There is never a lack of things to do in New York City, and that’s especially true for music lovers. Every night of the week, there’s some buzzworthy band or big-time pop singer or up-and-coming rapper performing in one of the city’s thousand different venues, and the choices about who to check out can become daunting.
Well, to help all you residents of “the city that never sleeps” parse through the hundreds of different artists vying for your hard-earned dollars, we’ve assembled here some of the best and most intriguing concerts coming up in the New York area for the week of July 29.
Tuesday, July 30
Willow Smith @ Baby’s All Right [Sold out]
Willow Smith is just 18 years old and she’s already touring behind her third album, the just-released Willow.
Wednesday, July 31
Khalid @ Madison Square Garden [Tickets]
Khalid went from up-and-comer to pop star quickly, so here’s a chance to see him in case you missed him at that BBQ restaurant.
Snail Mail @ Brooklyn Steel [Tickets]
Lindsey Jordan is just a hair over 20 years old, but she’s already become an important voice in contemporary indie rock.
Thursday, August 1
Blood Orange @ Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center [Tickets]
Dev Hynes just released his Angel’s Pulse mixtape, which is a sort of companion to his 2018 album Negro Swan.
Khalid @ Madison Square Garden [Tickets]
Snail Mail @ Webster Hall [Tickets]
Saturday, August 3
Steve Gunn (with Hand Habits) @ Industry City [Tickets]
Steve Gunn began the year by releasing one of 2019’s finest indie albums so far, The Unseen In Between.
Sunday, August 4
Frankie Cosmos @ C’mon Everybody [Tickets]
The group has released a handful of single in the past few months, and now they’ve announced that a full-blown album, Close It Quietly, is on the way in a couple months.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
