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Midtown West54 BelowAt 54 Below, every table is within 24 feet of the stage, putting Broadway performers on the scale of a supper-club conversation.Next: Mon Oct 26 · 9:30 PM · Tomorrow, the Island Dies by Ryan Scott OliverPowerhouse Arts DistrictArt House ProductionsArt House puts theater, dance and gallery exhibitions together in Jersey City's Powerhouse Arts District, with local artists threaded through the program.Next: Thu Oct 29 · 7:30 PM · Rocky Horror Picture ShowMidtown WestBirdland Jazz ClubBirdland pairs jazz ensembles with vocal performances in Midtown West, with separate club and theater programs under one name.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 8:30 PM · Frank Vignola's Guitar Night with Peter Bernstein and Pasquale GrassoLower East SideBowery BallroomPrimarily a live-music hall, Bowery Ballroom occasionally makes sense for comedy when a touring comic needs a proper stage rather than a club setup.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 7:00 PM · Telescreens - Why The Lights Flicker North American TourWilliamsburgBrooklyn BowlBrooklyn Bowl puts a concert stage, bowling lanes and a full-service restaurant under one Williamsburg roof.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 11:30 AM · The Rock And Roll Playhouse Presents: Uncle Jeb's FarmEast WilliamsburgBrooklyn SteelBrooklyn Steel makes a former steel factory work as an East Williamsburg concert hall, with a broad standing floor and a balcony above it.Next: Fri Feb 19 · 8:00 PM · Die SpitzBedford-StuyvesantC'mon EverybodyC'mon Everybody gives queer performers a Bedford-Stuyvesant stage, with a cocktail bar and booths that make staying between acts an easy choice.Next: Fri Oct 30 · 8:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Picture Show *LIVE*BushwickCafe ErzulieCafe Erzulie shifts from jazz and live music into a dance club, giving its Bushwick address more than one musical identity.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 10:00 PM · The ShrineMidtown WestCarnegie HallCarnegie Hall offers several sizes of close listening, from a solo recital to a full orchestra filling its main auditorium.Next: Sun Dec 20 · 5:00 PM · Joshua Roman Cello Camila Meza Vocals and Guitar Zane Rodulfo PercussionChelseaCity Winery New YorkCity Winery pairs a seated concert with food and its own wines at Pier 57, beside the Hudson River in Chelsea.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 7:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the NYC ShadowcastLong Island CityCulture Lab LICCulture Lab LIC is a nonprofit gallery and performance space in Long Island City that puts on dozens of events a year, many of them free.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:30 PM · sweet princeEast VillageDromDrom brings international artists and local audiences together on Avenue A, with a program that moves readily between musical traditions.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 6:30 PM · Ghost Rocket ShowcaseRidgewoodFreda - BasementThe basement rock venue at Freda in Ridgewood, underneath the bar, booking live music most nights of the week.Next: Wed Oct 28 · 8:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Frank-N-Furter EditionGramercyGramercy TheatreNext: Sat Oct 24 · 8:00 PM · SERGE CLIVIO AND FRIENDS 6: Rock RoyaltyUnion SquareIrving PlazaIrving Plaza brings touring bands to Union Square, with a calendar broad enough to move from punk to soul and country.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · Pinhead GunpowderColumbia Street WaterfrontJalopy TheatreJalopy is a Red Hook listening space and music school where old-time, folk and country players share a stage with the students learning it.Next: Sat Dec 12 · 4:00 PM · Yacht Rock Choir!NoHoJoe's PubThe cabaret stage inside the Public Theater's Lafayette Street building, booking named comedy and variety acts alongside music, in front of a seated audience.Next: Mon Oct 26 · 7:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Skivvies ShowFlatbushKings TheatreKings brings concerts and live performance into a Flatbush movie palace whose chandeliers make their own argument for arriving before the show.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 7:00 PM · Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LiveMaspethKnockdown CenterKnockdown Center turns a former door factory in Maspeth into a concert and art complex, with enough space for festivals to take different forms.Next: Thu Nov 12 · 7:00 PM · HeadacheEast VillageLa MaMa Experimental Theatre ClubLa MaMa gives experimental performance an East Village home, with visiting artists and local productions sharing a long-running commitment to trying things out.Next: Wed Jan 13 · 7:00 PM · Anima MundiGreenwich VillageLe Poisson RougeLe Poisson Rouge treats contemporary classical music, metal and electronic acts as plausible neighbors on one Greenwich Village calendar.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:30 PM · Don WasBedford ParkLehman Center for the Performing ArtsLehman Center gives the Bronx a large seated stage for salsa, soul and touring family shows.Next: Sun Feb 21 · 4:00 PM · Curious GeorgeUpper West SideLincoln Center for the Performing ArtsLincoln Center gathers opera, ballet, orchestral music, theater and film on one Upper West Side campus, with several calendars running at once.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 8:00 PM · FIRE · GUITAR · LEGENDGowanusLittlefieldA former 1920s printing press warehouse in Gowanus that runs stand-up and podcast recordings one day and a dancehall party or a short film race the next.Next: Tue Oct 13 · 8:00 PM · Words and GuitarMidtown SouthMadison Square GardenMadison Square Garden gives a concert the scale of a major sporting event, in the same arena used by the Knicks and Rangers.Next: Sun Nov 8 · 12:00 PM · St. John's Red Storm Men's Basketball vs. Iona GaelsAstoriaMelrose BallroomMelrose Ballroom puts large live productions into an Astoria event hall with ceiling screens and a broad concert floor.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 9:00 PM · FESTIVAL DE LA ROCKOLA | GERARDO MORAN , JENNY ROSERO, NOE MORALES, HECTOR JARAMILLO, ANITA LUCIA PROAÑO, SANDRA ARGUDO en Astoria, NYLower East SideMercury LoungeMercury Lounge keeps touring bands and local acts close to the audience on the Lower East Side, with opening sets worth making time for.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 9:00 PM · Dark Streets & Straight To Hell - "Pogues vs Clash"Morningside HeightsMiller Theatre at Columbia UniversityMiller's Composer Portraits let you spend a concert with one musical mind, rather than hearing a single new piece between familiar works.Next: Sat Nov 7 · 7:30 PM · Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, and Tyshawn SoreyWilliamsburgMusic Hall of WilliamsburgMusic Hall of Williamsburg gives a standing concert more than one vantage point, with a mezzanine above the floor and bars across three levels.Next: Sat Nov 7 · 7:30 PM · Boston ManorDowntown NewarkNew Jersey Performing Arts CenterNJPAC pairs major touring performers with a substantial local program, bringing music, dance and comedy to Downtown Newark.Next: Sat Dec 12 · 8:00 PM · The Rock Orchestra By CandlelightMidtown WestNew York City CenterCity Center gives dance companies and musical revivals a Midtown West stage, with Encores! returning older scores to live performance.Next: Tue Oct 13 · 7:00 PM · The UnbelieversStamfordPalace Theatre StamfordThe Palace is Stamford's downtown theater, booking touring comedy, tribute acts and music an hour up the line from Grand Central.Next: Thu Mar 18 · 7:30 PM · The Rock Orchestra By CandlelightDowntown NewarkPrudential CenterPrudential Center brings large touring concerts to Downtown Newark, sharing its arena calendar with Devils hockey and college basketball.Next: Sun Nov 29 · 7:00 PM · Rock The Bells Festival 2026ChelseaRacketRacket puts a 650-person concert upstairs across from Chelsea Market, keeping the stage on a scale where the crowd still feels gathered together.Next: Fri Dec 11 · 9:00 PM · Pup PunkMidtown WestRadio City Music HallRadio City's Art Deco interior makes the walk to your seat part of the show, before the curtain or the band moves.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM · 30 Rock 20th Anniversary CelebrationChinatownSoho LiveNext: Sun Nov 15 · 1:00 PM · The Rock and Roll PlayhouseMidtown WestSony HallSony Hall keeps the decorative character of the old Diamond Horseshoe while putting a broad concert program beneath its starburst ceiling.Next: Mon Oct 19 · 8:00 PM · Toad The Wet SprocketGowanusThe Bell HousePodcast tapings are a real part of the calendar at this Gowanus venue: Las Culturistas and Two Dope Queens have both recorded here, between stand-up bills and indie bands.Next: Tue Oct 20 · 7:30 PM · A Benefit for Little Essentials with David Cross & FriendsGreenwich VillageThe Bitter EndThe Bitter End's red brick backdrop frames a Greenwich Village stage shared by generations of songwriters, bands and comedians.Next: Wed Nov 25 · 6:30 PM · Pierre Bensusan - the Infinite Guitar Tour 2026Murray HillThe Cutting RoomA 30-foot guitar gives this Murray Hill music club a suitably oversized calling card, while the performances stay on a club scale.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 8:00 PM · Feast of Friends: A Tribute To Classic RockMidtown WestThe IridiumThe Iridium carries Les Paul's history into a Midtown West club where jazz, rock and blues still make the guitar a central attraction.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:30 PM · Lari BasilioBushwickThe Sultan RoomA Bushwick music stage attached to a transplanted Wisconsin supper club, with dinner, kebabs and a rooftop gathered around the same address.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM · C*Nt Punk: All Hallow’s EmoBushwickThe Sultan Room RooftopAn outdoor perch above the Turk's Inn in Bushwick, where a rooftop bill can come with a drink and something to eat.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 7:00 PM · The Eel Pit X Silkpunk Presents: Ph0, Pair of Sloths, Piranhana, DJ Lobo Camilo & MarjorineGarment DistrictThe TankA nonprofit presenter in the West 30s whose whole premise is taking the cost of putting up new work off the artist. Sketch comedy shares the calendar with first-run plays.Next: Wed Nov 4 · 7:00 PM · The ListRidgewoodTV EyeTV Eye lets a Ridgewood show expand into dinner, a gallery visit or dancing, with several bars and a courtyard under one address.Next: Fri Oct 30 · 11:00 PM · I Bet You Look Good (Indie Halloween Party)GreenpointWarsawWarsaw brings touring bands into Greenpoint's Polish National Home, where pierogi belong to the concert ritual as much as the bar.Next: Wed Dec 2 · 7:00 PM · Temples: The BLISS TourEast VillageWebster HallWebster Hall brings touring bands into an East Village gathering hall whose history includes union rallies, public meetings and dances.Next: Thu Oct 29 · 8:00 PM · Grateful ShredRutherfordWilliams Center - Rivoli TheaterThe Rivoli is the main stage at the Williams Center in Rutherford, a restored theater that doubles as the town's cinema.Next: Sat Jan 30 · 6:00 PM · Knorrwood Presents: Over The Hills & Far Away - A Rock N Roll Fantasy Tribute To Led Zepplin