NYC Live Music This Week: Oct 19–25, 2026

656 shows across 7 nights — from Robert Glasper's Blue Note residency to Floating Points at Nowadays. Here are the ones worth leaving the house for.

As of October 19, 2026 — 656 live-music shows hit New York City stages this week, from Monday through Sunday. We combed the calendar so you don't have to. Below: the standouts by genre, the free-and-cheap steals, and answers to the questions everyone's Googling.

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For Jazz, Funk & Soul Fans

A monster week. Robert Glasper takes over the Blue Note with a different headlining partner every night, Ron Carter brings the big band to Birdland, and Fred Hersch anchors the Vanguard all week.

► wed 10/21, evening · Robert Glasper × Questlove + Special Guest Bilal @ Blue Note (Greenwich Village). The residency's marquee night — neo-soul royalty in a room that fits 150. · tickets ›
► thu–fri 10/22–23 · Robert Glasper × Wyclef Presents Q Theory @ Blue Note (Greenwich Village). Glasper + Wyclef = genre-collapse guaranteed. · tickets ›
► fri–sat 10/24–25 · Robert Glasper × Kem presents Alkemy @ Blue Note (Greenwich Village). The residency's closing weekend — smooth-soul energy. · tickets ›
► wed–fri 10/21–23 · Ron Carter's Great Big Band @ Birdland Jazz Club (Hell's Kitchen). The living legend's large-ensemble run. Multiple sets nightly. · tickets ›
► mon–sun 10/20–25 · Fred Hersch Trio + 2 @ Village Vanguard (West Village). Week-long residency from one of the finest living jazz pianists. · tickets ›
► wed–sun 10/21–25 · The Cookers @ Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (Upper West Side). Hard-bop supergroup — Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, and co. Five nights. · tickets ›
► wed 10/21 · Dizzy Gillespie Birthday with Jon Faddis @ Dizzy's Club (Midtown). Celebrating Diz's centennial-plus with his protégé. · tickets ›
► thu–sun 10/22–25 · Carl Allen's Messengers of Jazz — Art Blakey Tribute @ Dizzy's Club (Midtown). Four nights honoring the Jazz Messengers legacy. · tickets ›
► thu–fri 10/23–24 · From Cuba to the Crescent City — JLCO with Wynton Marsalis @ Jazz at Lincoln Center (Midtown). The big room, the big band, tracing the Havana-to-New-Orleans pipeline. · tickets ›
► thu–sun 10/23–25 · Curtis Stigers @ Birdland Jazz Club (Hell's Kitchen). The vocalist-saxophonist's extended weekend run. · tickets ›
► thu–sun 10/23–25 · Jeff "Tain" Watts Quartet @ Jazzcultural (Hell's Kitchen). Coltrane's rhythmic heir holds court in the intimate café room. · tickets ›
► fri 10/24, 5:30 pm · Pasquale Grasso Trio @ Birdland Jazz Club (Hell's Kitchen). Guitar virtuosity — if you know, you know. · tickets ›
► mon–tue 10/19–20 · Amber Mark @ Blue Note (Greenwich Village). R&B-soul crossover in an intimate jazz room. · tickets ›

For House Heads & Electronic Fans

Three heavyweight DJs rotate through Refuge Hi Def this week, Nowadays opens its fall run, and the underground stays busy in Bushwick.

► mon 10/19, 4 pm · HAAi @ Refuge Hi Def Dance Club (East Williamsburg). $20 · The Australian-via-London selector brings big-room energy to an afternoon session. · tickets ›
► fri 10/23, 10 pm · DJ Seinfeld @ Refuge Hi Def Dance Club (East Williamsburg). $25 · Lo-fi house meets peak-time selections. · tickets ›
► sat 10/24, 10 pm · Floating Points @ Refuge Hi Def Dance Club (East Williamsburg). $25 · Sam Shepherd on the decks — eclectic, cerebral, always worth the trip. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25, 3 pm · Floating Points @ Nowadays (Ridgewood, Queens). Double dip — Sunday daytime edition in the garden. · tickets ›
► fri 10/24, 10 pm · Pearson Sound + Mor Elian + Ayesha + Tasha + BEARCAT @ Nowadays (Ridgewood, Queens). $10 · Stacked lineup, basement price. The week's best deal for dance music. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25, 5 am · David Morales @ Refuge Hi Def Dance Club (East Williamsburg). $35 · NYC house royalty doing an early-morning set. Bring stamina. · tickets ›
► wed 10/21 · Choukroun b2b Monk @ Outer Heaven (Lower East Side). Midweek underground selectors on the LES. · tickets ›
► fri 10/24 · Cult Disco @ Sleepwalk (Bushwick). FREE · Bushwick's free Friday disco fix.

For Indie & Rock Fans

Juana Molina's two-night LPR stand is the headliner. Plus shoegaze veterans The Veldt camp out at Pianos, and Little Barrie crosses the pond.

► mon–wed 10/20–21 · Juana Molina @ Le Poisson Rouge (NoHo). The Argentine art-folk legend — experimental, looping, mesmerizing. Two nights. · tickets ›
► mon 10/20 · The Courettes @ Union Pool (Williamsburg). Brazilian-Danish garage-rock duo — fuzz and reverb at volume. · tickets ›
► thu 10/22 · Noah Gundersen @ Le Poisson Rouge (NoHo). Indie songwriter with the kind of voice that fills a room without trying. · tickets ›
► thu–sat 10/22–24 · The Veldt @ Pianos (Lower East Side). $17–$34 · Shoegaze pioneers on a three-night LES residency. · tickets ›
► sat 10/24 · Little Barrie @ Le Poisson Rouge (NoHo) + National Sawdust (Williamsburg). UK blues-rock trio doing a double-venue Saturday — two chances to catch them. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25 · Xeno & Oaklander @ Pianos (Lower East Side). $28 · Minimal-synth duo and NYC dark-wave stalwarts. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25 · Labiahead (All Women Radiohead) @ Le Poisson Rouge (NoHo). Exactly what it sounds like, and it rules. · tickets ›
► thu 10/22 · Scott Sharrard & Eldorado Slim @ The Bitter End (NoHo). Gregg Allman's former guitarist holding down the blues-rock at NYC's oldest rock club.
► mon 10/20 · Claud @ Pianos (Lower East Side). FREE · Bedroom-pop darling, no cover. Monday steal of the week.

For Latin & Global Fans

Barbès and LunÀtico carry the world-music torch this week. Ethiopian funk, Mandingo guitar, Afro-Dominican grooves, and salsa — all within a few subway stops of each other.

► thu 10/23, 9 pm · Yasser Tejeda & Palotré @ LunÀtico (Bedford-Stuyvesant). $10 suggested · Afro-Dominican roots meets electric heat. One of the best live bands in Brooklyn right now. · tickets ›
► fri 10/24, 9 pm · Super Yamba Band @ LunÀtico (Bedford-Stuyvesant). $10 suggested · Afrobeat-funk with horns for days. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25, 9 pm · Arturo O'Farrill & Roy Nathanson @ LunÀtico (Bedford-Stuyvesant). $10 suggested · Latin-jazz royalty in the intimate Bed-Stuy room. · tickets ›
► mon 10/20, 6 pm · Slavic Soul Party @ Barbès (Park Slope). $20 suggested · Balkan brass blowout — a Brooklyn institution. · tickets ›
► wed 10/21, 7 pm · Mamady Kouyate's Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbès (Park Slope). $20 suggested · West African guitar mastery in the back room. · tickets ›
► thu 10/23, 7 pm · Gili Yalo @ Barbès (Park Slope). $20 · Ethiopian-Israeli soul — a rare NYC appearance. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25, 10:30 pm · The Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland Jazz Club (Hell's Kitchen). Weekly big-band Latin jazz — always a party. · tickets ›
► mon 10/20, 7 pm · Luisito Quintero Latin Jazz @ Arthur's Tavern (West Village). FREE · Legendary percussionist, no cover, Grove Street vibes.
► wed 10/21, 7 pm · Xiomara Laugart @ Arthur's Tavern (West Village). FREE · The Cuban vocal powerhouse — free in the Village.
► thu 10/23 · Salsa en Silvana with Salsa en el Barrio @ Silvana (Morningside Heights). Salsa night uptown — come to dance.

For Folk & Americana Fans

Skinny Dennis is your honky-tonk HQ. Barbès fills the acoustic-world gap. Affordable across the board.

► sun 10/25, 5 pm · Stephane Wrembel @ Barbès (Park Slope). $20 suggested · Django-inspired guitar virtuosity from the master of gypsy jazz in Brooklyn. · tickets ›
► thu 10/23, 5 pm · Mamie Minch @ Barbès (Park Slope). $20 · Country-blues fingerpicking — raw, real, and riveting. · tickets ›
► thu 10/23, 9 pm · Hearts On Fire @ Skinny Dennis (Williamsburg). $10 · Honky-tonk throwdown on the best jukebox bar's stage. · tickets ›
► fri 10/24, 9 pm · Cory Cross @ Skinny Dennis (Williamsburg). $10 · Country-rock in Williamsburg's most on-brand bar. · tickets ›
► thu 10/22, 9 pm · Daniel Bowden @ Skinny Dennis (Williamsburg). Singer-songwriter with a whiskey-and-gravel voice. Weeknight mellow.
► sun 10/25, 12:30 pm · Clube do Choro / Regional Samauma @ Barbès (Park Slope). $20 suggested · Brazilian choro — the Sunday-afternoon vibe. · tickets ›

For Classical & Experimental Fans

A strong week for new music and crossover. Anna Clyne's work gets a rare NYC spotlight, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo does whatever Anthony Roth Costanzo does, which is always worth seeing.

► fri 10/23, 8 pm · An Embrace of Sound: The Music of Anna Clyne @ The DiMenna Center for Classical Music (Hell's Kitchen). New-music focus on the British-American composer — adventurous and cinematic.
► wed 10/21 · Anthony Roth Costanzo @ National Sawdust (Williamsburg). The countertenor-as-performance-artist — expect the unexpected. · tickets ›
► mon 10/19 · What Makes It Great? Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto @ Kaufman Music Center (Upper West Side). Rob Kapilow's signature deep-listen format. · tickets ›
► thu 10/23 · Piano Recital: The Music of Ennio Morricone @ Kaufman Music Center (Upper West Side). Film scores reframed for the concert hall. · tickets ›
► thu 10/22 · Evren Ozel & Joshua Brown @ Kaufman Music Center (Upper West Side). Piano and violin — rising-star recital. · tickets ›
► sun 10/25 · Alex Skolnick Trio @ The Iridium (Midtown). Testament's shredder goes jazz — genre-hopping at its most fun. · tickets ›

Free & Cheap This Week

The best $0–$15 picks across all genres:

► mon 10/20 · Claud @ Pianos (Lower East Side). FREE · Bedroom-pop on a Monday. No cover, no excuse.
► mon 10/20, 7 pm · Luisito Quintero Latin Jazz @ Arthur's Tavern (West Village). FREE · World-class percussion, zero dollars.
► wed 10/21, 7 pm · Xiomara Laugart @ Arthur's Tavern (West Village). FREE · Cuban vocals in the Village's oldest jazz bar.
► fri 10/24, 10 pm · Pearson Sound + Mor Elian + stacked lineup @ Nowadays (Ridgewood, Queens). $10 · Best-value dance party of the week.
► thu 10/23, 9 pm · Hearts On Fire @ Skinny Dennis (Williamsburg). $10 · Honky-tonk for the price of a beer.
► fri 10/24 · Cult Disco @ Sleepwalk (Bushwick). FREE · Friday night disco — gratis.
► fri 10/24 · Bear Belly Tea Dance @ C'mon Everybody (Bedford-Stuyvesant). FREE · Afternoon dance party, all welcome.
► nightly · Live music at Mona's @ Mona's (East Village). FREE · The dive bar with free music every night. Always has been, always will be.
► nightly · Arthur's Tavern sets @ Arthur's Tavern (West Village). FREE · Multiple free sets daily — jazz, blues, and whatever else walks through the door.

FAQ: Live Music in NYC This Week

What free live music is in NYC this week?

Arthur's Tavern in the West Village runs free jazz and blues sets nightly, including Luisito Quintero (Mon) and Xiomara Laugart (Wed). Mona's in the East Village has free live music every night. Claud plays a free show at Pianos on Monday. Cult Disco at Sleepwalk (Fri) and Bear Belly Tea Dance at C'mon Everybody (Fri) are also free.

Where can I see jazz in NYC this week?

Robert Glasper runs a residency at Blue Note (Greenwich Village) with different guests nightly through Saturday. Ron Carter's Great Big Band plays Birdland (Hell's Kitchen) Wednesday through Friday. Fred Hersch Trio + 2 holds the Village Vanguard all week. The Cookers are at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (Upper West Side) Wednesday through Sunday. Dizzy's Club (Midtown) has the Art Blakey tribute and a Wynton Marsalis concert.

What are the best concerts in Brooklyn this week?

Pearson Sound and Mor Elian headline Nowadays in Ridgewood for $10 on Friday. Floating Points plays Nowadays on Sunday. Juana Molina is at Le Poisson Rouge (technically Manhattan, but close) Monday and Wednesday. LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy has Yasser Tejeda (Thu), Super Yamba Band (Fri), and Arturo O'Farrill (Sun) — all $10 suggested donation. The Veldt play three nights at Pianos.

What electronic music events are in NYC this week?

Refuge Hi Def Dance Club in East Williamsburg has HAAi (Mon, $20), DJ Seinfeld (Fri, $25), Floating Points (Sat, $25), and David Morales (Sun, $35). Nowadays in Ridgewood has a stacked lineup Friday for $10 and Floating Points on Sunday. Outer Heaven on the LES runs underground sessions Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Where can I hear Latin music in NYC this week?

Barbès in Park Slope has Slavic Soul Party (Mon), Mamady Kouyate (Wed), and Gili Yalo (Thu). LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy features Yasser Tejeda & Palotré (Thu) and Arturo O'Farrill (Sun). Birdland's Latin Jazz Orchestra plays Sunday night. Salsa en Silvana brings dance-floor salsa to Morningside Heights on Thursday.

Published October 19, 2026 · Updated weekly · Source: intheknow.city