Summer 2019 is officially over, and the major music festivals in the U.S. are now one and done. But it doesn’t mean all the great shows for the rest of the year. Rather, it’s the complete opposite. Like with the new fall happenings in music, movies, TV and books, there’s plenty going on with the New York concert scene. At the moment, the hottest ticket is Madonna’s string of residency shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in support of her latest album Madame X (I saw her for the first time ever at BAM recently and it was an intimate yet impressive spectacle). But if you can’t afford the exorbitant prices for her shows, some of which ran up as high as $200 for a balcony seat on the secondary market, there are plenty of other notable acts playing New York in the next few months—among them Sleater-Kinney at Kings Theatre; Angel Olsen at Brooklyn Steel; hip-hop star Common at the Apollo; and The Strokes closing out 2019 at Barclays. Here is a run-down of notable veteran and emerging artists’ shows that shouldn’t be overlooked.
Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street, Manhattan
October 8: Common
Photo: Avant Gardener
Avant Gardener, 140 Stewart Avenue, Brooklyn
October 12: Dillon Francis
October 24: Sofi Tukker
November 3: Sean Paul
Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
October 19: Mana
November 19: Tool
December 31: The Strokes
Beacon Theater, 2124 Broadway, Manhattan
November 17-18: Sylvan Esso
The Bell House, 149 7th Street, Brooklyn
November 16: Robert Forster
December 14: Housequake: Prince Party, Featuring DJ Steve Reynolds
The Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, Manhattan
September 26-28: Billy Bragg
October 2-4: Ty Segall
October 19-20: Luna
November 26: Son Little
November 29: Rising Appalachia
December 22-29: Yo La Tengo
Photo: Madonna at BAM
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
Oct 2-3, 5-7, 10, 12: Madonna
Brooklyn Steel, 319 Frost Street, Brooklyn
October 13: Wilco
October 25: Peter Hook and the Light
November 3: Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def)
November 7: The New Pornographers
November 21-23: Angel Olsen
December 21: A$AP Ferg
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, Manhattan
November 1: Milk Carton Kids
November 2: Rosanne Cash and Ry Cooder: The Music of Johnny Cash
Photo: Elsewhere
Elsewhere, 599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn
October 12: Frenchkiss Records’ 20th Anniversary
October 15: Marika Hackman
October 18: Luna
October 25: Jay Som
November 15: Kate Davis
December 27: Roy Ayers
Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
October 2: The Wailers
October 24: Jenny Lewis
October 30: Sleater-Kinney
November 20: FKA Twigs
December 4-5: Bon Iver
Madison Square Garden, 4 Pennsylvania Avenue, Manhattan
Oct 14: Post Malone
October 19: The Misfits
November 14-17: “We Will Rock You: The Musical”
Murmrr Theater Photo: Chris Quartly
Murmrr Theater, 17 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
September 24: Tegan and Sara
November 7: Superchunk
November 16: Amythyst Kiah
November 21: Robyn Hitchcock
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th Street, Brooklyn
November 2: J.S. Ondara
PlayStation Theater, 1515 Broadway, Manhattan
October 25: Cypress Hill
Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan
September 24: Lizzo
October 12: Wilco
October 15-16: Kacey Musgraves
Sony Hall, 235 West 46th Street, Manhattan
November 8: Rakim
November 15: Lalah Hathaway
Photo: Warsaw
Warsaw, 261 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn
October 17: Vivian Girls
October 18-20: Oh Sees
November 23: That Dog
Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, Manhattan
Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Built to Spill
Oct. 10-11: Big Thief
December 5: Lucy Dacus
