Music & Nightlife
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- 50 best summer songs
- Summer concerts
- Q&A: House heroes
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival
- Summer music festival guide
50 best summer songs
Hit the beach with these warm-weather tunes
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
Best NYC music & nightlife: Critics' picks
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
Governors Island
- Critics choice
- Free
The gratis ferry runs to this carless oasis through September, transporting New Yorkers to bike rental, concerts and art events. This year, New-York Historical Society curates the exhibit “WWII &
- Governors Island Governors Island
- Sat May 25 - Sun Sep 29
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
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Few would contend that Tom Petty deserves the rock-bard designation rightly bestowed on Neil Young or Bob Dylan, but then again, Petty has penned more indelible radio hits than the other two
- Beacon Theatre 2124 Broadway, at 74th St
- Thu May 23 - Sun May 26
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Q&A: Billy Bragg
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