2026)
The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s 15th year launches this week with Arrested Development, MonoNeon, and Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, while Baby Keem hits Brooklyn Paramount and the Village’s jazz rooms keep burning every night.
NYC Live Music Tonight (May 28, 2026): SatchVai Band at the Beacon, They Might Be Giants Open Brooklyn Steel Residency, Smerz at Webster Hall, and Bryant Park Goes Free for the Summer
Thursday night in NYC: Joe Satriani & Steve Vai play the Beacon, They Might Be Giants kick off three Brooklyn Steel nights, Smerz brings experimental club music to Webster Hall, and Bryant Park’s free Picnic Performances open the 2026 outdoor season with Jazzmobile.
NYC Live Music This Week: The Blue Note Jazz Festival Takes Over the Village, Yungblud Hits Radio City, and Jason Mraz Settles Into Brooklyn Paramount (May 27–June 10, 2026)
From the Blue Note Jazz Festival’s village-wide opening to Yungblud at Radio City and Jason Mraz’s Brooklyn Paramount two-night stand, plus the small-venue jazz picks that actually reward showing up.
NYC Live Music This Week: Terrace Martin Settles Into a Five-Night Blue Note Residency, Kid Cudi Lands at MSG, and the Small-Venue Picks That Actually Reward Showing Up (May 25–31, 2026)
This is one of those weeks where the calendar quietly stacks up and you realize you could go out every single night and still miss the show your friend is going to text you about Sunday morning. The week of May 25 through 31, 2026 has a marquee tour stop at Madison Square Garden, a […]
NYC Live Music Tonight (May 21, 2026): Lorna Shore Levels Brooklyn Paramount, Nia Archives Drops a Drum & Bass Live Show at Bowery, and Roberto Carlos Holds Court at Radio City
Thursday night in NYC is stacked. Deathcore takes Brooklyn Paramount, drum and bass invades the Bowery Ballroom, a Brazilian legend fills Radio City, and the small-venue jazz picks at Birdland and Blue Note are exactly where the people who actually live here are eating dinner.
NYC Live Music Tonight: The Black Angels at Brooklyn Steel, Lee Ritenour at the Blue Note, and a Louis Armstrong Tribute in Midtown (May 20, 2026)
A psych-rock invasion in Greenpoint, a Grammy-winning guitarist on Third Street, and an early-bird Louis Armstrong set on 44th — Wednesday night in NYC is built for music nerds. Here is what to catch tonight and through the rest of the week.
NYC Live Music This Week: Diljit Dosanjh Brings the Aura World Tour to MSG, Plus the Small-Venue Shows Worth Skipping the Big Room For (May 18–24, 2026)
Diljit Dosanjh’s Aura World Tour lands at Madison Square Garden Sunday night for back-to-back shows, and the small venues are stacked too — Kenny Garrett at Blue Note, Mercury Lounge late shows, and an underrated jazz week downtown. Here’s your guide.
NYC Live Music This Week: Brigitte Calls Me Baby at Bowery Tonight, Terrace Martin’s Blue Note Residency, and the Small-Venue Picks That Beat the Marquee (May 14–17, 2026)
Brigitte Calls Me Baby plays Bowery Ballroom Thursday for $20, Terrace Martin starts a three-night residency at Blue Note Friday, and CMAT brings her Irish pop swagger to Brooklyn Steel — your NYC live music guide for May 14–17, 2026.