Music & Nightlife
Your guide to the best nightclubs, gay clubs, after-parties, live concerts, comedy clubs, DJs, dance parties, bands and music events in New York City
- Summer concerts
- Q&A: House heroes
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival
- Summer music festival guide
- NYC bear guide
Summer concerts
Discover big fests, free shows, outdoor bashes and more. Plus, listen to our Spotify playlist and watch vids!
Q&A: House heroes
Derrick Carter, DJ Sneak and Mark Farina team up for a back-to-back-to-back set
Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival
Take in acclaimed musical and dance performances for free
Summer music festival guide
Find cool concerts, stylish festival threads, dazzling live-music photos and more
NYC bear guide
Discover where to party with the big boys
Best NYC music & nightlife: Critics' picks
GoogaMooga 2013 with Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Flaming Lips + Matt & Kim + Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings + The Darkness + Jovanotti + Father John Misty + De La Soul
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Music lovers and foodies unite in a blissful sandwich at the second installment of new summer weekend extravaganza the Great GoogaMooga in Prospect Park, taking place over two days. An eclectic
- Prospect Park Prospect Park West to Flatbush Ave, between Prospect Park Southwest and Ocean Ave
- Sun May 19
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
- Critics choice
- Free
Poets, playwrights, puppeteers and other performers in and around the Lower East Side will partake in this annual gathering centered at the Theater for the New City.
- Theater for the New City 155 First Ave, between 9th and 10th Sts
- Fri May 24 - Sun May 26
The Shins + Man Man
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
The band hitting Terminal 5 this week for a three-night stand shares exactly one member with the group Natalie Portman famously promised would change your life: frontman James Mercer, who followed
- Williamsburg Park Kent Ave, at North 12th St
- Sun May 26
Liars
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Building on the momentum of last year’s electronica-drenched WIXIW, this popular, provocative avant-pop trio returns for a glitzy exclusive at the Met’s Temple of Dendur, and a more conventional romp
- Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker St, at Thompson St
- Sun May 19
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