Cheap New York: Affordable live-music concerts
Enjoying live music on the cheap in New York is easy—if you follow our handy, continually updated guide.
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Looking for a cheap New York City concert? Of course you are! Check out our genre-spanning list of inexpensive gigs going on around town—and don’t forget about these free venues. Who knows—you could catch the next big thing.
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Terveet Kädet + Iron Lung + Massgrav + Wake + Lotus Fucker
- Price band: 1/4
Terveet Kädet, an influential Finnish hardcore band with a 30-year-plus history, rages at Saint Vitus in the wake of an appearance at Baltimore's Maryland Deathfest. Also on tap: Iron Lung's harrowingly intense brand of extreme-rock catharsis, informed equally by hardcore, grindcore and doom metal.
- Saint Vitus 1120 Manhattan Ave, between Box and Clay Sts, 11222
- Thu May 23
Astrograss + Shapiro's Shanty Shakedown + Dr. Zsa's Powdered Zydeco + Luna Sisters and More
- Price band: 1/4
Local folkie Jordan Shapiro celebrates his birthday by helming a bluegrass-y benefit for Sunny's—the oldest bar on the Brooklyn waterfront—which took a battering during Hurricane Sandy.
- Jalopy Theatre 315 Columbia St, between Hamilton Ave and Woodhull St, 11231
- Thu May 23
Total Control + Raspberry Bulbs + Crazy Spirit + Survival
- Price band: 1/4
Melbourne's Total Control offers jangly, melodic punk with shades of gothy electropop. Joining the band here are Raspberry Bulbs, who serve up midtempo misanthropy that's both enervating and addictive.
- 285 Kent Ave 285 Kent Ave, at South 1st St, 11211
- Thu May 23
Andy Statman
- Price band: 1/4
Andy Statman’s fleet-fingered and inventive mandolin playing expands the scope of a folk instrument with seemingly known dimensions. In his equally accomplished clarinet work, Statman melds Eastern European Jewish music with mid-’60s jazz.
Show and Prove 2013
- Price band: 1/4
Rising MCs compete for a performance slot on the main stage of the 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.
- Littlefield 622 DeGraw St, between Third and Fourth Aves
- Thu May 23
Natural Child Family Band + Liquor Store + Daddy Long Legs
- Price band: 1/4
Fuzzed-out Nashville boogie-punk throwbacks Natural Child—think of ’em as Jerry Lee Lewis gone garage—headline in the ’Burg.
- Mercury Lounge 217 E Houston St, between Essex and Ludlow Sts, 10002
- Thu May 23
Patrick Cornelius Trio
- Price band: 1/4
Saxist Patrick Cornelius settles in at this Village jazz haunt, where he'll be joined by bassist organist Jared Gold and drummer Ulysses Owens.
- The Bar Next Door (downstairs at La Lanterna di Vittorio) 129 MacDougal St, between 3rd and 4th Sts
- Thu May 23
Dead Confederate + Roadkill Ghost Choir
- Price band: 1/4
Dead Confederate’s Southern-rock references come from times more recent than the Allman Brothers era. The band’s penchant for long, psychedelic slow-burners should please fans of My Morning Jacket’s pastoral dirges or even Widespread Panic’s shadowy solos. This week, Dead Confederate hits both Hoboken and Williamsburg.
- Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan Ave, at Havemeyer St
- Thu May 23
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps + Xenia Rubinos + Cold Blood Club
- Price band: 1/4
Caroline Smith, who fronts folky Minneapolis indie-rock outfit the Good Night Sleeps, sings in a stylized, Joanna Newsom–y lilt, while opener Xenia Rubinos splits the difference between Tune-Yards–like vocal experimentation and jazz fusion.
- Union Pool 484 Union Ave, at Meeker Ave, 11211
- Thu May 23
Friend Roulette + EULA + Matty Fasano
- Price band: 1/4
Whimsical chamberpop outfit Friend Roulette (which features several ARMS members) hits the LES with a new album in tow, I'm Sorry You Hit Your Head, and like-minded pals including ARMS bassist Matty Fasano.
- Mercury Lounge 217 E Houston St, between Essex and Ludlow Sts, 10002
- Thu May 23
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