Live Music Near Me in NYC
Whether you want to cheers with friends or have a romantic dinner date, there’s no shortage of amazing venues where you can enjoy live music. You can find all sorts of different genres of music in NYC’s best bars and restaurants.
Baby’s All Right is a bar, restaurant and music venue with a fun atmosphere in Williamsburg. They offer great drink deals and an excellent lineup of local bands.
Marie’s Crisis
This West Village piano bar is known for its fun laid-back vibe where musical theatre fans can bond over their love of show tunes with a pianist in the background. But there’s a catch – you need to know your show tunes!
Luckily, Pace and Gwinn are more than up to the challenge. They kindly and beautifully led their (suddenly quieted) guests through a few breath exercises to calm the nerves, then launched into a full-on chorus of Ahrens and Flaherty deep cuts.
This was a night out like no other. The music was magical, the crowd was friendly, and the voices were pretty darn good. I’ll be back for sure! This is a great place to experience some true New York magic. The drinks are cheap and the service is fast.
Wild Birds
A bar and venue that gives a platform to groove-based artists, head here on any given day and you’re likely to hear Afrobeat, cumbia, rocksteady, Balkan brass, Chicha, soul, or Jazz. There’s also a decent menu of wine, beer and cocktails to sip while you’re listening to the live music.
CF: The Wild Birds is written in alternating, non-linear chapters, which is a fitting structure for a book about the interconnectivity of people and things. One of the most striking artifacts in the novel is Alice’s antique wrought-silver box, an object that is passed from person to person throughout the story like a chain of synchronized legos.
A 5,000 square foot bar, restaurant and entertainment space in Park Slope, this spot offers cozy firesides, two indoor bocce courts, an outdoor garden seating area, and a downstairs bar. It’s the ideal spot to see up-and-coming singer-songwriters.
Canary Club
Canary Club is a restaurant, bar and music venue all in one. The downstairs lounge has live performances from local musicians while upstairs is a cozy restaurant. This is a great place to go if you are looking for an intimate experience with up-and-coming bands.
The owners wanted to make their space as distinct as possible, which is reflected in the different entrances for each area and an interior staircase connecting them. The ground floor restaurant channels a modern French cafe, with sage green hues and antique mirrored elements. The menu is loosely French-Creole, executed by chef Tadd Johnson (formerly of The Standard East Village and The Smile).
The food is tasty, but not spectacular. I tried the sausage and chicken pot pie, which was decent but the meat was a little dry.
Dante
Dante is widely regarded as one of Italy’s national poets and the Western world’s greatest literary icons. His depictions of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven influenced countless other works of art. He also pioneered the use of interlocking three-line rhyme schemes, known as terza rima, that are a hallmark of his work.
His writings were greatly influenced by his devotion to a noble Florentine woman whom he idealized as the embodiment of virtue and courtesy. He named her Beatrice and described her as a guide to those who would seek inner perfection.
He was one of the most learned laymen of his time, familiar with Aristotelian logic and natural philosophy, theology and classical literature. He incorporated philosophical material into his poetry and wrote treatises such as De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the Vernacular) and Convivio (Banquet). He also worked on improving the level of public discourse by promoting literacy.
Rough Trade
During the era of feverish do-it-yourself record production that blossomed during and after the punk revolution, bands would often take their freshly pressed discs to Rough Trade and, provided they caught the inquisitive ears of its founder Geoff Travis, they’d be quickly stocked, sold and promoted. The label is known for promoting the likes of the Libertines, Sufjan Stevens and the Decemberists amongst others.
Founded in 1976 in West London, the store was inspired by City Lights Bookstore, and it became central to the DIY and punk scene that was bourgeoning internationally at the time. Today the label is still based in Ladbroke Grove and is committed to becoming carbon neutral. Recent releases include Alabama Shakes, Goat Girl, Anohni, and Parquet Courts. A mix of leftfield pop, post-punk and experimental music.