The Manhattan Beat: Start May with Cool Live Music in the NYC Area
The Aquarian [Unofficial]
May 1, 2026
Everynight Charley recommends the following 60+ 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, May 1
- George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Alastair Green at the Capitol Theatre
- Dave, Funk Flex at Brooklyn Paramount
- Caifanes at Palladium Times Square
- fakemink at Terminal 5
- Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
- Cryptopsy, Necrot, Fulci Spirit Adrift, Blood Monolith at Brooklyn Monarch
- Drugdealer at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
- Kings Kaleidoscope, Hollyn at the Gramercy
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